.:FS.Rain | 芳.夏爾颸:.

Hi Everyone~

Just wana share with you my first shopping experience with CherryCulture in case you’re also interested to try them out while they are having sales now. 

Let’s start with the items which I’ve gotten!

I’m definitely not bragging over the things I owned, nor encouraging anyone to buy on impulse or however negative way it might seems to you. I am showing you the list of items to share on the price and allow you to have a glimpse of what they have. Well, obviously some of you have already been to the site, but let’s just assumed that you have not and you chanced upon my article ok? XD

Order date: 28-09-2011
Received on: 10-10-2011
Custom Form: LN189677402US
[This is the Insurance number as I opted for First Class International Mail with Insurance]
Subtotal: $45.39
Coupon saving: $11.40 [I placed my first order when there was a 5th year anniversay sale of 25% off]
Discounted subtotal: $33.99
Shipping cost: $20.75 
[Depends on the weight/size of items, similar quantities may cost higher/lower shipping fees. What I did was to achieve a cost of not more than USD 1/item for shipping]
Number of Items: 22
Reward Points: 45
Total: $54.74

Thumbnails of all the items listed above here:
  

FYI - maybe coz it was my first purchase, I got 2 free CherryCulture lipbalms!!

Now they are having more flavours for their lip balms which you can purchase, or add-on to your cart if you exceed USD20 and it shall be free.  

Before I dive into my rambling on my shopping experience with Cherry Culture, let me share with you what I know about them:

They sell US cosmetics which are affordable (drugstore brands like NYX, L.A. Colors, Jordana etc…) and also well-known quality brands (not exactly department stores/high-end) such as freshMinerals, Playboy Beauty, Mor Cosmetics, which might not be accessible at certain parts of the world.

They provide international delivery (Shipping info here) with various options in terms of delivery time, insurance coverage, tracking number. Costs of shipping is reasonable, but bear it mind that the distance + size + weight of parcel of your order affects.

The web site is very easy to maneuver; you have a choice of browsing through the items by categories, or by brands, or simply sort it by price.

Read more about Cherry Culture:
Website: www.cherryculture.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Cherry-Culture
Twitter: http://twitter.com/cherryculture

My Thoughts:

I really enjoyed the whole shopping experience as most of the items are priced between <USD1.00 and USD20.00. Of course, there are many other combination sets, mineral makeup which costs more, but all in all, most of the items are very affordable.

The best part of its services which I greatly appreciates, is their shipping options. First, they made it available internationally. Second, they provide you with options from the lowest cost to the highest which comes with expedited delivery, Tracking service + insurance coverage. For me who is on a budget, I will usually opt for the 2nd lowest, which is the First Class International Mail with Insurance. No tracking available for that but my package is covered in insurance. In event that it was lost, damaged during transit, I am able to claim back the costs. Thus far I have gone through 2 purchases, all via the same delivery options and my items reach me safe and secured.

As always with Online Shopping, we shoppers are very concerned about how the items are packed and sent. For CherryCulture, you really have NO WORRIES AT ALL! They pack the items according to size/shape, wrapped with about 2 layers of bubble wrap + lotsa paper and fillers to occupy the space to ensure that items wont get thrown about in the box while being shipped. 

On top of that, the box which they use are made of sturdy and thick cardboard + FRAGILE Stickers was pasted ALL OVER for my package which contained nail polishes and makepup palette set (mirror+shadows+etc). I am VERY SATISFIED with this aspect of their service. Thumbs Up!

Lastly, the most adrenaline pumping + delightful thing which they did to me was to always having some items on sale! Regularly they will switch the sales items. What makes it even better is that, on top of items which are also on sales, they may run Sales Event like what is happening now! For every possible festive or occasions, you can expect to see special Sales Event being run. To be updated of this, join their facebook page or sign up for their newsletter. 

To take full advantage of their regular sales events, I will usually add items which I intend to buy/curious to try in my cart. Once you sign up as a member, you are able to save your items in the card or wishlist and it will never be deleted. So you can sort of park your shopping list and wait till sales event then checkout; This way you enjoy a great discount which could cover abit of your shipping costs, and also, you wont feel pressured to checkout to avoid having your items deleted (some sites does not allow saving of shopping items or will auto delete the items in shopping cart after a period of time).

There's much more that I can continue and blabber about my shopping experience with them, but I think this post is getting way too long.

I shall stop here for now and will continue this in another post where I will share with you on the items which I got for my 2nd Purchase.

PS: They offer several payment options which in my opinion is something all shopping sites should provide to allower greater flexibility and easier checkout for shoppers.

Cya in the next post~

Cheerios
FS.Rain