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From bedrooms across the country...

..thousands of budding make-up artists sent in

their fiercest glow ups.

And ten of the best have been selected.

This is massive!

Each week, they'll tackle a professional assignment.

It's going to be tough, but that's the real world.

Get it on. Boom, boom, boom!

She has had enough.

Judged by some of the biggest names in the business...

OK, I need the girls in line-up.

..before heading back to Glow Up HQ... Oh, my goodness.

Bring in the models!

The pressure is on.

..to slay the all-important creative brief.

I want my mind blown.

Good golly!

We want extreme creativity.

It's absolutely crucial...

..because we're looking for Britain's next make-up star.

This is an absolute work of art.

The two who fail to deliver... Oh!

ALL: Ooh!

..will go head-to-head in a face-off.

You're only as good as your last look.

The loser goes home.

Oh, no!

Until just one remains to land a contract assisting

some of the world's biggest make-up artists.

Ding-dong. Marvellous.

It's time to Glow Up.

North London - home to Glow Up headquarters.

For the next eight weeks, this state-of-the-art studio...

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

What the heck?

..will be a home from home for this year's aspiring make-up artists -

or MUAs for short.

Check out the kit bags.

This is amazing.

Oh, cute!

I'm so excited. Eee!

Brush belt kiss.

It's going to be, like...

..make-up, make-up, make-up!

I want to win. I want to keep this.

It just feels kind of surreal actually being in this room.

It definitely does not feel real to me right now.

I want to win so bad.

If I go out first round, my friends will end up calling me first round

for the rest of my life.

I love yellow. I just love it so much.

I love when you find a good one.

Oh, I just want to hug it all. My baby!

This is an enormous opportunity

to be able to go from computer Hannah to actually creative Hannah.

Like, I want to do the thing that I love doing in my spare time

full-time. Hi. What would you like doing today? Just everything.

Pile it on, girl. Pile it on.

Deciding once again who's on point

and who's fallen short are two make-up industry giants.

Dominic Skinner has created global campaigns for MAC Cosmetics.

Last year the MUAs came in and they really blew us away,

so this year I want to see techniques that are just supreme.

I want that bar raised higher.

Val Garland has created looks for the biggest names in music,

fashion and design. Average work just won't cut it for me.

I want to see creativity.

I want to see art.

Welcome, everyone. Hi!

Come on over. We're so delighted to have you. Come round.

So, ten MUAs stand before us but of course

only one of you will be crowned Britain's next make-up star.

It's so exciting.

Our remarkable, brilliant judges will be making that decision.

I give you the iconic Val Garland

and our own creative king -

it's Dominic Skinner.

Hi, guys.

For your first professional assignment,

you have been booked to do the make-up on JD's Christmas campaign.

What?

What we'll be looking for is how you interpret a brief that

works for a brand identity.

If your work is good enough, it will be seen by millions globally.

However, if you don't come up to scratch, it won't be featured.

So, don't let us down.

No pressure!

Cool. So, that's your first assignment.

Get your kits together and get moving.

I did not expect that. The pressure is on.

First impressions are everything

so I really want to just give it my all.

I mean, I've got nerves but I feel like they're good nerves.

I've got, like, a little fire up my bum.

Ad campaigns demand perfect technique

and make-up that complements the clothes without overpowering them.

All while looking good billboard-sized.

And, with over 700 stores in 19 countries,

clients don't come much bigger than this.

This is huge. I mean, this is global.

This is a chance for your make-up to be

seen by millions of people across the world, but they need to listen

to the client and create the perfect

make-up that represents the brand.

It's the client's vision,

so if they want a red lip, they want a red lip.

If they say no foundation, they mean no foundation.

You have to follow the brief.

As well as impressing Val and Dominic,

each week the MUAs will also face a guest judge.

Zara, can we also maybe just brush up his brows as well?

This week, it's make-up artist Min Sandhu.

She's created ad campaigns for the likes of Nike, Puma and Chanel.

Min, how are you?

Hi. Really lovely to see you. How are you doing?

Hello. Guys, come round.

Thank you for being here.

The campaign for the brand will be seen across the world,

so make no mistake - these shots need to be up to standard.

Their brand identity is all about healthy, fresh, glowing skin.

Flawless skin is absolutely crucial today, guys.

It has to underpin each and every one of your looks.

For this campaign, we need to deliver two group shots,

so we're going to split into two groups.

The first group - you'll be adding flashes

and accents of Christmas gold.

The second group - you'll be doing the same but with seasonal silver.

So, I guess that all makes sense, right? Yeah.

Of course you're working together on the group shot

but actually you're judged individually,

and whoever impresses the most,

you'll get the opportunity to assist Min when you're doing

additional photos for the campaign.

I need my models to be ready on time,

so you'll have one hour 30 minutes

to complete your look.

Good luck, guys. Thank you so much. Thank you. Let's get going.

