I bought the plain white venetion mask for a photo shoot that some of my close friends and are were participating in and I painted and decorated the mask for that purpose. It's very durable and was easy to work with and came out looking fantastic. It was first craft project and I will certainly be purchasing more in the future to work with. I just don't have the time to make my own molds to create masks, so using a blank canvas, I just go from there. I look forward to my next project.