Illamasqua Contest Finalists!

Okies, first up a massive apology for the lateness of this post - Myself and Krystle have no excuse other than the hecticness of life at the moment, as well as the usual horrendousness of having to pick finalists and umming and ahhing for days! Thank-you all so so much for your patience - we really appreciate it, and thanks for the usual FAB entries we have had - you are all amazing, and we found this one especially hard to judge. You all amazed us with your creativity!

The Villains section was by far the most popular... so we'll start with the bad guys(in no particular order...)

First up we have this look based on Valentina The Serpent Queen, created by Gracie from Graciefied Shopaholic
Gracie - we have no idea how you created that snakeskin effect, but we love it!

Next up, this look created by Unicorn Smile, based on the femme fatale from the Batman series - Catwoman.

Unicorn - we loved your twist on the idea of cawoman, and were also impressed by the eybrow crafting going on...sexy, sophisticated and still villainous!

Our last villainous finalist is inspired by another character from the Batman series - Harley Quinn, one time lover of The Joker - we had loads of entries for both Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, all of which were great, but we particularly loved this entry by Jen from Beauty School Blog

We felt like this look conveyed the villainy and madness of the character really well - a fab villain!

Moving on to the Heroes (again, in no particular order)...

Our first good guy was a character created by the ever fabulous Krasey Beauty - She created her own Hero - "Starchild - she is a fiery little vixen that is out to save the world. Her makeup pays homage to the bright colors of the 80's, and she has lots of star power"

Krasey - we'd love to know how you got all those stars so uniform and perfect - great colours and tres 80's-tastic!

Our next hero was inspired by Sailor Moon, and created by GlaMakeup. Apparently, the character doesn't wear a mask, so GlaMakeup created one for her...

Last, but by no means least, this amazing look based on Captain America from TackyBlueEyeshadow.
We totally LOVE this look - and we loved the salute too!

Well done to all our fab finalists - we hope you will all join us in congratulating them all, and we also want to say thanks to everyone who entered - we always struggle judging the contests, and this one seemed to be the most difficult so far!

All finalist looks will now be forwarded to Illamasqua for Alex Box to make the final decision!

MizzWorthy, Krystle and all the lovely Illamasqua peeps xxx

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