..:Taobaospree - haul + review:..

Hello darlings <3

Today I will present to you the second review I´ve ever done of the taobao shopping service 

Taobaospree

And also I will show you my taobao haul, because I am so excited about all my new things and it´s been sooo long since I´ve posted about purchases (since I haven´t really ordered stuff for aaages) ^^

I will talk a bit about:

Communication

Price

Shipping

Over all rating

Communication  5/5

When I sendt the first email, it was around the end of may (25th), and it only took one day before they replied to me (I worked with Zeng)! After placing my order, they told me that they had to order everything and wait for it to arrive. I waited for about a couple of weeks without hearing back from them, before I decided to contact them myself. They appologized for the late reply, and told me they had got all my items allready. At the time I acctually found some new things that I wanted, and they said it was perfectly fine to add to the order. They always replied with a happy and friendly gesture like a smiley-face or a simple ask of how my day was going. Also, when I asked them to write a lower price on my package, they happily agreed to, as well as labeling it as a gift, saving me from big customs. So even though the total process of my order lasted all until now (10th of july) I will give them top grades because they treated me very kindly even when I messed up things and had to correct my order, or wanted to order something more after everything had arrived ^^

Price 4/5

When ordering from taobao, it doesn´t pay off to order small amounts of things. So if you are ordering something, make sure to make it quite a few things, because commission prices and shipping might be a bit high! I will not tell you what the price of my items where, but I can say that the service price by itself, with shipping and extra costs, went up to around 1000 HKD. 

I was not too bothered by this, as I am used to shipping being quite high when ordering from China, but I just want to make you guys aware so you make sure to make your order worthwhile ^^

I will however say that the service they provide, their nice mannerism and over all cheaper offer than I get when I order from Japan, is definitely worth the price! 

Shipping 4/5

The shipping from China itself was ok. It was sendt around the 20th of june, and as I said I got it today on the 10th of july! So it was about 20 days. My waiting time was prolonged because my package was held by the customs post-office in my country for quite a while before they sendt it on to me, charging me a small fee (thanks to the lowered price tag provided by taobaospree). 

It is quite a long time to wait, and usually I get my orders between 1 1/2 to 2 weeks when I order from China, but I suspect the customs might have held my package for a while before contacting me about it also.

Over all rating 4/5

I can´t say anything about the products in conclusion with the shopping service, as they are not produced by taobaospree, but rather from several different individual taobao shops!

So I will just say that over all, this is the third time ordering something from taobao through taobaospree, and they have never dissapointed me. In fact, I think this was the best experience I have had with them so far, as I was treated with such patience and kindness all the time. I would reccomend everyone wanting to order from taobao to look at the offers taobaospree gives you!

Ordering is very simple, by filling out a ready-made excel file and sending it to them in an email. 

So, what are you waiting for? Get shopping! ^^ I will definitely make use of their services again.

Now on to my haul!

 I wanted to get some new things for the new season that is upon us: summer!
Looking through my closet realizing I owned 2 t-shirts kind of shocked me, haha xD

So shopping was the answer!

I divided my things in kind of "themed pictures" ^^

First of all, I put almost all the accessories into one picture!

Love, hate and angel steel-cut badges, icecream and fantasy cloud buttons, horror-gore and cherry buttons, SNK scout legion steel-cut badge, daisy necklace and two freebie rings! ^^

I felt like my order this time was almost themed around smileys, haha!

I was inspired by the super cute Ayumi Seto around the time when I ordered this...

 Smiley face vest/shirt, socks, button-badge, ring and purse! ^0^

I also got my dream bag (finally) and a super cute cardigan!

School uniform pink cardigan and a super cute my melody bag (that is bigger than I expected!) <3

Oh, and the stuff I ordered after all the other things:
because I suddenly found this set and totally fell in love at once!

Super adorable short sleeved blouse with a lovely underbust onepiece dress! <3

And that was it! 

 

My package came to about 2 kg, and I think its my biggest taobao haul ever! 

I love all my new items and can´t wait to wear them in outfits

Which one was your favourite item?

Thank you for reading my review, I hope you enjoyed it!

Until next time, stay kawaii, happy and lovely! ^0^

Kawaii characters: Kiiroitori

Hellooo 

You all know about the massivly popular character Rilakkuma, 

and perhaps also his white female counterpart, Korilakkuma, too?

