Want to know what the celebrities got up to at the V festival at the weekend? Don’t fear - the Company team were living it up with them at Hylands Park in Virgin Media’s VIP Louder Lounge (as well as queuing with them for the toilets). So Green Carnation Champagne flute in one hand and Field and Flower pork baguette in the other (yep, V's gone all posh on us), here's what we found out...
* Harry Potter's Ron Weasley is officially all grown up. We spotted him hanging with his mates watching a ping pong match. Well, it is the sport de jour, you know. Forrest Gump would be proud. Oh and he wears animal masks to go incognito when he sees bands – this year it was a yellow chicken mask – last year a horse!
* Billie Piper in thigh high boots perched on a red inflatable chair chatting with hubby Laurence Fox, looking every inch the It-couple. Jealous, much?
* That Ellie Goulding, Eliza Doolittle repeated their successful Summer Webfest acoustic sets for Company.co.uk for the VIP crowd in Virgin Media’s Louder Lounge. Both were AWESOME!
* Make-up makes a hell of a difference when you haven't showered (or slept). The MAC Pro team kept Louder Lounge guests looking hot all weekend - loads of people headed there straight from their tents on Sunday morning to repair the night before damage. The make-up artists were a-mazing and did 4 bespoke Louder Lounge looks - the most popular was Avatar-esque blue winged eyes with a scatter of stars at the outer corner. There were also dedicated lash stations in the tent so nearly everyone in the Louder Lounge was wearing a pair of falsies (and not just the girls).
* Richard Branson, looking like somebody's dad (well, we guess he is Sam and Holly's) as he bantered with Dizzee Rascal. The weekend's most bonkers couple? We think so. Plus Dizzee joined him outside his Winnebago on Sat night where the after hours party was the place to be (a female party goer got so excited she sprayed a fire extinguisher over everyone wearing nothing more than a flesh coloured thong).
* Princess Beatrice can do festival chic (in denim jacket and flowery dress) as she joined her boyfriend Dave Clark with the Branson posse (he works for Branson’s Virgin Galactic group) at the cool Green Carnation cocktail bar.
* Florence, whisping into the Louder Lounge in a sashay of red hair, was rarely not surrounded by a gaggle of fans and hangers on wanting a piece of her. Clearly the Queen of V this year. Her Saturday night set on the 4 Music stage was packed.
* Drew Barrymore brought a dose of the A-list to the V fest and stood out amongst a sea of denim shorts and trilbys with her effortlessly cool look. Dressed in a fringed top and riding boots, she barely left the side of on-off boyfriend and Going the Distance co-star, Justin Long.
* That David Gandy is more than just a supermodel who looks hot in D&G pants. We interviewed him while his mate (who just happens to be Kate Winslet’s new squeeze Louis Dowler) helped take notes. So what does he think about Britain’s Next Top Model? Find out on Company.co.uk soon
* Fake tan is best left to the professionals. There were a hell of a lot of fake tan disasters on show out in the main arena but tahnks to Virgin Media guests could visit the St Tropez tent for a professional spray tan or a bit of body makeup to even up pasty legs.
* Even if you're camping, there's no excuse for chipped nails. The CND mani tent in the Louder Lounge was booked out all weekend with guests getting metallic Minx or Shellac on their nails (which dries instantly and is totally chip-resistant so stands up to tent-pitching).
* That men like getting their hair done too. Men’s Hairdresser of the Year Jim Shaw headed up the Essentials for Redken team who helped tend the tresses of Pixie Lott, Holly Willoughby, Danny Cipriani and our very own columnist Jeff Maysh.
* That you really should download the Hurts new single Wonderful Life (out today). We caught up with Adam and Theo in the Louder Lounge for a chat and promised to help them track down the girl in their original Wonderful Life video. Watch out for them on Company.co.uk
If you want to find out what was happening people were getting up to in the main festival read our Blogger in Boots report coming soon...
* Harry Potter's Ron Weasley is officially all grown up. We spotted him hanging with his mates watching a ping pong match. Well, it is the sport de jour, you know. Forrest Gump would be proud. Oh and he wears animal masks to go incognito when he sees bands – this year it was a yellow chicken mask – last year a horse!
* Billie Piper in thigh high boots perched on a red inflatable chair chatting with hubby Laurence Fox, looking every inch the It-couple. Jealous, much?
* That Ellie Goulding, Eliza Doolittle repeated their successful Summer Webfest acoustic sets for Company.co.uk for the VIP crowd in Virgin Media’s Louder Lounge. Both were AWESOME!
* Make-up makes a hell of a difference when you haven't showered (or slept). The MAC Pro team kept Louder Lounge guests looking hot all weekend - loads of people headed there straight from their tents on Sunday morning to repair the night before damage. The make-up artists were a-mazing and did 4 bespoke Louder Lounge looks - the most popular was Avatar-esque blue winged eyes with a scatter of stars at the outer corner. There were also dedicated lash stations in the tent so nearly everyone in the Louder Lounge was wearing a pair of falsies (and not just the girls).
* Richard Branson, looking like somebody's dad (well, we guess he is Sam and Holly's) as he bantered with Dizzee Rascal. The weekend's most bonkers couple? We think so. Plus Dizzee joined him outside his Winnebago on Sat night where the after hours party was the place to be (a female party goer got so excited she sprayed a fire extinguisher over everyone wearing nothing more than a flesh coloured thong).
* Princess Beatrice can do festival chic (in denim jacket and flowery dress) as she joined her boyfriend Dave Clark with the Branson posse (he works for Branson’s Virgin Galactic group) at the cool Green Carnation cocktail bar.
* Florence, whisping into the Louder Lounge in a sashay of red hair, was rarely not surrounded by a gaggle of fans and hangers on wanting a piece of her. Clearly the Queen of V this year. Her Saturday night set on the 4 Music stage was packed.
* Drew Barrymore brought a dose of the A-list to the V fest and stood out amongst a sea of denim shorts and trilbys with her effortlessly cool look. Dressed in a fringed top and riding boots, she barely left the side of on-off boyfriend and Going the Distance co-star, Justin Long.
* That David Gandy is more than just a supermodel who looks hot in D&G pants. We interviewed him while his mate (who just happens to be Kate Winslet’s new squeeze Louis Dowler) helped take notes. So what does he think about Britain’s Next Top Model? Find out on Company.co.uk soon
* Fake tan is best left to the professionals. There were a hell of a lot of fake tan disasters on show out in the main arena but tahnks to Virgin Media guests could visit the St Tropez tent for a professional spray tan or a bit of body makeup to even up pasty legs.
* Even if you're camping, there's no excuse for chipped nails. The CND mani tent in the Louder Lounge was booked out all weekend with guests getting metallic Minx or Shellac on their nails (which dries instantly and is totally chip-resistant so stands up to tent-pitching).
* That men like getting their hair done too. Men’s Hairdresser of the Year Jim Shaw headed up the Essentials for Redken team who helped tend the tresses of Pixie Lott, Holly Willoughby, Danny Cipriani and our very own columnist Jeff Maysh.
* That you really should download the Hurts new single Wonderful Life (out today). We caught up with Adam and Theo in the Louder Lounge for a chat and promised to help them track down the girl in their original Wonderful Life video. Watch out for them on Company.co.uk
If you want to find out what was happening people were getting up to in the main festival read our Blogger in Boots report coming soon...
