Festival Beauty with Natural Collection*

Purse-friendly high-street make-up brand Natural Collection have the perfect selection of products if you're heading off to a festival this summer! From lip to lashes, right down to your fingertips, they've got you covered... Did you catch my post on how Natural Collection can help you #GetGlowing this summer? That post has some fab basics for any festival look, but here a few more bits which will add to it!
Sure, Tinted Moisturiser is great for evening out your skintone, but when you're short on sleep, drinking one too many, and maybe not eating the most balanced of diets, a touch of concealer can be a godsend! Natural Collection's Cover-Up Stick* (£1.99 here) has a limited shade range with a choice of only two, but it has a lovely creamy formula and a decent level of coverage - it's perfect for disguising under-eye circles, and the shade 'Fair' is actually a pretty perfect match for me. This is easy enough to apply straight from the bullet and blend out, either with (clean!) fingers or, my preference, a dampened beauty sponge. I think you can see below it brightens up my eye area quite nicely! I then set the whole lot with powder, and add a touch of colour with a combination of blusher and bronzer.
British festivals are well-known for unreliable weather (at best!) so a waterproof mascara is a bit of a no-brainer, really; Natural Collection's Waterguard Mascara* (£1.99 here) comes in Black or Brown/Black and, whilst it's not the most volumising mascara I've ever used, it does work well to add length and definition to my lashes. The brush is a traditional fibre one rather than any of this new-fangled plastic business, which I find much easier to use. My only concern would be that removal might be a bit tricky at a festival - being waterproof, you really need an oil-based remover to be in with a chance!
Meanwhile, Natural Collection's Tinted Lip Balm* (£1.99 here) is perfect for hydrating your lips and adding a hint of non-sticky colour; I have the shade 'Caribbean Crush' which is a sheer-but-pretty pink colour, but there are four other options available.
And when it comes to your nails... Natural Collection Nail Colour* (£1.99 here) has 22 shades to offer; this is 'Hibiscus', the perfect neon-pink, which was opaque in two coats and dried super-quickly to a lovely glossy finish. Sadly it chipped really quickly on my nails (within a few hours), although that might be improved with a top coat... But if not, at that price, you'll not be afraid to take it with your for touch-ups!

A photo posted by Jess Smith (@jesssrawr) on Jul 7, 2016 at 6:57am PDT

All in all, I think these products would be great choices to take to a festival, mainly because their low price-points mean you wouldn't be too worried about losing them - I for one wouldn't want to take a £30+ foundation to a festival! The Cover-Up Stick in particular works really well for me, and the Waterguard Mascara looks great on my lashes. What are your festival beauty must-haves? Would you be popping any Natural Collection products in your festival make-up bag?

xo
[*Product provided for consideration.]
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