It’s true. No really, I was utterly shocked as well but new figures stating that there will be two and a half million people – that’s TWO AND A HALF MILLION people – at Notting Hill Carnival this weekend are correct. Gulp. That’s bloody masses.

As usual, it’ll be a flamboyant affair, or at least the 50,000 dancers attending will be dressed up to the nines. Subtlety was never carnival’s thing and it’s certainly a chance to go all out and over the top, which is always fun.

Now there’s the dancers and there’s the revellers, and you, my friend, are most likely a reveller. The kind drinking beer and eating jerk chicken and swinging your hips at every music float you waltz past. And strange as it might seem, there’s been a few A-list appearances at carnivals across the globe throughout the years. Like Gisele in Rio back in 2011, kitted out in a gold embellished mini dress and killer smoky eye, throwing some shapes in the city’s streets. And Beyoncé, who carnival-ed in New York in 2000, with pigtails and rose tinted specs and those Destiny’s Child dance moves.

In light of Notting Hill’s biggest annual parade, click through the gallery above to get yourself some carnival beauty inspiration.