Taobao Haul #2~ (Pic Heavy)

Hello again babes c:~ My Taobao order arrived this morning and so I decided to start writing my haul/review of my items c: unlike my last post this won't be super long or flooded with a price or formal timeline c:!~ If you have any questions not including the total shipping price and whatnot, feel free to ask here c:

I once again used Bhiner for my Taobao agent, I used EMS shipping, and my package weighed 2kg!

The first item I'll do a small review over is my "BABY" hoodie dress! I've wanted it since the moment I saw it and luckily when I began plans to start a new Taobao order, I found it easily! It's one size!

The dress itself was pure white and there were no stains whatsoever on it c: The BABY word print was a light blue and was kinda sparkly in a subtle way which I loved.

I have really long legs and arms but even with them the dress fit comfortably and was really soft and REALLY stretchy!!! The only issue I had with this dress was that one of the sleeves was slightly shorter than the other?? It was strange, but it's no big deal to me c: 

The dress was about $11 (USD)! 

The next item that I bought was this White Sailor Dress! I knew it'd be kinda short (it was on the model!) so I'd been planning to wear this with leggings c:

The material with extremely sturdy and there were no stains on it when it arrived c: It's one-size, but it fit me perfectly!~ Always make sure to check the measurements though!!! I wore this dress yesterday and it was super comfortable! I'm about 5'2.5 or 5'3 and this hit right under my butt c:

This dress was about $8.30!~

This dress caught my eye with the detailing of the bodice!! This dress is also one size, but I bought it because the straps were adjustable and I wanted it to fit my bust!~There's a lot of adjusting that can be done on the dress straps so it eventually fit me like a glove c:

This dress was around $10!~

This pink gingham dress was actually the dress I wore today!! It comes in three different sizes (S,M,L) and I opted to get the small! It also comes with a little tie to cinch the waist c:~

This dress was about $7!~

This T-Shirt was one that I had to have and I was so lucky to have gotten one of the last two sold ;w; It was onesize and fits like a Men's small I guess?? Baggy and comfy c: The only thing that bugged me was that the print was upside down in the front, but on the back it was the correct side up? I got over it though! c:

Unfortunately, shortly after I bought my shirt the last one was sold. It's no longer sold by my seller :c 

This backpack was one that I came upon by chance and it was really cheap so I bought it to carry around during my anime convention in July!~ It was SUPER soft and the zipper had this adorable pink pom on it, and it was bigger than I thought it would be so that was a nice surprise :3

It was about $9!~



And that's that c:! In total, this entire process including the ordering, arrival of items to Bhiner, payments, and arrival to me took a little less than 2 weeks. Which is really great to me c:~

I will not be telling anyone how much I paid total or how much my shipping was. You can estimate it yourself with the info I gave before the post with Bhiner's shipping calculator. I also refuse to tell because my first Bhiner order came with a HUGE 4-part tutorial. The ending part came with the pricing of my order and the shipping. The 4-part tutorial is linked here. 

I know this was a bit shorter than the last haul, but I was also explaining many things c: this haul didn't need that!~

I hope you enjoyed this and if you have any questions, please ask here!

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Oops, I Did It Again...(Taobao Order #2) ♡

Like the title of my blog post says, I made another Taobao order! I got the big urge to do it out of nowhere yesterday and I'm in dire need of some new dresses anyway so I thought why not! 

This taobao order is going to have the same amount of items I believe, so it's not very big! I didn't want to order a whole lot since I only want a couple of things c: 

The first dress I'm ordering is a hoodie dress with BABY printed on the chest c: there's also a pink version with DOLL and a lilac/lavender dress with FAIRY! I instantly fell in love with this one though, since "baby" is in just about all my usernames :3

Next item is this Korilakkuma backpack! I just found it while randomly surfing on Taobao and thought it was really adorable! I'm planning on using it for when I walk around my first anime convention with my best friend in July :3

Third is this really pretty white dress! I got captivated with the detailing on the bodice and it was too cheap to pass up c:! You can never have too many white dresses I think~

