Shopping Experience with Chicnova, an online clothes and accessories store

About a month back, I got to know about Chicnova, an online store that sells clothes and accessories. And the best part is that they ship worldwide for free! Here's more information about the store in their own words:

Who is Chicnova?
Chicnova is a leading online fashion retailer, belonging to Hermes Holding (Hong Kong) Limited. The name ‘Chicnova’ consists of chic and nova, which directly expresses our wish: help women discover their styles to make chic star looks.

Our mission is to become a world-class fast fashion deliverer to women worldwide at affordable prices. To realize this mission, we will continually improve our products and service.

What can Chicnova provide?

Our products include women's clothes,footwear,bags, accessories, and jewelry. They reveal the latest fashion trends and can satisfy all your individual fashion demand.

The Elephant Company - Products that make everyday life interesting!

The elephant walks like this like that

It's very big, it's very fat

It has no fingers, it has no toes

Oh my goodness! What a long nose!

This used to be one my favorite rhymes as a kid and I remember enacting it so many times in school and at home and today after ages it popped into my head. And it's all because of a random search for online home and lifestyle stores! I've lately been obsessed with finding online stores that sell lifestyle products and it was during one such search that I stumbled upon The Elephant Company website. I loved their collection and wanted to share my find with all of you. 

My Shopping Experience with India Circus by Krsna Mehta

It was while searching for iphone cases that I discovered the website India Circus by Krsna Mehta, a treasure trove of home decor products and personal accessories. This is now one of my favorite websites and I absolutely love their collection specially because all of the products have such beautiful prints. Last year I had shopped for some stoles from them and a couple of days back I placed another order. This time for one of the newly launched sling bags and a platter. Read the post to know more about India Circus and to see what all I got..

Born Pretty Store Revolving Girl Loose Blush 04 - Review, Swatches

Born Pretty Store is an amazing online store that sells affordable nail art supplies, fashion accessories, jewelry, clothes, makeup brushes, makeup etc. Last month I received a few makeup items for review and I've already written what I thought of the Dannii makhmali eye shadow palette and the Frozen Eye shadow. From the eyes, we come down to the cheeks and today is the turn of the Dannii Revolving Girl (no idea why!) Loose Blusher priced at $4.99. Read on to know whether this blush is worth buying..

My Shoplately.com Wishlist

While browsing the net some days back, I came across this amazing website Shoplately, described as a fashion marketplace on the web. Shoplately sells trendy products from unique designers and provides merchants small and large a place to sell their goods and a place for shoppers to explore everything from clothing, to shoes, to accessories. Their mantra is to Shop now, shop often!

While browsing through the website, I was really impressed by the stuff that they have. From bags to shoes to clothes to hats and jewelry, Shoplately has them all. Each day, they organise sale events packed with limited-time offers and discounts as well as regular-priced items. And the unique thing is that you can not only buy from here but sell as well. You can create and manage your own store page where you can sell both full price and discounted items. You can run limited time sale events and track your orders, returns, inventory and shipping easily with the user-friendly Marketplace.

To give you a preview of what Shoplately offers, I've put together a wishlist of 5 items that I really liked. There are obviously much more that I did, but these would have to be my top 5. So here goes..

1. COB & PEN Genie's Tote Bag - There are 6 colors available in this design but I was instantly drawn to the royal blue one. So rich and love the gold and blue combo. 

2. Heart Soul Tito Sandal, Blue - This instantly reminded me of spring/summer. So pretty!

3. Cute Embroidered Dress - Precisely why I like it :)..so cute and so summery!

4. Rose Gold Sequin Top - I love anything that is rose gold and this top even has sequins in it. Love!

5. Starbucks Coffee Necklace - This has got to be the cutest necklace I've ever seen. Look at that detailing!

So these are some of the things that I really liked. Go ahead, explore Shoplately and I'm sure you will find loads of stuff that you would want to buy for yourselves. 

Do let me know what all you fancied.

CouponRani, Use Free Coupons, save money - Website review

One of the major reasons why I love shopping online is of course due to the discounts that are available. Isn't the feeling great when you get a coupon code, enter it before making the payment and magically see the price of the products in your shopping bag go down by a good amount? I love that feeling and one of the sites where I can get these coupons from is http://www.couponrani.com/.

CouponRani has tied up with online stores like myntra, zovi, amazon, flipkart, bhaap, nineteen etc and they have a large number of coupons per store. For example, for myntra, they currently have 23 active coupons on a wide variety of products. And its not just on online stores, coupons are also available to be redeemed on flight tickets at musafir.com, makemytrip and yatra. 

I was looking to buy some daily wear shoes from myntra but did not want to spend a whole lot of money so what I did was click on the Click to View Coupon link on the myntra featured coupon list on the home page. The offer was a flat 30% off on products worth Rs 999 or more. I instantly got a coupon code that was displayed on the screen and I was redirected to the myntra website. No signing up, providing details nothing at all. I just shopped what I wanted from myntra, entered the coupon code before making the payment and voila 30% off on my total purchase! The process can't really get simpler than that right?

If you want to save money and do it hassle free, then CouponRani is a great place to do that. I wish they add more stores in their list so that we can get a lot more options to choose from. Oh yes, they also have a contest going on right now where you can win a Nokia Lumia 5200. Click on http://www.couponrani.com/ to know more. 

P.S - I was provided a gift voucher by the brand. That has not affected what I've written above. 

Have you used CouponRani or any site offering coupons for shopping? Which is your favorite?

