How to be a happy glamper (From Halesowen News)

How to be a happy glamper

7:00am Saturday 27th June 2009

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Be beauty equipped for 'glamping' at the festivals.

Indulge in bubble baths and mirror-gazing while you can. The festival season has kicked off for another summer, and if you've booked up for a few days of music madness you can kiss goodbye to any of your usual pampering routines.

Even the most preened princesses swap their blusher for face paint, hot showers for deodorising wipes, and blow-drys for blasts of dry shampoo.

But if the very idea of throwing your bathroom comforts and make-up bag into temporary hibernation fills you with dread, don't panic. You can still turn camping into a 'glamping' experience and emerge from your tent as a glowing festival goddess.

Get your festival beautification down to a fine art. High maintenance or mud madam, which beauty camp are you in?

:: High Maintenance Festival fan: Coleen Rooney Tents? No way jose! Before her pregnancy bump, Coleen's idea of roughing it at festivals involved a luxury Winnebago and regular stints in the VIP beauty tents for hair and make-up top-ups.

Achieve a made-up look by embracing your inner rock chick. Dark moody eyes are easy to achieve with lashings of waterproof mascara and smudged eyeliner. Choose moisturisers and make-up with added SPF, and that's your sun protection sorted too. You can even achieve blow-dry-look hair and manicured talons with dry application products.

Top tip: Thick layers of foundation left over from the-morning-after-the-night-before is not a good look. Switch to a lighter, tinted moisturiser with SPF, like Boots No7 Dual Protection Tinted Moisturiser SPF15, £10.30.

Pack: Clarins Instant Sun Light Summer Glow Palette SPF15, £24.99 (www.clarins.co.uk); 2True Effortless Waterproof Eyeliner, £1.95 (Superdrug); Halo Eye Make-Up Remover Pads, £1.99 (Superdrug/Tesco); Shampowder, £15 (www.shampowder.co.uk); Incoco Dry Nail Applique set, £5.99 (Boots).

:: Au Naturale Festival fan: Fearne Cotton Fearne's idea of festival chic is going with the flow and relying on funky hats and sunglasses to cover any tell-tale signs of unkempt beauty.

"The cheapest and most brilliant invention are Johnson's Baby Skincare Wipes. I carry them with me everywhere," she says. "They take your make-up off and moisturise simultaneously and, even better, if you're at a festival they double up as an instant shower."

If you're looking for effortless campsite beauty, stick to clear lip glosses and keep your limbs looking smooth and glossy with a moisturising shimmer product.

Top tip: Leave your mascara wand at home and achieve longer, thicker looking lashes with an eyelash dye, like Colorsport 30 Day Mascara, £7.10.

Pack: Technic Kiss Kiss Plump up the Volume, £1.25 (www.lovethymakeup.com); Johnson's Baby Skincare Wipes, £2.69 (Boots); Rageaze Dry Wash, £4.99 (www.idealworld.tv); Lavera Sun Sensitiv Silky Shimmer After Sun Lotion, £8.69 (01557 870567/www.lavera.co.uk).

:: Mud Madam Festival fan: Kate Moss Supermodel chic is put on the beauty back burner when Kate's in festival mode. She stomps around happily in mud (albeit in the VIP section) and keeps her face and hair refreshingly product-free.

Bands and head-banging are top of your agenda above showers and hair styling, so stick to the refreshing basics.

If you're planning as much soap-dodging as possible, use high-performance products like 24-hour deodorants and hygiene gel to stay sweet. And don't forget that breath freshener - you never know when you might bump into your favourite band member!

Top tip: If you're living in your trusty wellies for days, stop pongy feet by sticking in breathable fragranced shoe liners, like Kiwi Fresh'ins, £2.99.

Pack: Sure Maximum Protection anti-perspirant, £4.99 (Boots); Andrew Barton SOS Last Another Day Dry Shampoo, £3.99 (Asda); Anatomicals Snog Me Senseless breath freshener, £3 (www.powderrooms.com); Surya Moisturising Hand Sanitizer, £3.50 (www.liberty.co.uk).

Tried & tested :: Bliss FatGirlSlim at Bliss Spa London, £125 for 75mins (020 7590 6140/www.blisslondon.co.uk).

This new treatment from Bliss promises to be a saviour before slipping into slinky outfits. With beach times looming, I need all the help I can get in scrubbing my thighs into cellulite submission. FatGirlSlim starts with a dry body-brushing session to get your circulation flowing. An application of a divine-smelling grapefruit essential oil follows, which also stimulates the skin. A trouble-spot-targeting seaweed mask is applied to my bottom, thighs and tummy before I'm snugly cocooned in a heated wrap for a relaxing head massage (and snooze session) while the mask works its magic. No disruptive shower required, as after 15 minutes the mask has rubberised and peeled off by my therapist in seconds. FatGirlSlim and Love Handler are slathered into my curvy bits as a final touch to continue the flab-fighting. Next day, I don't look noticeably slimmer but my cellulite is looking remarkably less visible.

Buy it now Spritz away the credit-crunch blues with Origins' new Gloomaway Grapefruit Body Mist, £17.62, available now (0800 731 4039/www.origins.co.uk).

Recessionista alert Handbag addicts, there's never been a better opportunity to stock up on perfume. During July, when customers purchase a Chloe fragrance (50ml or above) at House of Fraser they can enter a competition to bag the Chloe Andy tote, worth over £650.

Beauty bulletin :: Denise Van Natural Presenter Denise Van Outen is baring all to launch a range of Bionsen deodorants. The new range of Japanese spa mineral products are free from aluminium and parabens, which have been linked to breast cancer.

Denise says: "The shoot was great fun and for such a good cause, so I didn't mind posing with no clothes in this instance! Bionsen is a natural product and women won't have to worry about possible health risks by using it."

The Bionsen deodorant range starts from £1.99 (www.bionsen.co.uk).

:: Pamper fiends It's official, a soak in the tub is our No 1 pampering pleasure. In a survey of Life's Little Pleasures, commissioned by Montagne Jeunesse, a relaxing bath floated away into the top spot. A massage from partner and colouring hair followed, but it seems some of us like to mix our pleasure and pain - waxing legs and shaping eyebrows came in fourth and fifth place.

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