 I'm ordering are this lovely gingham print dress! They're supposedly pretty thin so I think it'll be perfect for the spring and summer c:~

I also fell in love instantly when I saw this dress! My adorable blogger friend Kiyomi has the navy blue version, but I'm on a white clothing kick since it's almost summer time c: 

I HONESTLY WASN'T PLANNING ON BUYING ANY SHIRTS, but I've been drooling over this print on a crop top or regular shirt for MONTHS. And by chance I happened to find it today ;v; I'm super, super excited for this because I have a habit of buying t-shirts with unique/cool prints for my lazy days c:~

Like I said this order isn't going to be very big c: but I'm excited for these items!!~ They're all so cute and I have a huge lack of dresses in my closet! 

Some plans and updates though!!

I'm planning on opening up my Storenvy closet again! I sell my old clothing that I don't wear or never have worn on there and it'd be awesome if you can check it out when I open it again in the coming weeks! I have lots to sell (and it's breaking my heart to have to see some go..)! I'll be sure to make a small post here, on my Twitter, and my Tumblr when I open it up :3! The store link is here (though it's closed until I open it again of course c:!)

If you have any questions, fell free to ask me on my Tumblr or Ask.fm! c: 

If you want to learn how to order from Taobao like me, I have a 4 part tutorial here! 

I hope everyone has a wonderful day/night! And thanks for reading :3

First Taobao Order Pt. 4 : The Haul~!! (Pic Heavy) ♡ ♡ ♡

HOORAY!!! So the haul is finally here!! This is the end of my Taobao series!! I'm so excited!!~ 

What I'll do in this post

1) Talk about the package and how everything was packed inside~

2) The items and small reviews/outfit photos

3) Taobao order timeline/pricing

4) Shipping time and advice for what to choose!

5) 15-minute video haul overview!! (wow so amaze my first video oh)

Ok first things first: the package! Bhiner had a few options that you could do for the package! One of my favorites was about the shoes! Bhiner tries to packages everything in as small a package they can, and to help make the shipping cheaper for you they have a checkbox that you can choose so you can just add your shoes (if you order any) WITHOUT the shoe box! I chose that and I'm sure it made my package lighter and in turn it made shipping cheaper :3

The package came to me on March 19th and I signed for it! This is the package box unopened c:~ It was a nice size!!

After I opened it I laid out all my items c:~

Since I opted out of the shoe boxes, Bhiner placed my shoes in super thing bags and added them in the box with my package c: if you wanted to know my package was 2 kg!! (roughly 4.4 lbs)~

NOW ON TO THE REVIEW/PIC HEAVY PART OF THE POST!!! :-)

The first thing I opened up was my American Apparel Cities bag replica! Obviously, it's not the actual American Apparel one! It's $36 on AA's site, but I got mine for around $6-7!! c:

AA Cities Bag Replica

The bag had two different sets of cities on each side, but it didn't bother me at all! I have no idea if the original has it this way, but I prefer it with two different sets c: 

The entire bag is a heavy, thick canvas along with the strap which I was extremely hopeful for! There were no loose threads and the strap is a good length (around 15 in/38 cm) and the bag itself is pretty deep!

All in all I give this bag a 5/5. 

Sailor Moon Case // Pompom Purin Case

The next two items I opened up were my iPhone 4S cases! They were both from the same seller and after finding the Sailor Moon case I've been wanting since I spotted it on JList (for $22, crazy right?) I found a Purin case!! The Sailor Moon case is a knockoff of the official release! It was a little less than $5, while the Purin case was around $4! 

The print on the SM case is pretty nice and I'm extremely happy with it! Here it is on my phone!

There's not much to say about either of these cases! They're pretty good quality and cheap! The seller did include a few extras like screen protectors and home button buttons c:~

I happily give these cases a 5/5!!

