If you're a professional face painter — or even a keen hobbyist — you've probably wondered whether a bespoke face paint palette is really worth it compared to buying off-the-shelf onestrokes. Here's an honest comparison to help you decide.
What is a Bespoke Face Paint Palette?
A bespoke palette is a custom-made palette, hand-filled with carefully selected professional face paints. Sally-Ann Lynch's bespoke palettes are filled with premium brands including Partyxplosion, Superstar, Face Paints Australia and Diamond FX — each colour chosen for its versatility, vibrancy and performance. Every palette contains a minimum of 140g of paint, often more.
What Are Off-the-Shelf Onestrokes?
Off-the-shelf onestrokes are pre-made colour combinations sold in individual pots or palettes by face paint manufacturers. They're convenient and widely available, but they come with some limitations — you get what you're given in terms of colour combinations, and quality can vary significantly between brands.
The containers are made of plastic, which also means the paints can sit in water from job to job. This can also mean that your paints evaporate much faster. Sally-Ann's bespoke palettes contain water resistant foam. This help with the water added. The containers Sally-Ann uses are also great quality. Have a lovely tactile feel to them. They also have some weight to them, which helps with loading.
Cost Comparison
At first glance, off-the-shelf onestrokes might seem cheaper. But when you add up the cost of buying multiple individual pots to get the range of colours you need, a bespoke palette often works out significantly better value. With 140g+ of premium paint across a carefully curated colour range, Sally-Ann's bespoke palettes give you more paint, more versatility and more value per pound. Sally will also customise for her loyal customers. What more could you ask for.
Quality and Performance
Because Sally-Ann selects only the best professional paints for her bespoke palettes, the quality is consistently high. Off-the-shelf products can vary — some brands produce excellent onestrokes, others are disappointing. With a bespoke palette, you know exactly what you're getting.
Sally-Ann truly believes that mixing the brands she uses and are dedicated to, really gives you the best experience. Her customer reviews speak for themselves.
Colour Selection
This is where bespoke really wins. Rather than being limited to a manufacturer's pre-set colour combinations, Sally-Ann's palettes are designed around what professional face painters actually use and need. Palettes like the All The Colours Palette, the Rainbow Supreme and the Fabulous Onestroke Palette have been developed through years of professional experience to give you the most useful, versatile colour ranges possible.
Convenience and Organisation
A bespoke palette keeps everything in one place — no more rummaging through a bag of individual pots mid-job. The water-resistant foam holds the paint securely, loads beautifully onto a brush, and keeps your workspace clean and organised. For busy event painters, this alone is worth the investment.
The Verdict
For professional face painters and serious hobbyists, a bespoke palette wins on almost every count — quality, value, colour selection and convenience. Off-the-shelf onestrokes have their place, but if you want the best results and the best value, a bespoke palette is hard to beat.
Ready to find your perfect palette? Browse the full bespoke palette range here.