We had Gardenia as the face painter for our client appreciation party in Carlsbad and she was fantastic! She's incredibly talented, so personable with both kids and adults, and made the whole experience so much fun. Everyone loved her work! We'd definitely hire her again for any party or event. Highly recommend! read more

I can't say enough good things about Gardenia's. First, Gardenia was super friendly and responsive when I scheduled a birthday party with her. Today was the party and we (including our guests) were totally and completely blown away by Gardenia's face painting artistry (bright vibrant colors and intricate designs) and Keiko's balloon animals (not your basic swords and animals... incredible detail). They were a total hit and we can't wait to have another party with them! read more

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We had the pleasure of having Kimmi come and paint faces at our son's first birthday party. Gardenia was very professional and quick to respond to questions or concerns leading up to the party. She was not available but made sure that Kimmi would be able to come and paint half or full faces on my guests. She was happy to paint kids and adults and completed around 15-20 faces! She was dressed in a cute, whimsical outfit and made everyone feel comfortable. I will definitely be using Gardenia's face painting services in the future and highly recommend her if you want to bring a fun/magical experience to your party. read more

Gardenia did such amazing work at my daughters birthday party! The kids loved her, her work we simply beautiful and she was so easy to work with. I will be using her again at my second daughters birthday. read more

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I was able to book Gardenias Faces last minute for my sons birthday! She was incredible! Not only did she do an amazing job, she is so sweet and personable. Everyone loved her face paintings! read more

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We are so pleased with the work of Gardenia. She is so patient and kind to the kids and teens. She is professional, on time, and her pricing is fair. She did face painting, balloon making and henna at our party. She is talented and her work was beautiful. She also works very fast and efficiently, so a lot of kids/teens were able to have something done. read more

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I hired Gardenia for a community pool party event and she was AMAZING! So friendly, quick and great with the kids. She was prepared with both regular and waterproof face paint and she had tons of designs for the kids to choose from. I originally booked a different company just because they had more reviews and it felt like the safer option to go with a larger, "established company", but I was so wrong. They took forever to respond to emails and I had to constantly ask them to send me an invoice. Gardenia was so kind, professional, and quick. She answered right away, confirmed and sent me my invoice. She made the entire price easy and seamless. Now I know my lesson to support small businesses! You can tell she puts her heart into it and she's passionate about seeing the kids happy and doing phenomenal work. I will definitely hire Gardenia again and highly recommend her for face painting at any event! read more

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I found Gardenia through several recommendations on local moms groups. She was right on time, came with a smile and made MORE balloons for the kids than I even thought possible in 1.5 hours! She actually accommodated us last minute when we extended the event by 30 min due to more kiddos RSVPing. She was absolutely wonderful, matched our theme perfectly, and I highly recommend her to anyone looking to add some fun to their party! read more

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Gardenia is an extremely talented artist! The creations she made were so awesome. Every kid loved their face paint. She arrived early, made sure everyone got a face paint, and was so kind! The paint did not smudge, but easily came off with soap and water. I would hire her again in a heartbeat. My 3 year old cried at bath-time because she didn't want to wash it off, told me "it's so beautiful!". read more

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Gardenia was awesome! She's no ordinary face painter! I hired her and her associate Julian to do balloon artistry. The two came prepared on time with a smile and the kids loved every minute of it! She was super flexible and offered several options read more

Gardenia is wonderful! I highly recommend booking her for her amazing artistry with face painting! Everyone at my daughter's birthday party loved her work. She was professional, kind, and a joy to work with. read more

I hired Gardenia for my daughters 3 year old birthday party. She arrived early and had an amazing set up. Her face painting skills are amazing, I'd recommend her to all of my friends. The kids all stood in line anxiously watching and waiting their turns. She also made amazing balloon creations. She was a hit at the party and I'd hire her again for my next birthday! read more

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Gardenia did an amazing job. She was able to squeeze me in into her busy schedule. I had a blast celebrating my birthday and got lots of compliments on the face painting... she's very nice. will definitely go back to her next year and I highly recommend her. read more

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Great service awesome all the kids enjoy it and did great work will use again in the future

I don't usually post reviews but Gardenia deserves one! She was so patient with all of our shy kiddos during my daughter's birthday party and even painted some adults! She was very sweet with the kids and the work was amazing! read more

