Category Archives: festival essentials

Festival Essential: Beach Athletics Flip Flops and Sandals

You might remember my recent musings on the EWEStyle Wellington boots, perhaps the most comfortable item of footwear to ever grace my size fours. Having been to festivals for years in battered Gardening Centre boots, it's fair to say that I realised the trauma I was putting my feet through ... Continue Reading

Unusual Festival Items – By Becky Martin.

There's always one, that person who takes bizarre luxury items to a festival. In light of this, I decided to explore the kind of items a 'privileged' person might love to indulge in - so long as they have that wacky, slightly crazy side that a festival requires! You would be ... Continue Reading

Festival Fancy dress to Impress: a few ideas for this summer!

There seems to be no excuse any more for not doing fancy dress with effort and quite frankly, enthusiasm. If you type into Google Images the trilogy of these three words ‘festival fancy dress’ a whole new world of colour and impressive revelations will be revealed to you. Here I’ve ... Continue Reading

Becky Martin’s Festival Essentials and Lifesavers!

The festival essentials and products you wouldn't want to forget. OK, a confession to start with, most of the things I am about to bring up will not actually save your life. This is merely an expression of the reliance I put upon those items/factors that can make or break your ... Continue Reading

I’ll Drink to that: the best festival drinks! (By Becky Martin)

It has been a long standing rule now that glass bottles are not allowed to be taken with you to a festival, but have we let this stop us? Hell no. In fact, if we think about it practically, glass would just make stuff heavier to carry, so that is ... Continue Reading

Festival Beauty: Sephora – Head to Toe Hydrator

STOP THE PRESS! I think I may have found the ultimate festival beauty product! Sephora sell a product called 'Head to Toe' which literally does as said on the tin, so to speak. The Head to toe hydrator can be used EVERYWHERE, and I mean everywhere. Body, face, cuticles, nails, ... Continue Reading

T in the Park 2011 Highlights on BBC!

T in the Park is hurtling ever closer! It's Wednesday 4th July and most of the Phestival team are currently in Balado, Scotland setting up camp and our stall ready for trading at T in the Park. In the office, I'm keeping the website going and we've got others packing ... Continue Reading

Fancy Dress Friday: T in the Park Festival (Ladies)

With T in the Park just around the corner, our thoughts in the office (beyond frantic organising, scheduled blog posts and packing) have turned towards what we'll be doing for 'Fancy Dress Friday.' It has turned in to a beloved tradition at the festival to embrace all things fancy to ... Continue Reading

Festival Food: The Dos and Don’ts! (By Becky Martin)

Festivals invite two extreme types of people when it comes to food: those who barely remember the necessity to eat, and those who go completely overboard, bringing their whole kitchen along with them minus the cupboards. I am a self-confessed kitchen carrier, so my aim this year is to cut ... Continue Reading

Buyapowa “Festivals for Lesstivals”

For those of you who haven't heard of Buyapowa, errrrr - where have you been!? I am definitely going to introduce you to this fantastic new concept because I am certain that you won't look back. The relatively new site aims to bring you the lowest prices for the most ... Continue Reading