Hey everyone. On the 12th of May the new volume of Witch Hat Atelier became available in bookstores! Even better, many bookstores around France hosted mini-events where visitors could get some goodies and do some challenges. Sadly, I was not able to stay for the actual event in Agen as I had stuff to do on the day but I got what I really wanted which was the collector's edition and the dip pen that came as a gift only on that day.
Here's the collector's edition manga with the inverted sleeve, it also has a box on the back with the collector's edition item and the little container which held the dip pen.
Here's the volume all packed up.
The cover of the manga, both sides.
The collector's edition item: a waterproof-material tote and a small bag in which it goes. Very cute! It does get super scrunched up though.
So, the event promised a little acrylic keyring, a cardboard hat, and a diploma which are very cute goodies but I wasn't too tempted by any of them. I am sad to have missed the event as I'd have loved to meet up with other fans of the manga. But again, I feared that it would be a bunch of kids and me at my big ass age... I would have to jump out the closest door/window in that case.
I did manage to get the item that I actually did want and I was also surprised by how pretty it is. The dip pen!
It's so beautiful... I think I can't even write with it, in case I ruin it or something. I'm just gonna put it near all my other Witch Hat memorabilia and appreciate it like that. It's a cool little rarity.
I did some light make up for the day, I probably should have taken the pics at the start of the day when it wasn't borderline smudged to hell. It wasn't much: a peachy and brown eyeshadow, a clear lipgloss, brown eyeliner, brown mascara, and some pink blush.
A small rant: a few weeks ago someone told me I NEED to shave/wax my mini-mustache and ever since then all I've thought about is how I'm never going to do that now. Born to be a contrarian. But also, I really don't know where people get off commenting about other people's faces and bodies. When women do it to other women I become even more disappointed. I've never been insecure about my body hair, even my pretty obvious but small 'stache, and only trim it if it gets in the way (last time was more than a year ago). No one's gonna get me to fall for it and make me feel bad about being hairy.
Here's my most essential beauty tip of all time: you don't NEED to do anything. Yes, even shave. It's not more hygienic to shave. I don't look down on women who do, everyone has their own preferences, but I'm also not gonna sit here and pretend that shaving isn't a marketing ploy of the misogynistic kind. If a man can do it, I don't really care how anyone feels about it, a woman can do it too. If a woman for some reason wants to grow a whole ass viking beard, go ahead. Why the fuck not?
For every social media influencer who tries to sell you the new scam-du-jour by making you insecure about your totally natural features, I'll be here telling you that you're a hottie just the way you are. You might like yourself more with make-up and skin-care and a bunch of operations but you're not ugly without them. You don't NEED any of these things.
I'm sure many people will not agree but I do not find my weird mustache ugly and will not be bothering with lasering or waxing it off or anything until food gets stuck in it or something. And I think this is also such a transphobic point of view on things, if anyone, cis or trans, has slightly masculine features they are immediately not 'woman' enough. I don't even have any strong feelings about being perceived as a woman or not but it's so easy to see how that kind of perspective on appearances leads to transphobia, racism, and everyone being crushed under white beauty standards. Sorry for the rant, but it has been annoying me. When you feel insecure, get off social media and look around at real people. Everyone's so different and they are always gonna be more than their looks.
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