I hired Gardenia for my daughter's 4th Birthday party and she was absolutely amazing! She was very communicative during the booking process and very professional. Gardenia easily dealt with my change to the start time and even extended her time there with no problem so no kids would miss out on their face being painted. She was very patient with the kids and did a beautiful job on each face. My party guests were all commenting on how beautiful and detailed their kids faces were. I would definitely recommend Gardenia and without hesitation would book again. read more

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Gardenia was really easy to work with and book. She was so sweet with all the kids, and she is really talented! All the kids loved her designs and she was able to do everything they requested. Would definitely use her again. read more

She was THE BEST!! So grateful she was able to work my kids safari birthday party, she put the cherry on top of the day! The kids were so happy when they were all transformed into safari animals! And to top that all off she made balloon animals for all of them! Worth every penny!! read more

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STOP!! You need not look any further than here! Gardenia is one of the kindest, most talented and professional people I've ever had the pleasure of working with! She came to our grandsons 5th birthday party monster bash and painted about 30 kids and every single one of them looked great! I can't wait to hire her again! Thank you so much Gardenia...you were amazing!!! read more

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We hired them for our company Holiday party this past week. Amazing job for all services provided. We got the balloon artist, face painting & DJ Services. The staff was very professional, arrived on time & did an amazing job! All the kids loved their entertainment & we ended up extending the DJ for an extra hour. The DJ was so professional & polite & treated our staff so nicely. He also catered to out crowd of mixed cultures & had music for all of our guests. Everyone got up & danced to at least a few songs. The kids were so pleased with all the different balloons animals & candy Canes, etc. The face painter even did a Llama for one of the kids! We're definitely hiring them every year ahead of time too. The pricing was reasonable & that was the ultimate reason we hired them. It's an amazing company read more

She was awesome! Everyone loved her face paintings! So talented and so great with the kids! Will def hire her again if need be and handed out her cards to our family and friends :) thank you again for making our children's bday even more special!! :D read more

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I love Gardenia and her crew! We hired Jazmine as our face painter and Julian for creating balloons. They were so awesome! We had about 50-75 kids at our party for my son's first birthday and baptism at the Poway Auditorium on 5/13/17. The guests had many compliments about the face painting and balloons that were created. Jazmine and Julian were very professional, dressed appropriately for a kids birthday and were on time. They managed the kids well and were fast but very thorough with their work. I would definitely recommend Gardenia's faces and her crew for your children's events! read more

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Jazmine (face painter) and Julian (balloon arstist) were amazing. They both have such great talent and were extremely patient with the kids! The kids loved them! I will definitely hire them, again for my next party! read more

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She is very talented, sweet and great with kids. She did a great job face painting and made lots of cute balloons for the kids. Kids were happy. I showed the pic that need to be done and she did face painting that look exactly in the pic. Awesome job! Moms even got the painting done. I had it on my hand. Love the dragon fly painting:). I was very happy, and I tips her. She worked hard. All the kids were happy. Thank you, Gardenia!!! I will recommend your talent work to everyone. Wonderful job, great price, and the most important thing is everyone enjoyed the party with her work! read more

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I found Gardenia's Faces on Craigslist when I was planning our annual Christmas party. I wanted something that would entertain the kids and occupy some of their time. Gardenia offered a face painting and balloon animal package that was perfect! She came fully equipped, she was sweet with the kids and did an AMAZING job painting their faces and making balloon characters. I highly recommend Gardenia's Faces for any event! read more

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We just celebrated my daughter's first birthday this weekend and Gardenia did face painting and balloons for the kids. We decided on the 2 hour package and thought it was reasonably priced. She was very pleasant and she did such a great job!! We even had friends book her for their daughter's birthday the next day! We'll definitely book her again for future kid events!! Thanks, Gardenia!! read more

Long overdue review! Gardenia is simply THE BEST! We are having her this weekend again for our party! Gardenia has a great personality, very professional and is always with a smile! Not only does she deliver GREAT quality of her work, but she is affordable for the amount of time she dedicates to your event. I have referred her many times to friends and they have nothing but great things to say about her services. Thank you GARDENIA! read more

The best! And I should know. We have had 4 different face painter/ balloon artists over the years between my 2 kids birthdays and I have never been so thrilled as to have the same one back... I only wish I had known about Gardenia earlier. First and foremost she was HONEST.. about what time she could show up, about how many kids she could do per hour and when I accidentally overpaid her she handed it back to me!! She will be invited back to every party. She was so fast that every child got a face paint and balloon. She does beautiful paint work I don't know how she does it so fast. We had a jumpy but kids were lining up for her instead. Definitely the hit of the party. Thank you, Gardenia! read more

