10 ways to FEEL SPECIAL on Valentine’s Day!

#FOREVERALONE  #BUTSTILLSPECIAL

Every year around the 14th of February I get really insecure and whingey about the fact that I don’t have boyfriend because I see all these wonderful guys doing really really lovely things that make their girlfriends feel super special – I AM SO ENVIOUS!

But this year I decided to stop complaining about how I don’t have a boyfriend and concentrate on some self-loving plus showing some appreciation to the people I love in my life! SO I came up with 10 things that any single girl can do to make themselves feel special on that dreaded Valentine’s Day!!

1.Pamper yourself!  

It could be anything!! From getting a manicure, facial, massage or simply getting a new hair cut! Anything that makes you feel better about yourself can give you a fresh outlook about life!

SO MUCH PRETTY <3

2.  Buy some flowers.

Yes the romantic clique of guys buying flowers for girls on Valentine’s day is great but if you’re single then buy some flowers (probably not on the day cause it’s super expensive but a few days ahead). Arrange them prettily in your room or give them to someone you love that’s really helped you out recently. You can choose your favourite flowers instead of roses!!

Flowers are amazing!

3. Write a Letter or Card for yourself.

This one is super corny but I really like doing this because it’s good to see what I thought and felt way back when! It’s always a fun thing to read! For those up for a challenge write a letter of appreciation to yourself *super corny warning*. For those who don’t have much time just write a simple card to your future self and read it next year on Valentine’s Day!

or one of these meme's will do too :P

4. Treat yourself to chocolate

It’s nothing special for a girl to buy chocolate for herself BUUUTTT this time buy REALLY good quality chocolate and really savour it when you eat it! I’m really in love with Haigh’s Truffles at the moment they’re amazing <3

These are absolutely delicious! 

5. Buy yourself a small gift.

For those with the finances go ahead and treat yourself to a branded bag or something! For those of us saving up and really poor then buy something small like a nice piece of jewellery, new nail polish, any type of new makeup! And tell yourself it’s a gift from yourself to yourself!

These are some of the things I've bought for myself over the years! 

6. Go and spend time with your close friends that are still single or close family members.

Family is a bit difficult because often they can start questioning why you don’t have a boyfriend but if you’re fortunate with really close parents then spend some time with them! Otherwise meet up with some of your single girl friends – go and spend some time catching up with them and their lives

7. Watch a funny, cute or positive movie! 

It’s a nice break from life and the tiring daily grind! I would HIGHLY recommend watching a Disney movie especially watching Frozen! Right now I’m obsessed with the songs on the movie – Let it Go <3

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Without spoiling the movie I really have to say it’s a heart warming movie that doesn’t leave you feeling like you need a boyfriend unlike some romcoms!

 8. Cook yourself a meal and really enjoy your own company!

This is for those who are up for a challenge (in other words can actually cook) – cook something that you’ve always wanted to attempt and whether or not it’s success you gave it a go! So enjoy the fruits of your labour! For certain girls who’s hopeless at cooking (like myself…I can only make dumplings) then either take yourself to eat somewhere really lovely that you’ve always wanted to try or get assistance with the cooking so that your kitchen doesn’t burn down!

TOO TRUE...

My recent efforts in cooking - I can only cook dumplings :( 

9. Take a picture of yourself and say something nice about it.

This is something SO small but it can make a really big difference to how you feel about yourself. Our self-talk can be so negative sometimes especially on Valentine’s Day because it sucks not to have someone by your side but it sucks even more because you’re reminded of that every 2 minutes! So take a nice selfie and try to compliment yourself!

I like my hair in this picture :) 

10. Go to Karaoke!

This is just something I really want to do but honestly as an Asian there’s no better time to go to karaoke and sing melancholic Chinese songs! Bring on all the Jay Chou!

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Hope this gives everyone some ideas of how to spend Valentine's Day while making yourself feel special!

#foreveraloneeeeeeeee picture instead of usual selfie :P

♥Lingfish~

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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

♣

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 

♠

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~ 

Review: Roses De Chloé Fragrance ♥

Grace - Femininity-Complicity 

Roses De Chloé is the newest fragrance to join the Chloe brand after the refreshingly musky See By Chloe. In Australia it was released in November and just recently a pop store started to promote the fragrance for the Christmas Holidays!! So this is just a review post about this wonderful new fragrance. 

The gorgeous bottle :)

Just a little background I actually work in fragrance selling and currently I'm working at the Chloe popup store but this is not a biased review! It's because I'm working with this fragrance literally ALL the time that I've smelt it very thoroughly and this are my honest perspectives about it. 

Roses is a woody floral fragrance with a top note of Bergamot essence and alcohol which the quickly settles in to the heart of Damascena rose essence which honestly is absolutely tender and beautiful! Many people who smell the perfume cards after I hand it to them (the cards are sprayed then some time left for them to settle) - will turn around and tell me how wonderful the scent is!! 

After reaching the heart of the fragrance there is a trail of magnolia accord, white musk and amber which are at the base note and helps to fragrance to stay on the skin. Because Roses is only available as an eau de Toilette the concentration and strength isn't over powering! It's an easy to wear fragrance really suitable for women of any age! 

It has an adorable bottle! Seriously the bow and the plates make this bottle such a collectable item in anyone's perfume collection! And at the moment our awesome pop up store has a special service where you can engrave the back of the metal part of the bottle - FOR FREE! :) to be honest I want a bottle for myself so badly right now! 

The store poster! 

GIFT SET!! 

So this is the gift pack where when you purchase the fragrance you also get a free body lotion and engraving service plus more freebies that we will throw in! *cough shameless plug cough* 

That's the pop up store which I'm working at! It's definitely fun but not without it's challenges! Hope for the best for the next week or so! Need to meet all my sales budgets (praying that I will so I can still have a job!!)

hehe I love this uniform!! <3

Here's me with my uniform looking sharp! :) The colour of the top is the most amazing thing! I adore this uniform to the maximum! 

♥Lingfish~ 

P.S Roses are now one of my favourite flowers due to work - Let me show you why~

HOW GORGEOUS ARE THESE FLOWERS <3 OMGG SO PRETTY and ELEGANT!