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Series 3: Episode 6

The MUAs enter the world of special effects, creating looks from the smash hit crime drama Peaky Blinders with the show’s Bafta-winning head make-up designer Loz Scathio. \n\nLoz wants to test the MUAs' prosthetics skills, so after a demonstration she gives each MUA an actor, a character brief and their prosthetics. As well as creating a new injury, the MUAs must work from a continuity photo to add and age a scar that the actor received six months ago. It’s their job to create realistic wounds, injuries and blood effects with flawless blending of prosthetic edges. Those that impress receive a one-on-one masterclass from Loz and Oscar-winning make-up designer Christine Blundell; those that fail to deliver run the risk of starting the Creative Brief in the red Face Off chairs. While some MUAs bring to life their actors’ injuries by adding fake glass, scar wax, cauliflower ears and tons of blood, others fail to blend, colour match and even mistake the correct side of the face for their continuity scar.\n\nThis week’s Creative Brief is based on the seven deadly sins, and whilst some MUAs' gruesome looks bring out sloth, envy and wrath in very imaginative ways, one MUA's literal interpretation of greed falls flat. As usual, the two MUAs who impress the least in the Creative Brief head into the Face Off elimination, where, in keeping with the TV and film theme, they must cover a tattoo.

Source: BBC 1