"A bill banning the sale and use of plastic and metallic glitter has yet to go through in Brazil as the capital’s sandy shores bear cost of carnival’s shine"
"Whether it is embellishing elaborate costumes, delicately applied as eye makeup, or smeared across bare skin, glitter is everywhere at Rio de Janeiro’s carnival in Brazil. The world’s largest party, which ended on Wednesday, leaves a trail of sparkles in its wake.
At one bloco last weekend, a huge sound truck and dancers in leopard print led thousands of revellers down the promenade at Flamengo beach. Among them was Bruno Fernandes, who had jazzed up an otherwise minimalist outfit of navy swimming briefs by smearing silver glitter over his body.
“I just cast around for what I had at home before heading out,” says the 39-year-old consultant, the sun glinting off specks of glitter in his beard. “Glitter is the basics for getting dressed up with minimum effort.”
“There has to be glitter,” says Lucia Dias, 22, wearing a metallic bikini and waving a glitter-encrusted fan. “If you don’t apply it at home, you do it on the way out.”"
