Life is a cabaret old chum!

"What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play. Life is a Cabaret, old chum, Come to the Cabaret. Put down the knitting, The book and the broom. It's time for a holiday....tra la la"......

Mulain just loov-es Liza Minelli....what a voice and talent and what a fab blue eye-shadow, lashes and beauty spot she sports. To get this look follow Mulain's tips....

http://www.illamasqua.com/collections/1920s-berlin/

You'll need a lovely blue eyeshadow - try NYC at New Beauty Centre, they do a great little blue trio set. A red lipstick (Lakme, L'Oreal), an uber-lash mascara (Maybelline, L'Oreal), black kohl (Max Factor) and lots of attitude, heels and a hat! Brush on a generous layer of the pale blue shadow all over your lid and right up to your brow bone. Don't be shy, this is a cabaret look. With your black kohl draw a line along the top of your lash line and below, and inside on the inner rim. Be old, go as strong as you dare. The blue trio set has a darker blue shadow, using a contour brush add some into the socket line to create some definition. Layer on the mascara, more, more, more! Choose your beauty spot area...eye or lip area is popular..sharpen your kohl pencil and dab one on....it's a beauty spot NOT mole so easy does it. Red lipstick of course and a dash of rouge on the cheeks for a 'stage' look. Ready......All dressed up and nowhere to go?....No matter...do what Mulain does, crank up the volume knob on your i-pod, your speakers, cassette walkman, ghetto-blaster and DANCE!!!!!! Like no-one is looking.....so much fun and keeps you fit...good exercise for the soul. Mulain is doing it to Robbie William's 'Reality Killed the Video Star'....brilliant stuff.

If you 're in London try make-up brand Illamaqua (Selfridges), they had a whole collection with 20s Berlin in mind...same feel as Cabaret...great products, the real art of make-up is promoted here...become your alter-ego.....mine is definitely Liza M....what is yours?

Mulain s

Colossal Lashes!!!!!!

Star make-up buy of the week is Maybelline's Colossal lash mascara....available all over India and the world....it comes in waterproof and black and brown too. All for just under 300 Rs!!! Just brilliant.....Sweep the wand upwards from root to tip to plump individual lashes and achieve dramatic volume and loo-verly eyes. Continue building lashes until you reach your desired look, it's all in the wrist and wand. Don't let dry between coats my darlings and repeat for lower lash line, voila and you're there.....go have fun and enjoy....Mulain x

B.C. Beauty!

Mulain was tickled today to hear that 'Neathanderthals' may have worn make-up!..Oh la la....I thought Wilma Flintstone was at the forefront of the cosmetic industry for that time.....mais non, it appears British experts have discovered shells that may have been used as containers for colours, approximately 75,000 B.C.....So move over Cleopatra and her black cat eye and enter the foreward thinking Neanderthals.....These scientists found lumps of a yellow pigment, that they say was possibly used as a foundation (Max Factor eat your heart out)...they also found red powder mixed up with flecks of a reflective brilliant black mineral. The shells were coated with residues of mixed pigments so definitely used for mixing and even some of the sculpted, brightly coloured shells may also have been worn by Neanderthals as jewellery (how versatile)....

Until now it had been thought by many researchers that only modern humans wore make-up for decoration and ritual purposes but now we could have got it all wrong.....check out the shells ...tres cool.....and a modern construction of how a female Neanderthal would have looked....not exactly a honey in our today's beauty world...but possibly a Paris Hilton of her day....who would easily have won an arm-wrestle with Arnie....hands down.

A 'Lay-dee' back then....a sort of Lord of the Rings look meets Hilary Duff? Sort of....

Ok - off for my relaxing Sunday siesta.....'ope you are relaxing too my friends...

Mulain x

Shiseido Goldlights!

