Love In The Time Of COVID-19: Valentine’s Day Ideas During The Coronavirus Outbreak

A Valentine's Day dinner date in a restaurant is great, even in these trying times. But if you want to add on to a romantic candlelight meal, or if you'd rather not leave the house, here are some fab gift and date ideas.

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#1: Cancel dinner date plans and spend a sexy night in with your bae. Wear something like this.

Marks & Spencer Satin & Lace Camisole set, $65.90
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#2: Order food from an online delivery service. And top it iff with some sweet vino.

Netflix and chill with a bottle of wine each? Fun times. And what did they say about the virus and alcohol? Kidding. But we're serious about staying home and ordering food and wine. GrabFood has a $14-for-two-meals Valentine’s Day Special, and there's also a Brown Brothers offer where they'll deliver two bottles of various types of wine for $49. Woohoo!
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#3: Take a break from the hand sanitizer and gift your Valentine some sweet-smelling handcream.

You'll need some salve for your hands with all that frequent hand-washing and hand sanitizer you're rubbing on every five minutes. Try this Hands of Hope Hawaiian Hibiscus Hand Cream, $15, from Philosophy, available from Sephora.sg. The beauty website is having an online V-day sale (on till Feb 14, minimum spend $90) where you get 15 per cent off everything. OMG!
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#4: Put on some make-up even if you're not going out.

If you're working from home or just staying home and are feeling the cabin fever, as well as missing the fun of dressing up and going out, it's totally okay to get dolled up for a date night in. As you and bae gaze at each other over your romantic tapow-ed dinner in your kitchen, it's kinda nice to look like everyone put in some effort, right?

IT Cosmetics Heavenly Luxe Love is the Foundation limited edition foundation heart-shaped brush, $45 from Sephora ION and Sephora.sg.
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#5: Take cute pics during your stay-home date to remember a strangely subdued V-Day.

Tough times don't last; tough people do. When the COVID-19 situation blows over, you'll enjoy looking at print-out photos of your interesting date in the year a virus kept many at home.

Canon iNSPiC [S] in rose gold, $219, with built-in LED ring light for romantic wefies and photo printer for instant fun. From authorised retailers.
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#6: Scrub each other very, very clean.

Take a hot and fragrant shower or bath together, and scrub worries, stress and germs away. Happy V-day!

Sabon White Tea Body Care Duo, $47, from Sabon boutique at Takashimaya and Sabon counter at Tang Plaza.