Lily's blog

One of my most favourite stores in Perth, or Australia for that matter is Wild Lily Empire. They have 3 funky stores in Nedlands, Northbridge and Leederville and an online shop. I have always made an effort to regularly check their Leederville store. I never need anything in particular, but love to check out their ever-changing products. They have everything….cookbooks, lamps, handbags, jewellery, diary’s, kid’s things…if you are ever stuck for an idea; it’s the place to go. So, imagine my joy when Wild Lily Empire announced on their Facebook page that they were looking for product testers. All a potential tester had to do was like their page and express their interest. Timing was everything…I had only just logged onto Facebook as Wild Lily Empire posted this message. Of course, I immediately responded with a “Yes, please!!!”

The day to pick up my little parcel finally came…off we went to Northbridge. This was the first time I had visited the Northbridge store and I really wished I had more time to check it out. It’s so much bigger than the Leederville store and there seemed to be so much more to look at. Sadly, we were in a rush so I had to run in, pick up my parcel and run out.

I could hardly contain my curiosity in the car…I poked and prodded the parcel, but couldn’t open it because I had to take photos of it first. I felt like a little kid at Christmas time! Finally, we arrived at our destination and I managed to get a photo of the beautifully wrapped parcel before impatiently tearing the wrapping off.

Inside was a gorgeous semi-precious amazonite bracelet with a diamante heart charm. I loved it! Of course, I had to try it on then & there. So, I slid it on to my wrist and as I did…the charm fell off :( Oh! I looked at the charm and the link hadn’t been closed properly and there was no way I could get it back on the bracelet and make it stay on. I was so disappointed. All that excitement and now I couldn’t wear the beautiful bracelet in front of me.

I wasn’t put off though…all it needed was a squeeze with some jewellery pliers and it would be ok. Sadly, I was in the middle of packing and moving house when I picked up the bracelet, so it was put somewhere safe for a few weeks while everything was moved and unpacked. We finally unearthed the jewellery pliers and with a little DIY, the bracelet was ready in time for New Year celebrations.

Teamed with a beige dress, purple heels, a couple of other purple bracelets, the diamante heart charm sparkled brightly. A few people even stopped me to ask where I got the ‘gorgeous’ bracelet from.

I couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful test product. I love my bracelet and am sure I will get a lot of wear out of it. For the bracelet, despite the fact that I had to do some DIY on it, I give it 4 ½ stars.

- Jenni Rowe