Both teams of MUAs have been allocated models that reflect

the brand's image -

healthy but street.

How are you? Chilling.

How are you? I'm good. Are you ready to turn into a drag queen?

I'm joking!

You just sit there and look pretty. That's all you've got to do.

The brand are looking for healthy, fresh, glowing skin.

We have to remember that this is a campaign for sports clothing.

We can't let the make-up be a distraction to that.

I really want to protect the skin and make sure it's looking great.

I mean, he's got amazing skin anyway, so I don't need that much.

Cleansing, moisturising, priming the skin is absolutely essential.

You've got good skin and I'm jealous.

Look at me. I look like a drag queen.

I suggest they give that moisturiser a really good

massage into the skin.

It will really get the blood circulating

and give it a clumpy feel.

Let's start with your skin, then.

Are you OK with me using my fingers to apply a moisturiser? Cool.

They need to make the skin look like skin and not look like make-up.

This is going to be just a bit more than, like, a no make-up look.

You know what I mean? Like...

For Eve, working on an ad campaign for a global company

is a long way from her day job.

When I was 14, I got my first job in a salon

and I've been there ever since.

So, I'm doing nights out make-up, hen dos and a lot of bridal.

The amount I do make-up

is probably a little bit sad.

I go to work, I do make-up all day,

and then I finish, I come home and I do make-up all night.

Yeah, I probably do need to get out a little bit more, actually!

My dream job would be to have my own make-up brand.

Something bold and colourful

and no neutrals allowed. Just all crazy colours.

I've always liked to use brushes to apply moisturiser.

I absolutely love doing skin.

It's my favourite thing to do.

This is actually relaxing.

I like ironing as well. Do you?

I find it relaxing, yeah. Oh, my God. I can't stand ironing.

I'm just living my life, really. I'm not stressed.

It's definitely a lot less nerve-racking once

you're actually doing something.

When you're just sitting thinking about the brief, it's like, urgh!

But when you're actually doing it it's like,

"Yeah, this is all right."

From when I was about 13 to about 17

I was in a not very nice place.

I wasn't happy at all. I just wanted to be slim. I wanted to be blonde.

I wanted to be tanned.

I just wanted to be the exact opposite of what I was, really.

I don't want to say,

"Make-up changed my life. Oh, my God this, Oh, my God that."

It's just helped me emulate that person that I know I am inside.

It's taken a long time to be like,

"This is you. This is the skin you were given."

Now I feel happy and I feel like a little ray of sunshine.

I've got a little mantra. Before I'm awake properly,

I like to get myself to the mirror real quick,

and I look in the mirror and I say,

"You're talented and your brain is big."

Jake, how on earth do you work with those nails? That's what I said.

How do you do it? I don't know.

I think because I've had them for so long I'm just used to having them.

I've never stabbed anyone yet.

Once the skin is perfect, the teams can move on to the second

part of the brief, adding accents of festive gold or silver.

What is everyone thinking? I did want to put a proper colour.

I don't really want to just leave it dead silver. Yeah. Yeah.

So, maybe, like, pinks and purples?

And some blues? Yeah.

I was thinking of doing kind of like

a navy contour of his eyes

so I was going to do, like,

a little more of a dark eye feature for him. Yeah.

For drag artist James,

creating bold make-up looks hasn't always come naturally.

I was always an artistic kid,

but growing up as a closeted gay

country boy, I had to act

and be a certain way.

I was hiding and limiting myself

and I was always holding back from doing what I really wanted to do.

Drag was the real kick-start element for me.

I used to dress up in drag in my bathroom from about the age

of 15, 16, and that is something that I'm just

carrying on throughout my adulthood as well.

I'm still very much a country boy from Ireland,

but I've come a long way.

Just turn a little bit to the left for me, and at an angle.

Like James, the whole silver team are playing with colour.

I'm kind of using accents of purple.

I want it to look like

he's holographic under his skin.

I just want it to kind of pop

a little bit more than what it actually is.

She's got amazing eyes anyway,

so the colour should just

enhance that a little bit.

Hannah is not only planning to introduce blue to her silver look -

she's playing with textures, too.

I want to see if I can frost the eyebrows

to come in with the silver - like a fashion Jack Frost.

Do you know what? I could put it in your moustache as well. Blue 'tache!

I'm going to give her a little bit of a burgundy lip.

I still want to be in keeping with the theme

but we want to be a bit different.

I have never done a photo shoot before.

I've only really done on-counter work.

I grew up in the middle of nowhere next to Aberdeen.

There's not a lot going on.

I would sit in my room and kind of do more elaborate looks

because I had more time, and I wasn't good.

I think I only really got good

at make-up when I moved to Glasgow.

I got the job on a make-up counter

and you've got to do it to a certain time and you've got to turn up

with really nice make-up, because people are buying it off you.

Right now, my dream job is to just be part of a team on a big TV show

or a big movie, and then I would love to be able to go to the cinema

and then it's, like, my name comes up in the credits.