  I am a very big fan of both of them, especially Korilakkuma!

 Like, I think I could very well fill my room

 with korillakkuma stuff and be as happy as ever...

Well, in this entry, I´d like to talk about the third wheel on the ever so sucessfull bike, 

the little yellow character that often falls into the shadows of the other two.

 You know who I´m talking about, the one

 that most people (that I have talked to) don´t even know the name of! 

The bird Kiiroitori

picture from google

The word "Kiiroitori" means "yellow bird" in japanese. To further explain

 the story behind "Kiiro", you must go back to the origin of Rilakkuma.

 The story has it, that Rilakkuma just appeared one day, quite mysteriously, in the female office worker Kauro´s apartment. Rilakkumas name comes from the words "relax" and "kuma"

 (which means bear in japanese) being pulled together. Rilakkuma is essentially a very 

relaxed bear that has lazy and laid-back attitude. Korilakkuma has a "ko" in her name, 

to let people know that she is in fact a girl. Her biggest pleasure is to be mischievous, 

and play practical jokes on Rilakkuma.

Now,  Kiiroitori is a little bird that lives in Kauro´s house, being her pet chicken.

 He used to only live in a birdcage, but now he sneaks out 

to scold Rilakkuma and Korilakkuma for their lazy or mischiveous attitudes.

 His character as a bird is that of a cleaning, hard-working tsukkomi.

 A tsukommi is the character in a story that is smarter and more logical, and often 

criticises the others for making mistakes. Basically, he´s totally opposite from how Rilakkuma is. Sometimes he gets kind of sad, because he´s affraid he scolds them to much,

 so, pretty much he is a good guy deep down :3

picture from google

The reason I chose to write a bit about Kiiroitori today,

 is because I find that I have become more and more obsessed 

with this character. I think its kind of sad that he often gets ignored,

 atleast in the western population of the world...

 I adore that little round fluffball so much, 

I wanna buy loads of Kiiroitori merchandise =v= hohoho 

A good thing about being a fan of Kiiroitori internationally though,

 is that he is a relativly "unknown" character. Like earlier mentioned, not many 

seems to know his name, and he isn´t exactly the one flung all over peoples bedrooms

 when you search for kawaii things on tumblr either, so...

If you are after getting some things to show your appreciation 

of this highly underrated character, you can, in other words, get it quite cheaply! ^^

 lets fill our house with kawaii things 8D

Here is some awsome warps for 

Kiiroitori fans!

Get this medium sized Kiiroitori plush at EBAY for only 31$

 picture from ebay.

That is almost a 20$ difference to many of the Rilakkuma or Korilakkuma plushies they sell on Ebay...

Personally, I have fallen madly in love with these adorable little slippers, that I just HAVE to order 

as soon as I get the funds for that kind of things =v= 

Get your pair HERE for 24$

 picture from ebay.

And, you know that adorable Rilakkuma tote that is shaped like Rilakkumas head? 

The one that everyone seems to have ? 

Well, they acctually made one for Kiiroitori also ^^

 It has such a happy yellow colour! love it!<3

You can get it HERE for 20$ 

 picture from ebay

If you want something more discreet, there is tons of adorable keychains out there 

for you to pick from. "Kiiro" happens to be a very small character, so its quite natural

 to make so many tiny items of him x3 hehe

Also, for a even more subtle way of showing your affection, 

you could buy some really cute stickers! You probably won´t find sticker sheets 

containing only Kiiroitori stickers, but if you buy some of the kind with mixed characters, 

you will get quite a few of them eventually. Stickers is also a lovely way of 

decorating your letters, if you have a penpal.

 I love adding stickers to the letters I write <3 

Also, you could even get a Rilakkuma letter set, where you would 

probably find some designs involving "mr. fluffyball" :3 hihi

What do you think of Kiiroitori ?

Help spread the word of this cute little fellow around ^0^

 Kiiroitori needs love also! :---)

I hope you guys found some new Kawaii inspiration in this little info text. 

The next big holiday coming up is easter after all,

 so why not get a little head start? 

"Kiiro" is a chicken after all...

 I love learning about new kawaii characters, 

the producers make the cutest background story for them :3

 It keeps it exciting!

I hope to write soon again!

 And I hope you enjoyed

 this little obsession post x3 hehe