Skylar Yoo - Girls supporting girls

                Super happy to be partnering with Skylar Yoo in the month that we celebrate our day. And Now I can walk around twinning with the flowers around the city! Perfect timing!

If you want one, head to Skylar Yoo website and get yours!

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Editing app - How to erase people or things from your photos.

Hiii,

I must confess I do this a lot. Cause there is always someone photobombing my shots.. Aaand we gotta deal with it!

So, I've published 2 videos on my IGTV explaining how you can do it on Snapseed.

This app is really easy to use and it can eraser things from your shot so easily.. I've been doing it for ages now!!

Check it out:

IGTV Video 1
Before and After:

Let me know how your editing went!

xoxo

Cynthia

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Valentine's Day - Dinner and Playlist

Hey babes!

Last minute Valentine's day inspo.

So as we're not a couple that exchange gifts too much, I'm gonna share with you some inspos for dinner and the play list that I prepared for to night.

As I have some cheese at home and bought some fruits this week, I though about doing a platter combining both and have some bubbles or wine with it.
We can also add some canddles and lights to give a mood to it. I'm gonna take some photos/video (check it at the end of this post) or our dinner and post to you here.

I got these ideas from pinterest (you can also check the gallery here):
I tried to share them all from Pinterest, but failed.. So for the author, head to my gallery on Pinterest.

Just added this heart shapped pizzas, cause they're too cute!!
But I'm not sure if I'm doing that today. hahah.

Next is the playlist, I've created one on youtube, so just let it play and enjoy your dinner.

Click here -> for my Valentine's Day Playlist.

Also saw this idea of cute DIY post it heart shapped messages. You can do that on your toilet mirror ;)

Hope you guys have a great time!!

Xoxo
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Update! Photo and video of our homemade platter.

Sooo, feeling inspired? We're thinking about to repeat it once in a while. Not only for vday 🙈.

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Airbnb Discount Code

If you guys follow me on instagram (@cynthianvn), you already know that I love Airbnb and I genuinely share it with you. Just cause it's too good, and we gotta share the good stuff.

So here's some discount for you to use it!
Click ->HERE<- and enjoy!

Or if you prefer, the discount code is: cynthiav46.

You're welcome and wishing you a great holiday!

Also, I'd love to see if you like the place you stayed, love good recommendations for the next trips.

*This wasn't sponsored.

Airbnb we stayed in Bali

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Trip to Hangzhou - Travel by yourself

Hi,

As you saw on my instagram, I've traveled recently in China. So I'm gonna write a little bit of each city.
During my trip, I stayed in Hangzhou most of the time. I did a business trip to China, so I didn't have much time to tour, but I can share with you what I've done during my free time.
Ah, actually my VPN worked really well, I used ExpressVPN, as I told you on my lastest post about China. And it helped me out to keep online on Instagram and to use google maps also. Just make sure the automatic renewal is not on on your account, otherwise it will keep discounting money from your paypal or credicard, or wherever. I didn't know about it and they were discounting money from my paypal account for more two months. And when I turn it off and complained on the live chat, they just refunded me the last moth. Not the ideal, it was pretty unfair they the were getting money from me without me knowing it. But it was better then nothing.

So, back to my trip. Last time I've been to West Lake and Xixi Weatland Park, you can check it here if you want.
My hotel was pretty close to Xixi Weatland Park, I could go walking. So I went again, I arrived there during a holiday, and went for a walk in the Park. Some boat racings were happening, and it was very nice to watch it.

One thing to say, if you are going to Hangzhou during summer, make sure to wear fresh clothes and sun block, cause it was really hot and sunny.

Xixi Weatland Park

 During the weekend I went to Lingyin Temple, when you arrive there you pay 30 yuan to get in the green area, I got to tell you, this was an unic experience in my life. I felt so good there. All that buddahs craved on the mountains, when you walk around them you can feel an incredible energy! I walked up of the statues and I found a little bit of tranquility up there(during weekend there was a lot of people there) and I stood there for a while meditating, thinking about life and feeling so thankful for the opportunity of being there.