I'm actually second-guessing my look now.

I feel like the eyes are pretty

but I'm kind of scared that it's, like, too full-on a make-up.

I've given him a really strong eye.

Do you want to have a look at it and see where I've gone? OK.

I'm putting strong blue colour on my model.

Ooh!

SHE LAUGHS

That's cool. All right.

I feel better. I feel better now.

How are they getting on?

I'm a bit worried about how well

the silver group actually understood the brief.

I mean, clearly, I know nothing about this world,

but I feel like the brief was pretty clear.

You said it's about gold and silver

and skin, skin, skin.

I'm worried about these garish blues and pinks.

I don't know if they're going to work.

While the silver group are using off-brief colours and textures...

Can you just close your eyes for me, please?

..the gold group are taking a more restrained approach.

I didn't want to go...

like, super crazy.

As you can see, it's quite minimalistic.

Mainly I'm focusing on the eyes.

What I'm doing is I am bringing this into the hair.

He already had this kind of graved into his hair

so I was like, "perfect".

The gold is on its way.

Yes, the gold. That's when it gets exciting.

When we get the gold down and see where it's going.

I'm just applying some of the gold just on the eyes

because it will just make your eyes look nice and blue.

Berny's relationship with make-up began when he was 16.

When I was younger, I found it very difficult to integrate with people.

Yeah, I didn't have any friends in school.

I wouldn't have anyone to hang out with,

so I'd be in the art room, drawing, getting creative,

and I guess that's what kind of inevitably got me into make-up.

Make-up, to me, means more than

just putting a bit of powder on someone's face

and making someone look beautiful.

Make-up, for me, is like painting on a canvas.

I take make-up very seriously

and I want to be a make-up artist who's also the creative director -

because it's usually the photographer or the stylist

that will have more of a say -

and I think it's about time the make-up artist has more of a say.

Yeah, we're going for that whole pixie ear look. There we go.

Right, guys,

we have five minutes left.

Girl, we are on fire together, you and me.

OK, great.

Other side.

The judges are here. The judges are here.

Why's everyone gone quiet?

I am happy I've kept my own unique touch to it,

but it also is in check with all the other models.

I love a shiny highlighter - as you can see.

Turn your head that way. Now we're both matching!

I'm taking some off because I think it was too much

compared to the other ones.

Right, guys, brushes down, time's up.

Oh!

OK...

Step away from the models.

Just pose the hell out of that picture.

Good luck today. You too. I'll see you on the billboards.

I think it went well.

I was battling in my head, like, a fair few times during the challenge,

but I've stuck to my guns and I'm prepared for whatever comes my way.

Can you sit down there for me, babe? Over here?

But it doesn't matter what the MUAs think.

It's how their looks work on camera that will decide

whether they'll be used in the campaign.

I'm feeling really confident.

I think it fitted the brand and fitted the brief

and I still kept it my own.

I'm hoping that they will like it.

If Val ripped me apart, I think I'd still be, like, super thankful

because, I mean, it's Val Garland.

She could literally, like,

spit on me and I'd be like, "Thanks so much".

That's it, hold that. Hold that.

My first impression of the gold group -

the standard's pretty high.

I love how all the skin looks beautiful.

It looks fresh, it looks healthy.

I think it's so on point with the brand as well.

Are you all feeling like you've done enough to impress them?

I mean, it's the first assignment.

I think I found it quite hard to, like, fit the brief.

I was really, really worried about Keziah's model.

I think because of the reflections of the scene,

it works photographically. Yeah.

In the flesh, it's a bit scary, isn't it?

Yes.

For me, I think Ophelia nailed it.

She looks like the girl that would wear that

and girls would aspire to be that.

It's tricky, though, isn't it?

Because you want to sort of establish who you are

but it also has to be uniformed

because all the models are going to be stood together.

As a group, I feel like it did all go.

Eve's is outstanding.

That lightning bolt at the side is so well done.

I kind of really like Jake's.

I like the skin, I like the lip.

Yeah, her skin looks gorgeous.

I think it's really on brand, actually.

And I love what Berny's done.

I mean, she looks stunning.

The skin looks so... I just want to stick my fingers in it. I know.

It just looks so beautiful. It's so flawless.

Let's have a look at the silver, shall we? Yeah.

Oh, gosh.

Shocking. Hannah, I mean...

It looks green.

I thought she was bleaching his brows.

I mean, what the hell is that?

When you put silver in someone's brows, it just

makes them look like Santa Claus.

That was my first male model ever. Really?

You have Shanice...

And I'm disappointed.

I just think the skin looks a bit flat.

I feel like all of our looks

complemented each other really, really well.

I think the boys all were in line

and the girls all looked fabulous.

The male models were hella handsome. Unreal, yes!

James.

What a beautiful model.

With blue eyeshadow. I mean, really?

I kind of got lost in my own idea of winter, nearly, and ice.

