Online Shopping Experience with Qtrove.com, Haul, Wishlist and Discount Coupons

Hi girls,

How are you? Long weekend ahead… Have you made any plans? Am going to my hometown Chennai. Ganesh festival is on Monday and my mom will make delicious modaks. I look forward to Ganesh festivals just to eat various types of modaks ????. What about you guys? Share your weekend plans in the comments below.

Today I am going to review a new online shopping website called Qtrove. This is a little different from the usual shopping sites as its primarily focused on handmade goodies. Don’t we all love handmade stuff? Well, I do for sure. Fuschia is one of the first handmade brands that I tried and ever since then I have been hooked to it. If you think this is just another beauty shopping site, just wait! Qtrove sells not only handmade beauty products but also home baked items, home made chocolates, jams, sauces, pickles and handmade accessories. Just take a look at their website here, it really looks tempting.

 

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About Qtrove:

“All curation grows until it requires search. All search grows until it requires curation.” – Benedict Evans

Ever noticed how crowded e-commerce marketplaces get? Everyone and their neighbor is looking to sell the same products. For you, it means the same product being fulfilled by 50 different vendors with a price difference of +/-5%. For a vendor, it means having to lower the prices just to stay ahead of the curve. Heck, It needn’t be this way.

Enter Qtrove (Curated Trove) which brings you curated products from handpicked vendors.

At Qtrove, we believe that YOU are unique and so should be the products you buy.The experience of shopping and selling should be delightful and joyous and our aim is to release you from the “tyranny of choice”.

We have decided to handpick only the best/unique products from the choicest of vendors across the world for that curated and a personalised experience. For a change, let a marketplace be about the quality of products it sells rather than the range.

Drumroll please, It’s time to strut down the marketplace ramp.

IBeautySpy spies:
When I had to order, I was really really confused, as there were lots of lovely stuff that I wanted to try. I really wanted to try the homebaked goodies, but its delivery wasn’t available for my location. So I went ahead with ordering handmade beauty products. Here is my haul:

* Bindu’s Herbal Almond Scrub & Pack – Rs.108 for 50g.
* PaNee Handmade Soaps and Body Works Coffee Cinnamon Exfoliating Soap – Rs.250
* Areev Citrus & Turmeric Body Lotion – Rs.255 for 75ml
* Areev Tulsi & Mint Body Lotion – Rs.275 for 75ml
* Areev Hair Strengthening Serum – Rs.375 for 75ml

 

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Am particularly excited to try the hair serum, as its free from parabens, silicones and mineral oil which is something that I have been searching for long. Finally found one natural hair serum made from amla, neem and shikakai extracts.

The website is clean, simple and easy to navigate. Only incovenience, there was no sort option! Also, I had wishlishted some items for ordering the previous day. But the next day, there was no option to view the wishlist. When I contacted them, they said the wishlisting feature is still under testing process and will soon be live.
The checkout process was really easy as it was powered by Shopify and the payment is by Razorpay. They have COD as well as online payment.
I placed my order on August 23rd and it was shipped the very next day. I received the products on August 26th . So its a really quick delivery in 3 days.
I got the products in 3 different packages as I had ordered from 3 different vendors. Each was treated as a separate shipment. The packages had Qtrove printed on them. So the entire shipping and delivery process was excellent as well.

My Wishlist:
I have already wishlisted some interesting items for my next shopping haul. Do have a look at them below. They are unique and interesting handmade products definitely worth a try.

Beauty Products:
* Areev Fig & Vanilla Shampoo
* Areev Oil of Olives Shampoo (both these shampoos sound interesting and must suit my dry hair)
* Amla Splash Hair Oil (Its 100% pure amla oil)
* Bubbles & Squeak Cool Mint Soap with French Green Clay (mint and french green clay sounds an exotic combination)
* Maduban Naturals Pomegranate Face Pack (I always wanted a pomegranate face pack)
* Maduban Naturals Pomegranate Hair Conditioner (never knew pomegranate can be used as a hair conditioner)
* Rustic Art Bounce and Bloom Hair Conditioner (My hair needs some bounce ????)
* Rustic Art Pre-Shampoo Deep Conditioner (I have never come across a natural pre-shampoo deep conditioner. Definitely need to try)

