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Try these four festival looks with the Batiste teams tips
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  I’ve got long hair so I know that during festival season I want a look that’s more sexy bedhead than tent tangles. With this in mind, I’ve come up with the hottest festival looks for 2013 that with a little help from Batiste are easy to achieve, look amazing and will make you totally festival fabulous. Effortless Chic – this one is perfect for day 1 and works best on mid to long hair. With your head upside down, work a little Batiste Plumping Powder in at the roots and then gently lift narrow and random sections from the…

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Vanity Van hits Rewind festival !!!
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We are happy to announce we will be featuring at Rewind festival in Henley from 16th-18th August 2013. We will have a salon outside the main campsite entrance in the arena. The salon will be open from 9am daily. See below for the details of what we are offering, prices, packages etc.. Please note we will not be offering hair washing at this event – there are showers directly opposite where we are where customers can wash their hair if they wish. We will also not be offering massage at this event. To book simply email bookings@vanityvan.co.uk providing all your personal…

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All the celeb beauty gossip from Vanity Vans backstage salon at Latitude festival 2013
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All the backstage beauty gossip from our salon at Latitude festival 2013 Fri / Sat round up The salon was absolutely rammed all weekend fully booked both days and we have had to turn people away – the artists at Latitude have loved the treatments – male hair cuts and massages are the most popular we have done dozens of Miners cosmetics makeovers on the girls getting them stage ready and we have got through buckets of Batiste dry shampoo treating stressed out festival locks and Nicky Clarke tease me backcomb in a bottle for extra va va voom and quiffage. Eddie Izzard Eddie…

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Miners Cosmetics give Vanity Van their festival beauty tips part 2
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We are so excited to partner up with Vanity Van for the festival season.  Festivals certainly don’t mean you have to say “B’bye” to your make up essentials and thanks to the brand hook up, Miners Cosmetics can make your festival experience a beautiful one! We LOVE the festival season here at Miners Cosmetics HQ! With many under our belts we have got festival beauty SUSSED! In our final Guest Blog for Vanity van we share more of our cosmetic know how on Festival make-up… Long lasting cosmetics mean you can focus on the festival fun instead of make-up touch-ups!…

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All the news from Vanity Vans Glastonbury festival public and backstage salon
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  Glastonbury 2013 – the grand daddy of UK festivals was back with a vengeance for 2013 – my how we have missed you… The Glastonbury experience is a spiritual awakening of sorts, a celebration of art, entertainment and culture unlike any other in existence and as always the event did not disappoint on every level. Even the sun decided to put it’s hat on for the occasion. Its definitely the place to be to spot all the latest festival trends, fashion, beauty and styling and Vanity Van were once again in the middle of the action. Mobile beauty events…

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LOVE music? Play with tones of Batiste this Festival Season
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I adore playing with hair colour and what better way to play than with spray in, wash out Batiste Hint of Colour Dry Shampoo?   The Hint of Colour range comes in four tonal shades and each contain Batiste’s award winning dry shampoo with added colour pigments which instantly refresh hair, leaving it gorgeously clean and fresh with added body and texture whilst blending seamlessly with your hair colour. Pop them in your pack and try some of my ideas on how you can use them to really add a shade of difference to your festival experience.   Idea 1…

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Miners Cosmetics give Vanity Van their festival beauty tips part 1
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We are so excited to be partnering up with Vanity Van for the festival season.  Festivals certainly don’t mean you have to say “B’bye” to your make up essentials and thanks to the brand hook up, We LOVE the festival season here at Miners Cosmetics HQ! With many under our belts we have got festival beauty SUSSED! We have a 2 part series of Guest Blogs for Vanity van where we’ll share our cosmetic know how on Festival make-up… ‘Dual purpose’ products are festival beauty heroes! When packing for your festival of choice you don’t want to have to take…

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Radio Ones Big Weekend – all the news from Vanity Vans backstage mobile salon
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Radio 1’s Big Weekend has kicked off festival season in earnest, with more than 35,000 fans enjoy a wide variety of the biggest and best summer music around. New power couple Calvin Harris and Rita Ora headlined Friday night; on Saturday, Biffy Clyro rocked the main stage headline slot while DJ Fresh closed the 1xtra stage; and on Sunday, artists including Bruno Mars, Paramore, Olly Murs and Little Mix wrapped up proceedings. Mobile beauty events specialist Vanity Van (www.vanityvan.co.uk) carried out hundreds of treatments on the celebrities and their teams in their backstage mobile salon. Stationed outside the former army…

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Festival forecast…DRY & FABULOUS…and that’s just your hair!
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I’m a big festival fan, so I know just how tough tent living can be on your hair. When you pack the full set of dry styling products from Batiste this festival season, the only thing that should be pouring down on you is the compliments. Here’s our top tips to take your look from breakfast band stalking to midnight at the main stage without breaking your style stride. Tip 1 – Start the day with a spritz of NEW Batiste Strength and Shine Dry Shampoo. Packed with all the regular H²0 free benefits of Batiste Dry Shampoo, this one…

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Warren Holmes Nicky Clarke shares his top survival tips for festival hair
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Guest blog from Warren Holmes, International Creative Director, Nicky Clarke Backstage Hairdresser of the Year 2013 Warren Holmes has kindly put together his TOP TIPS for maintaining fabulous festival hair. Here are my tips to managing and styling your hair throughout a festival: • The night before, give you hair a good wash and use an intense moisturising conditioner. Use a good foundation product when wet like a strong holding mousse and dry into your hair • Tong your hair, so it has movement and shape…..the bigger the better, you have 3-4 days for it to drop and play with.…

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