There’s a time and place for everything. Take the recently-folded awards circuit, for example. Where classic, old Hollywood glamour and vintage curls could hardly feel out of place. Likewise, the fashion week season saw a vivacious outing of avant-garde beauty moments on the runway; running the gamut from operatic blush washes and acrylic lashes to graphic liners and lacquered lips. And soon enough? Heatproof make-up, glowing skin and mussed-up tresses will be par for the course. For the desert will rule, as the first days of summer kick off with Coachella—where Lady Gaga, Missy Elliott, Jennie, Clairo, XG and Lisa are all set to play.
The festival season has already been making headway, with Complex Con Hong Kong held over the weekend—where the girls of NJZ performed, sporting some signature festival beauty notes, be it tinsel-streaked tresses, copious blush bombs or abstract liners. Or Olivia Rodrigo’s headlining turn at Lollapalooza Chile 2025, with her glitter-specked peepers, scarlet lip and rockstar energy. It’s a lesson hard learned over the decades of music festivals and its evolving scene. One’s festival beauty could take its cues from the Glastonbury muses: think the jet black nails worn on one Kate Moss or the louche tresses, pared-back make-up and soft smoke Alexa Chung occasionally fronted. But anyone who’s been a frequent festival-goer in recent years will know to up the ante, and make way for more maximalist drama. One would find sequins and butterfly attachments in beautifully-made hair, glitter adornments all over the peepers and even face and body paint, for the ones committing to a bit.
Yet with all that said and done, the unsaid truth is that not everything will last through a full day affair. Especially out in the desert where temperatures are climbing, or even at a water-themed fest, those vying for a good time at a festival must come armed and prepared—ready for a quick beauty fix or refresh at any time of day. Leave it to your fellow beauty fiends at Vogue Singapore then, to source out the best beauty knick-knacks you should cop ahead of a festival weekend.
