For tattoo artist Melissa Thompson, decorating the body with make-up rather than permanent ink "blossomed into an obsession," she said. It's ephemeral, the paint washes right off, and artistic ...

My boyfriend applied the body paint to my breasts and this ... beach towels because some WILL get on your sheets), and it washes off quite easily in the shower (wash each other off post-coitus!).

So when Lil Nas X showed up at the 2023 Met Gala afterparty completely void of all the glittery body paint he was wearing ... manage to get everything off? (And so quickly, too.) ...