SherSingh.com: site review and shopping experience

I saw a few ads for this site on some blogs a while ago. This site had primarily salwar suits and sarees so I promptly forgot all about it coz I don't shop for those online. I only like buying stuff that is not available locally like cute dresses or silk tops etc. And a few days back I again saw this SherSingh ad pop up everywhere- this time with Lisa Haydon wearing some very cute dresses. I was curious so I checked out the site again. And boy have they completely turned it around! Now they only have western wear- from cute linen dresses to oversized silk tops to jersey maxis and polo shirts. What the?
They have stuff for both men and women and have tops, blouses, polo t shirts and some very cute accessories as well. The clothes are very well photographed and represented. They also keep adding new stuff every week. I especially love the cute linen dresses and might pick up a few very soon.

They also have an offer of 20% off on your first purchase once you register. So I did that right away. I picked up 3 tops that I thought I'd pair with skinny jeans or jeggings and are work appropriate too. The site is very easy to navigate and I'd opted for cash on delivery option. After placing my order I immediately received a confirmation email and a confirmation call the following day and they sent another email the following evening saying my package was shipped out via BlueDart with the tracking number included. Can I saw wow! I'd placed the order on Wednesday night and received the parcel on Friday afternoon. Pretty damn cool no?

The parcel arrived in a Blue box that said Sher Singh and inside each blouse was wrapped in a tissue paper and a plastic cover and was neatly ironed and folded. Very impressive. The clothes were exactly as they were shown on the site and the sizing was pretty accurate too. They even have a return police in case the stuff doesn't for you right.

Overall, I think it's a great site for some affordable casual fashion and you should definitely check out their linen colour block dresses or oversized casual tops in silk or cotton. Also, great service and super fast delivery makes it a winning combo.

My rating: ****

Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with the site nor am I being compensated for this post. Heck...they dont even know I'm doing this post. This is purely coz I found the site nice and wanna share it with others. :)

Why I have been AWOL + what all I've been buying

Guys! I know I've been missing from the scene for a while now but it's coz so much was happening. 2 cousins got married (not to each other). One of the weddings was in Bombay so had to go there. And of course I couldn't return without shopping a bit, now could I. But couldn't make it to the famed Beauty Centre. Sigh.. Next time. And another friend got married in Kerala so had to attend that too. And was travelling with the lil dude who was surprisingly well behaved on flights.

Ok now onto the fun part.. What all did I buy? Well, I only had some one hour to shop at Linkin road and couldn't buy as much as I would have wanted to but oh we'll.. C'est la vie! What? I love rasta shopping ok? Really badly wanted to go to the Kala Ghoda festival and to Colaba Causeway but really couldn't coz I was still the lil dude's only source of food and it would have gotten uncomfortable taking him along.

Also spent some time at the Pheonix High street mall where I was meeting some friends for lunch. This time I took the dude along coz Palladium has rooms where you can nurse the baby. So I didn't have much time to really shop but these powder pink skinny jeans caught my eye and I had to had to get them. Zara was on sale but I couldn't even step into the store.. Everything was in a disarray and was a total put off. Ugh. Oh btw has anyone heard of the store called MUAH? Last time I was in Bombay I picked up some very cute dresses from them for quite cheap. I remember it being in Palladium but I just couldn't locate it this time. Does anyone know what happened to it?

Oh and I did some shopping online.. I scored these items from IndianHanger just now. Have ordered for them. Will let you guys know when it arrives. Have bought 3 things- this long pearl strings chain with a Kundan brooch on the side with an emerald and diamond setting and a quirky green beads elephant pendant chain and silver kolhapuri wedges. Can't wait to get my hands on em! :)

I was just going through my wardrobe and found there are too many dresses in either black or blue. I needed more colour. Hence, this Vero Moda dress from Asos. Pretty cheap too. :)

I've also been wanting to get a nice white dress for a really long time. Something that I can wear for brunches. And I saw this Mango dress on ShopatMajorBrands and it was on incredible sale so I decided that I had to, had to get it. But....when it arrived it turned out very differently from what I'd imagined! It wasn't white, it was cream. And it wasn't a stretch jersey fabric, it's wool knit. Sigh. But it still looks good, only my search for the perfect white dress continues...

