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The make-up artist using colours she can't see

2025-05-08 18:00:17
Labelling shades in make-up palettes is important to Ailish so she knows what colours she is using

In the first episode, judges Val Garland and Dominic Skinner said her final look was flat and simplistic and Ailish ended up in the Face Off, going head to head against contestant Joe Tiernan to stay in the competition.

However, Val told her: "I think it's amazing you've got this much colour down being colour-blind".

"That is showing a very determined make-up artist."

Ailish thinks she was able to execute her looks after learning more about colour theory, helping her understand how to mix together the shades she needed.

Plus, after freelancing in the industry for a few years, she's become used to labelling all of her palettes with the names of corresponding colours.

It's estimated that about 3 million people living in the UK are affected by colour blindness, according to Colour Blind Awareness.

It affects more men than women - with about one in 12 males having the condition compared with one in 200 females.

There's no cure and it's also not clear what causes it, the NHS says, but often it runs in families and is something people are born with and adapt to.

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