'Taobao' Shopping!

A few weeks ago, musing about outfits and general fashion related business,  i decided that I needed some new shoes. Not just any old shoes, but some real cool, chunky masterpieces to go with just about any outfit that has black involved... which is nearly my entire wardrobe >.<.

This caused me to have an epiphany. "TAOBAO!!" I cried.  This was the perfect excuse to explore the wonderful (albeit confusing) world of shopping services and Chinese eBay shopping!

So after (not much) research, i chose the shopping service 'Taobaoring', to help me purchase these beauties.

Now, if you don't know, a 'shopping service' is a service in which you pay someone from a given country (China in this case) to buy items from your chosen store, and they ship them to you personally. Unless you actually have a friend living in that country to do this for you, you have to use one of the many services online which will take a commission for that service, usually 8 - 10%. 'Taobaoring' takes 8%.

This may seem like a lot, but given the price of items on Taobao, it is in fact cheaper than buying from ebay or amazon in total, even with shipping fees! The incredibly cheap prices on this website is the reason why hundreds of people just like me, use Taobao for this kind of shopping. For example; some skeleton hair clips on taobao could be less than 50p depending on the seller, but on eBay they can be £7 or even more!

I'm not going to go into much detail on buying from Taobao in this post, but comment below if you want me to make a specific post on doing so, and I will :).

This is the box these beauties came in, i asked for it to be without the shoe box to save money on shipping, but the cardboard it came in was very secure, i nearly couldn't get into it there was so much tape. There's no way these babies were coming out during shipping.. 

Inside they were wrapped as above, like little socks for the shoes :3. They also came with two pairs of insoles for the front half of the shoe for comfort (and incase you lost one pair!), which i thought was lovely and thoughtful.

Please, gaze in awe at the beauty and grace that emanate within...

Or not, its cool either way (~￣▽￣)~

Basically; These shoes are awesome, the sizing specified is completely correct, they are comfy and really well made, not to mention exactly like the picture :)! They also have a red tartan insole, so what's not to love (✪㉨✪)!

To finish, have some pictures of my legs  (︶ω︶)  <----- {{ballsack mouth}}

P.s, I can't wait to get a better camera   >ohmygod<   iPhone quality is slowly destroying my soul (⊙_◎).

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'SpreePicky' review

Happy Easter, internet dwellers! I'm back with another review. This time it is for the storenvy shop: 'SpreePicky' ^_^.

Since I'm building up a sweet lolita coord i 'obviously' need a new wig to go with it, and i thought i'd try out a blonde from the SpreePicky collection. >:)

This is how it came packaged (I got so excited by my mail at work that I had to open it straight away, but managed to keep it neat for pictures.)

It came with a really cute handwritten message in a heart shaped card with 'Thankyou' on the front, a cute pearl hair clip with a lilac bow on it, and a wig cap. 

The wig was presented really neatly with all the curls placed so that they fell down like a waterfall when you took the net off, so there was no tangling. 

The wig itself is so soft and a nice thickness so you can't see the wig cap through the fibres, but you also aren't overloaded with hair when you wear it! It has a realistic quality to it and the colour is a really natural blonde. The curls seem to hold nicely when brushed (gently) and it falls perfectly around my face where the layers are cut. 

Since most wigs don't come with a full fringe, i cut one in myself. After trial and error, I've decided that this is the style that suits me most and this is how I like it. 

I searched all over the internet for the perfect colour, the perfect curl, the perfect length... This is definitely exactly what i was looking for. Be sure to check out the other wigs on the site, there are super cute ones perfect for cosplay or everyday looks, at a very reasonable price with a decent shipping time (at least to the UK! I can't really vouch for any other country :3). 

PLUS it not only does wigs, but a good range of other cute clothes and accessories which i can't wait to try out when spendable money blows in my direction... 

Now i'll go back to not being able to move, due to barbecued chicken, burgers, sausages, salad, ice-lollies.... the list could go on.. (￣□￣)

Gosh how i love spring/summer (◑‿◐).

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HELLO ALL

Congratulations on finding my blog! This is the space where I ramble about anything and everything as well as fashion-y stuff.

ENJOY PLEASE <3

I finally put my birthday money (from 2 months ago) into my bank account and i went on a little bit of a spending spree... okay a big spending spree D:.

I've been wanting to get some new clothes for a while, since i only ever seem to spend money on food at the moment. The shit bits of living independently I guess!

Some of the things have already arrived, like more skeleton tights (mine had definitely run their course..) and some lilac creepers with white soles that I can't stop thinking about. Oh my.. the outfits i am going to create! ( ಠ◡ಠ )

I also got a silver wig, which i am sooo in love with. When i'm not at work it seems to be all i wear these days! 
I'm also really enjoying putting more colour in my outfits. Before it was just black, black and more black with a splash of white, but now i am forcing myself to buy colourful things to experiment and try new styles for summer! 
One style i am the most excited about trying though, is 'cult party kei'! I've been building some items slowly over a number of months and soon it should be complete.                                                                    ( ͡° ͜ʖ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ͜ʖ ͡°)ʖ ͡°)ʖ ͡°)

To get to the point though, I got a new bag and I want to show you. (≧ω≦)

Here we have the inside and outside (｡♥‿♥｡).

I wanted one of these bags for so long and >finally< I can let myself get one now that my old bag died! My favourite part is that the wings flap when i walk.

I think this bag is perfect for street style, it's super cute and really stands out in the crowd. Not something you usually see in the streets of boring York!

As you can see it has a decent amount of safe pockets too, and is really secure despite the drawstring top. I can fit everything i need in it, its well made, and super comfy to wear.

One thing that made me laugh was that it smelt like bees :3. I guess they have rubbed bees wax on it to make it polished, but I love the smell, it reminds me of eating honeycomb honey on french bread >_<.

I am really excited to write about shopping from taobao soon. It is my first experience doing it and it is really quite scary! The shoes i ordered though are babes, so that might be quite a long post. ¯\(©¿©) /¯

And so to finish, have a silly picture from the other day :P

Mwah ♥