And picked up some stuff at the lifestyle sale. These 2 dresses were on 70% off and are from CODE. Dirt cheap. The printed dress can also be worn as a tunic over leggings. How could I not buy? :D

I also splurged on some makeup from FACES, MAC and Inglot from the money I made from the blog sale (thank you everyone who supported it. Muah). Picked up MAC Cosmo lipstick (which im wearing everywhere-even when i go to buy groceries), MAC paint pot in Let's skate which is a gorgeous shimmery light pink-gold one from the Glitter and Ice collection and Carbonized eyeshadow which is the perfect brown shade.
Also got a lovely duochrome pigment, a white kohl pencil and 2 rainbow eyeshadows (black+greys and browns) from Inglot.
From FACES i got a velvet matte lipstick in Jazz Berry jam which is very close to Cosmo but pinker. Beautiful shade. Full review coming up. In love with its texture, colour n everything. Also got 2 duochrome pigments- teal and white pink.

Ok I actually put in some extra money to buy all this but what the hell. :p

So that's all folks. I'm back to home base now. Oh but the lil dude isn't so little anymore and has started teething and sitting and standing up. Uff! And he's only just 6.5 months. So he's constantly moving around and pulling things so gotta keep running behind him. Which leaves me with lesser time to blog (and shop online) but will manage whenever possible. :)

Window Shopping : TrendzyStreet

Looking for cheap options for casual dresses? Want an Indian site that offers Cash on Delivery and has it own warehouse so you get faster shipping? Ok before I sound like a bad advertisement from the 90s let me share my latest eStore discovery..
Introducing - Trendzystreet.com
"TrendzyStreet.com is an Indian online fashion and beauty retailer and offers product lines across womenswear, footwear, accessories, jewellery and beauty.
Aimed at fashion forward 16-34 year olds. We have multi brand & multi category lifestyle franchisee online. www.trendzystreet.com is our online cash and carry portal."
I got an email from this site and thats how i discovered it. This has some really cute cotton, casual dresses ranging from Rs.300-1500. This is a Mumbai based fashion retail site that has its own warehouse facility so you can probably expect your stuff to reach you within a week. I'm not sure about this coz I've not ordered from them and will update once I do.
They have dresses, tops, skirts, jeans, leggings and some cute kurtis and accessories too. They dont have a large inventory but seem to be adding new stuff almost every week. Below are my picks from the site. Click the text below each pic for the corresponding link to the site.

Dresses:

Multicoloured polka dot dress- Rs.480

Navy Blue Lace Dress- Rs.950

Floral Print Dress- Rs.1149

Tops:

Pink and white polka dot shirt- Rs.390

Kurtis:

Orange Strappy Kurti- Rs.350

Scarves:

Green Leopard Print Stole- Rs.399

Clutch purses and bags:

Feroza Clutch with paisely- Rs.300

Shoes:

Taupe Peep toes- Rs.1349

So, overall I feel this is a great site for college and high school students on a budget who still wanna look trendy. Stuff here is cute and comfortable and very casual. And inexpensive too!
I think I'll pick up the clutch and the kurti. :)
Will post a review once I do.

Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with the site nor am I being compensated for this post. Heck...they dont even know I'm doing this post. This is purely coz I found the site nice and wanna share it with others. :)

Window Shopping : Indian Hanger

I logged on to FB after really long yesterday and an ad on the right side of the page caught my eye. Ad for a new Indian Retail site. Of course I had to check it out. And am I glad I did!
Introducing- IndianHanger.com
This site has a very nice collection of clothes (both ethnic sarees, suits and western dresses) by Global Desi, Vinegar (my fave) and designers like Nishka Lulla, Parul Goel and Vasundhara Mantri etc. They also have realllyy pretty jewellery which is also quite affordable. They also stock footwear and bags.
Here are some of my picks from the site, click on the text below the pictures for corresponding links to the site.
Dresses:

