Caran dAche Classic Neocolor II Water-Soluble Pastels, 15 Colors

They arrived broken. Total bummer since these are not inexpensive. Save yourself the heartache and order from an actual art supplier instead.

You just cant go wrong with these and how versatile they are! Important tip!! - When you go to sharpen these, save your shavings! I have a 14 compartment pill organizer for now that I use to save mine in. I simply (and carefully) hold my Neo II over one of the compartments and sharpen using a small metal sharpener that doesnt have any enclosure around it, kind of like ones youd use for makeup eyeliner pencils, then sharpen away and the shavings fall into the compartment. Im sure theres WAY easier ways to do this lol but for now this is my method. Then I just add a bit of water, mix it around a bit, and shut the lid of the compartment. Eventually over time as you continue to do something like this, youll pretty much have your own Neocolor II paint palette you can use and paint with!

Great face paint! Doesnt smear like other brands.

Great quality. Ive never tried other brands of water soluble wax pastels before, so I cannot say how they compare, but this brand is amazing. PERFECT, and I mean PERFECT for body art. I got so many compliments on how nice they looked on skin. if you want to draw on skin make sure you 1) wet the tip of the pastel first- i used my tongue but i dont recommend that. you can have a little bowl of water around just to slightly dampen the tip 2)color on your body and theres no need to press down hard. It glides right on and its so much fun to bled colors and create amazing patterns on legs and arms! 3) if they are dry, they wont come off and they feel like your skin! I was huddled under blankets and it didnt get on the blanket at all 4) TO REMOVE. just wipe off with water. so simple. It glides right off. PERFECT for raves and festivals!! heres a link to some pics of my leg when i first tried it>>>>>>[...] (there are two images)

This company is outstanding to work with; I had a question/concern about my shipment and they answered it and helped me quickly and efficiently. I highly recommend them. This product is wonderful as well , fun to create using these pastels.

Recommended by my art teacher. Beautiful colors and love that fact it can be used as water color too.

Love the colors in this case. They work really well with blending and the tip offers enough precision to stay within the limits one seeks.

Grate for face paint with the kids!

My favorite colors. easy to control. easy to mix, easy to fade and tint. no prep, no cleanup. one brush and a cup of water is all you need.

I had to knock one star not because of the product but the way Amazon packaged the item. It was not bubble wrapped or securely packaged. It was just tossed into a mailer bag not even a bubble mailer just a regular mailer so when I received it a lot of them were broken. But the product itself is Amazing !! A little pricey but 10/10 it dissolves beautifully with water and blends well.