Valentine’s day is back and I can feel my stomach turning already…If you’re sick of feeling the pressure of treating a special someone or tired of the annual tax on love, why don’t you do something different this year and treat yourself instead. Besides flowers die and chocolates will make your other half fat, IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?!
Here’s a couple of things that would make the perfect self-loving gift.
TOM CARTER Tio Ellinas Edition (Around $300)
Top quality watches are literally timeless gifts, they’re the kind of thing you pass down to your kids. Big steel face specialist Tom Carter has some pretty sweet watches in its current line-up, but none quite say “love thyself” like the Tio Ellinas Edition in Rose Gold. Made from 316L stainless steel and sapphire crystal glass, this watch stands out from the crowd and is tough enough to keep up with an active lifestyle. The quality of this watch carries right the way through from the detailed steel crown cap and latch, to its Tachymeter Finite Miyota OS20 movement. It’s also water resistant to 200m. If this is a little too flashy for you or out of your price range, you could always go for something in the TC Voyager collection. They’re about half the price, but still great quality time pieces. I have the volt blue one!
Olloclip iPhone lens (around $80)
Fancy yourself as a bit of an iPhone photographer? Well upgrade your instagame with the all-new Olloclip 4-in-1 lens. Designed exclusively for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the pocket-sized all rounder, features a two-way lens system to help you capture great pictures on both your rear and front facing cameras. The lenses include fisheye, wide-angle, 10x macro and 15x macro options which will be great for shooting a variety of subjects, but especially holiday scenes and food! 🙂
Classic Doctor Bag from The Bridge ($700)
You can’t really go wrong with a classic style Doctor bag, you really can’t. Hand made in Florence, Italy, this beauty takes three months to make as it’s stiched, tanned and cured by humans, not some factory bot. It is a little pricey but this is the treat yourself gift guide so GET IN!
Festival Tickets (from ÂŁ80)
What better way to love yourself than to travel!? Festivals are the dogs bones, and one of our favourites Soundwave Croatia from August 6th-10th is definitely worth a look. One of Europe’s most open and intimate festivals, returns for it’s 7th year and offers a mix of live art, film and an eclectic music lineup.
We may be giving some away again this year too so watch this space.
GRACE JONES and BELLE & SEBASTIAN Will be Heading This Year’s No. 6 Festival (3rd-6th September)
Award winning Festival No.6Â is a little later in the season but has a cracking and mixed lineup with other top acts on the bill including 2014 Mercury Prize Winners Young Fathers and feted Mercury nominated poet and spoken word artist Kate Tempest. Rae Morris, Shura, Stornoway, The Bohicas, Ghostpoet and Fryars are also included in the list with more expected to join in the coming months.
Equally renowned for its electronic bill No.6 is proud to unveil it’s first DJ line-up including headliners DJ Harvey and a UK festival exclusive from the 2 Bears with a live set. A third headline DJ will be announced in the next wave. Other confirmed DJs include Bicep, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Gerd Jansen, Andrew Weatherall, Optimo, Ralph Lawson, Justin Robertson, Maurice Fulton and Mark E. Head here for more info and tickets: www.festivalnumber6.com
