Despite loving festivals, and spending the majority of our monthly pay cheque on them each year, we're inevitably still a little horrified by the OTT festival make-up that's more than extra. Like, how could glitter go that wrong?
The festival make-up fear is real.
Which is why we've rounded up the festival make-up ideas you could, and should, be working when you're rocking around a field, sipping on a plastic cup of cider and feeling like world peace really could happen if we all just learnt to love (and wear way more glitter).
Say hello to Coachella make-up inspo, and goodbye to festival make-up FOMO.
Leave the make-up brushes at home and go for a painterly effect created with only your fingers.
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Ashish
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If understated isn't your bag, then go for all-out festival glitter a la Ashish.
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Eckhaus Latta
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Subtle, marbelised lips give any festival make-up look a 'now you see it' twist.
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Manish Arora
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Use stencils or cut up pieces of paper to create a multi-coloured airbrush effect that lasts until the final act.
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Acne
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Get your eyebrows involved in the festival make-up fun by painting them mismatched pastel hues.
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GCDS
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Ring your eyes with electric blue eyeshadow for a superhero-inspired look that's easy to find in a crowd.
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Halpern
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Give your glitter a retro 60s twist by lining the edges of your sparkling cat eye with black kohl.
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Anna Sui
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Mimic the sunset hues of sitting in a field as a summer evening sets in with a soft wash of pink and yellow blusher taken up to your temples.
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GCDS
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Embrace your inner raver meets A Clockwork Orange with an asymmetric painted on lash look.
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Dries Van Noten
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More isn't always more when it comes to glitter. For a simpler festival make-up look, a sprinkling above and below your eyelids on bare skin looks seriously pretty.
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Chromat
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Take your day make-up firmly into night time with neon bright eyeshadows and brushed up brows.
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Jeremy Scott
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Give grainy glitter lips a miss and go for a satisfyingly sci-fi foil finish pout instead.
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Manish Arora
Matteo Valle
Coloured mascara is officially back with the fashion week seal of approval. Go for more is more chunky lashes in bright pink, blue or yellow.
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Preen
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An ethereal take on festival glitter, get a friend to blow some shimmer onto your forehead and hair line for Preen's delicate twist on the OTT look.
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Peter Pilotto
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The easiest festival make-up look ever, simply daub mismatched coloured eyeshadow above and below your eyes.
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Moncler
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If your festival vibe is more English fields and vegan food than space buns and bum bags, go for sunkissed low blusher and a sheen that says , 'I'm just really really healthy.'
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Missoni
Alessandro Zeno
More than achievable whilst standing in a field, a watercolour wash of blue on your eyes looks high fashion and festival appropriate.
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Jeremy Scott
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Nu-rave is back people. Take your eyeliner to the next level with 3D paper cut outs stuck on to the outer corners of your eyes. Finish with dots of glow paint ideal for that silent disco.
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Delpozo
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Paint swatches of silver daubed onto eyelids feels festival ready without the expected sparkle.
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Dior
Gregory Scaffidi
If you take one make-up product with you to a festival this year, make it a colour pop liquid liner or cream eyeshadow and join the crayola crew.