GRAINNEBINNS: Festival

Body & Soul

09:33

Body and Soul is my favourite festival! It's always so magic, there is so much to do and so much detail goes into everything there! After being last year and having such a fabulous time I wasn't sure whether it could possibly top my expectations but it did! The weather for once at an Irish festival was perfect! There was of course 1 or 2 showers but only at times when it wasn't really majorly important because it was in the morning time when most of us were wrapped up in our tents!

My absolute favourite thing about Body & Soul I think is going down I knew perhaps 1 or 2 of the acts listed on the line up but I enjoyed every single act I saw play! My musical highlight though was definitely finding a reggae night in a tiny little food tent on the Saturday night. There was 1 guy singing live who had the most amazing voice and then a guy DJ'ing straight after! Sadly it ended quite early but as soon as one stage ended we continuously made our way to other stages until there was nothing else to see! We did this on the Sunday too but everything ended much earlier... However on the way back to the campsite one of the structures in place in the main arena happened to become a drum like instrument and people began making music, LOL!

After being so pleased with my life outfits I was unsure whether I would be able to top them for Body & Soul especially with a lack of money due to intense saving for Asia, but a little bit of DIY and borrowing from friends I was so so please with my looks for all 3 days!

Here they are...

DAY 1

Shorts - Borrowed from a friend

Kimono - Lucys Lounge Dublin

Bralette - Penneys/Primark

Fishnets - Penneys/Primark

DAY 2

Bodysuit - Bought from H&M I then glued the pink fluffy boa and diamonds on (Both from eBay)

Tights - Costume shop Dublin

Hat - DIY initially bought on eBay

DAY 3

This look was by far my favourite! After my Birthday I treated myself and ordered this beautiful custom two piece from the AMAZING Unexampledapparel! They make the most amazing festival pieces and are a very reasonable price! For this beautiful two piece I only paid about €50 including the shipping from the UK! The best thing is wearing one of their designs you're bound to be one of a kind!

To buy bits go to their Instagram or else they do have an etsy page! I went through instagram though as I wanted mine to be custom! Be sure to give them a follow!

UnexampledApparel Etsy!!!

MY FACE!

Once again I have the amazing Festi Fox for providing me with a weekends worth of stunning face gems and this time a fabulous chest one also! They were all so beautiful and lasted the entire weekend!

Be sure to follow @Festi_Fox on Instagram and watch out on their website because they have some fabulous new designs coming your way in July!!!

Festi Fox Website!!!

Again of all my other glitters on my face are from eBay!

MY HAT

This is one thing I am super proud of! I came across a similar kinds of designs everywhere on Instagram and I was set on getting my hands on one however most places sold them for crazy crazy prices. One place I looked at charged 200 pounds upwards! So I decided to get a bit creative and make my own! I ordered the hat from eBay and it initially looked like this...

With a little bit of spray paint, pink feather boa, glue gun, diamonds, cow print material and glitter I transformed it into my own amazing hat which I adore!! In total after buying the hat and all the bits I would say the max it cost me was €20!!!

PICTURES

AFTERMOVIE

I had so much fun making the Life aftermovie I decided I would make a Body & Soul one too! Here it is, Enjoy!

Thank you Body & Soul for being so beautiful yet again!

Now to get ready for my flight to Asia which is literally in a few hours!!!

To more fabulous memories with all my fabulous friends!

Grainne

Asos

My Festival Wishlist

17:56

So festival season is creeping around the corner rapidly and I am super excited about it, festival fashion is literally my favourite you can be who you want and wear what you want and nobody cares, you just do your own thing and live in a crazy little bubble of music, drinks, laughs, friends and colours for 3 days. On friday I went to my first festival of the year which was barndance festival which unfortunately was only a one day festival, however getting dressed up for it and seeing everyone's clothes got me super inspired for the upcoming festivals, so I decided to put together a little wish list of all of a few of the items i want to be seen in!

Clothes

All of the above pieces are from asos market place (a few boutiques), Nine Crows, Motel Rocks, Rat and Boa, Asos. A big thing here for me being irish is the rain coats, both of which are Nine crows, in Ireland even though our festivals are in the summer time theres nearly a 99% guarantee of rain and even if its just a light shower its still uncomfortable being wet and cold. These two are so perfect cos they will keep you warm and dry and still nice and colorful.

Accessories

Accessories are important everyday but at festivals even more so, accessories can totally transform a whole outfit, my favourite is always rings even if i do come home with half of the amount i left with! A big thing at festivals for the gals at least is hair accessories and hats, 3 days without a shower and no straightner or styling wands etc. (unless of course you pay to have it done there) can get pretty grim for the appearance of your hair, but luckily hats and other accessories such as headbands, bandanas and maybe a bottle of dry shampoo can save the day!

Here's me on day 3 of Electric Picnic last year, that hat saved my life, I promise!

Sunglasses

All of these sunglasses are from asos and are also at a pretty reasonable price too!

Shoes

All of these shoes are also from Asos, obviously though the top two pairs are Dr Martens which can pretty much be bought in any shoe store like office or Schuh. Dr Marten's are a personal fave of mine just because welly boots just don't really suit me and in Ireland similar to the rain jackets, you need something which will keep you warm and dry. Also whats great about Dr martens is no matter what colour, give them a wipe and pretty much all of the muck comes off and they are good as new!

What I Wore!

So to finish off here is what i wore to Barndance festival, I kept it pretty casual seeing as its still absolutely freezing here in ireland! I also threw a little violet colour bomb in my hair to add a little colour, it was from bleach london, i loved it so much I'm thinking of making it permanent!

Trousers - River Island

Cage Bra- Nine Crows

White Sleevless Shirt - Reclaimed vintage (Asos)

Fedora Hat- Forever 21

Sunglasses - Quay Australia (Asos)

Necklace - Topshop

Shoes - Dr Marten (Office)

Bagpack - Forever 21