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Depends on a LOT of things.
How hard are you slapping? Face slapping can be such a powerful stimulus that it doesn't take very much force at all to get the result you're looking for.
How healthy are they? A strong man who is conditioned to contact one way one another can take a lot more than someone old and/or frail.
I would start this way. Try to aim so that only the distal portion of your palm and fingers hit. If the base of your palm hits then you deliver a lot more force (thud rather than sting in flogging terms) and are more likely to cause problems. Raise your hand and hold it until he/she sees that the slap is coming. Likely they won't be able to avoid a flinch at that point (expectation). This serve two purposes, it improves your aim and intnesifies the experience(wait until they "freeze" a bit, if he/she turns away, keep the hand raised until they present the face again--very powerful). This will also help avoid the problem of them trying to duck (conciously or unconciously) and making it worse for him/herself instead.
So what are you aiming for? Imagine a female sub standing and facing you. Your middle finger should land about an inch or more in front of where her ear lobe attaches and your fingers are straight and pressed firmly together, parallel to the ground. This means all of your four fingers strike together on the cheek with the base of your index finger just above the corner of her mouth. This is the ideal target and orientation for safety. What you don't want is to hit the ear or eye, or hit entirely on the jaw (partly on the jaw and partly on the cheek is usually OK, unless she has jaw trouble which you should find out about in advance). Don't try using the back of your hand until you gain some confidence and accuracy, though a "backhand" can have dramatic apeal. Like anything corporal, start out light and work up to more force as you gain confidence and according to the tollerance of the reciever.
The ears can be risky, especially if your palm hits the openning in such a way as to occlude it completely and thus cause a pressure change on the ear drum. That's usually pretty easy to avoid if you remain aware.
The eyes are less risky than people think, but still to be avoided. An accidental impact there is unlikely to cause permanent damage but should be avoided. Damage becomes a lot more likely if your hand does not strike flat or if you wear jewelry.
If you have a tough sub and want to increase intensity, do the same strike I listed before on the same target but allow the base of your palm to strike just above the corner of the mouth. Be sure to part your fingers slightly and extend them fully so that only the palm strikes, not the fingers, or at least so the fingers don't hit with much force. This prevents you from accidentally causing problems with the ear.
Once you have a little practice and accuracy, you probably won't have to use the palm most times and can stick the the fingers technique if you do it very quickly and catch him/her by surprize. Most people have an immediate visceral response to this kind of surprize strike to the cheek.
All of what I've described so far has the hand angled the same: Parallel to the ground if your sub was standing at attention. That is the safest angle to strike at most times.
There is another technique though that can be effective, but force must be kept low. Normally the nose is avoided, but this time you strike downward on the nose using only the fingers. You shouldn't do it hard, but the psychological and reflex effect can be cool. This one shouldn't be a surprize. Hold the hand up above the nose as one might threaten a dog's nose, then slap it down. You can even demand he/she hold the nose up to be struck. The message here is very different than the traditional slap. The effect is more humiliation than physical, but also there is a reflex when the nose is hit even lightly that makes the eyes water. If tears are already imminent, this can trigger uncontroled crying in one that otherwise might hold it back.
Even for someone who enjoys face slapping, it should be used more as a sort of punctuation than as a sentence unto itself. Not something to be used too frequently, but to be timed for best effect.
Hope that helps.
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