First-time and repeat Burners are making their way to the Nevada desert this week to tap into the temporary alternate reality of Burning Man—the dreamscape utopia where a smile will grant you access to just about anything you want or need. In their bags are undoubtedly feathers, face paint, glitter, and sunscreen, but perhaps the best beauty ally can be found in the frequent sandstorms that ensue on such flat stretches of dry plane. Just look to the great history of dust-filled films. For Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’s Alison Doody, a smudge of mud on the high planes of the cheeks is better than the best bronzer. It also doubles as a wonderfully volumizing replacement for dry shampoo (see: Olga Kurylenko, Rachel Weisz, and Patricia Arquette).
If you’re going to forgo clothes (as many Burners do), look to Zabriskie Point, which, for all its plot deficiencies, deserves classic status for, among many reasons, Daria Halprin’s great lengths of hair—your best defense against wind- and sunburn when shade and shelter are far away. If the heat calls for securing it back, consider the tactics of alternate galaxies (especially those far, far away), with Star Wars’s Daisy Ridley and Carrie Fisher and Dune’s Sean Young providing every iteration of braid and bun inspiration. Not that there aren’t plenty of good examples closer to home: From the Badlands to the outback, here, some of cinema’s best beauty looks to help you rise like a phoenix from the silt and become your very own Raquel Welch.
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