Mulain noticed a fabulous little beauty pick-up from Shopper's Stop, Linking Road...(obviously available from all over our global vill-age too).....the MU's are big fans of the brand Shiseido so always on the look out for anything new. We 'ave, at fat mu hq some of these in fab colours, with a wonderful texture...now they have introduced gold and silver to the Indian market. Just stunning colours...but Mulain loved the gold....a-m-a-z-i-n-g on Indian skins! Plus crease resistent, easy to apply and has great staying power on the lid. Voila...loo-verly! So if you are out tonight and want something to pop your look - Mulain says choose this little gem, you will surely stand out my darlings.

Lots of other lovely colours - but j'aime Le Goldlights my dears...

The MUs are off for an important pitch now....a very exciting project...but mum's the word.....hope your Saturday is good.....and dazzling......and full of disco-balls!

Caio for now...

Mulain x

Black cherry lips....Mwah!

YSL's Pur Black Gloss.....yes it's 09 but use it in 2010!

Mulain says get ready to mix it up....yes we have the current trend of red lips or the scarlet season as it's going to be called. You will be spoilt for choice my dears...so much red out there ... MWAH!.... Love it, love it, love it!




YSL's Red Taboo!










So to mix and match, have fun, explore, add drama, grab attention, be creative why not take a red lipstick like YSL's Red Taboo and mix it with the YSL Black Pur Gloss which stole the show last year on all the ramps. Create a loo-verly black cherry colour. Sort of gothic and mysterious with a Mati Hari twist. Mulain swears you will surely get tongues wagging and heads turning...in a good way not a Bride of Wilderstein way. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-516768/Is-scariest-picture-EVER-Bride-Wildenstein.html.........Oh la la!


You can also take that black gloss and use it on top of anything....oranges, peaches, corals, pinks, lilacs....have fun and see if you can revamp some old colours that have been sitting in your make-up kit. It's time for re-invention and fun my dears. Just head to Shopper's Stop and have a play and get a feel for it.



Mulain is off to Bandra now meeting MU Virginia to help her at fat mu HQ. Natasha and the team are shooting a Dove commercial in glamourous Madh Island....know she is itching to tell you about her Dubai experience....do watch this space.



Mulain x

Revlon Matte Collection!

Beautiful matte textures.......old movie-star glam!

Matte lips, eye pencils, cheeks, shadows...loov-erly

Mulain's favourite today..... Venetian Blue!

Mulain went on a hunt today to see what's new out on the Indian scene, so ventured into Linking Road's Bandra Shopper's Stop. After recovering from the atack of the perfume army at the door!!.... I felt calm enough to approach the beauty counters. Mulain is very fussy now when looking for products, I only want one person helping me and demo-ing NOT five frenzied sales-demons. It can be quite insane. I went from YSL, to Elizabeth Arden, to Lancome, to Shiseido, to Maybelline, Revlon, Lakme and Chambor....it's quite exhausting you know.

I 'ave to say the star of the day for me was Revlon and their lovely sales assistant. She expertly and nicely showed me new products, not too pushy either. I was given a little booklet and she explained to me what was new and the colour ranges. Tres bien Revlon. Must say it's nice to see another texture from the shimmers and glosses and cremes that are out there....Revlon have returned to good old dependable Matte make-up. Matte lipsticks, Matte Powder Blush, Matte Eye Shadow, Luxurious Colour Matte Kohl Eyeliner....below are the colour ranges....

Lipsticks - 12 shades with great names!

Wine Not, Really Red, Fabulous Fig, Mauve It Over, Pink Pout, Cocoa Craving, Rose Dew, Twinkled Mauve, Chocolate Kiss, Misty Rust, Sparkling Spice, Eclair Bite....

They glide on effortlessly giving a rich, beautiful matte colour without drag, cakiness or resistence!

Mulain's fave: Really Red....it's vibrant, very 2010 and totally stunning.

Blush Powder - 2 neutral shades

Perfectly Peach and Blushing Berry

Brushes onto cheeks smoothly and effortlessly for a soft matte look and a smooth, even finish.

