Shop Review: tigerPOP

This shop is actually a Cyber Kei shop, the big hint should be that the gal sells pretty pastel hairfalls. HOWEVER a lot of what she sells could work for Fairy Kei, Creepy Cute, and some of the accesories could even work for Sweet Lolita. I would really love to see more Sweet Lolitas running around with sugary Fuzzy Star Sprinkle Earrings!

So I only ordered two items from this wonderful wonderful gal, Tora. Tora means tiger in Japanese so the shop "tigerPOP" is a very fitting name! The day after I ordered I got an email from her saying she was actually headed to a convention over the weekend and wouldn't be able to work on my order until Monday. I was fine with this, I wasn't in a rush, but I really appreciate that she gave me the heads up so I wouldn't worry about my order. ^^

On Monday she replied and gave me lots of customization options for the necklace I ordered. These options included blended colors or blocked off colors, horizontal color block or vertical color block, and she verified if the yarn texture for the colors I wanted was okay with me. She was really sweet and sent pictures of everything so I was certain I liked it before she sent it out.

Thursday the stars were ready and because the order took so long she gave me FREE PRIORITY MAIL. I almost cried from the happiness, it really shows how sweet Tora is! She was making my stars despite being really sick ; ~ ; Thank you so much Tora, you are so kind!

$10.00 USD, which is about normal for a necklace of this design. The star is soft and the purple is slightly iridescent and illuminates in the light. I asked for just sprinkles and pearls on mine, plus the addition of chocolate. Now that I have one with chocolate, the next necklace I think will be without simply because not every outfit I wear will look good with the dark brown, but that's just me. Also the chocolate seemed to crack funny which is fine from a distance but up close, especially in a picture it is really defined. HOWEVER ^^ I love this necklace so SUPER much.

$8.00 USD is a great price for something like this. This is even softer than the star necklace. I adore the childish look with the plastic chains and the rocking horse. That is what drew me in, as most stars use metal chains. I love this blend! I am tempted to buy a mint, blue and white blend next. But I also like the pink, blue, white, and yellow option she has so I may just buy both. > w < <3 It has both an alligator clip and a brooch pin on the back which means you can pin it to a top or wear in your hair. I can't tell you how much I love hair pieces that do this, since I often wear them as brooches.

I got a couple free knick-knacks in this order as well. One is a little monkey head bell phone charm on a plastic chain. He is SO CUTE! I tied him around a bow on one of my sisters Christmas presents because she adores monkeys. Then I got a fuzzy star phone charm in light blue and white. It is just as soft as the headpiece. . actually a little softer. I may take a silver chain and loop it onto that for a more simple necklace since I already have so many phone charms, most of which I convert into necklaces anyway.

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Communication: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~
If I wanted to be picky I could take away one star for COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD, but honestly I really enjoyed the amount of customization I had with all of the emails. It was kind of fun seeing the pictures of my star in progress. ^^ Plus I prefer lots of communication over none. So ten stars!
Shipping: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~
Shipping was four dollars and when I received my package in the mail it looked like the shipping cost was true to what arrived. Full stars.
Arrival Time: STARS 9 / 10 STARS ~
I would have taken it down another star but I really was not in a hurry for this order. I placed it on the 15th and the items were sent out on Friday the 23rd (Of November - this is a late post guys) and I received them the following Monday. It took ten days which if I was ordering from Hong Kong, I would be super happy if something arrived in 10 days. But a package from Kentucky to Oregon? Two to five days travel is about right. So minus one star for being so late, because I know it matters to some of my readers.
Product Safety: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~
NONE of the items arrived damaged or broken.
Product Quality: STARS 9.5 / 10 STARS ~
Chocolate drizzle on the necklace was cracking when it arrived.

Grand Average Total: STARS 9.9 / 10 STARS ~

Overall experience: Amazing ~ I would recommend this gal in a heartbeat.


**I was not sponsored by this artist to promote her products.