MU-ettes in action!

Finishing touchs of the look....glitter and pink lips!

MUs Virg and Xavi

Glitter with a little bit of hair gel in to control it and keep in place...

MU-ette Swapna poised ready for lip touch-ups.....

MU Sunita adding glitter....

Our glitter products...

MU-ette facecharts up.....

MUs Xavier and Rosy

NYX cream glitter palette...fab for your kits - personal or pro!

MU-ettes behind the scenes...

Raffles' chief co-ordinator Corne with his black tipped nails - Go Corne!

Well girls and boys...Mulain had super fun last night watching the team in action at the Raffles Design Institute Student Fashion Show. The MUs and MU-ettes were back stage creating their look / design on 24 models. Tricky brief...one look to suit lots of different clothing collections from Traditional Indian to Modern Punk to Brazilian to Disco and more. Plus had to be different to last year's Retro design we did. The team came up with a super duper rocking design which everyone loved...silver glitter down one side of the face, a clean sculpted canvas and a popping, glossy pink pout! Gorgeous and so effective! Don't forget nails too...silver metallic polish on hands and toes!

PRODUCTS OF THE DAY: Ben Nye Silver cream as a base. NYX glitter cream palette. Great for your kits! Both available from New Beauty Centre my friends! MUUU!

M x

Her hair is Harlow gold.....

The loo-verly Hollywood star Bette Davis!

....her lips sweet surprise, her hands are never cold, she's got Bette Davis eyes...."...tra la la....Today we are having fun in the fat mu academy and getting inspired by MU-sic and lyrics....MU Virginia is creating a retro design inspired by 80s pop song "Bette Davis Eyes" and MU Sara is working on her take on "The Girl from Ipanema"...."Tall and tan and young and lovely..."....such fun and great to use one's imagination with make-up. Mulain wants to do Kesha's "Tik Tok"...."Wake up in the morning feelin' like P Diddy..."...now that would be a challenge! :).

Will post up our designs asap for you my darlings.....happy Wednesday!

Mulain x

Raw!

Mulain was with MU Virginia yesterday shooting for GQ with their delightful team and with uber talented photographer Burman and fab pro model Mia. The piccie above was a ref pic for all of us for look and mood. Sexy, raw glamour at its best. First thing's first lovely model Mia spent a few days 'safe-tanning' outside (love the Indian sun) so came to us with a light base tan. We then covered her in Ben Nye's Bronze tint from top to toe. This gave the effect we wanted a warm tan look ontop of her own skin. No glitter / sheen / shimmer at this point. Next we did something a little different. MU Virginia worked backwards...she loaded on eye definition using Benefit's Bad Gal eye pencil and topped it with MAC's Blacktrack and got an old gunky mascara and coated Mia's lashes top and bottom....this gave the eyes a very worked in / lived in look. Next she took a good ole cotton bud and eye make-up remover and started to breakdown her eye definition fading it away til was invisibly there. Also, creating 'open spaces' on the eye to pop in any colour or texture required. Once faded away, including the mascara...Virginia then added in a pop of Ben Nye's bronzed creme blending it onto the lid. This technique involves thinking unconventionally. Think and work differently with your tools and fingers. It's a dab here and touch there...delicate and fairy like application required...Imagine 'butterfly' kisses :).

Once bronze creme was on....she stood back to watch how the make-up settled...lip balm was applied onto Mia's lips...a little concealer, contouring....then Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream was DABBED onto lids and cheekbones...DAB lightly not a lot when doing this......it involved lots of layering of products. Please note this look was possible as we were shooting in A/C...outside very tricky....:). Eyebrows were brushed up and looked edgy...very sexy looks and model Mia was such a pro all day....:) ... Mulain is a fan...Mia you are now a fat mu MU-se...welcome to our fat mu MU-se hall of fame!

Can't wait to show you all....M x

P.S - special thanks to MUs Xavier and Menaka for all their hard work...it's all team work my friends...never forget that...:)

Face charts!

Bonjour...another sunny day in hot, hot, hot Mumbai......poor MUs Natasha, Xavier and Sara are braving the heat for a TVC...shot outside....quite horrid and exceptionally hard work to keep the models looking fresh and fabulous and not melty and manky. Well done team....Mulain thinks you are doing a grand job but is choosing to spend the day with MU Virginia in an airconditioned class room (much more civilised non?). Today the MUettes in the academy are designing their first make-up! It will be a creative and funfilled afternoon for sure. Students will be putting their ideas and creations onto face charts and then executing them onto live models......Mulain can't tell you what a good practice this is and a good habit to start for all budding artistes....start drawing, sketching, playing with colours and putting everything down onto paper...face charts. This will help you communicate your ideas clearly in a visual way and also help you when you are directing a team etc.

Mulain has put up a few from MAC, Stila, Charlotte Tilbury, L'Oreal to give you an idea. Hope this helps you in your work my friends.

Off to school.....mu-st n't be late....moi Mulain x

Kalki in Estetica India!

Make-up by MU Virginia

80s inspired....

60s inspired....

Mulain has put up these Estetica looks with the lovely Kalki K to show how we can jump decades on a shoot. This week in the fat mu academy we have been focussing on the history of le make-up and looking back at the 20th century to learn about different looks from 20s exotic, sultry eyes to 60s geometric, heavily eye-lined/lashed looks...great fun...and steep learning curve if you don't know your history. Keep looking back in time my friends to improve your creativity and inspiration....so much to look at and it's never ending. Know the difference between 40s and 50s lips? Know your 50s flicks and 60s eyelines? Eyebrow shapes over the last 100 years..... Non? Well as an artist you should my dears...it is essential to your work!

Will post some pics from our class this week...great fun we are having....

Mulain x

Make-up Design

MUs Natasha and Xavier teaching make-up design.....

MU Virginia in teaching session....

Mulain read an article in The Times of India titled 'Designer Dreams'....it opens saying that there is a rising demand for designers from various fields in India...it mentions fashion....product design...interior..but alas no make-up :(...... It also states that prospects in the design industry are enormous and lucrative. "Design is a professional capability of creating and developing concepts and realising them into products and systems for the mutual benefit of both, user and manufacturer. The design of objects, services and systems requires the synthesis and knowledge of a variety of disciplines. Design thinking brings together the finest sensibilites of the arts with the logic of science in an innovative framework. While learning a craft brings students close to materials and material culture, a design attitude and methodology helps them realise larger patterns in the fabric of society".....phew....did you get that? Basically...designing is the future.....that includes make-up! Make-up design for film, for television, theatre, fashion, products.....it's a huge make-up world out there my friends....think big and out of the box.

Mulain is a leetle disappointed that make-up design was not mentioned, thought about etc (zut alore).......there is so much potential in a career in make-up and the design aspect. It saddens me people. But do NOT despair...my MUs Natasha and Virginia are hard at work 'designing' their make-up academy where they will teach you how to do it and do it well. Will keep you in the loop my darlings...it's all very exciting. The future's bright ...the future is MAKE-UP!


Mulain x