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By Andrea McVeigh
It's festival season, and we've got a round-up of the best products for Glastonbury gals and Camp Bestival boys, plus glamping (glamorous camping) staycationers, who want to stay eco-friendly this summer.
These Green Living picks are back-pack must-haves, so, in no particular order, here's our top 5 - all headline acts in their own right!
Natracare Organic Cotton Baby Wipes (£3.42). These biodegradable wipes with organic apricot oil, chamomile and linden are great for taking off make-up and cleaning muddy hands and faces (as well as taking care of your bambino of course). Free from nasty parabens, SLS's, synthetic preservatives and chlorine, and filled with gentle essential oils and plant-based ingredients, we're keeping a packet of these in the car for day trips too. Available from health food stores and independent pharmacies.
DELO water booster caps. Pronounced 'de l'eau' and made with 100 per cent natural herbal essences, these herbal caps can be screwed on to any French half-litre water bottle. The active ingredients are then released and, et voila!, you've got a bottle of water filled with healthy herbs. There are five different formulas to choose from - Sexy, Energy, Sun, Slim and (our fave) De-Stress, with hawthorn to calm inner tension and orange blossom to promote digestion. Londonders have been snapping them up from Selfridges for ages, but now you can buy them online at www.foodforthoughtuk.com too. Each booster cap contains the equivalent of 6 sachets of herbs and costs £7 for a pack of 4 or £8.95 for a 'Discovery Pack'.
Clay Wash - this extremely portable 'strip washing' pack from Natural Spa Supplies boasts pure Moroccan Rhassoul clay which you can use to wash your hair, face and body. Just add a small amount of water to the clay and clean yourself with a facecloth (or your hands if you're really roughing it), then use the alum crystal deodorant (which also comes in the pack) afterwards. Using water and clay is actually the world's oldest washing method and with it, you'll save water, money and time while you stay nice and clean. It's particularly good for people with sensitive skin, eczema and psoriasis and is great if you're travelling light. £6 from www.naturalspasupplies.co.uk .
Pukka Herbs - if you're worried about getting enough vitamins and minerals, pack a jar of Organic Bio-Nutrients by Pukka Herbs in your backpack. Sebastian Pole, Pukka's fab Ayurvedic Practitioner and Herbalist, has put together a potent combination of 100 per cent organic roots, fruits, grasses, seaweeds, flower pollens, freshwater plants, seeds and sprouts to create this superfoods supplements range in handy-to-take vegetarian capsules. There are eight varieties to choose from, including Clean Greens, Berry C, Spirulina, Fibre Plus, Chlorella, Wheat Grass Juice and the powerful Vitalise, with its mega blend of beetroot, blueberries and broccoli sprouts (and other things not beginning with 'b'). Organic Bio-Nutrients cost from £12.75 from one of Green Living's favourite online shops, www.victoriahealth.com .
Lavera Energy Cool Eye: Eye Gel Roll-On. Late nights, lost tents, partying until dawn - nobody said festival-going was easy! But with this little beauty from Lavere (a German brand of natural cosmetics and organic anti-ageing skin care), at least it will look as if you've had a good sleep. The moisture-rich formulation is filled with organic ingredients and essential oils and helps to firm, cool and reduce puffiness. And because it comes in a handy 7ml roll-on (£26.90), you can slip it in your pocket and carry it around with you. From health food stores and www.lavera.co.uk

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