Leopard Luxe!

Limited edition eye shadow quad 'Leopard Luxe'

Wild by Nature.....a lovely midtone camel...matte

Notoriety.....dirty brown with gold pearl....velvet

Style Predator......frosted midtone orange / yellow....veluxe pearl

Furiously Fabulous..... frosted warm black...veluxe pearl

Mulain just loves this limited edition eye shadow quad by MAC......it's inspired by cats, hence the name Fabulous Felines.....just Puuuurrrrrrrrrrrfect for Indian skins.....above is a face chart to inspire you to create....if you can't get hold of the quad itself see if you can try and get the individual eye shadows...Mulain has written above for you. It's got everything for definition, subtley, finesse...it's up to you how you apply these four shades. Have a play around my darlings.....

A meowing Mulain x

Ganpati!!!!!!!!!!!

fat mu team photo from a shoot in Jaipur....what a lovely elephant na?

Mulain is celebrating Ganpati with his friends today..... yes it's that time of year again when we see Ganesh images, statues everywhere....it's mad here in Mumbai but all enjoying! So we too are celebrating Ganesh and elephants in general! Want to join in the fun...head to Chowpatty or Juhu beach....it's a lovely thing to do / watch / be part of......and always inspiring to any artist!

Off to Juhu I go....Mulain x

MU-ettes batch 2 graduation!

Our lovely batch 2....minus Hriya and Liza.....

Our lovely cake from our MU-ettes.....

Proud MUs Virg and Nat.....gift from MU-ette Bianca's mama....

So today was graduation day for batch 2.....we had our business chats......assessments....and gave out the certificates and then had our lovely little party to celebrate...yes a little bit of bubbly was had ...... and why not....all have worked so hard!

So roll on batch 3...starting October 4th...... want to join..... fatmuadmin@gmail.com .......

Caio for now... Mulain x

fat mu academy

fat mu final shoot during the 8 week pro course...

Ouch....students working during intro to sfx week...

More Ouch...bullet in the head..

Groups working on their script and character breakdowns....

MU Xavier in a facial application demo.....

Facial practical.....

Station set up for facial practical ...fat mu moustaches....

An artist's working palette....

Final checks during the final photo shoot.....

Artwork in action for final shoot...what concentration....

Final checks....

and more final checks....

Students working with the photographer.......final shoot

Mulain has loved watching the academy progress and watching the students grow......just fantastic! Final 2 days have been winding down, analysing shoots and work and now concentration on business chats and final character make-up assessment....Just posting some MU-ettes in action above....hope you enjoy....M x

Rihanna's new look with Eminem - watch them burn!

Rihanna is smokin'....

The happy couple...Megan Fox also looks lovely in video...natural and sexy...

Love, love, love x 1000000000000000000000000 Eminem's new video featuring Rihanna.....super cool to see him back on top....new look for him, goodbye blonde hello brunette....Mulain likes.....great song plus we have super cool Mademoiselle Rihanna as the icing on the cake....."I love the way you lie".....Well young lady...Mulain loves the way you look in this vid. Red hair, RED nails, charcoal smokey eyes and wow-factor light gloss for the lips....Rihanna can get away with anything I think....want the look....let's go luxury......

EYES - Giorgio Armani's eyeshadow duo Manta Ray...fabulous texture and good colour combinations.

LIPS - Christian Dior's Lip Addict maximising glosses...big, bold and totally out there.

NAIL - Chanel's 'Dragon' red should do the trick here 'Le Vernis'.

So smoke those eyes (you 'll need a good black pencil here, plus mascara and lashes, try a Dior or YSL here)....this is a show-stopper look so go for it I say....watch the them sing their stuff with such passion and you'll get totally inspired to get the look.

Enjoy....

www.youtube.com/watch?=vuelHwf8o7_U

Mulain x

Today it's all about me.....

Mulain's style for FIFA 2010....super non?

My lovely feminine butterflies...so pretty...!

A more exotic look pour moi!

Getting back to my Scottish roots....Och Aye!

Love my totally flamboyant beret...too cool for school

Super slick and 'sick' man...'sick'!

Pure elegance.....Madame Morrison...I am nothing without you!

