Moving into the 4th day of the collection launch, I am still receiving emails for orders and have been up to my neck.
Received a complaint from a customer whom I had missed out on verifying her payment. Such things rarely happen to me but there is an overload of work this time round from invoicing, verifying, packing and delivery. For this collection, I did everything on my own and it is really tiring to work round the clock to reply emails, pack, send to Singpost, come back home again and repeat the entire process. Terribly apologetic to this customer. Received many text messages on my phone as well reg this collection. Could not reply to all as there were too many.
Also, kindly opt for registered postage, I cannot reiterate enough. The number of lost packages are increasing and I received insider news that deliveries will be terribly delayed and Straits Time is looking into it by calling up blogshop owners and delivery bases. As for VGY, I will definitely mail out your envelope without fail. When backorder pieces arrived and there were not enough pcs to mail out to customers whom have paid up, I informed those affected customers and provide a refund to them rather than telling a blatant lie that their package have been mailed out. For someone who works hard for her own school fees and allowance, I know too well that money is hard to earn and it is beyond me to cheat customers of their monies. So my point is still, please, opt for reg postage.
These are from Heathrow Airport from London. I love the brush because it is not available in Sg. I hate the cream eye shadow though. Gotten brown eye liner as it looks softer with pink/blue/gold eyeshadow color. Using black as your liner will make your eyes appear too fierce with the pastel colors.
And dearest J curled my hair again using BabyLiss Curler for my presentation day. I love my hair so much now. Used to have thin fine hair with balding spots (balding spots can you believe it!??). My hair is getting thicker as each day passes :) And I absolutely love my new hair color. Its really soft brown like ang moh baby hair haha if you get what I mean. Thank you J!! I love you!!
And I bought the latest season nude heels from Aldo thanks to Beatrice haha. Wanted to go to Vivo City @ Topshop to get the last pair of patented dark nude heels. Thank god I dropped by salon Vim to say bye to my baby and saw Bea there doing her hair, again –.- Taitai life hur.. She recommended Aldo haha. Bea if you are reading this, THANK YOU!
But I seriously can’t balance in this. Not used to it~
Ever since I got together with J, he brought me to so many places for foodies. My favourite of all is
Frog Leg porridge @ Geylang (the one opposite the Beef Kway Tiao). We have been visiting this place since..4 months ago? Haha. And I always finish 3 frogs myself.
2D1N Soju Bang Buffet @ Tanjong Pagar
Sushi Tei @ Vivo
Beancurd @ Geylang
Bak Ku Teh @ Balestier
All in all, he is the culprit for my weight gain. I gained 3.5kg and im almost a UK size 8 now. Im 47.5kg now, am I overweight?
And remember this dress, Liese Toga in Black from the latest CNY collection? I kept in both colors and many asked me about it during VGY Saturday meetup @ Vainpot. I was working in my shop and handling both VGY and MMTP self collection. Most did not recognize it was from the latest collection haha. So my cream piece is for CNY :)
I will do a review on a few makeup products I bought like the highly reviewed Lancome Tient Miracle Liquid Foundation and the new Bella Blush Blusher from Benefit.
Need to get back to work. Emails are piling up as I blog and I have 2 projects to submit tomorrow :( Cried when I called J a moment ago. Too stressed up after receiving the complaint email from a customer. Sob~
Hi tricia,
ReplyDeletey don't you hire someone to help u w VGY stuffs so that u need no feel so stress abt it?
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Hi Tricia,
ReplyDeleteTho I know you are in debt, you should really consider taking some monies out for a e-commerce website.
That will free up more time for your studies and faster transaction processing (less error-prone) for your customers. It's an investment that bring in a great rate of return. =)
Haha u are so cutez! U are not overweight! U still look gorgeous! Btw is Liese dress in blk still available? Can u email me? I'm WL ;) thanks babe!
ReplyDeleteever considered manufacturing your own line? :)
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Hi dear, I used to have a little VGY elf working for me for invoicing but she is not available most of the time and she resides overseas. I hired workers to pack in my house but the time they used to pack my envelopes is double the time when I do alone -_- Someone mentioned to me my pay was rather high and ppl will tend to abuse it. Sad case :(
ReplyDeleteHi dear, I have been contemplating an e-comm site for a while and gotten feedback from some customers. Most of them wanted me to stick to lj way and not create a shopping cart system as they prefer the traditional way of shopping in lj sites. I wish to switch as well, I will consider it seriously :) Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGeez :/ Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteThe Liese dress in blk is still available! I will send you an email tonight! :)
Hi dear, hehe its finally happening! Labels are already out! My first design (its a maxi) will be out after CNY :)
ReplyDeletehi tricia, was shopping in BKK platinum and saw a shop selling clothes labels and i saw your label in a huge roll there! this explains when you say u gonna release ur self manufactured item soon :)
ReplyDeletehi tricia was wondering did u launch this wedges?
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Hey Tricia,
ReplyDeleteWhen Lb/HVV/HH sites were launched, there were unhappy customers too. But at the end of the day, only us blogshop owners know how tough it is, to handle all the backend work. It's an inertia issue.
Once they get used to it, they would be happy that you make the switch and that you can launch more often, which means more $ to help ease your situation.
So yaaaay to VGY dotcom!
Hi babe! mind sharing what eyebrow pencil/powder you use? it's gorgeous! :)
ReplyDeleteHi dear! I was surprised to hear you saw it! & yup! The labels have arrived in sg! :) Save more monies to purchase my first design! :p
ReplyDeleteHi V! Yup! The wedges was launched in VGY but it is now sold out! Only black is left!
ReplyDeleteHi dear, that makes perfect sense and very true. Hell load of backend work that I face. But I enjoy the process and I am happy I brought VGY where she is today :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your encouragement! I will seriously consider a dotcom site but not in the near future! Prolly when I graduate in another year time. Then again im so fickle minded and who knows, I may even have a dotcom next month hahahaa! Thanks so much love!
Hello! I use MAC gel eyeliner with bobbi brown limited ed short brush for precision during applying :)
ReplyDeleteHello Tricia! Can I know does John apply any lotion for you so that your hair actually thickens that much? Somedays I really feel my hair thinning.
ReplyDeletehow much is the aldo heel?
ReplyDeleteHi dear, John does not apply any lotion on my hair. It is the way he cut my hair that makes it look thicker after my hair grows out of the previous style :)
ReplyDeleteThe aldo heel is $175 if i don't remember wrongly!
ReplyDeleteWhy are you so sweet and nice?! I wanna be your friend can I? Hehe but I am rather shy and am not as spontaneous as you :( I wish my friends around me is just like you! & cheers! There are people who will never be satisfied and tend to make a moutain out of a molehill. So cheers! Hundreds of satisfied and happy customers like me are always here! Hehe!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year Tricia! May VGY prosper to a greater heights and J & you remain sweet and loving for as long as possible :]
Your faithful reader/satisfied VGY customer :]
pls do a makeup entry!! =)
ReplyDeleteHi dear Alicia! Thank you so much for your kind and sweet compliments :*)! I really appreciate alot and it makes a world of difference hearing such encouraging words from a satisfied customer :] We can be fweeeennnnsss :D Im super irritating, super talkative, super hyper active and super crazy haha. I will make you spontaneous :P
ReplyDeleteLastly, many sincere thanks from J and I for your blessings! :*)
Hello there! Yup! Doing a simple one! :)
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