His & Her Festival Grooming Guide

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As told by a beauty editor and her boyfriend…

If you’ve outgrown glitter, flash tattoos and crochet, but still enjoy a three-day festival (guilty!), on the eve of Splendour in the Grass this his & her festival grooming guide is for you, (and your significant other).

For the girls:

 “I’ve attended my fair share of festivals, and cold showers need not be un-accompanied by some form of a luxurious concoction. But be warned, if you’re camping, the brutal touch-button showers, don’t allow for a long enough period to properly wash one’s hair. Hence, the exclusion of Shampoo and Conditioner from this guide. Instead, I suggest planning ahead.

Day 1: Wash and blow-dry, from the comfort of your own home.

Day 2: Salty strands from a bottle or a beach swim (if you’re lucky enough to escape the grounds)

Day 3: A middle part and slick bun. Nothing fussy, literally a twist with a hair-tie.

Also, avoid wearing hats you’d never wear in real life. The rule here: less is more.

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For skin I don’t change up things too much. I like to use a cleanser that foams for ease of washing off, in a less than desirable shower environment. A moisturiser first thing, so makeup goes on smoothly. I keep a hydrating mist in my bag for when I’m feeling, ehh sweaty! And at night, after a day of festivities, I always take my makeup off double cleansing with a micellar water (from a brand that has not yet released it, but this one is good too!) and a cleanser, before smothering my skin in something that’s hydrating and full of essential oils for repair.

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Post shower, I am all for, an all over hydrating moisturiser. I heard that something like 90% of women don’t moisturise everyday and I really don’t understand it. Especially because, faux tan and winter!

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When it comes to makeup, I try to keep it super simple. An illuminating base, is seriously my best friend, likely yours too. Followed by a dewy foundation, brows and mascara. I use the Big Brow Pencil for a second cause, the same way you would a kohl eyeliner, applying under the water line and on the lids before smudging with my ring finger. Lanolips goes everywhere – lips, cheekbones (where’d youd usually highlight) and lids. It makes you look awake, and like you tried a lot harder than you actually did.

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I learnt in New York, that full size fragrances can break. In a particularly awkward exchange with a hotel staffer, who fetched my bag from storage I asked, “Excuse me, are you wearing my perfume?” He looked perplexed. Turns out my Stella McCartney bag was, thanks to a smashed glass vessel. Go for minis, travel size or samples.”

 For the boys:  

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“”I never really cared about my skin until I started dating Chloe. And would never have packed this much stuff for a festival, or ever. When she asked me what I wanted to take, I was like… Um! Everyday stuff is pretty simple for me. I wash my face in the shower with whatever Chloe tells me to, and then put on moisturiser and sun cream.

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I’ve discovered that fragrance ‘wardrobes’ exist. And I’m not opposed to smelling nice. As long as it’s subtle. This one was the first one I grabbed out of the bathroom. We both wear it sometimes. I’ll probably never get used to Chloe smelling like me. I don’t do my hair, I just put some stuff in to keep it back and not fluffy.

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I’m a body wash person, and don’t really like using soap because it’s pretty drying. I don’t use serum or eye cream everyday, but usually put them on if we’re doing a facial together on a Sunday night. Again, a very new thing.

I basically wear plain tees or anything from Thrills. I packed Beats by Dre headphones to sleep in at night. Even though, we aren’t camping and are staying at The Atlantic with Kiehl’s, I need complete silence or my own music to fall asleep.

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Sunnies and Berocca are pretty self-explanatory, both excellent for hiding the efforts from the day before.”


Credits:

Photography, creative and words: Chloe Brinklow

Reluctant interviewee: Troy Pitman.


Full disclosure: TOMBOY Beauty will be experiencing Splendour in the Grass as a guest of Kiehl’s.