I am sooo happy I went with Gardenias Faces after debating between a few different options to entertain the kiddos AND Adults at my daughters 1st birthday party! (The adults loveddddd it!!) Gardenia was soo SPECTACULAR!!!!! I've been to events with face painters before and their skill was nothing like Gardenia's!! Her face paintings were so detailed to perfection and they actually looked just like the samples she provided. And she's quick so she can squeeze in a lot in the amount of time you request. Not only does she do face paintings, she also does balloon twisting!! Veryy talented sweet lady! She was very friendly and patient with the kids. Definitely recommend booking her to entertain at your party!! It's so worth it!! I will definitely book her again!! read more

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I found Out about Gardenia through a friend. I hired her for my children's birthday party. She charged for mileage fee since I was located outside of San Marcos which was totally fine with me. I was so amazed and impressed by her work, so were all my guests. She was very personable and came on time and professional all the way down to her equipment. I thought I would be supplying a chair and table for her but she came with everything she needed. I got her package with the face paint and balloon art which I thought was very reasonable. Her work was just so beautiful and we could see how talented she was that she loved what she did, even my daughter said "look mommy she draws perfect snowflakes"! The paints she used isn't some cheap paint that rubs off right after applying like at carnivals. I definitely would recommend her and hire her again. read more

Hands down the best bang for your buck! Gardenia is not only an accomplished artist but, also super great with the kid and very accommodating and a pleasure to work with. Her balloon figures were amazing, too. I say this because she was making not only animals but, also people! Face painting and balloon characters all in one! read more

Gardenia came to my daughter's sixth birthday party yesterday and did a fabulous job! Her designs were beautiful and she even added in jewels (it was a Barbie party!). She was also super sweet and prompt. I will definitely use her again! read more

Gardenia came to our party today in mission bay and she was just amazing. Very prompt, super sweet and the kids loved her. I'll definitely use services her again in the future. She's a gem! read more

Gardenia's Face Painting and Balloon twisting were above and beyond! Every child was dancing in line in anticipation to have their face painted or collect their balloon animal. The face paintings were astounding and the balloon art was phenomenal! She was engaging with the children and every child left with a smile beaming from ear to ear. She was honest, talented, and super sweet. We booked her for face painting and balloon art and are incredibly glad we did because the work was spectacular. She also has DJ and airbrush tattoos services that if they are as good as her other talents, which I am sure they are, then you definitely want to hire Gardenia. No need to look any further - Gardenia is the one for the job. The children couldn't have been any happier. read more

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Gardenia was excellent! The faces she painted were absolutely gorgeous and the balloon animals were very detailed! Her party package was definitely the way to go. The kids had a blast and Gardenia was super accommodating. I would de recommend having her at your next party! read more

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Gardenia was amazing! I called her last minute the day of our neighborhood block party and she was available. We had huge line of kids that she had to stay longer than booked and she had no problem doing so. She even made balloon swords for the kids at the very end! read more

Where do I begin!! Gardenia face Paint was so professional and courteous! She did such a great job with everyone face painting! Everyone at my party was asking where I found her. I said yelp!!I I will definitely use gardenias face Paint fod all my parties!!see you soon read more

Gardenia made our daughter's 5th birthday unique and special. She is extremely talented, meticulous, patient and very creative. Gardenia arrived well in time and was all setup before the party. She had kids lined up for almost 3 hours and worked nonstop, with a smile. Later I would discover that we were the third event of the day for her ! Each child left feeling as special as the birthday girl. Seeing the beautiful and fun faces, the reluctant ones could not resist. She had packed all her supplies when one shy boy finally approached her. Gardenia unpacked everything and made the cutest rattlesnake on his face. We are thrilled that we discovered Gardenia. One of the guests signed her up on the spot for an upcoming birthday, and we intend to invite her every year. read more

Without a doubt this a five-star review. Gardenia came to our party and wowed our guests with balloon shapes and temp tattoos. More than one guest asked for Gardenia's information so they can book her for their party. All the kids had a wonderful experience. read more

We recently had a party at our home, for our 5 year daughter and hired Julian (the DJ) and couldn't have been more Pleased! So talented for such a young age and happily listened and executed to all of my requests. On time, good vibes, and professional too. Highly recommend! read more