{"id":10598,"date":"2019-12-17T19:02:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T19:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realitytitbit.com\/?p=67684"},"modified":"2019-12-17T19:02:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T19:02:38","slug":"glow-up-nikkis-partners-death-inspires-her-makeup-look-in-episode-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/12\/17\/glow-up-nikkis-partners-death-inspires-her-makeup-look-in-episode-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow Up: Nikki&#8217;s partner&#8217;s death inspires her makeup look in episode 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there&#8217;s one thing which has become accessible to pretty much everyone in the 21st Century, it&#8217;s professional makeup.<\/p>\n<p>The rise of Kylie Cosmetics and the all-important lip kit has seen plumped up pouts, highlighter and contour, not forgetting brows, on fleek.<\/p>\n<p>Glow Up: Britain&#8217;s Next Make-Up Star saw 10 MUA&#8217;s go head to head to win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytitbit.com\/tag\/bbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BBC<\/span><\/a> competition in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Stacey Dooley presents the show which is a change-up from her usual serious documentaries.<\/p>\n<p>So, who is Nikki? And what happened to the Glow Up contestant&#8217;s partner?<\/p>\n<h3>Glow Up: Who is Nikki?<\/h3>\n<p>Nikkita Patel was one of the Glow Up contestants on series 1. Nikki made it to the semi-finals of the BBC competition.<\/p>\n<p>She works professionally as a makeup artist and social media star, based in London.<\/p>\n<p>Nikki&#8217;s online presence is massive with over 180,000 YouTube subscribers and a further 480,000 on Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nikkissecretx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">@nikkissecretx<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The MUA also looks to have branched out into food with an Instagram account @nikkisfoodsecretx which has around 30,000 followers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytitbit.com\/whats-on\/netflix-where-are-the-10-glow-up-participants-now-who-won-the-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>SEE ALSO:<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Netflix: Where are the 10 Glow Up participants now? Who won the show?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Nikki Glow Up &#8211; partner&#8217;s death<\/h3>\n<p>The subject of Nikki losing her partner is brought up during the Glow Up competition.<\/p>\n<p>During episode 7 of the series, Nikki has to base a make up look on a song. She chose Eric Clapton&#8217;s &#8216;<em>Tears in Heaven<\/em>&#8216;, she said: &#8220;I guess I&#8217;m trying to emulate what I felt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unconfirmed exactly what happened with Nikki&#8217;s partner and why he passed. But she said he passed away two years ago.<\/p>\n<h3>Nikki Patel in 2019<\/h3>\n<p>Social media superstar Nikki was a finalist in the Glow Up competition.<\/p>\n<p>The make up artist has seen her online following grow since appearing on the BBC contest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"AFWDX\">In 2019, Nikki lists herself as a make up artist, skincare enthusiast. Her YouTube channel also features clothing hauls from Primark and more.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_QwdzepNv0k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YouTube video<\/span><\/a> in April 2019, Nikki said that she does have a boyfriend. She added: &#8220;I like to keep that a little bit private.&#8221;<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytitbit.com\/reality-soaps\/made-in-chelsea\/are-zara-and-sam-still-together-made-in-chelsea-couple-hits-the-rocks-at-christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>OMG:<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Are Zara and Sam still together? Made in Chelsea couple hits the rocks at Christmas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>CATCH UP WITH GLOW UP: BRITAIN\u2019S NEXT MAKEUP STAR ON THE\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p071ft41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC IPLAYER<\/a>\u00a0NOW.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"post-content\">\n<section class=\"post-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11.2.0\/svg\/1f4f8.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/>\u00a0<strong>AND GET FREAKY WITH US ON<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realitytitbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INSTAGRAM<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><strong>AND<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/business.facebook.com\/realitytitbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FACEBOOK<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glow Up: Nikki&#8217;s partner&#8217;s death inspires her makeup look in episode 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[1424,2018],"class_list":["post-10598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-bbc","tag-glow-up"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/12\/17\/glow-up-nikkis-partners-death-inspires-her-makeup-look-in-episode-7\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Glow Up: Nikki&#8217;s partner&#8217;s death inspires her makeup look in episode 7","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/12\/17\/glow-up-nikkis-partners-death-inspires-her-makeup-look-in-episode-7\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/12\/17\/glow-up-nikkis-partners-death-inspires-her-makeup-look-in-episode-7\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Williams"}],"creator":["Helen Williams"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["bbc","glow up"],"dateCreated":"2019-12-17T19:02:38Z","datePublished":"2019-12-17T19:02:38Z","dateModified":"2019-12-17T19:02:38Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Glow Up: Nikki&#8217;s partner&#8217;s death inspires her makeup look in episode 7\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/realityshrine\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/17\\\/glow-up-nikkis-partners-death-inspires-her-makeup-look-in-episode-7\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/realityshrine\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/17\\\/glow-up-nikkis-partners-death-inspires-her-makeup-look-in-episode-7\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"News\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Helen Williams\"}],\"creator\":[\"Helen Williams\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Reality Shrine\",\"logo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realitytvshrine.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png\"},\"keywords\":[\"bbc\",\"glow up\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2019-12-17T19:02:38Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-17T19:02:38Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-17T19:02:38Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/realitytvshrine.com\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249734210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}