You did a blown-out blue eye?

Yeah, I added colour, basically, onto, like, you know, his eyelid.

Why did he do blue?

Why? It's a silver section.

It's just not the brief.

Wrong place, wrong time. Yeah.

Wrong. Not following the brief.

Yep. So, Ashley's model...

My biggest problem with this is that

all you see in the group is that pink lip.

Yeah.

Brandon's model. I think he's created beautiful skin.

The adornment that's gone on top - the silver accent - is so basic

and really uninspired.

I don't really think this group have understood the brief.

I don't think it's going to get used, this shot.

I think we're going to have to pull it out. Yeah.

Hi. Hello. Hi. Hey!

So, thank you, guys, for all your hard work today.

Gold group, we really loved your looks,

and we felt that they work both individually and as a group.

Silver group, as a group unfortunately you didn't

quite hit the brief and it wasn't really in line with the brand's

identity, so I have decided to drop that image from the campaign.

Oh, my God. Completely?

Yes.

So, gold group...

..the make-up artist

that has impressed us the most,

who will be going on to finish the campaign with Min this evening,

is...

..Berny. Yay!

God. Can't believe that.

Berny, we have to go, because we've got work to do. OK, let's go.

So, we're going to start right now. Berny, well done. Thank you.

So, I just want you to concentrate here

where you see those pores.

This is, like, a massive deal for me.

My work is going to be plastered everywhere.

Like, it's really exciting.

If you just look up for me real quick... Thank you.

Just give that brow a little bit of a brush, yeah? Cool.

I've learned so much already

in, like, the short term that I've been here.

Just a little bit there. Yeah.

The second, like, I heard my name being called, I was like, OK.

Like, I feel this is literally like a dream.

Like, I'm living my dream right now.

Well done. Yay!

Today was a bit, like, iffy for me.

Like, I didn't really like my look,

but I'm really happy that, like, the ad is being featured.

I've got that as well. Can I just chuck that on there?

No, because it's not your go. Oh, my God. Hello!

How are you guys?

It was really good, really fun.

It was, like, really interesting, and she gave me,

like, loads of cool tips as well.

Berny won today, but two MUAs will start tomorrow in the red

Face-Off chairs and at risk of elimination.

I can see my name in red in my head.

Tomorrow is going to be like, LOL. Do you know what?

For me, I think, if I see my name on that chair...

I'm coming for each and every one of you.

THEY LAUGH

Pure LOLs.

As the hopefuls arrive for today's creative brief...

..the judges are in the studio

deciding which two least impressed yesterday.

So, in particular, I want to pick out Hannah.

HE HISSES

Those brows, I'm sorry...

I can't... I don't want to... No. Don't.

I don't want to look.

I'm just incredibly disappointed.

Next we have Shanice. He looks dead.

He looks like he's been found in a ditch. It's the wrong colour.

The highlight just makes him look grey.

This is one big fat no.

How are you going to feel if you're in a red chair? Oh, I don't know.

I'm preparing myself for the worst but hoping for the best. Same.

And there's nothing more that I can do about it.

Brandon. Meh.

It's not really... anything exciting.

He played very, very safe.

He did not go outside of his comfort zone at all.

I'll follow that with James.

When does blue become silver?

Is blue the new silver? I don't know. No. Never.

Not on my watch, Val.

I'd say this is more Saturday night glam than it is sporty.

Saturday night glam? I mean, he is going on for a weekend!

He is living life. That wasn't the brief. Exactly, and such a shame.

I think it's a disappointing start

to have so many MUAs that we could choose

to go in to the Face-Off chairs.

OK, gang, so you know how this works.

Just find your chair and get yourself settled.

If an MUA's name is on one of the two red chairs,

they're heading for the Face-Off elimination at the end of the day.

SHE GASPS

Oh, thank Christ!

You all right? Don't worry. You're good at this stuff.

There's only one way to escape the Face-Off -

impress the judges in the next brief

and hope another MUA underachieves. It's OK.

You've got it. You've got it. You guys will be fine. Thanks.

OK, so, Hannah, James, I'm ever so sorry,

you've found yourself in our Face-Off chairs.

Hannah, your silver brow wasn't executed very well, I'm afraid,

and unfortunately, James, the blue was never in the brief.

This also means that you'll have 15 minutes less than

the other MUAs to complete your look.

Brandon, Shanice, you so had a lucky escape.

Let this be a lesson to you all.

Next time you're given a brief...

..stick to it.

James, Hannah, it's up to you now to prove you deserve to stay here.

Yesterday you expressed a brand's identity.

Today, we want to see your identity.

We want you to create this look on yourself.

It could reflect your personal journey,

your family history or who you are as a make-up artist.

But it has to tell us something about what makes you you.

Hannah, James, I'll let you know when you can start.

The rest of you, you have two and a half hours and your time starts now.

Good luck, everyone.

The MUAs have been allowed to prepare for today's brief

and Glow Up HQ comes stocked with any accessories they need.

