Summer of Love: Drop 2

So it's been just over a month since our first Summer of Love collection! The response has been incredible and we're so grateful to all of our beautiful moon children!

So guess what... we're dropping the second collection on 7/08/16 - SUNDAY!!! Expect some groovy bits from us in this collection - perfect for a boogie in the Summer sun looking fyah.

The Moon Child X YEAY TV

The Moon Child was recently contacted by the lovely ladiezzz from YEAY TV - an app where you can buy and sell clothes with video!

The whole idea of it is really cool, you just take a video on your smart phone of the product you're selling and upload it to the app, make it as creative as you like and wait for all the money to come rolling in!

Herezzzz some of our videos for example:

You can find us at: @themoonchilduk where we are selling most of the products on our website! including our best selling Club Tropicana Crochet Bralet! 

SO YEA! GET YEAY!!!! GO ON THE APP AND FOLLOW US! 

The Moon Child: Boomtown Fair Competition

To all of our fellow Boomtown Fair festival attendeezzz!!

We are holding a competition to give one of you the opportunity to look like a SPICE at this year's festival! We want to dress you up in our finest garmz to rock at Boomtown Fair!

YOU WILL WIN:

1 x Outfit from The Moon Child: Boomtown Special Look Book of your choice! and 5 runners up will win free glitter!!

Here are the outfits up for grabs:

ORIENTAL GODDESS TOP 

SUMMERTIME FINE SUN CHOKER

CALI FUN SUNGLASSES











OR

CLUB TROPICANA CROCHET BRALET 

SUMMERTIME FINE SUN CHOKER

BOHEMIAN BABE HAIR BEAD CLICKERS

OR 

GYPSY WOMAN COIN BRALET

TOXIC LOVE CHOKER 

GLITTER











HERE is how u may be able to be those lucky peepz!!

All you need to do is:

. Go onto the app: INSTAGRAM
. Follow The Moon Child (@themoonchilduk) AND Boomtown Fair (@boomtownfairoffical)
. Comment on the photo of which outfit choice you would like!!! All posted on Instagram

and WAITTTT

Winner and runners up announced SUNDAY - - - 7/08/16 - --

GOOD LUCK!!!!

The Moon Child: Boomtown Fair Sector 6 Special Look Book

The Moon Child X Betsy Johnson AKA Photoshop Ugly

This Summer The Moon Child is catching up with our fave boss gals in the creative industry and the second in our series is an interview with the swaggy fire ball herself... BETSY JOHNSON!!!

We have loved Betsy ever since she came into our lives right at the beginning of our journey. We had just made an Instagram for our Depop shop (the platform The Moon Child originated on) and Betsy fell in love with our Sun and Moon candles... we got chatting and now she is one of our fave ever moon children she has done so much for us and we love her xxxxx

anyway enough of the soppyness... LETS GET ON WITH IT!

How would you describe yourself and your personal style?

Im still sort of figuring out myself, aren't we all! But id say I am a social creature, I love people especially people who just get 'it'; in regards to my style id say I'm a tomboy, with a guilty pleasure for all things 90s swagathon. 

What inspired you to start blogging // vlogging?

I was pushed into blogging after a few people recommend I give it ago around April 2015 and its the best thing I've ever done, its opened so many doors to so many opportunities and most of all friendships! Its just a good way to explore your creativity and personal style aswell as connecting with people which in most cases you wouldn't be acquainted with.

What is the story behind choosing the name “Photoshop Ugly” behind your channel?

When I started my blog, I wanted a cool name, because Betsey Johnson is a famous designer so I couldn't really use it to brand myself. Ive always been quite anti photoshopping and a true believer that beauty comes from within you and natural beauty is always the purest, so the name popped into mind!

How would you describe the content of your channel?

Im still sort of finding my feet with youtube, I've only been making content the past 6-7 months, but so far I'm really enjoying creating after movies for all my travel excursions; lookbooks and advice videos. I just really love recording memories and feelings and being able to recreate an experience in a video that myself and whoever I shared them with can look back on; thats so amazing.

What can we expect from Photoshop Ugly in the near future?

A lot more youtube content! I am all kitted out and got a lot more travel adventures and video ideas so more content will be up on there pretty much weekly!! Im finding youtube a lot more fun than blogging!

Anyyy exciting plans throughout the Summer?

Well I've been all over the place so far! But I have a few more festivals lined up and hopefully another trip to Asia in September but we will see how it rolls out. 

Whats yo favourite item from The Moon Child collection?

I just love all the glitterrrrrrrr! It was put to good use at hideout and will be seeing a lot more festivals over the summer! 

AAAANNDDD FINALLY!! What advice would you give to somebody starting out as a blogger // vlogger?? 

