Christmas and Birthday Gift List ♥

It’s that time of year is currently my all time favourite saying right now and to be honest that happens every year around December! To give some background – I was born on December the 18th which is in 6 days time and I’ll be turning 22 (SO OLD!) and a week later it’ll be Christmas Day so this time of year is always very hectic in one way or another!

At the moment I’m working in two retail positions – one just as a Christmas casual so this year December really is extremely hectic (especially since I started both jobs a couple of weeks ago)! So this is my Christmas & Birthday Wish List because I haven’t had time to actually shop. Hopefully after my contract ends I’ll have a permanent position and some spare time to shop for the things on this list!

1. Luxury Bag – Prada, Louis Vitton or Michael Kors

A few years ago I used to think that a branded bag is a useless item and wasn’t really necessary but it seems the older I get the more expensive my taste gets and my appreciation for branded bags have definitely grown to a point where I can see the purpose of buying them now! Hence it’s top of my list.

The Neverfull LV tote in chocolate! 

This Louis Vuitton tote is currently really high on list – ironically the bag is called Neverfull and there are two materials I love the chocolate and the blue colour are both amazing! It retails at $1120 which is really expensive for a hand bag so this may be a purpose for the future! 

This Prada bag in light blue is another one of my favourites but the issue is it’s around $2000 and that is WAYY too much for a bag! And recently I’ve seen the bag on everyone so now I’m not so sure that I’ll get it. Especially since it’s pretty small (I like moderate size bags) so it’s a hmmm for me!

This is the last bag I’ve been really interested in recently – YES it’s very very common but it’s definitely A LOT more afforable than the LV or Prada! Retailing at $299.925 it’s actually a can-do so I shall wait til the busy period of work is finished then look into getting one! The red colour of this bag is gorgeous as well!

2. Cosmetics – Urban Decay and EYELINER

The Naked 3 palette came out maybe a few weeks ago and ever since then I’ve been dying to get my hands on it because to be honest I’ve never owned ANY of the Naked Palettes so it would be a great gift for myself! This year I’ve had the eye shadow put on me due to a dance performance and I LOVEEEEE the palette! If only I lived in America where Sephora is so accessible! Then I would probably buy all 3 palettes (Yes I’m greedy!)

IT SO PRETTYYYYFUL 

Due to the fact that my favourite eyeliner has dried out (read about it HERE) I’ve been looking for another amazing eye liner that won’t smudge so something like this Sephora would have been perfect!

3.  BOOKS!

I’ve always found the library to be more comforting than my actual home sometimes especially when I’m moving around so books really bring me a sense of home and familiarity! Unfortunately I gave away all my childhood books during my last move because we moved such a great distance that it wasn’t really a good idea to move 20kgs of books! But I really want to grow my book collection!

I would really like some more suggestions of what to read because I really don’t know any good authors in english literature except my best friend loves Neil Gaiman so I’m most likely going to grab a copy of Stardust for my leisure reading!

I personally am OBSESSED about Higashino Keigo who is a Japanese Crime fiction writer who I discovered last year when I went back to China. Once I started reading his books I couldn’t stop so I had 3 sleepless nights just to finish a novel - Byakuyakō! It really was one of the most thoughtfully written, dark and haunting books I’ve ever read and to this day my favourite crime fiction novel! I’ve read a lot of his work and his style really is something I admire! So this Christmas I shall be getting a few of his new Chinese translated works!

The penguin classic books are also another favourite! Absolutely adorable covers and amazing stories – I want to collect an entire book shelf!

4. Camera – Compact or DSLR?

To be honest right now I’m shooting with my friends camera so I know it’s really important for me to get my own camera but I really don’t know which model what brand? It’s really confusing and frustrating to choose!

That’s the Sony DSC RX 100 that my friend lend me and I quite like the camera even though I don’t really know how to use it really well! But the quality of the photos is very good! But then I also really like DSLRS!

I CANNOT DECIDE! D:

So there you have it~ there are a few more things I want to get like Guitar, Ukulele, shoes and jewellery (Tiffany & co) but I’m going to wait and buy them not as a gift! Especially since I need shoes so badly right now! HAHA

♥Lingfish~

Obligatory selfie 

Rose Tinted Glasses – Bailey and Nelson (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

"Seeing life through Rose tinted glasses" ♥

About few weeks ago my blogger friend Miss Senna invited me to head to a Bailey and Nelson store in Paddington for a review post on their sunglasses - of course I happily accepted the invitation! So here's my blog post regarding the awesome glasses I received from Bailey and Nelson! 

My favourite photo <3 SAO COOL! 

The store is located at 57 William Street in Paddington and as typical tourists we got lost so it took quite a bit of time just getting to the store! During our adventure we also accidentally got distracted by another Bailey and Nelson store on the way and it was quite a lovely store so that really made me excited!

Totally irrelevant to anything but there was a fish bowl at the store with a gold fish in it! And as my title is Lingfish I got really excited about that! (Yes I'm easily amused) :DD 

Trying on the optical lenses for fun at the store! :P

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Intro to the Bailey and Nelson brand:

 This is an Australian brand that originated from Sydney! It was first ever sold in the markets by the three blokes that created the brand (ironically none of them were named Bailey or Nelson) and that day we spoke to one of the originators - Scott. What really amazed me was the easy going and laid back ambience of the store combined with the really simple and organised layout of the glasses it made browsing effortless! 

 The Sunglasses:

We were given a choice of which sunglasses we wanted to try and review - now in terms of decision making it was really challenging (not just because of my indecisive nature) but mainly due to my face structure. I have a typical Asian flat nose with high cheek bones and a round shape so choosing sunglasses that compliment is pretty challenging! After much trying and sampling I choose the Shelley in Rose! 

The frontal view of Shelley! 

Side view of shelley! 

Features of Shelley:

- oversized = great for really big faces

- square shape = creates more structure for round faces

- Rose/pink frames = compliments my pale skin tone

- brown lens = not too harsh and brightens everything when you put them on

- polarised lens = better for your eyes because it cuts off 99% of Glare from the sun! 

- medium sized arms = not too fragile that I can break it or too bulky that seats uncomfortably on my ears! 

Ain't they prettyyyyy~ 

After thoughts:

Honestly I've been wearing these glasses everyday and they're really easy to wear! Super comfortable and it really stands out because I wear so much black. They have a retro hipster look to them which is what I really like! The fact that the sunnies have their own names is pretty cool too! I'll definitely be continuing to wear these :D 

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Because my phone totally stopped functioning while I was at the store I couldn't take any notes and not many photos either so I decided to have a photo shoot based on them! :) 

Enjoy the photos! 

With the beautiful flowers in Hyde Park :) 

Pretending to read! The books was about atoms.. ERR chemistry nightmares!

heheh More photos of my gorgeous glasses! <3 

Serious business TEXTING awww YEAH! :P 

The obligatory selfie - ALL DAY ERR DAY! 

All jokes aside I was really grateful for this opportunity! Thank you to Scott, Miss Senna (check out her blog) and YoungTae my wonderful photographer! If only I got to this kind of stuff ALL the time~ instead of working SO MUCH! D:

♥ Lingfish~