Valentine's Day Gift Guide

Valentine's day is weird this year. If I’m honest, I'm not feeling super pink and red. I don't feel like buying the cheesy, random stuff geared towards the holiday. This year, I'm using Valentine's day as an excuse to buy people I love awesome shit that makes them happy. So here are a bunch of things I'd suggest if you're feeling the same.

For Yourself or Your Bestie, or Both:

1. For your TikTok loving bestie

I have seen these smiley face slippers all over social media and I want them. So I just bought myself a pair. Happy Valentine's Day to me! Your bestie who was the first to make my Green Goddess Salad will love them too.

2. For your bestie who is trying to relax more and practice mindfulness

Everyone needs an excuse to put down their phone and do something fun and mindless. I got this coloring book as a gift from my Dad a few months ago, and I have spent hours coloring instead of mindlessly scrolling through my feed. Feels like a free therapy session. If you want to splurge, get these markers, too!

3. For your treehugger bestie who's into feng shui and plans on working from home for the immediate future

If you do want something pink and festive that's also awesome, this house plant is for you. I have never seen anything like it and you can bet your butt as soon as I saw a friend post a picture of it on instagram I went right to her DMs to see where I could get one too.

4. For your bestie who's into self care:

Who doesn't love a good face mask?

5. For your dessert loving bestie who buys herself everything, and she will 100% make the gift box into her next memory box

When you think of LOVE she is your #1 - always and forever.

6. For your morning drink loving bestie, this got me to stop buying coffee every morning

This travel mug always keeps my drink warm and it's pretty.

7. Gift your friend the best hair day

This Kitsch silk pillowcase helps prevent bed head, and it’s even healthy for your hair! The matching face mask is just an added plus, and it feels great on your face! Win-win.

8. This ice face-rollers depuff and wake you up in the morning

This is the best way to wake up your face in the morning. I kept seeing these on TikTok, and they make a great gift for that friend that loves skincare and serums.

9. For your friend who is lost in the Stars, I love this astrology book

This Astrology book is the most straightforward guide to the signs, it’s perfect for the friend who checks their horoscope before they check their emails.

For Your Male Counterpart:

1. Self care is always important. My husband uses these skincare products and they smell amazing. So double win if you live with the recipient of this gift

You might wind up using it too.

2. This little trinket is perfect for your techy, world-traveler

It’s a little trinket that makes life easier. Especially if you work from home

3. This thing is just so cool! Perfect for content creators or the new Dad or Grandad.

My husband’s obsessed with his

4. For the explorer/outdoorsy type, or just because he likes to be considered the “man of the house”

If you’d ever consider a flashlight awesome, it’s this one.

5. For the guy who says he’s not into dessert, but eats the whole dessert. Every. Damn. Time.

Nothing says I know you better than you know yourself than a box of 50 bite-size cupcakes from Baked by Melissa (cough cough)

6. Something to help him find his keys, so you don't have to!

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