Vinegar chiffon dress - Rs.2800 

Vinegar Sunny Orange dress- Rs.4000

Karishma Kimatrai Sequin butterfly kaftan- Rs.9000

Clutch Purses:

Meera Mahadevia Blue Clutch- Rs.12000

Meera Mahadevia Emerald and Ruby Bag- Rs.16400

Sarika Desai Beige floral clutch- Rs.3200

Sandals:

KAN copper kolhapuris - Rs.2760

KAN embellished heels- Rs.3200

Necklace:

Rohita Golden Entangled Necklace- Rs.7300

Karmic Kabira Rainbow Choker- Rs.6272

Vinegar Pearl Flower chain- Rs.1500

Earrings:

Rohita Peacock earrings- Rs.8800

Rohita golden carved pearl earrings- Rs.5900

Vasundhara Mantri South sea earrings- Rs.6065

Ring:

Agastya Black kundan ring: Rs.1800

Soo pretty no? I'm definitely picking up the Vinegar blue dress (they also have it in Orange)- remember I was talking about something like this recently? Yay! I wish I could buy some jewellery too but I'm too broke right now. Maybe I could get someone to gift me some for my upcoming birthday (Hi Mom)? ;) This site offers Cash on Delivery within India and free shipping. They also ship worldwide. I'll post my review and shopping experience once I buy from them.


I'm thinking I'll make these "Online Window Shopping" posts a regular feature. I keep discovering these great sites and find such pretty stuff. Only makes sense to document it here so I can keep track (buy them later) and also share it with others. What do you think?


Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with the site nor am I being compensated for this post. Heck...they dont even know I'm doing this post. This is purely coz I found the site nice and wanna share it with others. :)

My second order from BeautyJoint is here! Eeeeeee! (+ party OOTD)

Guys! Remember my second order from BeautyJoint? It came in yesterday! Sooo thrilled! The first time I ordered from them I mainly bought round lipsticks but I wasn't too happy with them and this time I did a lot more research and bought stuff that I'm totally in love with.

I'd placed the order on 28 November and it was shipped out on 1 December and reached me yesterday, on 16 December. Considering this is the holiday season , this is super impressive. Last time I'd gotten it within 10 days.

BUT.. This time after I eagerly ripped open the package and stopped drooling and hyperventilating I found a couple of items were missing- the Kleancolor nail polish in black and NYX round lipstick in Lousiana which was on back credit on my last order and was included in this. I dunno if BeautyJoint forgot to put it in ( but their invoice includes these and says total no of items=20 but I got only 18) or if it was flicked at customs (can they even do that?). But this time I think my package was opened at customs coz it had cello tape around the top which wasn't there last time and the self glue on the envelope was messed with. Sooo..I dunno! But I'm not that upset coz these 2 items were the least important ones in my list and I can easily get black nail polish here too (just thought Kleancolor is such great quality at that price) and I already have many neon pinks in my stash so don't miss Lousiana lipstick too. And these together cost only $4 so around Rs.200. Not a big loss but scary nonetheless. What If a more expensive item had gone missing *gasp*.

The package- see the cellotape at top?

Ze Goodies

Ok so he's what all I got this time. Do let me know if you want me to review anything first.

Got 3 jumbo eye pencils in Yoghurt, Iced Mocha and Cottage Cheese.
Got 3 soft matte lip creams in Stockholm, San Paolo and Antwerp
Got 1 jumbo lip pencil in Soft Fuchsia
Got 2 slim lip pencils on Rose and Sand Pink
Got the Studio clear face primer
Got the highlight and contour powder compact
Got 2 Kleancolor nail paints in Chunky Holo Black and Holo Purple
Got 1 NYX nail polish in Dorothy
Got 1 round lipgloss in Real Nude
Got LA colors pro primer stick eyeshadow base in black
Got NYX colour lip balm in Xie Xie
Got the NYX dual sharpeners coz the jumbo pencils and slim pencils don't fit in the regular ones we get here

Of these my favorites so far are the highlight and contour powder (would suit all Indian skin tones. Absolute must have), soft matte lip creams in Stockholm (the perfect nude with a hint of peach so it doesn't wash you out) and Antwerp (a light coral pink) and also the NYX color lip balm which is a non waxy hydrating lip balm with nice pigmentation so it gives a soft colour too. Oh and the Kleancolor holographic glitter nail paints too! Soo mesmerizing! :)

I'd ordered these on Cyber Monday sale and got 15% off on my total order and their rates are much lower than Cherry Culture or Pork Daisy's plus fast shipping so I totally recommend BeautyJoint to everyone.

