Artfully applying glitter to your cheekbones? Smothering it over your beard? You’re doing sparkly stuff all wrong.

Seriously. That sort of glitter application is as 2016 as dickliner.

In 2017, the hot trend is rubbing glitter all over your rear.

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Yep. Glitter butt. It’s a thing, and you can expect to see it aaaall over Instagram as festival season approaches. Deal with it.


The trend is the creation of The Gypsy Shrine, a UK glitter shop who strongly believe in the power of throwing glitter all over your face and body.

As well as selling glitter, The Gypsy Shrine also pops up at festivals and parties to offer glitter application services, such as creating glitter packed partings, applying glittery face paint, and replacing t-shirts with glitter to cover your boobs.



And the new look they’ve just added to their offering is the glitter bum.

Cosmopolitan reports that the trend was inspired by the feeling of sitting on the beach, standing up, and finding your bottom covered in sand. But instead of sand, now it’s glitter. Delightful.

Of course, applying glitter to your own bum is a little tricky, so if you fancy trying the trend it’s probably best to leave it to a professional.

Or you can recruit a friend, get them to rub hair gel (used as glue) on your butt cheeks, and then ask them to paint on the glitter.

A totally normal friendship ritual, I’m sure they’ll agree.

Make sure you wear shorts that are short enough to display your glittery behind to the world, and be warned that you will probably never, ever remove all traces of glitter from the area between your cheeks.

Enjoy your new life as a glitter-bottomed person. Leave sparkly traces on ever toilet seat you grace. This is who you are now.

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