Motilo: Social Shopping Online

Only just last night I was doing a bit of online browsing and I took to twitter to find out opinions on a particular item I was lusting after.  Fortunately the consensus from my twitter buds was the thumbs up but it reminded me what a lonely experience online shopping can be.

Let's face it, we all live busy lives, some of us hectic lives so online shopping is often a preferred method and in many cases a plain necessity.  As convenient as it is to have a parcel of goodies sent to your home for your perusal and omitting the dreaded changing room mirrors and awful lighting, it is a shame to miss out on the social experience with your bestests that once upon a time, in simpler days, was just so much fun!

That's where Motilo.com comes in.  Launched in April 2011, Motilo is an online community where friends can share the shopping experience in real time using webchat or just normal online chat.  It basically fuses fashion forward retail therapy with the delights of social networking through an e-commerce platform.

You don't need to be a member of the site to use it but to make use of the social networking tools, Motilo have teamed up with facebook so you can log in through your facebook id.  Not only are they on facebook but you will also find them on Twitter.

Updated daily, items are chosen from hundreds of different international websites by Motilo stylists and you can create 'looks' from any of the pieces on the site.  You can share 'looks' of different outfits with friends and if you want you can choose to buy them.

Motilo is still currently in beta but they hope to launch version 2 by October.

I went a little bit click happy when I tried out the 'create a look' facility on Motilo.  I decided to style up a few looks for a holiday.  Something a little dressy, something for the beach and something that I could party in all night long and come straight home to the beach bar!

Statement dress with skyscraper sandals for an evening of glamour

I am all over high waisted bikinis this summer!

Looking good at the beach party taking you all the way through to the next day!! 

While Motilo is still in beta version you can still get involved and be among the first to try out and make use of the site so I will hopefully see some of you on there!  As well as that they also have a fantastic competition running at the moment to win a Mulberry bag ... you know you want to ... you can enter here and/or here!

Happy Shopping!

*post sponsored by motilo.com