Festival Makeup Ideas With Glitter, Face Flowers and Sparkling Hair
If there’s one place glitter feels right at home, it’s a festival. Sparkling cheekbones, a flash of colour on the eyelids or a little glitter in your hair can change your whole look in minutes. Pick one detail to start with or wear them all together.
How to Create a Glitter Festival Look
Start with your usual makeup or apply glitter to clean, bare skin. Try a sweep of sparkle from your cheekbone to your temple, a scattering of glitter freckles across the bridge of your nose or a few pressed flowers with glitter tucked between the petals.
Mix glitter sizes for more texture. Fine cosmetic glitter gives a soft, even shimmer, while chunky glitter catches the light from farther away. If you’re adding sparkle to your eyelids or near your eyes, choose glitter and primer suitable for that exact area and keep both clear of the waterline.
How to Keep Glitter in Place at a Festival
All you need for a simple look is cosmetic glitter, Glitter Primer and a small brush or clean fingertip.
- Dab a thin layer of primer exactly where you want the sparkle.
- Gently press the glitter onto the primer. A small brush works well if you want to keep the edges neat.
- Let it set. For a bolder finish, add a few larger flecks on the cheekbones or temples where you want the light to catch.
Easy Ways to Add Glitter to Your Hair
For glitter roots, mix a pinch of chunky glitter with a little hair gel and dab it along your parting. You can also work the mix between sections of a braid, around the base of a ponytail or onto the ends of your hair.
For a subtler effect, a few strands of hair tinsel will catch the light as you move. Try matching the tinsel to your eyeliner or picking up a colour from your outfit.
Five Festival Makeup Ideas to Try
Festival Freckles
Dot a little primer across the bridge of your nose and upper cheeks, then add glitter one dot at a time. Mix tiny flecks with a few larger ones for a scattered finish.
Rainbow Eyes
Blend two or three bright eyeshadow shades across your lids, then add holographic glitter at the temples. Try pink and violet with a flash of electric blue.
Face Flowers and Glitter
Arrange a few pressed Face Flowers at one temple and press a little glitter into the gaps. Match the glitter to the petals or use a contrasting shade to make the flowers stand out.
Mermaid Glow
Sweep turquoise, silver and holographic glitter along your cheekbones. Carry a little of the turquoise into your eye makeup with a matching eyeshadow or liner.
Neon Pop
Pair electric-blue eyeliner with pink glitter at the temples and a generous coat of mascara or statement lashes.
Start with the idea you’d most like to wear. Then see what happens when you add a few flowers, another colour or a little sparkle in your hair. If you’re tempted to add a little more glitter, you’re getting ready for the right occasion.
