Wednesday 15 August 2012

Currently loving: teapigs Darjeeling First Flush.

I recently got back from a week in London, and on my return I found the lovely people at teapigs had sent me a little treat in the post! There's nothing like a good cup of tea when you get back home :)

This is a cup of their new Darjeeling First Flush, which promises to be a very special cup of tea. What makes this tea different from the usual darjeeling, is that the tea leaves are the first to be collected after the winter season- hence being the "first flush". The teas coming from this season are hugely popular in Japan and Germany, and teapigs have managed to get hold of some for us over here!



Being an avid tea enthusiast, I decided to enjoy mine in the garden with some magazines and sunshine- pure bliss!

And when my nephew saw me enjoying my tea so much, he got a little curious and wanted to try some  too :P



If this has all peaked your interest, make sure you get yourself over to the teapigs store straight away, the Darjeeling First Flush is part of a new range of limited edition teas, and you wouldn't want to miss out!

For thirsty readers out there, teapigs are offering you a 15% discount on your orders when you enter  "BLOGGERS12" at the checkout.



Tea for all!

And don't forget to sign yourself up to the teapigs newsletter while you're there, that way you can keep up to date with their current offers and new products! 

Saturday 4 August 2012

Looking forward to: Mallzee

Heads up everyone, we've got a new site heading our way and I'm super excited! Think "Pinterest-meets-every-shopping-website-you-use" and you have the essence of "Mallzee", a shopping site launching in December this year.

The idea is to sign up with Mallzee and they'll give you a few products to rate to get an idea of the styles and brands you like. Then, they'll go and find the products best suited to you, and you can then set up a mall (aka "Mallzee") filled with the brands you've picked.

Users can also seek out their Facebook friends' malls and chat, share and suggest Mallzees to each other- it really brings together shopping and networking (Lord knows 80% of my Facebook chat to my BFFF is links back and forth on Asos and Topshop).

Mallzee is set to launch with over 200 high street brands including Urban Outfitters, French Connection, All Saints to name a few, so I'm thinking this site is shaping up to be a pretty big deal. I might just smell an upcoming "latest big thing"!




All this is leading up to "the best part":

Shopping with Mallzee makes online shopping so much easier- with so many brands in one place, you've just saved yourself time and money when putting together a cute outfit for date night/ a girl's night out/ your boyfriend's horrendous wardrobe. I'm looking at you, threadbare socks.

That wasn't the best part- I just like being able to do things while I'm wearing pyjamas, be it shopping, saving money or writing this blog post. I'm just kidding, it's 3pm and I'm wearing a summer dress. With slippers.

No, THE best part is:

People are buying the things they see on Mallzee and if they're buying from the brands on your Mallzee, then you'll find yourself making a pretty penny or two. I'll say it again:

You're making money from people buying the clothes you put together in your Mallzee. 

Now you're interested huh? Sign-up below ready for the launch, and spread the word on Facebook and Twitter to enter yourself into a prize draw for £100 worth of shopping vouchers. That's $155 for the Yanks, and a sweet deal for everyone all round.