Shop Butterfly

Butterfly wings are two mirrored shapes, so the products here lean toward palettes that put a ready made colour run under one brush rather than single pots you would blend to match. Fusion's Leanne's Collection alone stocks four petal palettes, Happy Pixie, Vivid Rainbow, Vivid Rainbow FX and Pretty Rainbow, each set out so four or five shades sit next to each other for a one stroke wing.

Sponges built for wing dabbing

• Fusion's Petal Face Paint Sponge (3 pack) and the TAG Petal Sponge shape colour into the curved lobes of a wing in one dab.
• The Triangle and Diamond make up sponges suit the narrower forewing tip.

For the outline, the A02 Butterflies 2.0 stencil holds a full symmetrical pair steady while you fill it, and the NH6 Butterfly Crown stencil works the same shape into a headband instead of a cheek. Finish with the Flutterby or Magic Wishes earrings, or the Flowers and Butterflies Bling Box for gems along the antennae. If you would rather work freehand in bold colour blocks, our unicorn collection draws on a handful of the same Leanne's rainbow split cakes, arranged for a mane rather than a wing.