Bliss magazine is primarily aimed at teenagers in the range of 13-17 I would say. The magazine is A5 size, it used to be A4 but then it decreased it size along with a few other magazines supposedly so it can ‘fit in your handbag’. Well it doesn’t fit it mine, but then again mines quite small. ... Read review
Advantages: Small, good light read. Disadvantages: Lots of adverts
Bliss magazine is primarily aimed at teenagers in the range of 13-17 I would say. The magazine is A5 size, it used to be A4 but then it decreased it size along with a few other magazines supposedly so it can ‘fit in your handbag’. Well it doesn’t fit it mine, but then again mines quite small.
So anyway the latest issue I have, is the May issue which has a picture of Lindsay Lohan on the front. Each issue they have a celeb on the front. At ... ...specific headings:
BLISS FRONT ~
Contains the Mail Room which is the letters page. The star letter receives an MP100 camera phone this month worth over £100. Other features include different items to buy, blag it, where you send texts in to win prizes and cringe! Which is the embarrassing pages. This months cringe subject is ‘birthday blunders’, fitting in with Bliss’ 10th birthday. ‘That’s just so Wrong’ shows embarrassing ... more
Bliss magazine is primarily aimed at teenagers in the range of 13-17 I would say. The magazine is A5 size, it used to be A4 but then it decreased it size along with a few other magazines supposedly so it can ‘fit in your handbag’. Well it doesn’t fit it mine, but then again mines quite small. So anyway the latest issue I have, is the May issue which has a picture of Lindsay Lohan on the front. Each issue they have a celeb on the front. At the top is the name of the mag is big, bold pink with the website at the side. At the bottom it says ‘136 must-have shopping buys!’ and in between these two is the-life stories headlines and other features in the mag. The front of the mag is very pink and yellow, which I suppose is appealing and stands out. On the back is an advert for Lacoste touch of pink perfume.
Bliss’s editor is Lisa Smosarski, who is newly appointed. The magazine celebrates its 10th birthday this month so it started in 1995. The price is £2.10 which is the average kind of price for a magazine like this. Cosmo Girl, an equivalent magazine, is £2. The magazine contains 163 pages and I’ve just counted over 20 pages of advertisements most taking a whole page.
Inside is a letter from the editor then a contents page. The page features all that is in the mag under specific headings:
BLISS FRONT ~ Contains the Mail Room which is the letters page. The star letter receives an MP100 camera phone this month worth over £100. Other features include different items to buy, blag it, where you send texts in to win prizes and cringe! Which is the embarrassing pages. This months cringe subject is ‘birthday blunders’, fitting in with Bliss’ 10th birthday. ‘That’s just so Wrong’ shows embarrassing pictures of celebrities.
BLISS YOU ~ This is stuff for you like quizzes, ‘be your own personal trainer’, win a prom party for your school, and animals that die for fur.
BLISS LADS ~ Includes Guy Spy, a poster of Mr May and interview, ‘lookin’ for luv’. This is like personal ads pages for lads looking for girls. ‘How sexy am I’ where there are pictures of three girls and the lads give their opinions. This is quite good actually as it is good to see how the girls rate themselves and the lads rate them. There are also posters in this issue including stars from Casualty, Corrie, Orlando Bloom, Will Young and Josh Hartnett.
BLISS CELEB ~ This features pictures of celebs in their younger days, interviews and in this issue behind the scenes at Fooballers’ Wives. The Next Big Thing tells you the essential and best things to watch, listen, read, see and what’s hot and what’s not.
BLISS STYLE ~ Summer’s hottest looks, previewing trends, Get gorgeous beauty tips and tips for preventing spots!
BLISS GURU ~ This is your typical problem pages with your love, life, body, boy, career and photo gurus. Each one of these has their own couple of pages. The photo guru is where problems are acted out in photos with speech bubbles coming out saying what they’re thinking.
BLISS REGULARS ~ This has everything that is always in the mag such as horoscopes, free stuff, mag blag (subscribing to the magazine) and famous last words in the form of strange pics of celebs from fans. Free stuff in this issue includes hair straighteners, widescreen TV, mobile and a NY trip. To try and win these you have to text or phone in. There are also codes and coupons for 25% off at figleaves.com and 20% off at Tammy.
FREE GIFTS ~ Each issue each get a free gift. These are alright. The one I got at the moment gave a free vans drawstring bag in two designs. The one they gave me was pink with skull and crossbones on it. Not really my style so won’t be using this. The other light blue I think with elephants on it. The issue before gave a Barry M nail varnish kits with stick on nails. They sometimes also give you offers where you can send away for things for free and only have to pay for p&p.
I have recently taken out a subscription for the magazine for £9.97 for 6 issues delivered to your door each month. This is good value as it works out at £1.66 for each issue. Plus you get a gift for subscribing. The gift advertised with mine was the Rimmel perfume and nail varnish. Part of the reason I did it was for the perfume. But what I received was a Minor make-up bag with a few products. I suppose there must have been some clause somewhere saying subject to availability. In this issue is advertised a free Tigi hair kit worth over £26 when you subsribe. You can also do £19.97 for a whole year.
WHAT I LIKE ~ I like the horoscopes as they give you a horoscope, your lad life horoscope, your best day, and the lad you fancy’s horoscope. They also give you your ‘astro buy’. This issue it’s purses. I also like the ‘how sexy am I?’ feature as it is interesting to see the differences in what lads think are good features about someone and what girls do.