Mulain's fave: Both! :)

Eyeliner - 3 shades

Black truffle, Midnight Blue, Very Violet

Glides on smoothly with intense matte colour and has a versatile formula and ultra-soft smudger which allows multiple eye looks from precise to smokey. Also sensitive enough for lens wearers...good non?

Mulain's fave: Midnight Blue....let's change from black non?

Eye Shadow - 4 shades

Peach Sorbet, Venetian Blue, Tempting Teal, Aubergine

Suede-like powder eye shadow glides over lids providing high impact colour and a soft matte finish. All shades enable you to create a multiude of beauty looks.

So voila - totally user friendly and easy on the purse! Really......too good.

Mulain's fave: Venetian Blue...probably because the charming sales assistant was wearing it and it looked great on Indian Skin.

Will chat about the super-duper black YSL gloss I got and their Scarlet Red lipstick tomorrow...it's quite a combo....will leave you to absorb the matte look for today....don't want to overload you with too much information my darlings...especially as we are all still recovering from New Year non?

Or is that just me....ummm

A new Mattified Mulain x

Le Taj Calendar 2010

Yes it's that time again.....Taj Calendar time....above Mulain has posted the first image for January....make-up by MU Natasha and hair by the lovely Adhuna from b:blunt....and of course the model is gorgeous Indrani. Busy day for the MUs...meetings, packing for shoots, phone calls, smsing like crazy and I am going to vlog the team today....let's see how I get on.....hope you have a lovely day my friends.....enjoying a cool Bombay...isn't the weather fantastique?

Mulain x

Glam up!

New from Bobbi Brown are these fabulous new glittery cream eye shadows... easy to apply these are great for an instant glam up without the fuss.... AND it avoids getting glitter all over you...! BIG plus that!

From shimmery nudes to dark navy, chrome and gold tones... these little pots come in 8 different shades ... so wear it nude just for a hint of sparkle or go darker to create a lovely smokey effect... whatever floats your boat....!

The product glides on beautifully so its probably easiest and best to apply with your fingers and blend so you have control over how light/ dark/ smudgy/ smokey you want to go or layer on with a brush for a full on dramatic eye effect. A winner both ways... something you want to look into... I know I have....goldstone and starry night being my favourites.

Team it up with gloss or even better red lipstick.... depending on your mood ... but have fun with it and start experimenting with your looks people you might be surprised at what looks good! Make up after all is about looking good, feeling good and having fun!!

Enjoy.....

Mx

Maybel-ine....thank you!

What a wonderful mascara!!!

All the mascaras we take for granted....

Mulain was thinking this morning about being in 2010! Wow...sounds so futuristic non? Imagine it's one hundred years ago .....zut alors...seems like a long time ago non? And imagine what was on the make-up scene then? Not much I can tell you that....was thinking just how mu-ch we take things for granted in our everyday 2010 lives ......we have access to anything we want, from the shops or on-line, super spoilt for choice. Did you know women in 1910 made their own mascara to give them fuller lashes? A bit of petroleum jelly and coal dust et voila.....lashes to die for! Bet you did n't know Maybelline were the inventors of mascara either? (Mulain is a leetle font of knowledge my friends, not just a pretty face).......1910 - 1920 saw a huge breakthrough in the world of le maquillage......A New York chemist T.L. Williams in 1915. Williams, then in his early 20s, noticed his younger sister applying the jelly and coal dust to her eyelashes to give them a darker, fuller look. So like a good, loving brother, he adapted it in his small lab and made a product sold locally called Lash-Brow-Ine. The product was a local hit, but the awkward name held it back. His sister, who inspired the product, was named Maybel. So Monsieur Williams re-named it Maybelline, a combination of Maybel and Vaseline. In 1917 the company produced Maybelline Cake Mascara, "the first modern eye cosmetic for everyday use" and Ultra Lash in the 1960s, which was the first mass-market automatic mascara. Well done Maybelline....

