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Just about to turn 25 Cara Wyn Slater is a self-employed make-up and beauty therapist. She started the business back in April of this year, which has since been rebranded from her own name to the elegant “Coco Belle” and is now on 700 likes on its Facebook page. She’s become a household name for beauty in the local area – You have to be quick if you want to get an appointment as they fill up fast! At great prices and with gorgeous results it’s hardly a surprise there’s such high demand. Here she shares with The Young Collective a tutorial for the much-awaited festival season! You may be thinking Glastonbury is behind us but there’s still time to get all glamoured up for festivals like No.6, Bestival and Reading and Leeds!

“I work around the clock but I love what I do: I’ve met and worked with so many different characters and clients over the past couple of months and it’s them that keep my business alive! I do all my appointments in a beauty room I’ve set up in my own home, so it’s all very personal and that personal interaction with the clients are what help me understand what they’re looking for. These relationships are what help develop my business even further!

As I woke alone it means I can adapt what I offer to the needs of the customer. Changes in what I offer are usually due to changes in the latest trends for example the highly requested festival look! I spend countless hours perfecting looks and seeing what’s hot. If you’re going to do this job, you have to keep up to date with it!

When the Summer season officially started I began thinking of new and fresh makeup looks to try out, and exciting new promotions for my business. Festival makeup has propelled in the past couple of years and 2016 hasn’t slowed it down: with flamingos, unicorns, mermaids and pineapples being used as centre-stage for inspiration. It’s the one time of year where you can wear literally anything and get away with it.

It’s a very important season in a girl’s calendar, as well as planning where to go and how big a tent to take, our hair and beauty choices for the weekend also get a very important spot on the top of the to-do list. With inspiration from celebrities like Vanessa Hudgens, Kendall Jenner and so much more at Coachella, it’s hard not to realise that festivals have become the newest catwalk.

Many clients asked if I would be doing Festival inspired makeup for the long-awaited Festival No.6. It’s now on its 5th year and is being held in the Italian inspired village of Portmeirion, just up the road from where I live and am based, in Penrhyndeudraeth.

After researching photos and ideas on Pinterest and Instagram (If you need inspiration for anything they never let you down). I’ve decided to promote Festival Eyes and Hair for that specific weekend in a style that corresponds with the beautiful seaside setting of Portmeirion, which sits on the Estuary. So here goes, here is my first Festival inspired look.

As it’s summer, I love a heavily bronzed face for any festival just to keep up the appearance of jetting back and forth from our villas overseas. Along with a prominent bronze across the cheeks and temples, I also use plenty of highlighters to illuminate the cheekbones and bring out the glitter. Although I’m keeping with the beachy feel I’ve gone for colours that are a bit more out there than the subtle golden colours we typically see around the summer season. Instead, inspired by mermaid everything it’s all about the Turquoises and teals for the eyes for a blue sea vibe and to bring out that bright festival feels. I’ve then finished off the look with a nude matte lip to emphasise the attention on all the glitter and not to distract too much from the glamorous make-up going on around the eyes!