Expectation vs Reality: The Nightly Thing Headdress Review (Negative)

A couple months ago, I placed a huuuuggge Taobao group order with my comm. We ended up getting all of the items at once, except for two of them, which I had to pay to have shipped to me at a later date. Well, those last two items finally arrived, and I'm so disappointed that I figured I'd blog about it.

The Nightly Thing (translated name) is a one diamond Taobao shop that I stumbled upon by accident. Their shop pictures are fan-freaking-tastic and their items look incredibly beautiful, but there are little to no reviews on any of their items on the shop's page. I took a chance on them and ordered a headdress because I just couldn't be without it.

Stock photo of the headdress! I do not own!

All I can say is: BAD IDEA. I should have known better. I've been in the Taobao game far too long to make these type of rookie mistakes, smh. 

Pro-tip -- if a Taobao shop has a low rating and no reviews, don't risk it. Granted, I've ordered from a few four or five heart (see Taobao ratings explained here) rated shops and did okay, but those shops also had reviews from people with pictures of the purchased product. This shop, as I mentioned earlier, doesn't.

Alright, so rant aside: I will admit, maybe I made a mistake somewhere as well. When Spreenow (obligatory affiliate link here)  asked me about my specifications on this headpiece, I *thought* I was making good choices. 

I asked them for a black headdress ("Pure Black") with white pearls and gold chain accents. Sounds simple, right? So from going by the stock photo, the entire piece should be black with black lace, pearls, and gold metallic bits throughout.

That's not what I got, though. Take a look.

Oh, the horror!

One thing I noticed right away was the white lace. What?! Why is there white lace AT ALL? What part of "pure black" = white lace??? Am I being Punk'd? 

But let's go further, shall we? The flowers are new. I didn't order a headdress with flowers, did I? Nope, I didn't; comparing it to the stock photo there are no flowers at all in the picture. Also, why are the gold chains I requested on the headdress connected to the headpiece with silver chains? Why are there white bows and WHYYYYYYYY are there white bows and white lace on a *pure black* headpiece? Wut?

Well said, Jackie.

Don't get me started on the headchain either, ugh. What even?!?! Y'all, I'm incredibly salty over this.

Ugggggghhhhhhh, -_-

Needless to say, I was not a happy shopper. I'd send it back but since the entire thing was only about $6, it's not worth shipping it back to China. The construction of the piece was just okay... The lace wasn't bad but it isn't that great either. The pearls actually look nice, but there are several trails of hot glue just dangling from the headpiece.

Never again will y'all get my coins, Nightly Thing. I've learned my lesson.

The shop gets a 1 out of 8 from me, and I don't *care* if they have pretty pictures, I'll never order from them again. If you're curious, you can take a look at the shop here, but definitely beware. 

Beeeeeeeewaaaareeeeeeee.

Have you ever had a poor experience with a Taobao shop before? Let's vent together in the comments below!

As always, my dear readers: stay beautiful, stay true,

~J