My Guide To 'ASOS' Shopping

I've been shopping online at the ASOS website for a couple of years now and over this period I have learnt a few useful hints and tips to make Shopping a little bit easier.

♡Always Take Your Time

One of the biggest perks to shopping online is that you have the luxury of going at your own pase. Indeed it can feel as though the shops have closed just for you. I often find shopping on the high-street visiting shops like Primark, River Island etc such a mission. The pushing and shoving, fast-pased hustle and bustle, long changing rooms and even longer queues. It can get exasperating. I now make sure I go to my local high street stores in mid week (I'm a student so I am very fortunate to be able to do this) because of this.

On ASOS, once clicked 'add to bag' on an item you can have it in your 'shopping bag' for up to an hour and half before you pay for it, so you've always got enough time to see what else takes your fancy.

♡Always View Catwalk

This is one of my biggest top tips! I can't tell you how many times this has been my savour! You can really see what the item looks like; the style, the length etc.

I've realised that 'if a product looks unflattering on the model, the chances are it'll look even worse on you.'

♡Always Look For Discount Codes

Lets face it, we all like a discount! ASOS regularly do 'Free Next Day Delivery', they may also have other discount offers available such as 10% off with an NUS Student Card, which sure does come in handy for me!

♡ Do Not Be Persuaded In Spending More Money Just So You Qualify For Free Delivery

We've all done this. It's fine if you're just a few pounds away from receiving free delivery, but when you're anything more than £10, is it really worth it? 

ASOS also have at the moment, 'UK Style Saver', this means postage is free, but can come up to 6 working days after you have placed your order. Generally this is usually the delivery I choose :)

♡ Always Check The 'Clearance' Section

I cannot stress this enough. All items available in the clearance department is all set up in the same way as that of the normal website. This makes it so much easier to shop with. In my opinion, there really is nothing worse then the task of searching the 'Sale Rail'.

It's also a really good idea to keep tabs on the items available in the current season, as generally speaking these all end up in the clearance stock. 

Have a look at my past blog HERE for examples on what I found in the clearance section.

♡Always Check the Side Toolbars

ASOS usually have 'Complete the Look' or 'Asos Recommends' or 'Other Customers Bought' etc.

I find this really useful, especially when your buying a new outfit and your in need of some other clothing ideas. It's also good to see what else people have bought who have the same style as you.

 ♡Take Advantage of the 'Free Returns'

If you aren't 100% happy with your product, you have just under a month to return them. Each parcel comes enclosed with a return sticker. There is nothing worse then paying for something to collect dust in your wardrobe.

 ♡Always Make Sure You Enter Your Card Details Correctly

Trust me, I learnt the hard way. ASOS doesn't keep anything aside for you either, everything goes back on their website to be resold again. When I went to buy a dress last month, I wrongly entered my security code for my card in which meant that by the time I tried to reorder my items they had all sold out :(.

Image taken courtesy of www.smashingmagazine.com

♡Order With Plenty of Time

If you are placing an order with the intention of wearing it on the coming weekend or for a special event, I would seriously urge you to invest your money with 'Next Day Delivery' or have a seriously good back up outfit!

After all, it's better to have too much to wear then too little!

Hope this helps!

♥ 
All Images on this blog entry unless otherwise stated are courtesy of www.ASOS.com
- Images solely used for demonstration purposes only 

When in first you don't succeed, try and try again!

I can't believe I have finally managed to buy it!

This dress came out in September 2010. I had my eye on it as the dress for my eighteenth birthday but with the inital £150 price tag, I just couldn't justify spending that amount of money on a dress I would probably only wear once.

About a month ago I saw that this dress had now been reduced to £75. But, of course, by the time i noticed, the only sizes available were either size 4 or size 16. 

A couple of weeks later, I noticed that the dress was back in stock and my size was available. Knowing that I wouldn't be paid till the end of the month, I asked my mum if I could pay on her card with the intention of paying her back once I received my pay check. Somehow, I must of entered the wrong security code on the back of the card, which resulted in my order failing. Instead of keeping the items aside for me to reorder, Asos puts my item back on the website to be resold. So when it came to reordering my products they were again, out of stock :(. Are you feeling sorry for me yet?
After checking daily ever since my last order failed, the dress was no where to be seen, a couple of days ago I gave up my search. Today, I did my monthly shop of Asos, after purchasing two items that I have had my eye on for a while I looked to see if the dress was back in stock. It was - but the only size available was a size 8. 
Seeing as I am hopefully going to commit to a diet soon, and that this dress and size was the last in stock, and most likely (as the dress had been on the 'clearance' section for a while) would be the last ever stock they would be getting in. I quickly clicked 'add to bag' and paid for my item.
The only downside of today was the fact that my two orders (my monthly purchases and my dress) combined would have qualified for 'Free Next Day' had I paid for them in one transaction.
As a result, although I've still qualified for 'Free Standard Delivery', I have to wait till next Monday for them both to arrive.
Here's what was bought
♡ ASOS WHITE WOOLY Shearling Boot
RRP £125.00. (But were reduced to £68.00!)

I was really torn with whether to go for Black or Tobacco, but seeing as my size was only available in black this made my mind up. 

Black does indeed go with more colours - more outfits - and therefore more times to wear them.

The link to these Shoes can be found HERE

♡ ASOS PETITE Iggy Overdyed Black Skinny Jean

RRP £30.00 (but reduced to £18.00!)

Black jeans, as I'm sure you ladies would agree is an essential item for anyone and everyone. They really do go with everything.

Plus I can definitely combine my new Shoes with my new Jeans - Bonus!

The link to these Jeans can be found HERE

and finally..

♡ ASOS PETITE Exclusive Feather Corset Dress

RRP £150.00 (but reduced to £75.00)

Isn't it just so nice?

I've definitely got a thing when it comes to white dresses. I own 5 already - more the merrier, right?

I plan on saving this dress for a 'special occasion', it is probably to 'dressy' in my opinion to wear for just a night out. I'll either wear it for my boyfriends birthday, prom or (if i can wait that long) my birthday in September

I'm just praying that this size dress fits :)
This Dress can be found HERE
(if anyone looks on this link and finds it in a size 10 please let me know!)


I worked out that, with the overall discount, I have saved (on all my products and Free Standard Delivery) an amazing £150.90!
Hope you have a great day!
♥ 

Images are taken from the Asos website - images solely used for demonstration purposes only.
Pricing of products were correct at time of this blog entry.