Roses and baby’s breath, stuffed pink-and-red dogs emblazoned with “I Wuff You” on their chests, heart-shaped boxes full of is-this-raspberry-or-just-magenta-goo truffles — these Valentine’s Day gifts are fine when you’re in 8th grade, but today? It’s not going to cut it (sorry!). How about one of these beauties?
And if you’re single, what better time of year to show yourself some love?
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- Heart-Shaped Sunglasses (and Other V-Day Cheesiness) — Okay, so some kitsch is perfectly acceptable (and even welcome!) on Valentine’s Day, particularly when it makes you look really freaking cute.
- Sevenly T-Shirt — These designs aren’t just incredible — $7 from the sale of each shirt or sweater benefits a specific charity. Every 7 days, the company releases new designs, all created (and benefiting) a new cause. Now THAT’S an incredible gift.
- Glossybox Subscription (Or Ipsy or Birchbox) — What’s better than one surprise? Three surprises…or 6…or 12. Because that’s how many months you could be giving (or receiving) a dainty little box of luxe beauty products. Tarte lipsticks, OPI polishes — what are you waiting for?
- Baked Elements Cookbook (Plus A Homemade Dessert!) — Chocolate, peanut butter, caramel — the chapters of this book are divided into 10 ingredients, and they’re all delightfully decadent. Our advice? Wrap up the book and surprise her by baking one of the recipes inside.
- A Valentine’s Playlist (And Giftcard) — Create a Valentine’s Day playlist, and if you have access to her mp3 player, secretly upload it. If you don’t, give her the songlist and an Amazon (or iTunes) giftcard to buy it all.
- Craftsy Course — We all entertain ideas about picking up some kind of hobby or becoming really, insanely, wow-look-at-her-skillz-(with-a-z) talented at something. Letting her pursue an interest — be it sewing her own designer jeans, creating artisanal pieces or crafting croc-skin-style handbags out of cake — is the ultimate “I care about what makes you happy” move.