5/30/2025

DJ & A Crispy Garlic Cloves (45 g)

This is the most innovative healthy snack that I've come across in a long time. Yes, it is mostly roasted garlic with seasoning and spices. This is a very crunchy snack that, despite being mostly garlic, does taste good. It is not raw garlic you know. To me this is not a snack bag that I munch on from opening till the last bit is eaten. It is for me to pick 3-4 cloves and that's it. It makes a great add-on in snack mixes. I will try to use them in  cooking to see how they perform.

5/28/2025

DJ & A Green Bean Crisps (30g)

After discovering this range of healthy snacks I decided to try this variety. Beforehand, was the least J&A snack in my list. I love green beans but I thought this might taste a bit odd if the taste was true to the green beans. Indeed, these crisps taste a bit odd, but in a good way. Unusual is the word. They are still crunchy and taste good overall. A bit pricey for the quantity.

5/25/2025

RoseFlower 6-colour Waterproof Mascara Gift Set

Fabulous set of colourful mascaras. I was fearing they would arrive dry (as some reviewers have complained of that) or be unnoticeable or bad quality. However, I'm happy to report that they are as beautiful as in the photos, they last all day, dry quickly, are waterproof, tear proof, and look fabulous on. Depending on your eye colour and/or glasses colour, some of these mascaras would be more flattering than the others. The brush is small and allows me to apply the product cleanly and cover even the smallest lash. I get a clean polished look with no lumps. The quantity of product on each mascara is small, but just one coat is enough for everyday purposes. I love the fact that the container is translucent and I can see how much there is left inside. Perfect economic gift set and the mascaras will get you some compliments, guaranteed. I even wear them for work.

5/24/2025

DJ & A Crispy Broccoli Florets (45 g)

I bought these for the same reason I buy anything new that comes out to the market, to try it. In all honesty, I was not expecting much broccoli in the bag. Instead I was surprised with a vegan natural product that has mostly broccoli in it. It tastes delicious and is super-crunchy. The additives are minimal and all natural. I will be buying them again.

5/22/2025

BLOMNING Coffee & Tea Tin (11x7x20 cm)

This tin box is really beautiful, classy and elegant. It looks expensive. It's meant to be used for tea and coffee storage, but I give mine different uses: crafts storage, sugar storage, tea bags storage, fabric scraps storage. Whatever small I need to store. This box is stackable and is complemented by a shorter version that can be put on. Hand-wash only.
 
DESIGNER Mikael Axelsson
 

Couriers Please Australia (Couriers)

I had an order sent in two parcels by a major retailer, which was dispatched and delivered via Couriers Please. I buy online because I work FT and don't have a car. I expect any parcel to be left at my door. Is that too much to ask for? I get that some drivers might not be used to the area, they might get confused with the numbers, or they might be running like mad due to the pressure of the metrics they have. We all make mistakes. The problem is how you respond to your mistakes. 
 
I received notification of one of the parcels being delivered at my place at the end of the day. When I got home, the parcel was not there. I checked the units in my alley (5), the alley before mine (5) and the alley after mine (5).  No parcel at anyone's door. I could not call Customer Service because they don't have a phone number and their CS chat was not operational at the time I got home in the evening or at the time I left for work the next day.  As recommended by their website, I put a ticket through the chatbot mentioning that I had checked the surrounding area and that the parcel had been left elsewhere. Two days later they answered my ticket stating, matter of fact, "Our tracking system shows your parcel XXX was delivered to the correct address." They attach a photo of the door, and that's not my door. None in my alley or the ones I checked. What sort of customer service is this? Where or how are these people trained? What do they think that the photo is that of my door? Why do they think that I haven't checked my surrounding area when in fact mentioned this in the ticket? They left the parcel at the wrong address, 100%, and this was none of the units I visited on the day. A  good decent neighbour brought the parcel to my door the following arvo. CS' response is just bad. They can easily check that item one was left at a door (they have the photo) and item 2 of the order was left at another door (they have the photo); the second door is mine the first one is different ant not mine. It really annoyed me that they think that I cannot identify my door and that my door is that of the photo. Even Google Maps has my alley clearly identified. Perhaps the company should hire more drivers, put less pressure on the delivery guys and invest some good money on customer service, because, as it stands, it's quite poor. And their tracking system, obviously, failed in the worst possible epic way.

5/20/2025

SKÅDIS Round Hook (19 mm)

I had read so many negative reviews about these hooks that I hesitated to buy them. The main complaint from customers was that they're really difficult to insert and that they can damage the pegboard. Well, after getting them, I found them to have a child-like sort of insertion system. I wonder why schools don't teach puzzles and basic mechanical stuff to children so that they can become functional adults. Breaking the board with these is so difficult, like you have to have your wires all messed-up and the strength of a bear to insert them in the wrong way. They come with a little handy leaflet that explains how to insert them. But the design is so intuitive that you don't really need instructions... unless you do. 
 
These are my favourite hooks for the Skadis pegboards to be honest. Easy to insert, easy to reposition, and they hold plenty of different things and they occupy just one hold on the board, not two or three as other hooks do. They are strong, too, I love them to store my washi tape rolls, but I can hang so many things from them, like scissors, laces, anything and everything.


DESIGNER Johanna Jelinek