In my opinion I would say that Bliss has gone down in quality recently. I can’t pinpoint this exactly but I just feel it has. So why I took out a subscription who knows! I think it was the perfume free gift that did it, which I didn’t even get in the end! Though saying this about the quality, it could just be because being 17 nearly 18 I’m growing out of it.
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Advantages: Lots of different sections, mix of serious and fun. Disadvantages: Not a lot of free stuff.
Well, that's how Bliss describes itself anyway. Bliss is a magazine aimed at teenage girls. It is a mix of serious and fun. I would say it was aimed at girls of about 13-16, yet I have known a few of my boy mates to take a sneaky peek when they thought I wasn't looking ;)
Bliss is out monthly, usually around the fifth of each month. I subscribe to it, which cost about £20 for a year. This means I get my Bliss 1 or 2 days earlier than it hits the ... ...Superdrugs.
You will recognise Bliss by the size of it. It's really small, about half the size of your average magazine. I would think one of the most important things about a magazine is its front cover, it needs to be eyecatching, and attractive to the buyer. Bliss is definately eyecatching. The word 'BLISS' is written in a colourful colour, often pink or orange. On the cover is a picture of a star that features in an interview in that issue of ...
Candymarie 23.10.2002
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Advantages: Affordable , celebs , Disadvantages: Too much fashion
* What is Bliss ? *
Bliss is a British girl's magazine aimed at teenagers between the ages of 13 - 17 I would say.The magazine is published monthly and is available in most newsagents and supermarkets. The current price of the magazine is £2.30 which is similar to other teenage magazines such as Sugar.
* What is Bliss about *
Bliss has many features such as fashion , celebs , problems , competitions , beauty , entertainment and lads just to name ... ...issue of Bliss (December 2007).
* Cover *
Nicole Scherzinger ( lead singer of the PussyCat Dolls and now solo star) is on the front cover. Each issue features a celebrity on the cover (usually women/girls , however occasionally a male celeb is featured for example Zac Efron.
*Your Space *
This is the letters page where reader's can write in. This page also features "This month..." with upcoming events such as "BBC Good Food Show" and " Birthday ...
xdonzx 02.12.2007
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Advantages: Easy reading, nice to relax with Disadvantages: too many ads, quite expensive
Bliss is a fairly average teenage girls mag. It's A5 sized but comes in a large plastic package which i personally think is a waste of resources and also crackles very loudly, so if you are going to read the magazine on a bus or in a library I would advise you to take off the packaging first if you're easily embarassed like me! The current price is about £2.20, which is in the usual range for magazines of this type but is a bit steep considering ... ...usually 150 - 170 pages. The mag always comes with a free gift, sometimes makeup or a bag, but recently for some reason a lot of the gifts have been "minimags" about fashion or something. This is a big step down and has put me off the magazine a bit since the free gift used to at least be mildly interesting and the minimags are quite frankly not all that good. On the first double spread is usually an ad and then a note from the editor and contents; ...
xx-rowan-xx 13.03.2008
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Advantages: Has various sections, aimed at teenagers Disadvantages: nothing
Issued monthly, Bliss is a magazine for girls, covering topical issues. Fashion is a vast inclusion in the publication, picturing famous faces and their styles, giving comments (good and bad!), stating where and at what price the clothes were and can be bought, as well as giving general fashion tips. The November 2003 issue featured stars such as Beyonce Knowles, Tara Palmer Tompinkson and Jordan. As with any typical girls mag, Bliss also has a focus ... ...It is worth noting that Bliss does provide a ‘Need help?’ box at the foot of the page, giving details of an appropriate charity/organisation. In this particular feature the Youth Information and Advice Service was printed. Bliss places a spotlight on health, and in particular sex issues. Giving real-life accounts and information about STD’s (Sexually Transmitted Diseases), sexual problems and relationship issues. Again, here Bliss provides information ...
SianyG 10.10.2003
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Advantages: Very helpful and fun to read Disadvantages: Too expensive and not as good FREE gifts
Bliss, the magazine for young women, teenagers or should I just say GURLZ! Now I'm a normal teenage girl (I think......!) So I guess I should enjoy reading these cool teen girly mags....!? But lately I haven't enjoyed reading them much..... Read on to find out more like why...!?
Every Saturday once a month, I always literally ran to my local newsagents to get the new edition of 'Bliss' my faveourite all time magazine! I'd literally run home as well ... ...MY 'Bliss' to read! It was jammed packed full of FREE coupons and bargains that I'd always use every Saturday when I went shopping with my mates! It had all the problem pages which I'd always read FIRST! (Come on they were soooo useful SOMETIMES) Then I'd read the REAL LIFE stories which i found really interesting and then I'd read everything else in the mag including my stars etc.... I'd also check out the page which tells you what FREE gift comes ...
emu128 19.02.2001
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Advantages: Good, informative articles Disadvantages: Too many adverts, sometimes too much on pop stars
Bliss magazine is a monthly magazine for teenage girls. At £1.90 some may say it's not worth it, but I enjoy it. It contains problem pages, gossip pages on stars, fashion pages, reviews and serious articles. So there is a wide range of subjects featured in the magazine.
There is also a letters page where readers can voice their opinions on practically anything (one reader wrote a letter sticking up for Nasty Nick from the hit tv gameshow Big Brother! I'm not sure I agree with that one!)
An example of a serious article is one which was about sisters who kill, this was very informative (stating that violence is wrong). Bliss includes articles about stars such as Craig David, All Saints, Eminem and more.
It is great for teenagers because they can keep up with all the gossip, get help by reading problems they can relate to ...