Couponia - A new savings portal for free discount coupons & vouchers

I am a huge online shopper and everyday spend at least an hour going through different websites to find the best bargains and deals available in makeup, clothes, shoes and basically everything. Till now we had websites that offer deals on products but now there are special websites that offer coupons and vouchers to help get more discounts and one such website is Couponia.in.

Couponia is a unique portal that offers exclusive coupons for the best of online Indian stores. Using these special vouchers you can get a wide array of discounts and deals on your favorite brands. For instance, I noticed that the portal offers exclusive coupons for Goodlife on some of my favorite brands such as Lakme and L’Oreal.

Interestingly, I also learnt that Couponia has an exclusive tie-up with the finest online stores. Through the portal, Couponia brings to its users discounts and bargains from stores and outlets across the country through personalized vouchers, cash coupons and discount offers. You can get access to unique voucher codes which you can further use at the fashion portals of your preference.

These coupons can be obtained and used in an easy process. Just visit Couponia and search for the store you are interested in. There you will find a list of all the coupons available for that store. Just pick up that specific coupon code and move on to the portal to make your purchase. As you go through the shopping process, you will be asked for the coupon code at the checkout stage. Simply enter the coupon code at this point to avail the discount. The portal is really consumer-friendly and you don’t even have to register to procure the coupons. However, if you want to remain updated on the latest offers, all you have to do is to sign up for their online newsletters and receive the latest coupons straight into your inbox.

Do you use any site that offers free coupons for shopping online?

Recent Buys from Myntra.com

Some days back the lovely folks at myntra.com generously gifted me a voucher to shop from the website (God bless them!) and I very happily accepted the gift. I've shopped from myntra many times before and it's one of my favorite websites for clothes but have never really looked at their beauty section. This time thought I'll buy me some beauty products and I was definitely spoilt for choice. They have some very good brands available under the Cosmetics and Perfumes section and while I do think that they should increase the list and also bring in the latest launches, whatever is available now is also pretty good. It took me nearly two hours to zero in on the stuff I wanted. First I thought I'll go with a L'Oreal lipstick, then flipped over to Colorbar, then to Deborah and then thought that I should get some products that I've never used before. So finally here's what I got :

1. Faces Eyelash curler - My first ever! I've always steered clear of this thing because it looks to me like some pre-historic torture device. But I'm a beauty blogger and I should be a whiz at using an eyelash curler like everyone else so this is what will get me started!

2. Ponds Gold Radiance Boosting Cleansing Mousse - I fell for the gold packaging and the word radiance. I mean who does not want radiance? Plus, I needed a new face cleanser so thought of giving this a try.

3. Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Peony - I'm not a lip gloss girl but I saw this being used by Lisa Eldridge in one of her videos and I had to have it. The shade is a pretty pinky coral with golden shimmer and looks lovely in the tube. Hopefully, it will look equally lovely on me!.

I placed the order on the 10th and it got delivered on the 12th. As usual, super fast delivery and excellent packaging. Everything was wrapped up nicely in bubble wrap and put in those lovely white boxes which are so great for storing stuff. Shopping from myntra is always so worth it!

I'm currently trying out the products and will let you know what I think about them in a few days time. Anything you want me to review first?

Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani Collection available at Jabong.com

Raise your hands if you are a Ranbir Kapoor fan and have already seen Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani! Well I certainly did this weekend and throughout the movie, I just could not take my eyes off Ranbir. How cute can a guy be! And why cant all guys be like him?? The movie itself was rather bleh though. The storyline was cliched and it was too long but Ranbir made up for all the cons. Aditya was eye candy too but compared to the leading man, he fell way behind. Coming to the girls, both of them looked so good. Too much of cleavage show by Deepika but I loved her's and Kalki's natural makeup and hair. I want Kalki's hair..those glossy, soft and shining curls were totally droolworthy.

One of the best things that I like about Karan Johar's movies is that everyone dresses up so well. Even in this film, I loved what everyone wore. Nothing OTT except maybe the minuscule cholis. Does anyone even wear these clothes in real life at a wedding showing so much skin ?? Anyway, both of them looked awesome though and lets not even go the route of talking about their fab washboard abs and hourglass figures. Don't these girls eat!!

The clothes in the movie probably cost lakhs of rupees but you don't need to spend that much to look as good as the leading characters. jabong.com, my favorite online shopping store, has come up with a Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani collection divided into four themes - Ethnic Elegance, Midnight Party, Playing it Cool and Casual Cut. Under these heads, there are clothes and accessories for both men and women and they do look pretty good. I was browsing through their site and quite a few pieces caught my eye. Below are the pictures of some of the products that I liked and will probably order as well. 

1. Aurelia Solid Pink cotton kurta at Rs 799

2. The Vanca 3/4th sleeve solid blue dress at Rs 1299

3. Nell Blue Platforms at Rs 1485

4. Aadana Pink Sling Bag at Rs 1350

5. Gritsones Sleeveless Solid Black Dress at Rs 899

6. Karrat 22 Multi Necklace at Rs 645

7. Alma Printed Cotton Beige Dupatta at Rs 699

8. Peppertree green cotton skirt at Rs 995

These were some of the products I liked from the Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani collection. There are obviously many more and you should definitely check them out. The prices are all reasonable, the products look good and knowing jabong, will be of good quality as well. What are you waiting for girls?? Go splurge! :P

This post is written for blog contest by Jabong.com - India's leading OnlineShopping Portal. For more information about the contest please visit Yeh Jawani hai Deewani - Blogger's Contest