I thought there was going to be flowers in here, but there's not.

There's no yellow spray, there's no yellow flowers,

so hoping I can make something out of these petals.

Jake's look is all about

how make-up helped him learn to appreciate himself.

My look is basically, like, blossoming into something,

so I wanted to have, like, black and yellow flowers,

like, flowing across the face.

Ah!

I'm spraying my inside of my nail.

I'm just glueing my brows down because I want to paint over them.

Keziah's look is inspired by the mythical phoenix -

a bird she's always identified with.

It's about how make-up and art

and creativity have really helped me to grow in confidence.

I'm doing this face paint,

so I need to get rid of all the texture.

James.

Hey, Stace. Hello, darling. How are you? How are you? Do you know what?

I feel like this is kind of like

a kick up the back arse

and it's kind of given me a fire to just really go for it.

I've got to, like, keep that in my head. Do you know what?

So many times you're in the red chair, panic, panic, panic, actually

then you smash it and somebody else has to take your space. Yeah.

I want to go forward so there's no other way round it,

if I really want it,

I'm going to make sure that I get out of this chair.

I think no-one's safe at this point

and for Val and Dom to say

that I was from a very, very, very close call,

I think the only thing I can do right now is just pretend

I am in that red chair and I want to get out of it.

And that's where my head space is at the minute.

Right, that's our 15 minutes up. You're good to go.

Hannah, James, best of luck.

Yes!

I really like using 3D effects on my face to change

the shape of the structure of my face.

If Hannah and James can wow the judges

despite a 15-minute time penalty, it will prove

they deserve to escape the Face-Off and stay in the competition.

I am going to be using some putty

to change, like, the kind of bone structure around my cheekbones

and my forehead, which is risky.

I know that it could go wrong and it could look really shoddy,

but I've done it a lot at home

and I feel like I could probably pull it off today.

A bit under pressure.

Even though Berny won yesterday's assignment,

he could still end up in the Face-Off

if he doesn't perform today.

So I'm just trying to get, like, a nice, perfect square.

His look is inspired by a mirror from his childhood,

which he'd gaze into, dreaming of a creative future.

The idea of this look is to try

and make sure it's kind of a bit symmetrical,

but I've got lovely big cheeks so it looks like curves, so I'm just

trying to even it out as much as I can, so I can get it perfect.

MUAs, you've had half an hour. You've got two hours left.

Oh, no!

Two hours left. SHE GASPS

How have we already had half an hour?

Time flies.

So I'm using, like, this little fan brush to create texture in the look.

I've kind of done a look that, rather than telling a story, just

kind of shows my personality.

It's not too neat, it's messy, painted

and it's a little bit mad as well.

Is Hannah doing prosthetics?!

Are you mad?!

She's 15 minutes behind everybody else and boom!

That could look amazing. Yeah.

Cos I love me some sci-fi. Me too.

And, you know, now she's doing it, I can see how that is so her. Mm.

Empty Odin is like a persona that I created where I could step into it

whenever I wanted to feel braver

or I wanted to feel like I could handle any situation.

Hopefully they'll get to see my personality.

I'm in that sixth gear,

so I'm just going straight right now at that speed,

staying focused.

James's look is inspired not just by his native Ireland

but also the Northern Lights of the Arctic Circle.

So I lived in Lapland for just under six months when I was 18

and it really was the start of a creative journey for me

that's brought me even to this point now, so this look is in homage

to a place that I really personally relate to.

So, my look is just ridiculously complicated.

I mean, it's Aberdeen and Glasgow, so...

Like James, Ashley's look is also about her two favourite places

and how she feels torn between them,

depicted with artfully painted hands.

The look's a little bit like when my niece tries to draw

buildings but it'll get better.

This is me baring all.

Shanice is executing a split-faced look reflecting her confident,

glamorous personality and the more vulnerable side that lies beneath.

So the black eye is a metaphor.

I've never actually been punched in the face, luckily enough,

but it's speaking to harder times in my life where

I feel like I have been punched.

Yesterday being one of them, to be fair. Joking!

This looks wicked. Talk me through what it is, what it means.

So, a lot of it here is going to be to do with my past, so if you

picture your worst kid in your school, I was literally that kid.

I was always getting into trouble, always fighting.

I so can't imagine that! I got excluded about 117 times.

But you're so mellow now. I know.

It's insane to think.

I was actually told I was never going to be successful.

So I've made this as, kind of, black-and-white as possible

as if someone's written my fate on paper and then now I'm more creative

so I'm going to play with colour on the other. Amazing!

Both vibes. I love the idea.

Right. Time to like, do the actual stuff now, so...

OK, we're going to have dripping silver there. That's all sound.

So no pressure. Do that first now.

Yeah, sounds quite good, I'll do it.

Eve is going all festival.

I feel like I've seen this a million times on Instagram. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm not feeling it at all. I do love neon, though. Me too.

