Online Shopping Experience, Review & Haul - Slassy.com

A few weeks ago when I was in college, (this was before I came home for New Year’s) I needed some things-make up products to be precise-urgently. I couldn’t help myself, and despite my feelings about online shopping I placed an order for them.  The online store that had most of the products I needed was Slassy.com, it was the only website that had the Maybelline Color Show nail polish  in the shade Porcelain Party which is a plain white shade.

Their url: www.slassy.com

 So I placed an order with them on 20^th December and paid the money online.  Even after 5 days of placing the order, I had not received any notification about whether my order had been shipped, and when I checked online they had not yet shipped my order. I kept calling their number but I always got the message that the office hours were over. Finally on 26, I got a call from them informing me that Porcelain Party was not in stock and that’s why order had been stalled. I choose Coral Craze instead and they shipped my order on 27^th and I received it on 28^th. So overall the delivery was fast but they delayed it by a week which was obviously very frustrating for me. They should have informed me at the start, rather than at the end that they were waiting for the product. And why isn’t the number that they list on their website working?

I’ve previously ordered from Slassy.com, way back in July’13 and I didn’t face any such problems then. That time I was in Mumbai and the delivery time was 2 days. On both occasions they shipped through Aramex.

this is the box they sent...

the invoice

You can see that they sent everything in that rectangular cardboard box. An invoice was tapped on the back of the box and there was one more inside the box. I really didn’t like that they put those thermocol pieces inside the box rather than bubble wrapping everything.

What I ordered:

•  Maybelline Hypercurl Volum Express Waterproof Mascara
• Maybelline Color Show nail polishes in Coral Craze and Nude Skin
• Vega Cuticle Trimmer and Pusher.

 Only the MNY Color Show nail polishes were bubble wrapped. :-(

Currently, Slassy.com is offering free shipping on orders worth Rs.499, which is lowest, comparing it to other online shopping websites.

Overall I liked the fast delivery and they just need to work on customer care and on updating their website. I always prefer DTDC courier service so if they add that also it would be a better experience for me.

Have you ever placed an order from Slassy.com? If yes, how did you find it? If you haven’t yet,do you plan to haul from them?

<<I know the pics are bad, I blame the weather!!>>

Hope you found this review helpful ! 

Do check out:
Online Shopping Experience with ASOS
Online Shopping Experience with L'occitane 
Online Shopping Experience with Major Brands
Online Shopping Experience with Jabong
Online Shopping Experience with Nykaa

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Avon Clearskin Blemish Clearing 2-in-1 Solution & Hydrator - Review

*UPDATE: mybeautyexpress is now crazybeautyland.blogspot.com

Its been a while since I did a post on skin care here. Its easier to do make up reviews because, relatively speaking, not all the products require a long time to be tested(unless it’s a base product). But skincare takes time to evaluate. Its important to test it under as many different conditions as possible, to give a full rounded review. There are some products that don’t work in some seasons and work in others, then there are some which work the same way every season. Avon Clearskin blemish clearing 2-in-1 Solution & Hydrator falls in the latter category for me.

Cost: Rs.249 (Available for less during discounts)

Qty: 30ml

Company claims & Instructions:

Hauls! ~ First Haul of 2014

So I’m leaving for college today. The vacations are officially over for me, and I have to go back and start a new semester. I’m really sad about this, for the first time I’m not at all looking forward to college. But I’m not here to weep, I’m here to make you and myself happy. We know all ladies love to shop, and love to see what others have got! Well yesterday I went and brought myself some absolutely necessary things, I wanted to splurge as well but a lot of products that I wanted weren't in stock. Also these are the first products I purchased this year, 2014, so first haul of the year. 

Here’s what I got:

Makeup...

• Maybelline Clear Glow BB Stick in Fawn. Rs.250                                                    You know I love my Garnier BB cream and for me it was going to be the last BB cream that I tried. I actually wanted to buy a foundation but none of the shades at the Lakme, Maybelline and Loreal counters were a perfect match for me. Then I swatched this one and it was perfect, an exact match, so I HAD to get it.
• Revlon Touch and Glow Moisturizing Powder in Ivory Matte. Rs.415                  I’m so sick of cheap compacts. I have two, Rimmel Stay Matte and Maybelline Clear Smooth and the powders of both broke when they were dropped just one damn time. The Maybelline one is still usable, but the entire Stay Matte powder came off the case and was all over the floor. That was it for me, no more budget compacts. Only pricey  reasonably expensive ones. I might buy the Lakme Absolute one next, its packaging is so pretty.
• Lakme Color Crush Nail Polish in 08. Rs.150                                                               It’s a plain white color. You know I wouldn’t need to spend double a white nail polish if MNY Color Show’s Porcelain Party was easily available. But its sold out everywhere, online and offline too.
• Lakme Eyeconic Brown. Rs.250                                                                                       Yes! You read right, brown and all other shades are officially available now! The counter had 3 Eyeconic Whites but only 1 Brown which I was lucky enough to grab before it disappeared.

Skin care...