Bonjour! Today Mulain is celebrating my favourite MU-se's birthday.....Mulain loo-ves this woman so much...so quietly beautiful and talented.....and just see above how she dresses me....I LOVE it.....she is also a God-send to MUs Natasha and Virginia in all ways imaginable. So Madame Nomita Morrison....today is a very special day for you...we love you and think you are awesome and one of a kind.....we are all on our way to celebrate with you so will plant a big kiss or deux on your lovely cheeks soon!

Happy Birthday!

Thank you for all your help with fat mu...Mulain is nothing without you!!

M x

Golding leafing Hi! Blitz shoot with Lara Dutta

Mulain and the MUs have been awaiting the launch of the September issue of Hi! Blitz to see how their Ajanta themed / gold-leafing body art shoot went. See shoot above. It's very different to how we wanted....and unfortunately the magazine ran out of time to do the necessary post to make the images look like Ajanta paintings. So...we are a little heavy-hearted at this end as we have worked towards this shoot for months....so much prep plus the actually day of shoot the make-up, hair and body art took 5 hours!!!! Natasha MU did n't stop to take breath getting the gold leaf and patterns and shapes on, while getting the body airbrushed too! MU Virginia worked side by side creating elaborate hair styles to match each change....and MUs Xavier and Pooja flanked them in creative support....anyway...onwards and upwards...there are more shoots to do...do let us know what you think my friends of this shoot?

And any questions about gold-leafing...ask away!

M x

Toulouse-Lautrec inspiration!

Lautrec inspired us for the Circus / theatrical shoot we did last week...

The MUs creating the Madame look with the camp wrestler in the back...

Shapes to inspire painted on eyebrows

A hair design to give us ideas....

A scene from HBO's 'Carnival'.....to see a modern take on a circus

A bearded lady poster....

More hair inspiration

More hair sketches.....

And back to Lautrec....

Mulain thought it would be of interest to you artists out there to see how the MUs research for their shoots and fashion work...actually any work! As we preach and preach and preach in the academy.....DON'T COPY!.....take inspiration from what has been done before and build on it injecting your own style, ideas and take on the brief. Tres importante. Plus it's much more exciting to create your own magic my darlings.

Virginia MU did a TVC last week and the theme was a 'theatrical, quirky circus troupe'...fabulous brief and a real chance for the MUs to get out there and play with their brushes and paints! Firstly we identified how many characters we had to create and then we worked on the individuality of each one. We had 2 bearded ladies, 1 madame, 1 crazy drummer, 'a head' on a table, 5 bald men, a 'camp' wrestler. Each one got a stamp of individuality with a comical twist but all kept within the same colour palette to hold them together as a group and keep in with the costumes and production design.

Theatrical eyebrows played a key role in all the characters and we painted on some lovely shapes...made them bigger and bolder and gave the 'madame' a mono-brow for an extra quirk. (Does help if your director trusts you and has the vision to back you on your ideas!!) We also threw in a 2010 Lady Gaga touch with everyone....with glitter and lashes. We researched dancers, performers, circus acts, the 'bizarre' and also took huge inspiration from Toulouse-Lautrec one of the great Impressionist artists. His vibrant, buoyant slightly caricature take on the subjects in his paintings helped us hugely....from the colours to the shapes he created and the mood of his paintings. Merci monsieur...and Mulain recommends you all google him and observe.

Key products and tools for this shoot!

A steady hand and no shaking make-up van!!!!!
Paint / art brushes
Grease palette (Kryolan is a good option)
Aqua palette (try Kryolan again)
Selection of whacky lashes (Doris and Bharat, India, Charles Fox, London)
Clown white (Ben Nye)
Eyeshadow palette (Ben Nye)
Blusher palette (Ben Nye)
Aqua glitter pots - utterly fabulous (Ben Nye)
Facial (beards and moustaches) - (theatrical shops or your nearest wig maker / postiche maker)

All in all we had a great time apart from the crazy moving make-up van and can't speak for the bearded ladies though...ummm...may not be speaking to us now...hee hee. Mulain wants to do more shoots like this my friends...SUCH FUN and SO CREATIVE!!!!

Take care and get researching!

M x