How are you getting on, Ophelia?

Yours is looking badass. Oh, God!

You've already got base colour done!

Hope this works.

I am doing the details now

with an interesting technique

that I think might work.

It's basically removing make-up to create

like, a graphic kind of thing.

So, yeah! Hopefully it works.

Ophelia's look is inspired by Chinese opera

and the around-the-clock energy of her home, until the age of 15,

Hong Kong.

Hopefully...that's in the middle.

What's he... What's he written?

Help? DOM LAUGHS

Does that read right to you, "Bad boy"? No.

Is it opposite way round? It's the wrong way round.

It should be, "Bad boy".

It needs to look backwards in the mirror.

It's completely the wrong way round.

You sure? When I was looking at it from over there,

here, it's backwards.

Yeah, but I thought in my head if I write it to the mirror...

No, you have to write it backwards to you.

Ophelia. Sick!

You're scaring me right now.

Like, serious. Yeah. Sabotage!

Yeah. Honestly, babe. You're... Well done. Thank you!

Oh, he's taking off his lettering! He's taken off his lettering.

Going to wipe it off, sit and think about it and then go back to it.

MUAs, you have one hour.

So I've just finished the eyes.

I've been, like, holding my breath for the past half an hour,

just trying to get all the detail, like, perfect.

What I really wanted to focus on was the symmetry

because it's so intricate.

Brandon. Hello. Remember when we talked about

how I wasn't going to paint my hand and slap it on my face?

I'm going to paint my hand and slap it on my face. OK. Yeah.

Oh. A hand may be going in.

A hand is going on.

A hand has just gone in. Ooh!

Here we go. It's all going to blur into one.

That didn't work and you can't go back and do it again.

Can't go back again.

Oh! Oh! One chance only.

Right. OK. Own goal. Own goal.

I'm kind of just saving time on drawing hands by just

drawing on my hand and slapping it on my face.

You know, gutted if I don't do the neck

but as long as the face is done, I'll be happy.

What is this on his cheeks?

Is it a sea urchin? Is it...testicles?

Possibly. Possibly testicles. Maybe an avocado. It could be an avocado.

Avocado, testicles... What would you prefer?

I know what I'd prefer.

I love an avocado.

I'm with you on that.

I'm from countryside Ireland

and I grew up in kind of a big, green, open scape.

There was a lot of butterflies, caterpillars and I wanted to

always encapsulate some kind of insect reference to where I'm from.

Whether they're testicles or whether they're avocados,

I'm loving it. Yeah. Same.

I don't know what I'm going to do for the yellow petals.

What do you need that's yellow? Yellow petals. Jake. Yeah?

Have you had a proper look around the room? There's yellow flowers.

Are you shitting me? Come on.

They were not there. I promise you. They were not there. I promise you.

I swear to God. They were not there.

What a dopey little bitch!

Jake is underwhelming.

He needs to focus. This is a competition.

There is a huge prize at the end of this.

Honestly, he just looks like he's hanging out in his bedroom,

he's listening to some Beyonce. He needs to fight

because he's not safe, he could be in those red chairs. Absolutely.

This body oil is literally my entire life.

Ooh. Ooh. Ooh.

MUAs, you have half an hour.

You all right?

You're not allowed to talk to me, really, are you? Focus.

God.

I'm just trying to get the details in, sorry.

No, don't say sorry.

I feel like I'm going to run out of time. Ah!

OK, gang, 15 minutes left. 15 minutes.

I'm not adding any more to this.

I'm going a bit over the top.

I have to stay very still now.

Slightly worried, I think,

because I don't have quite as much as everyone else does.

I firmly think I will be in the Face-Off but that's fine.

Time's up. Brushes down.

Take yourselves next door to be photographed.

I definitely think Hannah and James have done enough to get

themselves out of the chairs, so I think it's going to be two of us

and they're going to be going into the Face-Off.

SHE GIGGLES NERVOUSLY

I think my look does tie very well together.

I think I've done enough to avoid the Face-Off.

I do not think I've done enough.

I really did try,

but it's not totally how I wanted it,

and I am kind of firmly expecting

to be in the Face-Off.

Keziah,

please come forward.

I'm dying to know

the story behind this image.

My look is based on the idea

of a phoenix rising from the ashes.

When I was younger I didn't really have much confidence,

I was quite, like, shy and reserved.

And it's kind of about how

make-up and creativity gave me that voice.

Your blending is impeccable.

Thank you. I absolutely love it.

I love the story

and I love this image.

The symmetry,

it's mathematical.

You've got Carol Vorderman in your brain,

working out where all the lines are going

because that is spot on.

Thank you.

The gold went on

and I was like, "Yes."

I wish you'd stopped there.

There was the black lip.

There was putting on the lashes,

but that means you've got it all,

it's all in there,

well done.

Thank you.

Shanice.

Shanice, I'm not a fan of

a full-on face beat.