• Creamy Coconut Shower gel. Rs.249                                                                    Brought from Marks & Spencer, it has the most divine smell, like a cookie with slight hints of coconut. I actually wanted to buy the new Blueberry Shower gel from The Body Shop but it was OOS, so off I strode with vengeance, to M & S. Just look at the pristine white tube with black coconut sketches, such a clean and pretty design
• Nivea Total Face Cleanup. Rs.99                                                                                  You know the face pack and scrub routine that I mentioned here? This is an all-in-one product~ cleanser,scrub & mask. So I don't need to carry 3 different tubes with me. I’m excited to try it out. I’ve used only one product from Nivea before(apart from their lip balm), it was a face wash from Singapore and it was quite impressive.
• Loreal Paris Fall Repair 3x Shampoo.                                                                         I use this shampoo regularly, but this bottle is thinner, has Loreal reduced quantities? I will have to check with the old bottle in my hostel.

So you see, all necessary stuff. I also wanted to buy Lakme Absolute Baked Blush in the shade Day Blushes but its OOS everywhere! Has Lakme stopped manufacturing it?

And the last thing, actually falls in the Fashion category. 

You know the Vero Moda-Only-Jack n Jones stores? At first I used to like their stuff a lot, then I got over it, though my sis still loves their stuff. The material sucked and everything became ridiculously expensive every season. I was walking past their store when I noticed the sale signs. Now Vero Moda is absolutely crazy during sales, and this was the first day of the sale. I walked in just to see if there was something interesting and also to report to my sis because she was working at her job then. And then I found this skirt from Only. I was just lazily sorting through the tops on the table when this skirt just came into my hand. It was so cute, a deep blue color with white hearts and spots. And it was my size, something that’s a rare find during sales. I tried it on and voila! Perfect fit. So I had to buy it, its actually a gift from my aunt to me. 

Later I went to Vero Moda with my sis and we shopped for her till 10pm. By then, they had shut the exits and only 1 was half open, for us. ;-)

Hope you liked the stuff, will review them sooner…or later :-P

Rimmel 1000 Kisses Lip Tint + Balm in 130 Don't Stop Blushing - Review, Swatches, Photos

*UPDATE: mybeautyexpress is now crazybeautyland.blogspot.com

Are you ready for the first review of 2014? 

I thought I’d start the makeup reviews by reviewing of one of the most popular styles of lipstick last year, aka the crayon style. While this lipstick isn’t a crayon, it’s unique in itself too. It’s a felt tip style, I’ve seen a similar product in Maxfactor, but nowhere else. I think its quite novel but of course, such a product has a fair share of drawbacks too. The product I’m talking about today is the Rimmel Lasting Finish 1000 Kisses Transferproof Lip Tint + Balm. I have the shade 130 Don’t Stop Blushing. So sit back and relax, and let this review help you decide if you need such a lipstick in your vanity.. or not.

Cost: Rs.555.

Qty: 2.3gm.

Shelf Life: 12 months.

Buy online from Nykaa

See my shopping experience with Nykaa HERE 

Instructions(printed on the crayon/pen):

Step 1:Apply the color on clean bare lips for all day color

Step 2: Apply balm to add moisture and shine once the color is dry.

Usage advice: If the tip does not work correctly, wipe with a clean dry tissue.

*UPDATE: mybeautyexpress is now crazybeautyland.blogspot.com

My take on the product:

PACKAGING ~  You know what this reminds me of? A marker. The kind my school and high school teachers used, to write on a whiteboard. It has a felt tip which releases the product on your lips, you know, like the felt tip in markers. On one side you have the felt tip which releases color and on the other side you have a balm. 

The cap of the balm side is tricky, you can easily break off the entire balm while pulling off the cap, which is why I’ve used the balm only once. The balm has shimmer in it. None of the testers at the Rimmel counter had the balm part and my guess is because of the tricky cap, if not the cap, its because the balm itself can easily break, like any normal lip balm stick.

Last look for 2013 | Happy New Year!!!

So 2014 finally came, I’m so happy I was at home to welcome it and not at my college hostel. Actually I am bunking the first week of college so that I can be at home. I hope all of you had a wonderful night and bestest wishes for 2014. May this year be prosperous for all of us!

Some fun facts about 2013:

1. 2013 is composed of four different digits, and is the first such year since 1987.
2. 2013 is composed of four sequential digits, although obviously not in order. The last such year was nearly 600 years ago, back in 1432. But the next such year is only 18 years away.
3. More than 16 billion photos have been uploaded to Instagram
4. There are over 1 billion unique monthly visitors on YouTube
5. The Oxford Dictionaries word of the year 2013 is “selfie”. selfie noun, informal (also selfy; plural selfies) a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website. The frequency of the word selfie in the English language has increased by 17,000% since this time last year.

 I had an indoors party, so here’s the look I did for the night. I first used a white kajal pencil on my eye lids as a base. Then I used cranberry, pink and silvery pink e/s from a Faces quad and a dark color from another Faces palette. I used Lakme Eyeconic kajal in black, drew a line and smudged it, also used on waterline and to tightline. Then I lined my eyes with Maybelline Hypersharp Eyeliner. These pictures are before I put mascara. I used Maybelline’s gloss in Mirrored Mauve and Inglot blush refill #58. So all in all, very pink look. 

Sources: Fact 1 & 2 from Here, Fact 3 & 4 from Here, Fact 5 from Here.

How did you bring in the new year?