Just thought you would like to know......so next time you use your wands...thank Mr. Williams and his sister Maybel (pretty name non?).....Mulain is off to head off to the beauty stores in Mumbai to see what's out there to try....will see what the latest mascara offers...vibrating, mobile, wonderful wands? How we've evolved...wunderbar...

Mulain x

It's all in Vogue Vogue Vogue....

Spanish Vogue January 2010

British Vogue January 2010

German Vogue January 2010

Australian Vogue January 2010



Korean Vogue January 2010





Indian Vogue January 2010

American Vogue January 2010

Russian Vogue January 2010

So it's January my friends...Mulain and the team have been having a break over the holiday season and are now gearing themselves up for an exciting 2010. Above are some international Vogue covers from around the planet to keep you in the loop and inspired with global beauty....so it's a Sunday in Bombay and Virginia MU was attending to a Bandra bride today.....a 'Rihanna' bride, it was all about the glow today and sexy eyes. ....great fun.

Mulain is being good and having an early night, a glass of milk and off to get some Zzzzzsss.....nearly the first Monday of a new decade my darlings...let's make it special.

Mulain x

Happy New Year!

Mulain and all the fat mu team wish you a very Happy New Year tonight! Enjoy with your friends and family. Look your best, appreciate what you have, be retrospect on the last year...let's all have a great and peaceful and compassionate and forgiving and nurturing and utterly successful 2010. Phew....exhausted already.....off to buy some bubbly for tonight....and get my party gear on.

Enjoy my darlings and we'll speak soon...

Mulain x

Beauty Flashbacks from the 00s....

The Beckham Bob.....

Loo-verly Lashes...

Porn-star glamour....!!!

La Botox!!!!!!!!

Le Highbeam!!!!!!!!!

You 'ave been tangoed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Retro-ed!!!!!!!!!!

Retro-ed again....big, big hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ghdsssssssssss!

Lip-glosses..........gloss heaven...

Think Paris Hilton, Victoria Beckham, Christina Aguilera, Giselle, Lily Allen, Jordan, Cheryl Cole, Kate Moss, Rihanna, Beyonce and Britney of course......these 'lay-dees' have been our 'style' icons / clothes horses / trend setters from the noughties....God 'elp us says Mulain. So plastic I feel....all big lips, big lashes, big flesh on display, big nails....quite porn star if you ask me? It's all a little cheap! The ghds bought us all straight, glam hour at the flick of a switch. Lip glosses became a mu-st have in everyone's handbags. Lashes were and still are big and high fashion and as for the tanning trend....could we have a leetle less orange? Botox has become normal, fixed in smiles are there for sure.....

What a decade....Mulain loves the glosses, ghds and highbeam (plastic surgery in a bottle!) for sure....looking forward for the next ten years.....what will it bring us.....peace and new lip colours, prosperity and fab nail paints.....2010! Chalo...

Mulain x

A decade of tan!

Plastic beauty - I'm a Barbie Girl..la...la....la....

From the post-Y2K no-makeup makeup look to the over-the-top eyelash craze, Gisele's sexy beach waves and the craze of '07 for the bob cut, the past ten years have given us some memorable moments. Mulain is asking you what do you remember about beauty trends from the last decade.....I think the over-riding theme for me is the fake tan /bronzed skin/ orange perma-tan look from Hollywood to Bollywood - from J-lo to Hrithik.....and very Barbie like beauty.....think Paris Hilton...all very plastic Mulain thinks......

What do you remember my friends?

Mulain x

Discovering a new brand....

lots of colours......

......and a pink brush!

Virginia MU was chatting with Mulain last night and telling him about the 'Westfield' experience.....wow....what a huge, huge, overwhelming number of shops and people. You need good shoes for walking, a sense of humour and a will of steel. This centre is so well done I can't tell you....the Las Vegas of shopping centres.....great lighting, warm, great shops, helpful staff and modern designs surround you making it a very progressive and 'arty' place for all. Discovery of the day was 'The Make Up Store'...a Swedish brand, very 'MAC' like in their design and colours....lots of lashes and glitter on display and coloured powder brushes!!!! Pink, blue, orange, green...all goat hair, non-synthetic. It's the first store in the UK....check out their site, they offer courses, make-up tips, skincare, haircare, bodycare, fab nail colours....www.makeupstore.se...

