Today I wanted to write about my experience winning a giveaway hosted by Narcyz/raspberrycorpse (raspberry twins hehe). Back in October, he posted a video talking about a new lolita magazine called 月虹 or moonbow, created by Iseya. Narcyz had two spare issues to give away, so I decided to enter! I've been making more of an effort to collect physical lolita media this past year, so learning about a new magazine I hadn't heard of yet was really exciting!
I never really thought I would be lucky enough to win, but the results were revealed and there I was! This really surprised me because up until this year, I hadn't won a giveaway before. I'd always enter just in case, but after a while, the idea of ever winning just didn't seem realistic. In fact, what surprised me the most was that I actually won a different giveaway from 42lolita just before this, so I ended up winning two giveaways in the span of about three days! I felt and still do feel so so lucky and grateful!!
Now let's jump to the 23rd of December, when I received these very special magazines. I got so excited seeing that the package had arrived, and I immediately went and opened it! Everything was packaged so beautifully, and I just had to keep the ribbon that came wrapped around the box.
Inside, I found a kind note from Narcyz, some prints and a chocolate which he included as little extras, and of course the magazines (which actually came with some extras of their own)! It seriously felt like Christmas had come early, and I felt so happy as I opened everything.
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| The freebies from Narcyz! Aren't they beautiful? |
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| The freebies from Iseya which came alongside my issues of the magazine. These really surprised me as I wasn't expecting them at all! |
I'm really seriously excited about all of these because it means I have more lolita art to decorate my space with, which is something I've been wanting for a while now! I put everything I could in plastic sleeves so that they don't get damaged when I stick them up. I think I'll probably put all of these somewhere around my wardrobe. I especially love the acrylic stand, I think it's really cool and I currently have it displayed next to one of my j-fashion figures! I also loved the handwritten thank you notes from Iseya, she did cute drawings on both of them and it made me very happy.
Now, onto the main subject of this blog post: the magazines!
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| I LOVE the holographic effect on volume 4, I think it's very pretty. |
Whilst I haven't really had a chance to sit down and give them a proper read yet, I've really enjoyed what I have read so far! I love the graphics and the way the pages are laid out. I noticed quite a few familiar faces too which was really lovely. I've taken a few photos of some pages which caught my eye.
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I really love how the magazine features a lot of lolita indie brands, I think it's really important to let these brands shine so it's awesome to see them in a magazine like this! |
Narcyz also features in these magazines with a beautiful page about his brand Raspberry Mazohyst in one volume, and a two page interview in the other!
I highly encourage you all to purchase these magazines for yourself if you're interested in reading more! I think it's so important to support projects like this, and I'll definitely be keeping up with any new issues going forward. I'd love to get my hands on the previous copies that I'm missing too, so I'm hoping Iseya will release some more copies in the future!
That's about it for now, thank you for reading if you made it all the way through! And thank you for taking the time to read what I have to say, it really does mean a lot. I initially started this blog as an outlet for all the love and thoughts I have for this fashion and everything relating to it, because I always have a lot to say but I worry about annoying people or coming across as too much. I actually ended up receiving a lot of love and support for my previous post which made me feel very happy! So thank you all, from the bottom of my heart.
I actually already have a new post planned, so I'll hopefully see you all very soon. Bye bye!
