Music Festival Makeup Tutorials
13 Easy Tutorials to Inspire Your Music Festival Makeup Look
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One of the best parts about attending a music festival is how carefree these types of events are, inviting you to take on an "anything goes" attitude toward your outfit, hair, and — of course — makeup.
This is the perfect excuse to break out everything from flash tattoos and neon eye shadows to rainbow freckles, checkerboard hair, and more. Nothing is too dramatic when it comes to festival style. In fact, we think this is the perfect excuse to pull out some of the products you purchased for Halloween — or to test out some ideas for this year's October festivities.
To jump-start your inspiration, we've hunted down the top tutorials geared towards long-lasting, fun, summery looks that will complete your weekend of camping, dancing, and partying. Read on!
Boho chic meets festival fab in this tutorial, in which Danielle Mansutti creates a bold and colorful style ideal for a West Coast event like Coachella. The blue paint used in the forehead design is particularly ideal for those looking to highlight their blue eyes.
Let your inner flower child shine with this creation from Katerina Beauty Blog. She juxtaposes a long-lasting foundation with a face paint design, making for a finished look that is fully customizable to any level of whimsy (or skill).
If you want to go big (and hang out at Coachella's legendary Sahara Tent), then this colorful look from Kristen Leanne is for you. She balances out the brooding lipstick hue (from her own cosmetics line) with bright pops of colors under the eyes, and highlights products that will help your look stay intact even while dancing the night away.
AlisonLovesJB combines natural earth tones with more avant-garde techniques — including the under-eye winged liner and above-brow design — to create her music-festival-ready look. She also notes the importance of products (including a strong primer!) that will help the makeup last the entire day and night.
This quick tutorial from Evelina focuses on a dreamy, wearable style that ensures you'll look flawless without feeling over the top. She pairs a light, shimmery eye with a coral lip, and tops it all off with some forehead flash tattoos — an easy option for those feeling less than confident about their face-painting technique.
Ideal for women of color, MsDebDeb's take on this style of makeup includes a yellow shadow, winged liner, and pink lip. The full routine is topped off with quintessential festival accessories — stick-on jewels and a flower crown — and followed by a run-through of her nail design and outfit choice.
MysteseBeauty capitalizes on the "anything goes" mindset of music-festival style with this tutorial, which features a bold, hand-painted rainbow detail on the forehead. Since she uses complex and professional-level techniques, this DIY is ideal for those ready to take their skills to the next level.
After watching this neon-inspired tutorial from Desi Perkins, you'll never again hold back when it comes to your festival look. She offers a step-by-step walkthrough so that even amateur artists can successfully replicate the rainbow-colored eye makeup and bright-pink lip.
Beauty prodigy (seriously, she's still a teenager) Maddi Bragg's take on festival makeup is ideal for those of us looking for something quick and durable. Instead of opting for a dramatic winged cat eye, Maddi focuses on creating a look that feels light and bright, and — perhaps most importantly — it won't be affected by the heat. She uses Tarte CC Eye Primer Stick ($21) to keep her eye makeup locked down.
The Beauty and the Blondie proves that you don't have to go superbold to create a look that will stand out at a music festival. Her take on this makeup theme is simple and bohemian-inspired, and focuses on highlighting natural beauty. Adding touch of shimmery shadow on the inner corners of your eyes like she did will make your peepers look huge and awake, no matter how late you were out partying the evening before.
To ensure that you — and your makeup — will be prepared for a day and night full of partying, Ruby Golani emphasizes the necessity of using long-lasting products. She preps her skin with a sealing spray, then uses multiple primers even before beginning her beauty routine. The result is a gorgeous (and durable!) smoky eye and contoured cheek.
Demonstrated on festival goddess Cara Delevingne, this look from Burberry perfectly encapsulates the blend of styles that go into this type of event: edgy, cool, and classic. Without going into face paint or thematic designs, this makeup instead focuses on a matte base, a smoky, dramatic eye, and a light lip.
For girls with hooded eyes or monolids, this video from Nica Phan should be your festival makeup go-to. She updates a classic warm, smoky eye with a touch of shimmery blue eye shadow to give the finished look a pop of color that's perfect for a sunny day spent jamming out.
