Stay glam when you're camping

Tips for keeping your standards high in the great outdoors

Grooming and camping are not two words you’d expect to find in the same sentence, let alone in the same weekend. But if you’ve ever contemplated a holiday under canvas, then contemplated your French manicure and refused your boyfriend’s offer of a romantic weekend in a sleeping bag designed for two, think again. Okay, so you won’t be able to maintain the level of glamour you’re used to after the first day, but that’s the point. Camping is about letting your hair down. Only with a little forward planning, your hair – and the rest of you – can look groomed and gorgeous.

1. Get the essentials right

The great outdoors might be good for mind, body and soul but the elements aren’t quite so kind to skin. To protect yours, wear a cream that combines a good-quality moisturiser with an SPF of at least 15. Trilogy’s Age Proof Daily Defence Moisturiser SPF15, �27.95 for 50ml, www.trilogyproducts.com, contains plant oils that hydrate as well as Vitamin E that replenishes skin. If you can’t be parted from your foundation, go one stage lighter and choose a tinted moisturiser that hydrates, covers and protects such as Lancome’s Hydra Zen Teinte Neurocalm soothing tinted moisturiser, �24.50 for 50ml, www.lancome.co.uk, which will leave you looking radiant and sun-kissed while you’re straightening your groundsheet.

2. Slack on the slap

Sometimes, less is more. Camping is one of those times. Leave your make-up bag at home and instead stow a few hard-working essential items into your wash bag to ensure you spend less time applying your slap and more time by the campfire. Elf’s Eyeliner Shadow Stick, �3.50, www.eyeslipsface.co.uk is a double-ended marvel that comes in a range of flattering colours and is easy to apply. Dab on The Body Shop’s Lip and Cheek Stain, �9.50 for 8ml, www.thebodyshop.co.uk and you’ll look like you’ve spent a day in the fresh air before you’ve even unzipped your tent.

3. Go nude

Fiddling with tent pegs and guide ropes are a sure way to chip your nail polish. Of course you could....

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