Greetings loved ones!!
Today is Friday, a wonderful day today here in Greece and the weekend is just around the corner!!!
Today i decided to write to you about a thing that my heart desired for two years now and got the chance to hold it in my hands just last week. The Wonderstruck perfume by Taylor Swift. I also have mentioned it in
this post, and i wanted to own this perfume the day it came out. I think it was October 2011. Well now this time came!
Whenever i tried to order it online (they don't sell it here in Greece) i found out that the sellers, didn't ship either to Europe or to Greece in particular.... (unfair!!). The only site i fell upon that stated they had world wide delivery and sold this specific perfume was
strawberrynet.com .
At first i was sceptic about this site as it wasn't well known to me. But i decided to take the risk. Comes out that everything went perfect!!
They state that deliveries arrive within 4-6 working days in big cities, 7-10 other places. They also state it may take up to 14 days for certain delivery. And in any case you can contact with them in any way, for them to help you trace your delivery. I didn't need to use that service. My delivery arrived on the 11th working day (the day that i made the order included). Not bad! (even though i consider the city i live in as a big city :/ )
The price was 45euros for the 100ml bottle. They always charge a 10% on the total value if you order
only perfumes (something with airport regulation and fees) but at that point that i made my order they had a 10% off on all perfumes, so i didn't have to pay the extra ''perfume fee''. ALSO they have FREE DELIVERY worldwide. (apart from various extra fees as above)
What's more about this site, they try to keep good costumer trust and devotion. That's why on every buy, if you buy with the same contact information they give you some percentage off.
More here. It was my fisrt buy though, that's why i don't have an opinion on it. What i know is that for every new costumer, you get a free full sized gift!!!
Gifts change almost everyday (i enjoy visiting the site daily and watch silly things as such). At that time, when i placed my order, i could choose between a a face primer, a foundation (i don't use either of those) and a lip gloss....... Here you have it. My choice was the lip gloss. It was by Calvin Klein and the only colour that was left was a black one. I didn't prefer it but something is better than nothing. Right? So i chose this one. More details later...
So, not to long story, here is how the box came in.
Excuse my hand, it is there for practical reasons, to hide my personal information and address.
As you can see for yourselves, it came wrapped up with this beautiful purple ribbon. Nothing special, but it's little details like that, that make you feel happy. :)
More pics of the box
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Inside
And the content of the box.
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The perfume was brand new, the box of it wrapped with the classic transparent thin plastic, that all new packages are wrapped with. And over that, the people at StrawberryNet.com wrapped it with this beautiful pink wrapping paper.
More pics of the bottle
What can i say........ Perfection..............
The bottle feels heavy and sturdy in your hands. Also the cap closes firmly. The charms are heavy but you can easily tell from touch that they are faux.
The bottle reflects the daylight nicely and takes different colouring according to lighting. At some points ,again according to lighting, you can see the level of the perfume inside, and at others you can't. The bottle becomes opacifying.
Moving on to the scent, the scent is reeeeally weird. Sweet and fruity at the beginning but the more you wear it, it becomes salty, even like oriental spices. It is a mixture of sweet saltiness...... Not very helpfull right? I may be wrong though and this might just be my own opinion. Who knows, maybe you'll think different of this scent.
Nonetheless is a rich and bewildering smell. A smell that you can't easily get rid of.
The only ''dissapointment'' from the whole experience from buying from StrawberryNet.com, was that the cap and star charm came a little defective.
The cap was scrapped on the top
It was like this from the moment i opened up it's box
And the star charm was broken a little at the tips
I don't hold grudge against the site, as i know the bottle wasn't used. It came firmly closed with the trasparent plastic as i stated before. The defectiveness must have came from the long trip.
Also i noticed that the star charm is a little too sensitive. More tips got broken since the day i got the perfume.
One last pic with the whole ''family''
And now about the gift i received with the perfume as a gift for my first purchase from StrawberryNet.com
The Calvin Klein lip gloss!
The shade is called ''Black Diamond'' and as you can see for yourselves, it is a black colour with silver shimmer. Honestly i would NEVER buy a black lipstick or lipgloss. It looks scary from the packaging, doesn't it? But when i placed the order, it was the only colour available, so i picked it perforce.
Proved out that i was wrong. Black lipgloss isn't a bad choice after all.
It doesn't come out black on your lips, as i thought at first. In fact what it does is to give a deeper hue either of the colour of your lips, if applied alone, or of the lipstick you are wearing. I will give you an example bellow.
Bellow follow three swatches. The first is the lipgloss alone, second is a swatch from my red lipstick "Russian Red" by Mac and the third swatch it the two of them combined. Russian Red by Mac topped over with Black Diamond by Calvin Klein.
As i hope the above pictures make clear to you, what the black lipgloss does, is to make the colour of the lipstick more dark and intense.
Cool right?
It's like with only one product you can renew all your lipsticks and like so ''double'' your collection. You can now have dark lipsticks without having to actually buy them. You can darken the ones you already own with this lipgloss.
I didn't actually search up on the net the price for this product but i'm sure it's going to be kinda pricy as it is from a well known brand. Meaning i would never have thought to buy it on my own. So thanks go to StrawberryNet that gave me the gift alongside the perfume.
A little more feedback about the lipgloss, it doesn't smell anything and is a little bit sticky. That is good though because it makes it more longlasting.
SO DEAR CAT READERS, how did you find my buy and review? Hope i didn't tire you.
Till the next time loved ones,
kisses and a paw
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