Homebaked Goods: (all of these sound yummy and delicious. I can just imagine them melting in my mouth and even the sweet taste ????)
* Apple Oat Bread
* Banana ChocoChip Teacake
* Cinnamon Raisin Bread
* BlueBerry Crumble Bars

Others:
* Smoodies Smoothies of 4 flavors
* Fig & Raisins Jams (anyone heard of fig jams? sounds exotic)
* Homemade Peanut Butter (I can’t resist this! Homemade fresh peanut butter is just classy)
* Cinnamon Honey
* Mysore Royal Blend Coffee (am a caffeine lover)
* Bianca Chamomile Blend Tea (I love chamomile teas. They are really calming and relaxing.)
* Channa Methi Pickle (Ever heard of channa methi pickle anyone?)

If you are planning to shop, you can sign up through this link and get 20% off your first order.

So, what do you guys think of Qtrove? Do you love handmade products? Do you find the above items interesting? Would love to know your thoughts. As for me, I am definitely going to shop from them again as I love handmade and natural products.

P.S This post was in collaboration with Qtrove. But my opinions and reviews are honest as always.

27 Comments

  1. Ghazala Naseem

    Nice review , the site seems good , will check .

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  2. Dabangglady

    Review was excellent,the site seems to be very nice and would check it soon☺☺

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  3. vidya

    Nice review.

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  4. Mariyam

    I love handmade products! This website seems nice. 🙂

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    1. admin (Post author)

      Yes, Mariyam. Do try out their handmade products. It’s very good.

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  5. Anamika(NBAM)

    Would love to shop from this site, seems pretty good! well reviewed 🙂

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    1. admin (Post author)

      Thank you, Anamika 🙂

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  6. Khushi@NotOnlyMakeup

    Wow thats something new and lucrative.

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  7. pravallika

    I shud definitely shop from this website in between nice review…………….

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  8. Sonali

    They have so much of variety, I am gonna shop for more 🙂 nicely reviewed Archana 🙂

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  9. Anamika Debnath

    I will definitely check the site. nice review 🙂

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    1. admin (Post author)

      Yes, do check it. Its really good for handmade products…

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  10. Natasha Bhatt

    I am hearing about this website fr the first time.. Thanks fr sharing will check it out

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  11. Bhawna

    I checked this after reading your review… you have thoroughly tested it. I like the brand they have brought under one roof.

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  12. Dipti

    Came to know about this website recently. Channa methi pickle, really?!!!! ???? I’m a huge pickle lover. Noting it Down right away. ????

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  13. aditi

    Hi Archana, I’ve nominated you for the versatile blogger award dear !

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    1. admin (Post author)

      Thank you so much Aditi. I can’t say how happy I am! Its a new blog and I didn’t expect a nomination so soon… Will follow the rules and post soon…

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  14. Lancy

    Great picks! The products look very natural and lovely! I love trying out such products on my skin and hair! Btw, my hometown is Chennai too! Happy to know that you’re a Chennaite!

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    1. admin (Post author)

      Wow… I have been following your blog for a long time Lancy. Thanks for commenting. It means a lot to me. Yeah, we both Chennaites… 😀

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  15. Anurima_KohlAndStilettos

    Thanks for sharing this! I just placed my first order 😀

    My Recent Post: Geri G. Innocent Foundation Review, Price, Details !!

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    1. admin (Post author)

      Nice! Do a haul post when you receive the order… 🙂

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  16. bushra sayyed

    They looks so so nice and luxury packaging is so cute its fun to try their products ; if I buy I won’t even throw their empty bottles ????????????

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    1. admin (Post author)

      Yes, even I like the cute packaging… 🙂

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  17. NEHA

    The products look great and lovely! Thanks for sharing…Great Post
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    1. admin (Post author)

      Thank you. Do have a look at their website. It is really good…

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  18. Shreya

    i will try the Product we are recommend for another friends

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  19. Alisha

    Great services and genuine products. We are also serve organics food product that are good for health.

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