Festival-goers can enjoy some pampering and a glam make-over at this year's Brownstock Festival with the new B-Pampered Spa.

The new spa will be available for those with VIP tickets and will offer options including free hairstyling, nail art or temporary jewellery tattoos throughout the festival, which is held in Stow Maries between July 10 - 12.

Our reporter Charlotte went to find out what will be available during the festival.

I've never been to a festival before so am not really sure what to expect.

I'm pretty certain that unexpected weather, mud and long queues for the toilets will throw a few surprises my way but one thing I'm sure of is that I'm bound to start looking a little frayed around the edges after spending three days in a field without a mirror.

So the thought of having my hair restyled into a quirky festival do or freshening up my make-up is incredibly appealing to this festival newbie.

I visited the Brownstock site where I met Nathan and Zoe Jaztal, of Chelmsford's Silhoutte Du Barry, who will be on hand during the festival to keep everyone's hair looking their best.

Nathan, 38, said: "I think we are going to see a lot of braiding going on and maybe a bit of colour - we have some hair chalks and temporary glitter extensions.

"It's nice to be able to wear something different in your hair at a festival so we hope to get everyone in the festival spirit!"

After twenty minutes under Nathan’s hairtongs, my boring straight hairstyle had been transformed into a beautiful, wavy barnet, full of body and volume, leaving me ready for the festival field.

Carly Callaghan was next in line to help me with my festival look, buffing and painting my nails to perfection before local make-up artist Zoe Cornwell painted my lips a bright red and gave me a slick of black eye liner to complete my look.

Jess Brown, one of the festival organisers, said: “I think we wanted to offer something extra for VIPs so it’s a bit different to a normal ticket.

“It can be hard for the really glam Essex crowd to stay that way during the festival – it can be hard in a field for three days!

“We had little bits such as hairstyling before and they went down really well so we thought a spa would be a good idea and hope people enjoy it.”

There is still time to upgrade your ticket to a VIP ticket, which will give you two free spa treatments.

VIP tickets also include access to the VIP bar, bus, camping showers and VIP loos but if you like to look glam I'd recommend it for the trip to the spa alone. 

Visit www.brownstock.co.uk-bstk-vip for details.