www.temptalia.com
Why are they effective? I am a makeup hoarder and Christine
of Temptalia.com has found a market of others who are interested in reading
reviews of makeup before making a purchase. Temptalia.com has made a community
of makeup lovers unite and has made it easy to find anything related to makeup
within one website.
What specific principles of good design do they include and
why? The website is attractive and setup in such way that you see up close the
application of each product which is tested on the website on Christine herself.
The colors used on the website are vivid
and beautiful; you can see that a lot of effort is put into the structure of
the website
.
What makes you come back again? The website is known for its
great organization of makeup categories and its list of alternative makeup
options known as “DUPES".
What could be improved? I know that ads are necessary to
make an independent blogger successful, but I begin to feel watched when I see
ads for products I have been browsing on the internet pop up on the website.
www.sdccu.com
Why are they effective? San Diego County Credit Union is my
bank and I am an online banker. I need their website to be straight forward and
show me my accounts in a simple format, which I understand.
What specific principles of good design do they include and
why? The Website is has a very simple and
sophisticated layout. All my accounts are divided into their categories and my
account activity list is easy to follow.
What makes you come back again? I have to come back to check
on my money! I enjoying banking at SDCCU and feel like it take their role as
the “community bank” very well.
What could be improved? The started doing cash back rewards
for visiting certain vendors and the ads on these “added-on” perks are within
your account activity, which makes it very annoying at times. I would move
these ads to an area where my personal account information isn’t involved.
