How to Choose Your Festival Accessories

When it comes to dressing for a festival, practicality and style tend to go hand-in-hand. With most summertime events taking place in open fields, sensible footwear is a must, especially if there's any risk of rain. Your outfit should work hard for you, offering comfort throughout the day and allowing you to adapt to unpredictable weather and changes in plans. Lighter fabrics, airy pieces, and thinner tops, dresses, or skirts are great for contending with extreme summer heat or changes in weather. 

Elevating festival style with accessories is easier than ever with our durable, waterproof jewellery range. Designed to survive fields, rain showers, and sun cream, this highly-versatile range is perfect for combining fashion with utility. Whether you're a gold jewellery wearer or a fan of silver pieces, our stainless steel range has something for everyone. Layering up stainless steel pieces is a great way to embrace cool, quirky style while ensuring you're donning practical accessories.

For storing these pieces as you interchange between styles, consider a travel jewellery case, designed to let your jewellery survive movement in style. Keep your collection safe, secure, and tangle-free when you're changing between pieces, and ensure all your jewellery is protected from unpredictable weather, drink spillages, or any other potentially harmful situations. Packing smart is a key part to ensuring you're not trekking miles over fields with heavy bags or unnecessary accessories, so fitting all your favourite jewellery pieces into a great case or carrier is the best place to start.

Creating a vibrant festival outfit is all about layering colour, texture, and playful accessories. If you're a festival-goer who insists on using your hair as an accessory, adding fun glitter, clips, or bands is a great way to elevate a simple, everyday style into more fun, festival territory. Our Pink Sunflower Beaded Headband is the perfect piece for injecting colour, texture, and floral fun into your look.

If you're rarely having fun without scooping your hair into a fun up-do, a playful hair clip is an essential. Consider the more novelty options for ways to make your hair stand-out from the norm. This Large Red Strawberry Hair Clip is ideal for fruity, foodie accessorisers, and adds just the right splash of colour to any hairstyle.

To inject colour elsewhere on the body, beads are a need. Beaded jewellery is great for layering, and if you select pieces in varying colours, patterns, and bead-sizes, you can create an absolute rainbow of accessories, designed for standing out in festival fields. Our favourite pieces to layer include this Stainless Steel Pink Beaded Daisy Charm Bracelet in Gold alongside our Colourful Millefiori Glass Beaded Bracelet.

You could even consider elevating your more essential accessories with a little added colour, by adding keychains or bag charms to functional bags like rucksacks or crossbody bags. We love this Beaded Rainbow Hamsa Hand Keyring and Bag Charm for colour, texture, and spiritual connection - ideal for festival fashion.

Heading to a festival means being prepared for long days, changing weather, and little moments of downtime. A good night’s sleep is essential, so pack an eye mask, such as our Sleep Eye Mask and Pouch in Navy Blue, to block out early morning light and help you rest wherever you are.

On fun-filled festival days where you don't want to be constantly removing a crossbody bag, consider a handy tote or shoulder shopper to throw in your essentials. We love this House of Disaster Tide Sardines Eco Shopper for its colourful retro design. If you want to opt for something a little plainer, however, to allow your outfit to truly shine, we recommend selecting a neutral woven shopper with long straps, as you can easily jazz it up with a fun keyring or bag charm.

For your daily essentials, a makeup or wash bag is a must. We love this Small Sage and Pink Vintage Floral Quilted Wash Bag as it's the perfect shape and size for all your essentials, and it looks cute tucked under your arm or slotted into your rucksack. 

When it comes to beauty products, there are some key essentials for surviving festival life. Deodorant, dry shampoo, and packet wipes are usually the top of festival goer's priorities, but sometimes a little indulgence doesn't go amiss during long festival days. If you're keen to ensure a little relaxation either in your tent at the end of the day, or on-the-go amongst stressful larger crowds, consider carrying a roller ball perfume such as this Restful Night Pulse Point Roller Ball - ideal for soothing, relaxing, and calming the mind and body whenever you might need it.