Festival glitter
This years latest summer trend turned out to be eco-ethically-contravertial, sooooo cute and more irritating than mosquitoes.
So before I headed out to paint in the sun I made sure to have some chunky glitter assortments to sprinkle onto the sparkle-starved public.
I got mine from a site called LG London. They arrived extremely quickly, as promised, in 2 working days.
I ordered 4 tubes, coming in at around €30, I was beginning to wonder if it was worth it?
IT WAS
Not only does it last for miles, the colours and shapes are absolutely sublime.
From left to right: Fairy Dust, Neon Festival, Crazy Rainbow and Hawaiian Tropic.
They have other gorgeous shades like Rainforest, Unicorn Punk and Eclectic Bumblebee and they are as awesome as they sound.
Click image for a link to the page I ordered from
I used petroleum jelly to fix my glitter in place. I just waited till the facepaint was dry to the touch and dabbed a small bit on to the areas I wanted to glitter-fy. Using a damp finger, I tapped the glitter in the tube and applied it.
You can also use pros aide body glue, tho this can get very messy and sticky. With fine glitter I'd usually just let it stick to drying facepaint but this method didn't work for the heavier chunky glitters.
Getting the stuff off was a pain in the *** and I kept ending up with glitter-pox. I eventually figured out a method that doesn't require acid, a whole face transplant or just leaving it on till it sheds naturally:
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baby wipe most of the chunks off,
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another baby wipe,
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maybe a third baby wipe and then
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a very slightly damp (with your own tears) towel
Still some left? Of course there is!
You're forever fabulous. deal with it.
It has been debated back and forth across boards and threads online and in conversations, that glitter is another one of those dreaded 'microplastics' that are being dumped en-masse into the oceans and are not biodegradable or healthy for marine ecosystems. This information is troubling, as I tend to use quite a lot of glitter in my work in general. I have done a bit of searching and come across some websites that supply planet-friendlier alternatives. Like LUSH who have sourced a seaweed alternative for some of their bath bombs. THIS Etsy site that supplies biodegradable glitter or THIS excellent website that shows us how to make natural glitters made from plants.
