Posted by Lorena Anderson on May 15, 2008 at 05:08 PM

Turns out, body painting is not OK except under certain circumstances.

"People have to have an adult permit and it has to be part of an event or contest," Horry County spokeswoman Lisa Bourcier said this afternoon.

She said the county discusses this with local business owners so they know the parameters, which include women having to wear "pasties" to cover certain body parts, but sometimes the rules can be difficult to enforce if no one calls the police and there are no officers on site.

The issue seems to have arisen after pictures were published online of Nathan West painting Heather Kimball before one of her beer-vending shifts at SBB 4 Corners. SBB does have an adult license, but "They can't have beer-tub girls getting painted just to sell more beer," Bourcier said.

Nathan West details an eagle on Heather Kimball's chest before she begins her shift Saturday behind one of the bars at SBB Four Corners in Murrells Inlet. Janet Blackmon Morgan jblackmon@thesunnews.com

OMG if you cant handle the body paint then  don't go around it ! It aint nothing but a thing...    Its bike week for goodness sakes what do you expect lighten up go with it!

I Vote Yes for BODY PAINT

Another way for the powers to be,,, who dont ride,,nor ever been to an event,,, stick there nose in something because they have the power to do so... I never saw body painting or an unpastie body part incite a riot,,hold up a store,, or walk out on paying a dinner bill.. You want to enforce something??? save it for the week after bike week...Leave us alone ,,,Just a bunch of ADULTS blowing off a year of bullshit and have a little fun.