Lingyin Temple

When you go back down and keep walking forward, you will find the entrance of the temples on your right side. The entrance is 45 yuan, when you get inside, they give you insence for your prayers. I'm not buddist, but I have great respect for this religion and I feel very fond of their belifs and teachings. When I entered I observed how people were bolding to the temples, and where they were putting the incense, so I did the same. I walked in in every temple and it felt so good. I recommend this visit to everybody, as myself, that believe in spiritual world and in buddism.

Lingyin Temple

They have a vegetarian restaurant inside the temples area, but I couldn't have a chance to go inside cause it was very crowded.

After visiting the temples, if you keep walking forward, you will find common areas of the mokes. The walk is really worth.

I arrived there around 9 am and I left around 1 pm.

After I went walking to the West Lake region, I passed through the Orchid garden that is full of roses and has no orchid (those Chinese translations lol). It's so amazing! Flowers everywhere! And Then I went very close to the West Lake, but I couldn't have the chance to enter this time, cause I had to travel to Changsha that night. And this will be my next post. ;)

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Low Carb Pancakes - super easy recipe!

 

    Morning heart/bear shaped pancakes. After my last trip to China, pancakes will never be the same again. ♡

Trying to make the morning pancakes even fitter, I've made this super easy 4 ingredients low carb pancakes recipe.
So all you will need for these pancakes in the pic is:

• 2 Eggs;
• 2 Bananas;
• 1 spoon of coconut oil;
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder.

Put it all in the blender and it's done.

I used a lil bit of coconut oil on the pan.. Cook the pancakes till the surface has some bubbles, then flip it.
I had the pancakes with peanut butter, strawberries and banana. And I also made strawberry and lemon juice.

Enjoy! :)

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10 Things you need to know before travelling to China

   A few years ago I went to China for the first time and I didn't know much about the country. I'm traveling to China again this week and I've got to arrange a few thing and at this time I won’t have any surprises. Here follow 10 things you must know before traveling to China:

1. Contract a VPN service. First of all and most important for me, Google, Instagram, Netflix, Blogger, Youtube, Gmail and all those google stuff are blocked in China. I’m quite used to google maps while I’m traveling. And I felt very lost and dependent of others without a map. As I went to non-touristic cities, I just found maps in Chinese. Not very helpful. So get a VPN service before you go. For what I’ve searched it’s not forbidden to use VPN in China, although once you are in China, the access of VPN websites are blocked. And if the Chinese government wants to know what you’ve been doing online, they can request it for the VPN company that you hired. I'm using ExpressVPN because I’ve read that the service is very good and they cover China. Let’s see it.
2. Get your tourism visa in advance, after buying your ticket and reserving your hotels you can apply for a visa. But it depends on what country you are from.
3. The toilet is usually a hole on the floor. Exactly! And when I first went to a toilet in China my reaction was: “Really?! How do I do that?” Because you have to manage your pee in a way that it doesn’t come back to your legs or foot in the shape of drops, if you know what I mean. Ok, I’m gonna stop it.. this is disgusting..
4. People in China don’t ask for individual meals. Usually they ask lots of food and everybody eat from the same bowls. Like, they ask a bow of rice, some of veggies, of meat and everybody has it. But you can find some restaurants in occidental style as well.
5. People in China smoke, burp and spit everywhere. So don’t make that face and try to act normal when someone does it around you. This smoking thing is very annoying in restaurants if you are not a smoker.
6. They don’t respect queues. So I spent a while in the queue in front of the train station before getting in and when they opened the gate, I saw people emerging from nothing and I was taken by the crowd.
7. Things are only cheap if you go to great markets. If you go to malls or regular stores, you won’t find a great difference in the price. Also the Chinese regular supermarkets have so many different kind of stuff, so it’s a good thing to spend a little time in any supermarket you find.
8. Chinese people eat everything. When I was there I was told by a Chinese fellow that they eat everything, but people. Ok, now I’m relieved.
9. The TV is only in Chinese, even the cable TV. But if you have a VPN service you can use Netflix or Youtube.
10. If you are going to a non-touristic city, prepare yourself to feel like a celebrity. Because people will ask to take photos of you all the time. And as I have curly hair, some asked to touch my hair as well.

China is incredible and it has an unique culture, so take the best of your journey there and enjoy it!

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