Happy Birthday fat mu!

Retro glam at the Raffles Design show..Runway 54...make-up by our MU-ettes...

A model pouting backstage.....


MU Virginia wondering where her chai is?....

MU-ette Bianca working backstage....

MU-ette Shilpa overseeing the make-up design...ensuring a consistent design!

Happy birthday fat mu 4 today!!!

Happy MUs....delirious with exhaustion!!!!

MU-ette Ruxana finally gets her coffee!

Attention to detail...even toe nails were n't missed out...

MU Sunita on retro eyes....

Mehzabeen on lip touch-ups backstage...

Toni and Guy team backstage....

Retro glam backstage....

Love the lips girls...wunderbar!

MU-ette Shilpa on touch-ups .....

MU Virginia went with the MU-ettes yesterday to watch their make-up design for the Raffles Students Runway 54 show.....we arrived at midday and left at nearly midnight.....phew....ALL worked so hard.....thank you MU-ettes.....Shilpa, Bianca, Ekta, Mehzabeen, Ruxana, Loveleen, Sunita! Great job.....retro eyelines, clean, fresh bases with chic contouring and of course wow-brows and wow lips to complete your look. All looked great and know how hard you all worked to achieve this. Rest on Saturday and recover....and we look forward to the next show. Our girls had created a look that matched retro / traditional / futuristic / feminine / innocent / punk looks.....so many young designers showed their collections and the MU-ettes look worked for all of these. Bravo!

MU Virginia was so happy especially as it was fat mu's 4th birthday today!!!!!!! A good day was had by all :)....Mulain x

Delicate decolletage!

Yes even Barbie ages!

Delicate decolletage!



Face, neck and cleavage area exposed...

Marilyn's sexy, creamy cleavage!


We all want super smooth, lovely young skin...

The neck...so easy to forget!

Mama Mulain reminded him yesterday about the importance of not forgetting to care for other parts of the body, not just the face. We are all age-ing...every second of every minute of every hour of every day....tick, tick, tick....and as Hollywood legend Bette Davis said...'old age ain't for sissies!'....How right she was. Every day we get bombarded with youthful images and basically subliminally told age-ing is bad!!!!...Poor us....and what do we do instead of accepting age-ing as a natural part of life ...we panic and we start rushing for surgeries, botox and endless creams and potions....vanity insanity my darlings.....Mulain says strike a balance. Look after yourself but enjoy life and don't stress about it all. I bet most of you look after you face and don't moisturize your neck, cleavage area na? Well...top tip of the day....start including that area into your skin care.....it's as delicate as your face you know!!! You can get specific creams and lotions for any area of the body so the choice and options are out there to help us all...On a budget? ..... just continue your facecream to the neck area...always, always massaging the product upwards...remember we are fighting gravity my friends and we are NOT going down without a fight!

Do this everyday starting NOW so that the time you hit your 30s and 40s you have helped your skin and delicate bits to look good.....a little bit every day of this plus exercise and laughing will all help you as you get older.

Age is not a bad thing my darlings.....I think we all get much more interesting as we get older, just remember that....Mulain x

Oscar Buzz!!!

J'aime le make-up!

Yes Mulain knows that it's October but.....can't help get excited about the Oscar buzz that is starting at the Toronto film festival.....Look out for 'The King's Speech', 'Conviction', 'Jack Goes Boating', 'Waiting For Superman', '127 Hours' and 'Black Swan'......buzz, buzz, buzz..... 'Black Swan' caught the eye of Mulain as it looks very interesting from a make-up point of view....the world of ballet, specifically Swan Lake...dramatic looks combined with theatrical looks. Can't wait to see who is in the running for Oscar for make-up and hair.

Mulain is in class with Natasha today...last day of bases and onto tech skills tomorrow.....

M x

Perfect your eyelines!

Perfect your eyelines!
Not getting right effect...change your brush!

Sephora little eye kits...how cute na?

Hey girls and boys....hope all cool with you and your worlds. All good in MU-town.....pro class in week two...working hard and getting to know 'bases' and 'faces'....1 week intro to make-up work shop on too....and our MU-ettes are off shooting in Rajasthan with the lovely Dev Patel and Maggie Smith, Judi Dench...how cool is that? Busy little bees....