Don't expect everything to come at once. Be patience and create content you are passionate about and believe in, no matter how many likes it gets. Not everyone is going to like you, your style or your opinions, but some people will, don't take it to heart. 

Betsy has just released her clothing label named Freckled Ace << (click that link to be blown away) It is full of just badass garments that make you feel empowered. She has taken the world by storm with her no bullshit attitude to social media and she has inspired so many people, including us.

Love u Betsy xxx

Betsy wearing our Club Tropicana Crochet Bralet available here

Betsy wearing our Club Tropicana Crochet Bralet available here

The Moon Child takes Boomtown Fair

In August The Moon Child is hittin up Boomtown Fair for a weekend of glitter fuelled fun, music and madness.

For all of y'all wondering what Boomtown is like, imagine dreaming about this village in the middle of no where that brings you all you have ever looked for in a party. There is something for everyone! You have City districts which basically gives so much choice! The attention to detail is incredible too... you will just be blown away by all of the cool things you come across when walking through the area.

You can get diggy down to some bassline, garage, DnB and so much more in Sector 6 with the likes of Ms. Dynamite, TQD and So Solid Crew playing...

If you're into more of the wikid wikid jungle then Lion's Den is bringing you Congo Natty n crew this year as well as veterans of dub, reggae and ska such as Madness, Fat Freddy's Drop and the King of Reggae's son himself... Damian Marley.

If u wanna throw some shapes to tech n house then VAMOS is the place to be... Ya got Jackmaster ( <3 ) playing there as well as ya gal B. Traits, Skream, Mele and more.

We also highly recommend  Tribe of Frog but we can't really describe it... you just need to experience it...

For more info on the acts pls click HERE

US personally? We love a bitta everything, so if you see us ravin at any point please come and say hello! We're all about the good vibes!!!

To get a bit more of a feel for the festival check out their official after video from 2015 HERE

If ur still reading this (thanks) then guess what? We've got some gifties to give out to you so you can rave out THE MOON CHILD style whilst you're there! We also have a competition on the way so you can look BOMB ASS whilst rocking around the festival so keep ya eyes peeled!!!

Photo via Pinterest - follow us! @themoonchilduk

Photo via Pinterest - follow us! @themoonchilduk

Photo via Pinterest - follow us! @themoonchilduk

Keep it cool

The Moon Children

xxx

California Dreamin' Vintage Collection

Well... We first mentioned it at around Christmas and now it has finally happened! We have launched our California Dreamin' Vintage collection as part of our Summer of Love campaign.

It has taken months and months of searching for the best items and best quality and we are in love with every. single. piece.

When sourcing the items for this collection we just wanted them to be special. This is the only vintage collection we will be doing this Summer so it needed to be perfect!

Here is a sneak peek of what you can expect when we relaunch the website with everything from the collection tonight:

"Reworked Hot Mess Bandana Halter-Neck Top"

"Vintage Levi's Denim Jacket"

"Jamaica Jamaaaaica Vest Top"

"Summertime Sun Dress"

AND THERES MORE!!! KEEP YA EYES PEELED!

Glastonbury Festival 2016

So this year The Moon Child was lucky enough to attend GLASTONBURY!!!
And wow... it did not disappoint. And yes... It was frikkkeeen muddy - but is a festival really a festival with no mud?

The best thing about Glastonbury (for us) was yes obviously the music but also the attention to detail! The decor not only of the stages but all over the site there was beautifully set up areas to chill in and explore.

Aaaaand the music! OMG... The variety! You don't even realise it when you watch it on the TV but there is so much to choose from! Yes... the Pyramid Stage was phenomenal when we went to see the likes of Madness and Skepta but you can literally find anything you're into!

If you have followed The Moon Child for a while, you probably know that we like our festies and we love our music. We can have a dance to anything really... DnB, Dubstep, Garage, Dub, House, Techno, Reggae... and we found all of that at Glastonbury!

We saw the likes of Mungo's Hi-Fi, Kiko Bun, Ms Dynamite, Protoje, LEVELZ, Gentlemen's Dub Club, Jake Bugg, Mike Skinner... so many more!!!

We took our 35mm camera with us - here are a few of the highlights from our Glastonbury experience:

(NEXT UP - BEAT-HERDER FESTIVAL!!!!!)

Toddla T's Glastonbury Carnival

Toddla T's Glastonbury Carnival

Toddla T's Glastonbury Carnival

Madness @ Pyramid Stage

LEVELZ

Ms. Dynamite @ The Blues Stage

Shangrila

Shangrila

Block 9

Shangrila

Shangrila

Shangrila

Shangrila

Skepta @ The Pyramid Stage