But that right side there,

I'm absolutely in love with.

You need to be careful of your technicality

when it comes to lettering.

Your Ys...

They're going hey,

instead of hi, you know?

Yeah.

Berny.

The area that I feel like it's let down is the frame.

I wish you had spent more time just perfecting

the precision of those lines

so that when you looked straight into the camera

it was this perfectly optical illusion square shape.

I think the outside bit might have taken it too far,

but I love what you did in the centre.

You've got incredible potential.

I'm looking forward to seeing

more of you in the coming weeks.

Thank you.

James.

So, James, your look kept on evolving.

There were times that I thought, "Gosh, is he going to go too far?"

But I loved every step of the way and I think you nailed it.

Thank you very much.

As Min said, there were five different make-ups

and all of them were good enough

and then you pushed it even further.

It is stunning!

And I am so impressed.

Thank you, Val.

I have to totally agree.

Your use of colour is so intelligent,

it's far beyond where I would expect

anyone to be at your stage.

The confidence you showed is exceptional.

Well done. Thank you so much.

Eve, can you step forward, please?

I wanted my look to be a passionate explosion

of my love for make-up.

Eve, if I'm going to be honest with you, I don't think it's that technical

and it's not the most original thing that I've seen.

I think you're very fortunate that it has photographed better

than it looked in the flesh.

It's a happy accident. I don't see who you are.

OK.

I know that there's an incredible artist inside there,

and I don't know why you've wasted an opportunity.

I mean, yes, you have a passion for make-up,

well done, because you're here. Yeah.

But so does everyone else,

but everyone else is telling us a little bit more about them.

I agree, I know what you're saying and I agree.

Ashley, can you please step forward?

So I'm from Aberdeen

but I live in Glasgow

and I love them both equally,

so I want to incorporate both into my look.

On the good side

you're showing skill, however...

..it lacks any imagination.

It's a bit too much like a leaflet

and I'm looking for a big,

old, heavy novel.

I wasn't a fan of the finishing touches.

I don't think it's clean enough for me.

I just think that you haven't

thought about the overall bigger picture

of the final image.

Hannah.

Oh, God, I love it.

Oh!

It's just haunting

and the skin tone and that silver

and the placement of that purple

just kind of arching up around that new brow that you've created,

is just gorgeous.

You should be so, so proud of yourself.

Can I just say you are a beautiful alien.

Thank you.

But you didn't let the fact that you were in the red chair faze you

and you did something really difficult, you know,

and I commend you for that. Thank you.

Who the hell does prosthetics

in the Face-Off chair?

Girl, you've got balls.

You were here to go,

"Look at me and be scared."

All of you, be scared.

Unbelievable!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Balls, balls.

Thank you. Well done.

Brandon.

I was really worried for you

on writing something that quick.

Jesus Christ, was that hard. Oh!

I can see, I could see the sweat.

You know what?

You did it right, it works really well.

If I was you, I'd be actually really happy with this.

Thank you so much.

It doesn't work for me.

There's too many ideas going on.

I don't feel a cohesive flow.

It's a bit kitchen sink

with all the dishes in it.

Jake, please come forward.

My story of my look is, like,

how in the past I was really lost

and then I just wanted to show

how I've blossomed.

Your technical, day-to-day make-up...

is good, you know,

the blend on the eye,

it's good.

But then I'm not sure about the rest.

I'm not sure about the paper flowers...

..just sort of like, stuck on.

And can we please talk about the oily neck?

What...what does that mean? Why did you do that?

Um, well, when I was younger I always used to, like,

I used to love being, like, in the pool

and just being hot in the summer and, like...

I don't believe it.

I think...I think you're telling us what you think we want to hear.

There's nothing you're saying

that's going to make it -

this - excusable.

If you look around the room and see what everyone else did,

this isn't the standard we are expecting.

It's... It's too basic.

Are you taking this seriously?

HE SOBS: Yeah.

I'm really sorry.

I'm irritated because I was observing you...

You were giving it all that and you were laughing about.

Everyone else worked really hard, they put their heads down,

they focused and they delivered incredible tales of who they are.

This tells me nothing, it tells me nothing about who you are.

It's not good enough.

You have to really have a proper think about

what it is you're doing here,

what it is you want and...

..start delivering.

It's not good enough.

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

Sorry for being...

..unprofessional.

I'm ready to be more professional,

head in the game.

My mirror, me, nothing else.

Good, that's exactly what I wanted. Yeah.

I'm looking forward to it.

Ophelia, would you like to step forward?

So, I was born and raised in Hong Kong.

My favourite thing about Hong Kong is definitely the neon lights,

super iconic, I think.

And I wanted to capture that,

but mixed in with a traditional

Chinese opera mask.

Ah!

I just love it.

I love it so much, I'm going to ask to have this printed

because I want this in my apartment,

because I just think it's so imaginative.

It's true make-up artistry.

Oh, my God. This is a true glow up.

