Myths and Legends - THE FINALISTS!

I want to start off by saying a MASSIVE thank you to all the entrants who all obviously put tonnes of hard work, time and effort into their looks, not to mention researching various mythology on the internet! Unfortunately, we can't give prizes to you all (we have to pay our bills for one thing, lol), so after much deliberation we have managed to pick six finalists.

OK, So me and my fellow judge (thank god I have a fellow judge, I'd be rocking in a corner somewhere now going quietly deranged otherwise!) Krystal have been busy discussing these overnight and this morning!

So , in, no particular order! (All the finalists pics will be winging their way to Alex Box at Illamasqua, who has the unenviable task of chosing the two winners!)

First off, this fantastic last minute entry from Cat (http://swirledpeacat.blogspot.com/), Cat is relatively new to the blogging world, but already has a well deserved following! Her look is based on Senua, the Lost Goddess (http://swirledpeacat.blogspot.com/2009/07/senua-lost-goddess.html). Krystal and I clearly have a "thing" for unusual eyelashes lol!

Next, we have this fab entry based on Hera, the greek goddess of marriage and childbirth. Loved the poses girl! This is from the fab Belle Du Jour (http://belledujournewyorkcity.blogspot.com/). We love how Belle focussed on her eyes, creating a really effective look. Belle also did a fab valley of the dolls entry, which you can see on her blogspot.

Next up we have an entry based on the greek legend of Medusa, from new blogger Unicorn Smile (http://unicornsmilebeauty.blogspot.com/). It was the little details we loved with this one, as well as the overall look - the fanged effect on the lips and the creation of a snakeskin effect tights were the little creative touches we thought gave this one the edge!

Next Up, we have this look from Amy Allen (http://amyallensworld.blogspot.com/), based on the native americal myth of "The Spider Grandmother". We loved the use of the embellished false lashes, and the incorporation of the web into the design!

An amazing original and editorial take on the Medusa look from Jackie, who created four amazing entries in all, but this was our favourite - he's a very talented young fella, and his blog (http://ohthenews.blogspot.com/) is definately worth a look! We had a really hard time chosing between this and the cupid look Jackie created - but the imaginative use of colour and the fact that we though this look would just fit in on the catwalks was what gave this one the edge!

And last, but by no means least, we have an entry from Piggy at http://makeup-piggy.blogspot.com/. Again, piggy gave us three amazing entries, and we had a hard time chosing which one to go with, but we both really loved the detailing and seductive looks of her Succubus inspired look . Piggy obviously worked really hard on her entries and even included face charts!

Once again, thank you to all of the lovely people who did entries, like I said, I really wish we could give more prizes! Well done to all our finalists! Stay tuned for the winners who will be announced as soon as possible!

MizzWorthy and Krystal xxx

Contest Inspiration: Seth "The Destroyer"

An egyptian myth now, telling the twisted tale of brothers Seth and Osiris.

Regarded as the Lord of Northern Egypt, He was represented by a big-eared imaginary animal with red hair resembling a donkey or maybe an aardvark, and was associated with the desert and storms. He was also associated with Pigs (regarded as unclean animals) and also creatures which were associated with chaos- Hippopotamus, Crocodiles and Snakes.

For many years, Seth was the ruler of Lower (Northern) Egypt; just as Horus protected Upper Egypt. When the Two Lands became united, Seth and Horus were often shown together crowning the new pharaohs. However, as Upper Egypt had conquered Lower Egypt, the pharaohs of the south often portayed Seth as the evil enemy of Horus

Seth was the brother of Osiris. Seth never had any children, as emphasis of his association with the barren desert.

Seth (also known as Set) is most famous for murdering his brother Osiris and attempting to murder Osiris' son Hurus. Horus, however, survived and avenged his father's death by ruling all of Egypt and exiling Seth to the desert for all time.

The decision to banish Seth came from a counsel of the gods, ruled by Re. Most of the gods agreed that Horus was the rightful heir to the throne of Egypt,but Re disagreed, believing Horus to be too young for such power. The trial was only ended by Isis' cunning.


Isis transformed herself into a beautiful young woman. Seth saw her with tears streaming down her face and asked what the matter was. Isis told Setha story of an evil man who had killed a young woman's husbandand was trying to steal her family's flocks. Seth became angry at her plight and insisted that the evil man be destroyed and that the young woman's son should inherit the family's estate. By his own words, Seth condemned himself, and lost the throne of Egypt.

The fallen angel Satan (the Morning Star) is believed to be a second personification of Seth

Contest Inspiration: Lilith, The "Demon Queen"

An interesting little tale of Jewish origin!

Due to my lack of culture I was only aware of the existence of Lilith as a Demon from the TV series "Supernatural", but as usual, the true roots of this tale are for more intruiging than a TV show!
It is told that Lilith is the original companion of Adam, created by God in the garden of Eden. She was created at the same time, of the same dust as Adam (ie, not created after Adam from his Rib, as Eve was). Lilith was a bit of a feminist and she refused to accept that she was anything less than equal to Adam, and refused to submit to him in any way - including sexually. It it written that Lilith refused to engage with Adam in the Missionary position, and prefered to go on top! Unfortunately Adam's response to this was to force Lilith to submit to his will.

Lilith flew from Adam that very night to a cave, where she cavorted and fornicated with hordes of Demons. She is reputed to have produced a hundred demonic offspring everyday (one busy lady!) and hence earned herself the title of "Demon Queen" - her offspring are thought to account for every single demon in existence today!

Lilith is a SUCCUBUS demon - the femmes-fatales of the demon world who engage with human males in erotic activities whilst they sleep... Lilith is actually also mentioned in the bible, as inhabiting a hostile wasteland - "And Lilith shall repose there" (Isaiah 34:14).

Lilith was sent to tempt King Soloman as he studied the Torah - as she manifested in front of him, the letters of the book flew from the pages. He looked up to see a "strikingly beautiful, dark-haired woman", but recognised her for the demon she was when he realised she had no reflection.

Lilith is reported to have married Asmodeus - the demon of Wrath and Lust, and the couple can reputedly be seen in the dark as apair of black dogs who roam the empty streets.

Contest Inspiration: Medusa...

The Gorgons or "Sisters of the Stone Death"... otherwise known as Sthenno, Euryale and Medusa were the daughters of sea-gods Phorkys and Keto.

Above - the Sisters of the Stone Death as depicted by Gustav Klimt

Sthenno and Euryale were immortals, while Medusa alone was mortal... and therefore able to die. The three sisters were reputed to be man-haters - they were reputed to turn those who looked directly at them to stone.


Medusa was once reputed to be a beautiful woman, with magnificent hair and many suitors hoping for her hand... She made the mistake of "enjoying the company of" Poseidon in the temple of Athena. She was punished for this by the Goddess Athena who changed her beautiful hair into hideous snakes.

Being the only mortal of the three sisters, made Medusa vulnerable. She was eventually vanquished by Perseus. Perseus used the reflection of Medusa on the shield given to him by Athena, to avoid being torned to stone by looking at her directly.

After her beheading, Pagasus, a winged horse, and Crysaor came forth from Medusa's trunk. Pegasus is reputed to have flown away to heaven where Zeus, the god of thunder and lightening resided. Legend has it that her severed head was also used by either Perseus or Athena to freze Atlas to stone, forming the Atlas mountains...

So, I hope this made for interesting reading - I'm certainly going to enjoy researching all of these Myths and Legends! Hope this started to inspire you! Remember the aim is Original and Creative, but most of all FUN!

MizzWorthy xxx