Hooray! It hasn't been an eternity since posting last! How good is that!? And I now bring to you - the review!
Background information about the purchase.
As many of you will probably know - I have a Tumblr blog. On there I have met an array of interesting, quirky, fun and incredible people. One of which was Shelley (her URL is l0stkeys). We've been talking now for quite a few months and over those few months, I've really enjoyed getting to know her and being a part of her Tumblr blogging experience. So imagine my pure excitement and joy when she announced that she was going to start making handmade garters and wanted to send me one for free to review (normal prices range from £5 - £8)! Not only was I completely flattered, but I really wanted to help to do my bit to promote her store and get her the custom she deserves. Some of you might be sat there like "come on now, Lucy. Your review is obviously going to be biased if you're friends with her." However, let me assure you that I fully intend on reviewing this product as if it were any other - because ultimately, I wouldn't be fulfilling the purpose of why I started this blog in the first place! So, after a few text posts on Shelley's blog notifying me/other customers of the status of our orders, my product was sent out on Friday 7th June by second class post. I received it in the post on Monday the 10th June - safe and sound! :)
Review time!
The contents of the package (and the package itself) went like this:
The packaging looked quite professional.
Oh look! A personalised message :)! A lot of you will probably have noticed by now that I love orders that come with personalised messages. It just highlights that someone has taken the time to think about the little details and that you're actually dealing with a person, rather than the package simply being conjured up out of nowhere and being sent to you without a second thought!
Here's the lovely garter itself!
And there's the contents of the package.
So how does it look when on?
It fits nicely! Before starting to make my product, Shelley asked me for two measurements - the first being where you want the garter to sit on your leg, and the second being a measurement a little higher up on the bigger part of your thigh.
And here's another picture! I decided to put a pair of tights underneath. The only thing with doing that though - is I found that the smoothness of the tights meant that the garter shifted around a little more than it did against my bare leg. So that might be something to consider when ordering your garter. If you intend on wearing it with tights more often than wearing it without - perhaps adjusting your measurements to make them marginally smaller might be a better course of action. Unless, you'll be wearing thick tights. In which case - that may not be necessary.
To conclude:
I really enjoyed this experience and I'm glad that I was picked to share it with Shelley. I think she has been very brave in starting something like this because I think people can often overlook the commitment, time, thought and effort that goes into operations such as these. Despite only just starting out though, Shelley has done a marvellous job and I'm very pleased with my product. I was very impressed with her attention to detail and willingness to include me in every step (with text posts informing me/her followers that she was making our products, packaging them, and sending them etc). It really added to the novelty of ordering online. The product arrived promptly and safely. And finally, the product itself is well made and very attractive.
Efficiency: 10/10
Packaging: 10/10
Comfort: 10/10
Quality: 10/10
Service: 10/10
Thank you so much to Shelley for allowing me to do this. I wish her all the very best with her online shop endeavour, and I'm really pleased I got to be a part of it.
Oh, and here are Shelley's links:
Tumblr: http://l0stkeys.tumblr.com/
And if you're going to order from Shelley off the back of this review - please let her and I know! I'd be over the moon to hear that my review had inspired people to make purchases! As usual, thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and of course - happy shopping! :).
