Online Shopping: Tara Shop

Can be said that I am a newbie in online shopping.
I know I know, I'm so old fashioned. But I don't know, I guess I enjoy going to the pretty store and do the shopping the old way. Feel the 'rush' after deciding to buy something and pay that in the cashier hehehe..

Anyway, since there are things that I want for quite some time and sadly, those items are not available on where I live, I have to retort to the online shopping. Well, I have to admit, online shopping has different kind of rush. The rush for me is when I open a mailbox and there it is. The package has arrived. Yay! It's like present from Santa Claus, except I'm paying for this present :P

The first online shopper I tried was Tara Shop  (http://www.tara-shop.com). I read good reviews about them in the CozyCot forum, so I decided to give it a try.
Since this was only a try out, and also since I splurged so much during Shiseido warehouse sale, I only ordered 1 item which was the ELF blending brush.

Upon order confirmation, I received email notification and inside there was a link for me to do the payment. I received another notification, updating me that the items had been processed and the last notification came informed me that the had been shipped. What amazed me was that all these emails came in 1 day. Yes, 1 day.
The next day, I received the package. I am super impressed with the speed and I'm not even using registered mail option. I chose the normal postage which is free.

The brush was wrapped in bubble wrap and brown envelope. All in great condition.
I'm definitely, going back to Tara Shop to shop some more **I think I can hear my hubby screaming from a far "oh nooo"***

Product Reviews: The Body Shop Facial Buffer

TBS offers 2 types of facial buffer (sorry couldn't find the picture), and the one below (that I bought) is the softer one. I bought this product impulsively (like most of the things I bought **chuckle**)

They claim:
A gentle exfoliating sponge to polish your skin, whilst cleansing, leaving it feeling refreshed and looking radiant. Use daily for a gentle skin boost. Particularly good for use on dry skin that needs to be exfoliated regularly, it leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth.

How to use:
Use daily in circular motion with your favourite The Body Shop facial wash or soap to cleanse and gently exfoliate. Dampen before use.

Price: SGD 4.90

My impression:
- It's a bit too rough on my skin, especially the sensitive area like under the nose, under the eye etc. I felt like being scratch even when I used it on my forehead twice on the same spot.
- Definitely I will not use it on daily basis. (FYI: my skin is oily combination). Probably every 3-4 weeks when I need a deep cleanse.
- The product does it job, I can feel my skin is smoother and clean after use. I like that my white heads/black heads/comedoes (you named it) on my nose are mostly gone. Normally, when I use a facial scrub I still need to use a tool to force them to come out.
- I prefer this instead of facial brush since the brush hair sometime poke my nose (gross I know) and it hurts

Recommended to others: Yes, if you don't have sensitive skin and need a good exfoliator.  

Repurchase: Probably since the price is not so bad.