Lauren Pike: SHAREIGHT

Sunday, 16 March 2014

SHAREIGHT

I said back in my February Beauty Favourites post that I had some exciting news to share. This is it! A few weeks ago (back in the thick of the Fashion Week reviewing extravaganza, hence the delayed post), I was contacted by SHAREIGHT. SHAREIGHT is a brand new social shopping app that allows its users to both browse through and make their own Eights; a collage of eight items. The app can be used to compare different types of products or serve as more of a Pinterest-style inspiration board, and it is insanely easy to use. Because hundreds of brands are joining in the fun too, you can buy products directly through the app, made even easier by the 'On Sale' and 'Sold Out' stickers on certain items.

As you can see from the opening screen of the app, not only are there Brand and Store sections, but there is a Bloggers selection too - this is where I come in. This is super exciting for me as its my first venture to have come out of Tangible Treasures and I feel really honoured to have been asked to contribute to SHAREIGHT through the Bloggers section. I've become totally addicted to making Eights and I'm in incredible company; Ella Catliff from La Petite Anglaise is also one of the apps bloggers, and her blog is one that I've admired for a very long time. I would highly recommend downloading the app - did I mention its free? - and having a little play around with it. The social side of the app comes in with the Messaging service. Each product page has a 'Tell a Friend' button, allowing you to message your friends asking all of those desperate alone-in-the-changing-rooms questions, boiling down to the one big 'Should I buy this?' (the answer to which is almost always yes).

The app is currently only available to download through the Apple app store, but never fear fellow Samsungers, it is coming to Android in the near future. Luckily I have an iPad mini, so if you too have an iPad you can download the app through the 'iPhone only' section of the app store by clicking this link here.

Here are a few of my own Eights to get your inspiration rolling, and please let me know in the comments below if you've downloaded the app and what you think of it!