Mulain has been out and about recently and loving seeing what people are wearing make-up wise...have spotted quite a few ladies having a go with the trend of retro eyelines....some getting it right, some not at all!! Remember if you are just starting out....start with an aqua liner...that way if you make a mistake, a quick dab with a cotton bud and water, remove your 'error', 'smudge' and start again! Start small with a slight flick and out ...when you get fast and confident with this...then move onto your Sharila T 60s stuff! Easy-squeezy....also if you are using a brush that's too thin you will not get that lovely thick retro line.....try your lip brush...see the difference. Once your eyelines are on with the aqua, you can always intensify the line with MAC's Blacktrack or Lakme's liquid liner for that extra staying power.

Get lining my friends...it's a lot of fun!

M x

Runway 54!

MU-ette Ekta surrounded by retro refs and the ref face chart for Friday's show..

Practicing eyelines, fast lipstick application.......

MU-ette Ruxana on lips.....

Raffles Runway 54 show....credits for their student fashion show on Friday....

Mulain had great fun yesterday with our MU-ettes in the fat mu academy. They are all gearing up for the Raffles student fashion show on the 15th October, at the Intercontinental. It's a big show where fat mu students are doing the make-up and Toni & Guy students the hair. It's going to fab, fun and super fast with around 24 models to get ready. It's a retro look....so focus on eyelines, brows, lips, nails and sculpting the face! Everybody yesterday was allocated their roles by MU-ette Shilpa who is in charge of the team. MU Virginia will be there on the day to help oversee the gals.......Mulain of course will be in the VIP area watching from a comfortable seat in front...away from the madness backstage....although might pop my head around to see them all in action.

Monday, Monday and an amazing heavy shower in melting Mumbai...a welcome relief from the green-house heat!

Have a great day my darlings.....M x

Nars Bento Box Sets

Lovely Japanese inspiration...product, tools and brushes

highly pigmented lip colour....




Kabuki theatre


Japanese inspired brushes.....




Kabuki theatre from 1794!!!

Nars goes Japanese ....

Mulain is always preaching about putting the 'art' into make-up......well, Mulain's favourite MU-se Nomita sent us a Francois Nars link this morning about the new limited edition Bento Box Sets available from November....to-tally up our alley. Mulain is determined to get his hooves on one of these....they look just gorgeous and LOVE the concept and artistry behind it all. For those who like all things artistic, you are going to really appreciate his idea and vision....merci Monsieur Nars you are truly an artist. These sets are inspired from Japanese Kabuki theatre (dates back to 1603).....two porcelain bowels sit in a handmade bento box, each one filled with hand-poured, highly-pigmented lip colours....Maiko, a vivid red and Sakura, a bright pink! Plus there is a handmade Kabuki lip brush, it's handle wrapped in Wisteria....has Mulain wet your creative appetites? It's is a lovely way to paint your lips just as a performer would do. Magical!

In class now with MU Natasha....first week of the pro class nearly over...my how time flies....hope you have a lovely weekend my darlings....caio for now...M x

Neon!

Mulain was reading about the Mui Mui 'Neon' inspired make-up designs at the 2011 shows for S/S...instead of just seeing what the artist had done....thought it would be a good idea to get my own feel of 'Neon' before seeing what someone else had done......so wanted to see it, feel it, touch it....attached some images for inspiration for you too, you might find it in a tube light, a shoe, a bead, a painting.....what do we always teach in class?...COLOURs / TEXTUREs / SHAPEs....look around you and see what is Neon for you.....Enjoy M x

Amazing facial!

It's one of Mulain's favourite time of year again...The European Beard and Moustache Championships...CWG eat your heart out! Entrants come from 8 Euro countries and enter into 17 eccentric facial categories...from "Freestyle Beard"...."Natural Moustache".....to "Verdi"......all these men primp, curl, blow dry their way into the competition held in Austria.....150 entries this year....so you want inspiration for your shoots my darlings?....check out the images above. You thought India had some crazy beards and tashes....seems Europe does too!

In MU world it's colour theory class today in the pro class...tres importante!! MUs Sara, Virginia, Xavier, Menaka are all out and about prepping for shoots and fashion shows and makeovers galore!

MUs Nat and Virg went to the of Moshe's Cafe last night...right next to the fat mu academy on Hill Road...how cool is that? Mulain says...do visit it's delish!

M x