Much like amazon, unless you've been living under a rock, or in a cave, you'll know all about the following site:
www.strawberrynet.com
Since being introduced to this site not long after my return to Australia (so a good five years ago now, at least), it has been a frequent port of call to replenish my stock of lotions, potions and make up.
Based in Hong Kong, it offers brand name items at a much more affordable rate, with free and quick postage to most places in the world (the exception being perfume, the postage cost for which is capped at $10, I think). It stocks a wide range of make up, perfume, skin care and accessories, although does not stock an entire range (for instance, may only have select colours of powder/lipstick/eyeshadow available). Their available stock can fluctuate, too.
It has a customer loyalty scheme, which further adds to the incentive to shop with them (the more orders you place, the greater discount you get, the maximum being 10% off once you've placed twenty orders, I think). It's easy to speed this up by collaborating with friends and using the one e-mail address for all orders placed. Also, if you purchase more than one item further discounts are applied, although these have been decreased from the initial 5% discount with the purchase of three or more items to a gradual, incremental increase. All orders can be paid for in the local currency.
Signing up for their newsletter ensure that you're kept up-to-date of any additional promotional discounts, for example, as a further 10% off all haircare or perfume. I'd definitely recommend using this site for your beauty needs, although not necessarily for perfume, as I have found some cheaper sites in the US (which I'll put up here shortly).
My only word of caution is for those based in the UK (and this is more around the UK Customs than anything else) - I sent an order from here direct to a friend, and was absolutely horrified to learn she'd been charged an importation tax on the gift. Vile!
Sunday 13 November 2011
r is for radley london
Well, I am appalled by how long it's been since I last posted and, truth be told, there's really no exciting reason for this other than lack of motivation. Regardless, here I am once again, with some more fabulous shopping sites for your pleasure and delectation.
While living in London all those years ago, I was introduced to the gorgeousness that is Radley (now rebranded as Radley London, for reasons unknown to me). Their mascot is a divine little Scottie dog, and their handbags, purses and accessories are simply scrumptious. In fact, my count of Radley handbags is currently at...well, perhaps it's best not to divulge the exact number; suffice to say, it's more than one and less than ten (I think)!
www.radley.co.uk
They've recently expanded their range to include watches, sunglasses and shoes, and continue to produce seasonal collections and themed bags and purses, as well as luggage, key rings and umbrellas (as well as other bits and bobs). As I'm a little rusty at the whole blogging thing, I'm probably not really doing it the justice it deserves, so click on the above link and peruse the pleasures for yourself!
One of the most wonderful things about Radley is that they now deliver to Australia, so there's really no excuse not to indulge in a shiny new bag. If you subscribe to their newsletter, you are advised of any promotional events (such as the 20% off that I recently took advantage of; I'm now waiting for my gorgeous new bracelet watch and another new brolly) and any new collections/items.
The only real downsides that I've experienced with my latest purchase is that one of the items I ordered was, in fact, permanently out of stock (presumably gremlins in the system) and that it's taken about a week for them to actually get my order together to dispatch (opposed to the one- to two-business days advised on their site). The fact that they don't remove the VAT (as is done by www.amazon.co.uk) is also a bit disappointing. That said, as long as it doesn't get held up by overly enthusiastic bodies at Australian Customs (as has happened with a previous order, when they were convinced another umbrella had a wooden handle when, in fact, it was plastic, and took multiple calls for me to resolve), I hope to have these pretties by the end of this coming week or the start of the next.
While living in London all those years ago, I was introduced to the gorgeousness that is Radley (now rebranded as Radley London, for reasons unknown to me). Their mascot is a divine little Scottie dog, and their handbags, purses and accessories are simply scrumptious. In fact, my count of Radley handbags is currently at...well, perhaps it's best not to divulge the exact number; suffice to say, it's more than one and less than ten (I think)!
www.radley.co.uk
They've recently expanded their range to include watches, sunglasses and shoes, and continue to produce seasonal collections and themed bags and purses, as well as luggage, key rings and umbrellas (as well as other bits and bobs). As I'm a little rusty at the whole blogging thing, I'm probably not really doing it the justice it deserves, so click on the above link and peruse the pleasures for yourself!
One of the most wonderful things about Radley is that they now deliver to Australia, so there's really no excuse not to indulge in a shiny new bag. If you subscribe to their newsletter, you are advised of any promotional events (such as the 20% off that I recently took advantage of; I'm now waiting for my gorgeous new bracelet watch and another new brolly) and any new collections/items.
The only real downsides that I've experienced with my latest purchase is that one of the items I ordered was, in fact, permanently out of stock (presumably gremlins in the system) and that it's taken about a week for them to actually get my order together to dispatch (opposed to the one- to two-business days advised on their site). The fact that they don't remove the VAT (as is done by www.amazon.co.uk) is also a bit disappointing. That said, as long as it doesn't get held up by overly enthusiastic bodies at Australian Customs (as has happened with a previous order, when they were convinced another umbrella had a wooden handle when, in fact, it was plastic, and took multiple calls for me to resolve), I hope to have these pretties by the end of this coming week or the start of the next.
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