Virginia MU bought a new flashy, disco brush holder and a pink, glittery lip gloss....

Any of you spotted any new brands out there?

Gearing up for New Year....wishing peace on earth and goodwill to all....may your God be with you my darlings....wherever you are.....

Mulain x

Shoppers Paradise

Dubai .....

London......

Virginia MU is in London town this week and has told / promised Mulain that she will check out Westfield shopping centre, the largest shopping centre in Europe! There are over 20 health and beauty shops so am sure she will be super busy checking out new things to buy....so excited for her. Natasha MU is in the land of Dubai, another place for malls......so excited to see what the girls bring back for me.

Spending today thinking about the last decade - the Noughties!....what it will be remembered for....the icons, the fashions, the lipstick shades.....it's been a crazy/busy one for sure.....

Off for a dip by the pool and a massage for sure....

Mulain x

A new face for the New Year?

Just look at La Madonna.....ageless it seems...

Mulain is definitely feeling a little party-ed out after the merriment of the last few days....and we still 'ave New Year to do too. Oh la la...looking for a pick-me-up or quick recovery medicine...something please! Well it seems Madonna 'as a new face to pick her up (makes me feel worse).....does this lady get stressed? party? get depressed? Know the land of photoshop takes away the little blips one does n't want to see but what about all of us seeing these images.....Jemma Kidd says to look fresh and 'take a decade off' your face, do the following 5 things 1) Switch to a lighter base 2) Groom your eyebrows 3) Change your palette 4) Brighten your eyes 5) Even out your skin tone....sounds straight forward non? For those who don't want to be cut, pumped, filled etc this looks the better, safer, cheaper option...thank you Ms. Kidd.....For those of you however who DO want to go the Lady Madonna way get ready to be plumped!! The new face out there is not pulled taut...think bad 80s face-lifts...now it is lovely, plumped, filled skins that are staring out at us....Demi Moore, SJP, these faces are everywhere non, staring back from magazine covers, the tv screen.....we 'ave no chance to escape this bombardment of beauty icons....

But as Mulain always says...smile, don't get self-obsessed, look outward, be kind to people and puppies, drink some bubbly, drink some water, listen to a little dis-co, wear some lip-gloss and be yourself....or the best you can be....'ave a feeling you'll be happier.....and to cheer yourself up, go to www.awfulplasticsurgery.com ...it'll make you feel a whole lot better.

Mulain will go for a walk, listen to some music, eat some yummy food and 'ave an early night...sleep I feel is the answer...then I shall plan New Year.....and looking fabulous.

Mulain x

Boxing day!

Family and friends day again.....ho ho ho....still celebrating....hope you are all enjoying your holidays...

Mulain x

Christmas Day!

Mulain wishes you all a very Merry Christmas - all with family and friends today - too much eating and drinking and opening of gifts..

Wish you all a happy day...

Mulain x

Stockings!

It's Christmas Eve and Mulain is too excited! What will he get in his Christmas stocking? Love the little gift items that will be coming my way.....lots of little make-up goodies I hope...a new lip-gloss? a coloured eye-liner? oh la la...too excited. But we all know it's about giving not receiving (I 'ave to keep reminding myself)......I am very happy to gift people too....I have given all the fat mu team lots of goodies and am reminding myself to be kind, good and giving today and every day from now....let's see how I get on....

Am off for a quick last minute shop to New Beauty Centre, Khar....Beautiful, Khar......shops packed full of beauty goodies.....off I go...so chalo my friends...enjoy your Christmas Eves...I know I will.

A very merry Mulain x