"Think Outside the Box" - The Finalists.

Judging these contests seems to get more and more difficult each time we run one - Myself and Krystal were, as usual, blown away by the amazing entries we had. Each and every entry was fantastic, and we want to thank everyone for taking the time to enter. 

When it came to picking the finalists for this competition, we decided to judge the looks on the idea and inspiration behind the look, ie the "Thinking Outside the Box" aspect of the entry, as well as the final execution of the look....

So without further ado, in no particular order, our finalists are;

1. Lillian Low - "Reverse Rococo"

Check out Lillians blog and original post for this look here. 
The idea behind Lillians look was to create an "inverted" or "negative" image of a rococo look, and then use photoshop to invert the look  - You really need to have a look at the post for a better explaination. Now, before we get any comments about photoshopping being against the rules, we allowed this because Lillian did not use photoshop to make her final look more "perfect", but rather to execute her idea. 

 

Great attention to detail too - right down to the eyelashes! Well done Lillian!

See the rest of the finalists by clicking on the link;

2. Jack Gatsby - "Out of The Box, Into the Jungle"

See Jack's original post and check out his blog here.

Jack created his "Tiki" look inspired by Voodoo and Witch Doctors. We loved the imaginitive use of hair extensions (to create lashes), and we also loved the way Jack didn't stop with the face - he went all out to create a costume here...

 

 

Well done Jack!

3. Helen Hurst - "Picasso Inspired"

Helen's entry came via email, and he says this is the first time he has ever entered a makeup competition - Well, surely more contests beckon! Helen's look was inspired by the style of Picasso's work. 

 Well done Helen!

4. Jen from Beauty School Blog - "Nude Eye, Smoky Lip"

You can find Jen's blog and the original post here.

This was a really simple idea, but we loved the fact that Jen took a classic makeup look (the nude lip and smoky eye), and turned it on its head... 

 

Well done Jen!

And last but by no means least...

5. Felicia Williams-Tan "Cirque Du Soleil" look.

This was an email entry from Felicia - we were really impressed again by the fact that you extended the look, using the makeup down the neck and onto the body too - we loved the matching hat and costume too!

 

Well done Felicia!

Thanks again to all our entrants - we hope you are looking forward to more fab contests in 2010!