EDC festivalgoers pride themselves on dressing to impress. But behind every great outfit is a stylish ’do holding the whole look together. Amber Harlan, owner and lead hair salon artist of Downtown Las Vegas salon the Noise Project, styled several clients’ hair for Life Is Beautiful and plans to do the same for EDC attendees. Here are her tips for enhancing your festival locks.

Keep it under control.

EDC is best enjoyed while dancing, but the last thing you want is a face full of hair in your way. Braids have always been a festival favorite. They’re easy to manage, attractive and go with just about anything. There are various kinds, but Harlan recommends fish tails, rope braids or in and out braids for a neat style that keeps hair in place. If you’re not into braids, or don’t have the length, a close fade or space buns (thank you, style icon Princess Leia) work just the same.

Lock down your look.

Before Harlan broaches the topic of hair, she asks her clients a key question: What are you wearing? “That always helps kind of build the palette,” she says. A planned outfit establishes a theme that can be expanded upon with cleverly styled hair. So in the interest of time, lock down your look, and the rest of the vision will follow.

Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize.

Now that you’ve got your hairstyle down, it’s time for the fun part. “Do all the glitters,” Harlan says. Sparkles, tinsel, beads, butterfly clamps the stylist suggests using it all to create “a little bit more dimension” in the hair. And guys, this advice goes for facial hair, too. Don’t be afraid to bedazzle those beards.

One glittery suggestion from Harlan: adding it to the crown of the head, down the center. For Life Is Beautiful, she and her team worked off a client’s theme of gold. “That one was really one of my favorites,” she says. “We took this gold flake material that collapses to almost look like a sheet of gold, and we just built it all on the head shape.” The finished product resembled a literal Midas touch.

There are no wrong choices.

In terms of what not to do, “I don’t think I could advise against anything for EDC,” Harlan says. “You get to create whoever you want. And I think that’s the beautiful thing about festivals. People get to truly transform into who they want to be for that day.”

The most important style tip of all is to feel good in what you’re in, whether it’s pasties, bantu knots or a neon-colored braid you can lasso someone with. Have fun with it.