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Jul1

This season’s must have kitsch tent essentials.

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This season’s must have kitsch tent essentials.

There are arrays of quirky gadgets on the market, which are perfect for the up and coming festival season. One such gadget is the Pocket Shower, which is priced at £14.99 and claims to hold up to an impressive ten litres of water and enables a seven-minute shower. Surely enough to keep you uber clean throughout the festival weekend, meaning you can ditch the baby wipes.

Another handy item to pick up is the Microfibre pocket towel, which can be purchased for a price of just £7.99 and is available from shinyshack. This compact towel won’t take up any room in your bag as it is in fact only the size of a lemon yet it absorbs three times its weight in water! There is most likely a chance of rain so this is the perfect essential to throw in your handbag.

If you are sick of smelling like the fast food at the festivals then check out funkyleisures Travelo Travel Atomiser, priced at just £7.99 this innovative atomiser can be filled with your favourite fragrance and holds up to fifty sprays. It also comes in two uber cute shades, either pink or red so it’s sure to co-ordinate with your outfit!

The Freeloader Solar Charger is another kitsch tent essential for this season and this particular product is by the label firebox. Priced at £29.99, this clever little product soaks up the sun and stores its power for up to a total of three months perfect to keep your mobile going for the full festival!

Jul1

This season’s best pick of the festival fragrances.

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This season’s best pick of the festival fragrances.

When you are thigh high in mud and haven’t showered for the past couple of days, a spray of something both sweet and fresh is always welcomed. Fragrances are great mood lifters and will work to hide those smells of fast food however you don’t want to be carrying around an enormous bottle of fragrance. There is an array of easy to carry alternatives on the market. The new roller ball fragrances from the high fashion label Missoni are a great size and an innovation in perfumes. The roller ball head allows you to apply fragrance freely and easily whenever and wherever you wish. The Missoni Acqua Parfum Rollerball is priced at £45 and comes in a skinny style tube that will slide easily into a back pocket or alternatively your smallest handbag.

DKNY also offer a similar rollerball style perfume, which can be picked up for a price of just £20 for the DKNY Be Delicious Eau de Parfum, this particular fragrance offers a fresh summery aroma that is perfect for the festival seasons.

Another option is a solid perfume such as Marc Jacobs Daisy Solid Perfume Pendant that costs a total of £25 or alternatively the Wild Cherry Tree Solid Perfume Stick from the make up brand L’Occitane that is just £6.50. The new Petite Cherie Concrete offers a similar style of fragrance and is priced at £42 and comes in an uber cute polka dot compact.

You’ll be the sweetest smelling festival goer this season with any one of these fresh scented summer aromas.

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Jul1

Get your dancing wellies on!

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Get your dancing wellies on!

This season’s festival closet theme is ‘fancy’. The names behind London’s cool fancy dress club night, clubdefromage have revealed a list of rules on how to rock those costumes on the festival campsite.

As well as revealing tips on topping those hot trends this season, Club de Fromage’s Fat Tony and Slow Alfie will be both djing and performing and the Latitude festival.

If you are a fan of the all new TV series Glee then you’ll love this recommendation, work the cheerleader, geeks and jocks style…it’s this season’s perfect summer attire. Try teaming rah-rah skirts with pom-poms or alternatively uber cool geek-chic specs with floral blouses and cute cardies.

Another trend on the cards goes under the name of farmers and puts practical denim cut offs and chequered shirts to good use. Throw in an oversized wax jacket, a statement neckerchief and a flat cap for good measure. To finish the look brush on some rosy pink blush for that perfect country bunkin look.

For all you Twihards this season’s top trend is the vamp look and works a sexy Debbie Harry style. Think eyeliner, porcelain skin and heavy red lips, add rips to your attire and backcomb the hair to the max.

The final trend on the cards seems to be old school gym look, think neon aerobics attire with leggings and leotards in rave shades. American Apparel is great for this style and even stock sweatbands and leg-warmers. Finish with rave paint and a bumbag.

Jun16

Festival fashion for 2010.

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Festival fashion for 2010.

The Isle of Wight Festival took place just this weekend and was the first festival of this season to hit Britain and showcased an array of trends and styles; the various styles seen are certainly set to stay strong for the summer.

The high street fashion chain, H&M sent their style scouts on a mission in order to reveal the chicest fashionistas present and in turn some of this season’s most sought after looks. The fashionable finds were then directed to the weekends most chilled out space; this was the H&M lounge. Stylish festival goers were invited to spend the whole day in the lounge, gaining insight knowledge on this season’s top tips and statement looks for all of this year’s festivals.

A few trends stood out this year, one such style being that headscarves have in fact been brought back. This is the perfect festival accessory as it not only looks uber stylish. But a pretty print scarf in a hot hue will hide untidy locks and also keep your hair dry when the heavens decide to open.

The supermodel Kate Moss confirmed this year’s next big trend in the shape of tiny cut-off denim shorts. These appeared in an array of styles, popular pairs seemed to be those that were fraying at the hem and also embellished with detail. Some of the styles on show even revealed a little bit of the pocket bags peeping through. If the super short low waisted style isn’t for you then opt for the vintage look and team a high-waisted pair of shorts with a corset, cape and knee-high biker boots.

Despite this season’s festival attire steering away from the much loved boho looks of last year, there was still an element of Sienna Miller-esque style in indication. This appeared in the shape of fringe detailing on everything from bags and dresses to jackets and capes jackets.
Hunters wellies were all the rage as per usual but this year biker boots were also an equally popular choice. These appeared in a range of styles including ankle length, studded, lace-up and knee-high and looked perfect teamed with pretty print dresses or statement tiny floral shorts.

May6

Stay stylish at this season’s festivals, courtesy of cosmetic brand Mac.

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Stay stylish at this season’s festivals, courtesy of cosmetic brand Mac.

Festivals may seem like the last place you would to expect to find a beauty counter but make up label Mac are proving otherwise. The prestigious make up brand have been at the forefront of many of this year’s and the previous year’s fashion and catwalk shows and now they are set to take over festivals too! So rocking wellies in a muddy field may no longer be such an unlikely place for a make-over.

The first festival venues the team of Mac make up specialists are set to hit include both the V festivals and the Isle of Wight. Make up artists of the label will be on hand to keep you looking tip top throughout your stay. A set of featured pop-up stores will be located at both events and each store will provide festival goers and Mac make up fans with thirty minute make up appointments, as well as advice and information on the assortment of beauty products available from the brand.

Festival goers can obtain statement fake lashes or alternatively achieve the latest looks. The MAC Pro Team will also be backstage in the VIP area applying make up to the artists prior to their on stage performances. If you see a look you like, make sure you head to a make up stall and steal any one of the performing act’s style.

Another bonus of the onsite Mac counters is that each stall will be fully stocked with festival essentials such as make-up wipes, soothing strobe cream and the very handy Blot Film packs. The wipes boast to instantly refresh worn out looking skin whilst the Strobe cream and blotting sheets will take away that unsightly shine. The perfect products to apply after a none stop dancing session in the mosh pit.

Mac is sure to have us all looking as effortlessly cool as the likes of Kate Moss and Pixie Geldoff.

Each 30 minute make-up appointments are priced at £15 which is redeemable against products can be booked on site.