Wednesday 9 December 2015

Review of Pixie on Storenvy - Amuse Plush

Hello there cuties! Today I want to review a recent order I placed from a store called Pixie which is based on Storenvy. For those who haven't seen or heard of it before, Pixie is a store based in Korea which sells all the newest kinds of AMUSE plushies, from Alpacassos to Loppys and Korohamu koron hamsters. There is also a physical shop also based in Korea ^^ All of the plushies Pixie sells are authentic and really reasonably priced, and the shipping prices are reasonable to. The store often has a promotion where you can get a specific plushie free with your order, so it is worth looking them up on Facebook so that you can benefit from these sorts of offers!

This was my first time ordering from Pixie, and I decided to order from them first and foremost because they had the Halloween Korohamu koron hamster plushies in the big size in stock, for a really good price (I think it was about $22). I wanted to get a big koron plush for a long time, but spent weeks and weeks agonizing over which colour or style I should choose. I love Halloween and I also love the colour lilac, so when I saw the white colourway for this collection, I knew it was the perfect plush for me!

(I chose the one on the left! I love how it looks like it's reaching out to hug you (*´∀`)

While I was looking around Pixie's shop, I also noticed a range of small Koron light-up figures, and I picked up one of these as well! I chose the blue one, whose nickname is 'Ice-kun'. He reminds me of the Japanese flavour 'soda' which is so tasty and addictive!!

Koron have the most endearing little faces (▼∀▼)AMUSE certainly know how to target their customers huehue~

In terms of shipping, I chose the standard economy shipping for international customers which Pixie offers - I believe that the price is calculated depending on what 'Zone' you are in with relation to Korea, in the same way that Japan Post calculates international costs by Zone. On Pixie's store, it states that international shipping is expected to take 3-4 weeks to anywhere other than the USA, which is expected to be closer to a week.

My order was shipped out super speedily from Pixie's shop, within 2 days of placing my order the purchase had been updated and I was given a tracking number to watch my hamsters make their journey across the world! My package took approximately two days to leave the international mail centre in Korea for the UK. The tracking then went quiet for about a week and displayed 'no information', which I was a bit concerned about incase my package had been seized by customs somewhere along the way. Luckily 8 days after it left Korea, the package tracking showed it had arrived safely in the UK. It was delivered to my house the following day, which was a nice surprise! I had expected the whole process to take up to 4 weeks, but it took less than 2 weeks to receive my items, which I am very happy about! I think that the economy mail option involves sea travel at some point, which is why it can take a long time to reach its destination from Korea, but in this instance I was very lucky ~

My order was packaged in a secure cardboard box and sealed with strong postage tape, which I was relieved about as it meant my items were kept nicely protected on their long trip. There was also Pixie's special wrapping tape across the front of the package, which was a cute touch! By the time it reached me the box was slightly battered, probably due to being thrown in a van at Heathrow airport, but was still very secure.

When I opened up the box, my purchases were nicely wrapped in plastic bagging to keep them clean on their trip ~

Whoever could this be?

She is so cute and fluffy! I love how she looks like she is constantly wanting a hug XD

The little pastel bow and blush on the cheeks add such an adorable touch ~

Such a teeeeeny tail! (I feel a bit odd taking photos of its butt O.O

Even the label is shaped like a little round hamster! I like to keep the tags attached to my plush because the art is always super cute ~

Ice-kun was even cuter in real life than in the pictures!

Hamster party time!!

"OBEY ME, LOYAL FOLLOWERS"

I'm so happy with both of my purchases - they are both really lovely quality and arrived safely and quickly! Overall, I had a very positive experience with Pixie store, the only thing I would want to see improved is reinforcing the packaging slightly more for long journeys! ^^ I would totally recommend buying from Pixie as the service is very good and prices are very reasonable.

Shipping: 5/5

Packaging: 4.5/5

Product Quality: 5/5

I hope you all enjoyed this little review of Pixie! If you have any questions about it, please feel free to leave a comment below!

Love, Mypasteluniverse x