AA Polka Dot Crop Top Replica

The next item is one I've seen from some of my fellow bloggers who've shopped on Taobao! (Thank you babes Beckii & Kiyomi!!!) This top has GREAT quality for the price (which is around $5?)!! This is meant to be another American Apparel knockoff and the original is about $30! I am super happy I bought this since I've wanted it for around 2 years or so c:~ 

I bought a Large size because Chinese sizes tend to be smaller than US sizes! I suppose the equivalent size to this Chinese large is a Medium? No idea! But this fit me perfectly and was quite stretchy and thick!~

I was expecting this top to be thin and super long like the model's photo on the actual product page but it wasn't! It was the perfect length! (I got the shoes from Taobao too, I'm covering them in a bit :3)

I give this top a 5/5!!

The next two items were my white and pink blouses! They were super cute and a little less than $8 each!! The quality on each blouse was pretty good for the price, but the buttons are a bit wonky/loose? Easily fixed, but I might just change them into heart-shaped buttons altogether c:!! The blouses obviously came with a few extra buttons c: 

I bought a size Large in both blouses and the fit was nice! Wearing any sort of push-up bra made the buttons open up super easily, so I wore my simplest bra (a demi!) so it'd fit more comfortable/natural!~

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White/Pink Blouses

The shirts were quite wrinkly out of the bag but I didn't bother ironing them in the photos c:! 

I give these blouses a 4/5!! 

The next items I got were blue and pink gingham skirts!~ As you can see above there weren't any tags and it came with a sort of slip! I'm still gonna wear my safety shorts underneath them though! 

These skirts were pretty ok for the price that was paid for them (a little less the $10 each!) and the print was very, very cute! The band was elastic so it was easy to take off and put on, plus many sizes can wear them! The taobao product page has each size and sizing details to go along with it! I bought a size Large in each skirt! I could've bought mediums, but I didn't want the skirt to be too short!! 

 (yes, the shoes have wings, cute right?!?)

 (it was SO windy today!!!)

Pink/Blue Gingham Skirts

I loved the length of the skirts! They were super comfortable and they didn't hike up in the back much! They were also quite poofy by themselves! It was super windy today which is why they're so full, but they were plenty poofy alone c:~ 

I give these skirts a 4/5!!

The final item I got from Taobao were these Winged Cross Platforms! I've wanted them for a very long time but never got them because eBay sellers and Storenvy sellers tried to sell them for around $45 with $15 (or similar) shipping! These were on Taobao and I got them for less than $20 and I'm in love with them! c:

Winged Cross Platforms

The wings were kinda bent in from the trip but they were securely on otherwise and extremely adorable!

I wore them in the outfit photos above so go check them out and see them on c:! They are platforms so they were a bit heavy, but I have a few platform shoes already so it wasn't hard to get used to them c: 

I give these shoes a 5/5!!

Here's the video overview of all my items :3 sorry in advance for my awkwardness haha!

(if the video doesn't load for you please let me know!! i'll add a direct link to the video below!) ♡

Now it's time to break down the order timeline and price!

 February 28th: Added items to cart to get quoted (Bhiner asks seller if items are still in stock).

March 1st: All items confirmed quoted by Bhiner and moved to checkout cart. 

March 1st: Paid for items and domestic shipping

March 2nd-March 11th: Items arrived to Bhiner and they weighed it (2kg).

March 12th: Paid second payment (shipping to me)! I used EMS.

March 13th: Bhiner shipped my package and gave me tracking number.

March 19th: Package arrived!!!

That's a rundown of my entire Taobao order! Bhiner was a wonderful service and while the message replies were a bit slow at times, they were EXTREMELY fast when I messaged them on Skype c:~ My first experience with Taobao and a shopping agent was a complete success! 

My first payment was $88.23

My second payment was $53.38

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Total Taobao Order: $141.61

I would definitely recommend Bhiner as your shopping agent of choice! Their website was super easy and on Skype they were a wonderful help! I can't wait to shop on Taobao again c:

To learn how to also shop on Taobao using Bhiner I broke it down into a 3 part tutorial! Links are below :3

Part 1

Part 2 

Part 3

Taobao Haul Video Link

If you have any questions/comments/concern about my Taobao order or tutorial, please feel free to ask them here!! I would be happy to help you c:~

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Now selling some clothing from my closet for cheap!

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed! Please leave comments about your favorite items or any questions c:~