{"id":10669,"date":"2020-05-29T20:13:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T19:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realitytitbit.com\/?p=80644"},"modified":"2020-05-29T20:13:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T19:13:58","slug":"keziah-glow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2020\/05\/29\/keziah-glow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow Up: Where is Keziah Saunders now? Make-up star talks leaving season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glow Up fans were delighted when the show finally returned for its second series on Thursday, May 14th.<\/p>\n<p>It launched to BBC iPlayer on Thursday, May 14th with new episodes dropped per week.<\/p>\n<p>Just three episodes in, the tensions were mounting and the competition stiff. This only intensified when one of the contestants decided she needed to leave.<\/p>\n<p>So, why did Keziah leave Glow Up? Where is she now?<\/p>\n<p>And be warned, if you haven&#8217;t yet seen season 2 episode 3, then there are\u00a0<strong>spoilers<\/strong> ahead.<\/p>\n<h3>Who is Keziah?<\/h3>\n<p>Keziah Joy Saunders is a 21-year-old student and make-up artist originally from Sheffield.<\/p>\n<p>Before entering the competition, Keziah already had the largest following on Instagram and had already found success as a make-up artist. When the series launched, Keziah had over 172,000 followers and she&#8217;s now approaching 178,000!<\/p>\n<p>You can follow her on Instagram under the handle\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/artbeautychaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@artbeautychaos.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytitbit.com\/bbc\/glow-up-season-2-cast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>MEET THE CAST:<\/strong><\/span><\/a> We found Glow Up&#8217;s season 2 contestants on Instagram<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Keziah leaves Glow Up<\/h3>\n<p>In episode 3, the competitors had to impress in the theatre make-up brief. They were recreating looks from The Lion King on the West End. Ophelia impressed most in the challenge, winning the opportunity to do the make-up looks for four central characters in the stage show.<\/p>\n<p>When it came to the judging at the end of the episode, Keziah took presenter Stacey Dooley aside to explain her difficulties in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Keziah explained that make-up is her passion and doing it in a competition format was &#8220;stifling&#8221; her creativity. But it was also taking a toll on her mental health, which she explained in the episode and in a following statement.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytitbit.com\/bbc\/jake-glow-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE:<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Get to know Jake Oakley from Glow Up better<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sad to see Keziah pull out, but I\u2019m glad she put her mental health first. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GlowUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GlowUp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Dexter (@JonMDexter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonMDexter\/status\/1266099888464498691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What did Keziah say about leaving Glow Up?<\/h3>\n<p>Keziah took to Twitter to explain her reasons for leaving the show.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet posted on Thursday, May 28th, Keziah wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>My decision to leave the competition was an incredibly difficult one, and was made after a long discussion with the producers and on set psychologist where we decided it was ultimately the best course of action for me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If you\u2019ve followed me for a while you\u2019ll know I\u2019ve always been open about mental health and though I loved the whole experience, the truth is I really struggled throughout the filming process. I was full of self doubt and constantly second guessing myself. This was stopping me from creating my best work and while I\u2019m incredibly disappointed in this I also know that trying to push myself any further would\u2019ve only made this worse.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can read Keziah&#8217;s full statement on Twitter below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*SPOILERS* <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlowUpBBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GlowUpBBC<\/a> statement. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/glowup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#glowup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wtn5jdnB6C\">pic.twitter.com\/wtn5jdnB6C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Keziah Joy \u26a1\ufe0f\ud83e\udd18\ud83d\ude0e &#8211; Glow Up Season 2 (@artbeautychaos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artbeautychaos\/status\/1266101871493746693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Where is Keziah now?<\/h3>\n<p>From the looks of Keziah&#8217;s Instagram, she is still working away as a talented make-up artist, primarily making looks for her Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p>Keziah has even taken to recreating some of the looks from Glow Up that she wasn&#8217;t too happy with!<\/p>\n<p>Keziah is still a student at university.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CALjOxnnWTt\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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What did you think? Here\u2019s my look from the first creative brief, inspired by a Phoenix and how makeup art creativity have helped me grow \u2764\ufe0f\ud83e\udd85 who\u2019s excited for the rest of the series? #glowup #glowupbbc #makeup #artbeautychaos #creativemakeup #makeuptransformation #facepainting #avantgardemakeup #identity #phoenix<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/artbeautychaos\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Keziah Joy \ud83c\udfa8\u26a1\ufe0f- Glow Up S2<\/a> (@artbeautychaos) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-05-14T19:44:58+00:00\">May 14, 2020 at 12:44pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>WATCH GLOW UP SEASON 2 ON BBC IPLAYER NOW<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11.2.0\/svg\/1f4f8.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/>\u00a0AND GET FREAKY WITH US ON\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realitytitbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><strong class=\"\">AND\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/business.facebook.com\/realitytitbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FACEBOOK<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glow Up: Where is Keziah Saunders now? 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