I loved it when you took the cotton bud

and you did the negative space.

You were just drawing a line... Yeah.

..perfectly.

Never did you make a mistake.

The symmetry, the everything,

you know what I'm going to say. I'm going to say ding-dong.

I mean, this is ding-dong!

CHEERING

Thank you so much.

MUAs, thank you.

Please, will you go next door

while we decide who

is going to be in the Face-Off.

I totally agree with everything they've said.

I'm just praying that I'm not in the Face-Off.

I think we can all agree Jake is going to be in the Face-Off.

This just isn't good enough.

Show of hands - who thinks they're going to be in the Face-Off?

Well, we can't all be.

I know. You guys can, I don't mind!

Yes, there is technicality,

but the story is so basic.

It's just not clean enough.

I think there's still a chance I will be in the Face-Off.

I feel a little bit better about it now

because I thought they were totally going to hate it.

I sort of wish after an hour I just went, "Nah," took it off

and just did something completely different.

But... Hindsight.

It doesn't feel very original.

It doesn't tell me a story, it doesn't tell me anything about her.

You know, if I'm in the Face-Off

I've just got to get myself together and see what I can do.

James, Hannah,

you were our first two MUAs in the Face-Off chairs.

Double ding-dong, you beat the seat.

Which means we have two empty spaces.

Jake, you didn't tell us a story

and you didn't take it seriously enough.

So you will be in the Face-Off.

Thank you.

The second MUA

that will be in the Face-Off

because of a lack of cohesion

and the story was just too literal.

That MUA is...

..Ashley.

Judges, thank you ever so much. I'll bring them through. Thank you.

Ashley, Jake,

say your goodbyes, because one of you will not be returning.

I did think I'd be in the Face-Off.

To make sure I'm not going home I think it's really

important for me to show Val and Dom a level of professionalism,

like, now, as soon as I can.

Both of you, just smash it.

I am not ready to leave this competition,

but I don't want to say that, because then that's when people go home.

To level the playing field,

the MUAs will Face-Off over a pair of identical twins.

So, this week was all about creating a statement for a brand,

so we would like you to create a real statement under pressure.

You're going to have ten minutes to give us

a big, bold ombre lip.

An ombre is a gradient of colour.

I will start with the darker colour

on the outer rim of the lip.

I will then blend to a lighter shade

and then in the centre of the lip

it's lighter again.

The perfect ombre will make your lips look larger.

Ding-dong.

We wish you both the best of luck.

You've got ten minutes and your time starts now.

Off you go.

The Face-Off mirrors the real life of a professional MUA.

It's designed to put their technical ability under the microscope.

And if you can't deliver under pressure, then this is not the life for you.

Guys, that's five minutes gone, we're halfway through.

Jake, he's created actually quite a nice lip line.

His biggest problem is

those damn nails.

He finds it very difficult to hold the brush.

Ashley is going for a darker centre, bleeding out to a lighter edge,

a reverse ombre lip.

Now, that's tricky, it can get messy.

I'm not sure she's going to pull it off.

One minute left, one minute.

Jake, Ashley, that's your time. Please put your brushes down.

Let's have a chat. Let's have a confab.

Ashley's lip is sharper,

but the ombre is bleeding.

It's not smooth.

Jake's bottom lip,

it's a little bit wishy-washy.

Both have flaws with symmetry. Yeah.

Both have flaws with application,

but I think I know which one I prefer.

I definitely know which one I prefer.

Jake, there was an issue with

balance and symmetry.

Ashley,

you went into dangerous territory.

You did a reverse ombre,

which is kind of hard to pull off.

Ashley...

..please, pack up your kit, you'll be going home.

I'm so sorry.

Ashley, you should feel super proud.

Like, thousands of people have applied,

you made it to the final ten.

Thank you.

Oh, my God, I had so much more.

So much more.

Well done. I took a total gamble

with the reverse ombre lip with gloss

and it just didn't pay off,

but Jake was super deserving, he did an amazing, amazing lip,

so I'm happy for him.

So, Jake, I have a note for you.

Next time we see you,

those nails must be gone.

Yes, Val.

Jake, I'm going to take you through.

Well done. Well done. Bye. Well done, you.

I'm so happy not to be leaving, I'm literally ecstatic.

Gang...

ALL: Aw!

I'm going to try so hard

and show Val and Dom that I am serious,

and I do mean business.

Congratulations to all of you.

I'm not going to say too much,

but I would urge you to go home,

get some rest.

The next assignment is pretty full-on.

Next time...

Henry Holland. How are you?

..the MUAs are run ragged...

Hurry up, quicker, get it on, boom, boom, boom.

..getting models runway-ready for London Fashion Week.

All girls in line-up.

OK, you're done.

And after an iconic creative brief...

The risk is the ball cap ripping.

I don't think he's got a hope in hell of that sticking.

..one MUA will be leaving the competition.

I think I just panicked way too much.