I'll leave you with a picture of what I wore to a party last night. Was my boss' wife's b'day and they throw killer parties. I wore a one shoulder powder pink ruffled linen dress with pink pumps that I got from DroppedPin and authentic Japanese fresh water colored pearls and an amethyst cocktail ring.

OOTD

NYX primer and Revlon aqua finishing powder

But the real stars of the show were the NYX studio clear primer and the Revlon colorstay aqua mineral translucent setting powder. My makeup stayed fresh even after I came home after a good 4 hours despite all the sweaty dancing too (my face was sweating too and I remember dabbing at it with a tissue). Detailed reviews to soon follow.

Current Obsession: Jewel Toned Shift Dresses

I love wearing dresses. Casual dresses, dressy dresses, little black dresses, colour blocked dresses..love em all. But the problem is you dont get such a wide variety of dresses here in Chennai and the ones that are available are either super expensive or not available in my fit or the way I like it or are just plain fugly. So what do I do?
Umm no shopping online for clothes isnt that convenient coz fabrics turn out to be different from the photo or the sizing isnt quite what you expected. So, no. Well, I love designing my own dresses and shopping for fabrics and getting it stitched.
Right now I'm loving these chiffon or crepe shift dresses in jewel colours. You can pair them with gold jewellery and killer gold heels and it'll look amazeballs. The best part- these are pretty easy to make so any tailor who makes kurtis would easily be able to stitch these.

These can have multiple variations- sleeveless shift, sheer long sleeves, one cape sleeve, one sleeve swing dress. Below are some options for *inspiration*

Split sleeve dresses from ASOS

One shoulder cape sleeve dresses from Lipsy

River Island long sleeve dress

Vero Moda One sleeve version

I plan to make this in Emerald green in a one sleeve swing dress pattern- will get synthetic crepe fabric for this, which has a nice sheen and drape. Will get this fully lined with cotton fabric so it doesnt go limp. Will make another one in orange synthetic crepe with matching sheer synthetic chiffon long sleeves. The body will again be lined with matching cotton fabric so it doesnt cling to the body.

My main inspirations-missmalini's Vero Moda dress and Maheep Kapoor's Jay Godfrey dress

In Chennai you can pick up these fabrics at Mangharams on Mount Road or at Nalli in T Nagar. Both synthetic crepe and chiffon cost around Rs70-100 a metre. You'd need about 1.5-2m of fabric for this dress. My tailor charges around Rs.200-400 for stitching a fully lined dress so my dress would be ready for a total of around Rs.500. Pretty neat huh? :)

Glittery sandals from Shopatmajorbrands

There are a lot of weddings coming up in my family and I really badly wanted a pair of wedding heels. Oh you know- the type you can wear with saress which are nicely embellished and in shades of gold, that can be slipped off or on quite easily. Why? Coz at South Indian weddings you're required to take off your footwear if you take part in any of the religious rituals. So I cant be fumbling with buckles or straps then. Oh and I also wanted it to have a sufficiently high heel coz I'm just 5'2" and otherwise I'd feel like a midget in a saree. ;)
So after days of trolling the online shoe stores I'd shotlisted a few and when this one went on sale at ShopAtMajorBrands I immediately bought it. :D
Got these QueueUp sandals for rs.1100.

Aren't they pretty! They have these little stones on top and are in a Rose Gold shade which I think looks classier than just regular gold. They have a heel height of 3.5" but are surprisingly easy to walk in. Completely worth the 1100 I paid for these. I bought these on COD and it took about 4 days to be delivered.

You can check out other shoes from this brand here.
QueueUp store is also located at Ground Floor of Express Avenue Mall, Chennai.