I bought this face paint as a Christmas present for my 5 year old, and we both had many hours of good fun. I found the paint easy to apply, brushes okay, and instructions easy to follow. It seemed like the best Christmas present ever! Problems only started to surface when we both were wearing our full-face paints for over 2 hours. My son had a bad rash and I had the most terrible headache I experienced in my entire life. This prompted me to look for health and safety issues surrounding face paint, and according to "Campaign for Safe Cosmetics", Snazaroo kit contains lead, nickel and cobalt - which are not listed (and strangely, don't have to be) on the products' ingredient labels.
Lead exposures can cause attention deficits, hyperactivity, aggression, and a wide range of mental health issues throughout people's lifetime. The evidence of its potential to cause harm, especially to children, is indisputable. Lead is banned from cosmetics in Canada and Europe, but not in the UK or USA.
My face paint kit is binned, and I will avoid using any face paint for my children in the future, until reasonable safety standards are put in place.