Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
In this competition show, aspiring makeup artists navigate colorful challenges to win a career-making opportunity in the beauty industry.
- 2019-2025
- 7 seasons
- Netflix
- Game Show, Reality
- TV-14
In this competition show, aspiring makeup artists navigate colorful challenges to win a career-making opportunity in the beauty industry.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
Magazine Beauty Editorial
Wed, Mar 6, 2019 59 mins
The competitors are challenged to produce a look which fits the 'rebellion' brief for a Marie Claire photo shoot. The final part pits the Make Up Artist (MUA) against each other, and their creative brief is "What does beauty mean the them"
Episode 2
Movie Prosthetics
59 mins
It is movie week as the MUAs have to impress an Oscar-winning prosthetics artist at the home of Harry Potter, before creating their own fairytale characters at Glow Up HQ.
Episode 3
Social Media
45 mins
Food flies and tears flow with social-media video challenges that include using edibles as makeup and applying a full face while blindfolded.
Episode 4
Red Carpet
44 mins
Glamour rules when creating camera-ready looks for celebrities, but soon it's back to black - and white - for an artistic monochromatic assignment.
Episode 5
West End Theatre
44 mins
The artists explore gender transformation and more through makeup and try to master the art of theatrical drag backstage at the musical "Kinky Boots."
Episode 6
London Fashion Week
46 mins
Style and precision matter when the players paint under pressure for a runway show and produce makeup palettes to complement a designer collection.
Episode 7
Semi-Final
46 mins
The semifinalists create elaborate looks inspired by their signature songs and flex their retro makeup muscles with old friends on Carnaby Street.
Episode 8
The Final
47 mins
Before the ultimate face-off, the finalists go big with editorial makeup for Hunger magazine and futuristic faces reflecting their fondest hopes.