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35 perfect last-minute Galentine's Day gifts to show your friends a little extra love
A cooking class, concert tickets, or another experience
A tiny, personalized box of goodies
Send a tiny personalized Galentine's day gift that you don't have to wrap by using Greetabl. Pick a box design, upload photos of the two of you, select from candies, confetti, face masks, and more to fill it, and fill out their address.
A ClassPass gift card
Rope your best friend into more boutique fitness classes by making them easier and cheaper to attend. If both of you are going, odds are you'll show up to class more frequently.
A clay mask the beauty community is obsessed with
The phenomenon of the $11 clay mask and its almost 11,000 five-star reviews is a modern-day legend in the beauty industry. I've tried it myself, and it's probably both the cheapest and most irreplaceable clear skin tool I own. If your friend doesn't have it or hasn't heard of it, she'll probably love the opportunity, and thank you for introducing her to it.
A $28 vitamin c serum that keeps selling out
Maelove is a skincare company founded by a team of MIT grads (skincare obsessives, brain and cancer researchers, and chemical engineers) to make affordable, high-quality skincare accessible. The entire under-$30 line is surprisingly great, but this $28 vitamin c serum (which people have likened to the multi-award-winning $166 C E Ferulic Serum) is the real showstopper — and it keeps selling out. I personally use it, and it does a great job of reducing hyperpigmentation, hydrating, and adding a nice "glow" to the skin.
Shipping note: Maelove says you can expect orders in three-seven business days.
A cult-favorite stainless steel water bottle to keep hot drinks hot
Hydro Flask makes the crème de la crème of stainless steel water bottles — and one of these will keep her coffee hot for up to 12 hours, and cold brew cold for up to 24 hours. It's one of the most thoughtful ways to improve the little everyday rituals.
A hair mask with over 3,800 five-star reviews
Who doesn't love a great, deeply hydrating hair mask? This one is under $15 and has earned a bit of mythology online with more than 3,800 five-star reviews on Amazon. You can also find our personal favorite haircare products here.
A book full of hilarious feminist daydreams
"Imagine a world where all erotica was written by feminists: Their daydreams include equal pay, a gender-balanced Congress, and Tom Hardy arriving at their doorstep to deliver a fresh case of LaCroix every week."
Another one to check out is the hilarious comedy philosophy book "How to Date Men When You Hate Men" by Blythe Roberson.
A brownie pan that only makes edge pieces
A modern-day miracle: a pan that lands you a covetable edge piece 100% of the time. It would almost be a gag gift except for the fact that she'll wind up using it all the time.
A team of designers to help them construct their living space
Whether they're moving, always talking about redecorating, or would love a gallery wall but don't want to sweat over the design, they'll appreciate a Modsy gift. The service makes an exact 3D, digital replica of their room and fills it with actual pieces of furniture from well-known brands that they can buy on the spot.
A "Parks and Recreation"-inspired card
From one Leslie to her Ann. Even if you're only doing cards this year, they're a great gesture — especially when it's obvious you spent some time looking and ordered ahead.
A coffee table book from a renowned woman photojournalist
"Of Love & War" is the first photo book of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, MacArthur Fellow, and New York Times best-selling author Lynsey Addario. It contains over 200 photographs taken while covering the world's most urgent humanitarian and human rights crises of the last two decades, depicting chaos, beauty, and conflict through the lens of a renowned woman photographer — and frequently of women subjects.
Find more unique coffee table book recommendations here, including previously unreleased photos of Kate Moss taken right before she became famous.
The most comfortable bra she'll ever own
ThirdLove is the woman-founded company you can thank for popularizing half-sizes. While they're probably best-known for their single-minded dedication to every woman getting the perfectly fitted bra, that's narrowly followed by their use of unbelievably soft "am I wearing a bra?" material. We ranked them the best bra you can buy on the internet in the Insider Picks Buying Guide. They also come in sizes up to 38H and 48D. Grab a gift card for your galentine and she will thank you.
A three-month subscription to the book club that put "Gone with the Wind" on the map
This subscription gift was hand-crafted for bookworms. Book of the Month has been around since 1926, and it's credited with the discovery of titles like "Gone with the Wind" and "Catcher in the Rye." A team of experts and celebrity guest judges curate must-read books — usually new releases, hot topics, and debut authors — and send them to the subscriber's doorstep.
Dedicated makeup towels that are plush and made to be stained
What's more weirdly thoughtful than chic makeup towels that are designed to be soft enough to vigorously rub against your face and dark and tough enough to withstand inevitable mascara stains?
Shipping note: It takes one to two business days before they ship.
A silk pillowcase
This Celestial Silk pillowcase is one of the internet's hidden gems. It's $40 on Amazon, but we rated it the best silk pillowcase you can buy in our guide — and it gives you more silk per square inch than options twice the price at Sephora. It's made out of 100% Mulberry silk — one of the highest quality silks you can buy — and comes in 13 colors and three sizes: standard, queen, and king. It's the one I personally own, and it makes a big difference for frizzy hair.
An easy-to-use, at-home cold brew maker
This $20 cold brew maker has an airtight seal, fits in most refrigerator doors, and will make a full quart of good cold brew per use. I use it to save a few hundred dollars every year on $6 cold brews from Starbucks.
Frida Kahlo's journal
In the last ten years of her life, Friday Kahlo kept a journal full of thoughts, poems, illustrations, and dreams. This is it, and it's a particularly perfect gift for an artistic or feminist best friend.
A 24-pack of face masks
How do 24 nights of Korean sheet masks sound for a gift? This value pack has over 600 five-star reviews on Amazon and makes for a thoughtful, low-key gift they can use for weeks to come for a little "me" time. If you're looking for more luxe versions, check out Soko Glam.
A key finder
For all the times you've spent upending couch cushions and retracing your steps to locate a missing item, you could have just used Tile Mates. With them, she can ring her keys or purse (wherever the Tile Mate is placed) remotely.
Gourmet chocolate in bulk
Save on buying delicious gourmet chocolate in heaps, and give one to each of your closest Galentines. Plus, Godiva is buy one, get one 50% off right now.
A customized zodiac necklace
Mejuri is an up-and-coming Canadian jewelry startup, and it's one of our favorite names in affordable fine jewelry. These zodiac necklaces are gold vermeil, minimalist, and decorated with AAA-quality white sapphires.
Abbi Jacobson's new book
This new book by Abbi Jacobson, co-creator of "Broad City," deals with love, loss, work, comedy, and identity.
A hair towel that reduces damage and cuts drying time by 50%
Aquis' cult-favorite hair towels can cut the amount of time it takes your hair to dry in half — a claim we're happy to report holds up. The proprietary fabric also means there's less damage to wet hair while it dries, and noticeably less frizz.
A three-month subscription of freshly roasted whole bean, single-origin coffees from a cool startup
Driftaway sends freshly roasted, whole bean, single-origin coffees from around the world to their doorstep. If they love coffee, they'll likely love this.
Soap petals for a lavish "treat yourself" evening
Give your best friend a reason to stay in and treat herself with an over-the-top bath bouquet most people probably wouldn't ever buy for themselves, but would love using.
A modern-day horror story
Sometimes it's just fine to spend Valentine's Day celebrating your friends. This book will remind you of that.
A three month supply of new beauty goodies
The grooming, skincare, and beauty industries couldn't be more packed with products for all types of needs and concerns. Birchbox digs through the clutter for them and picks out five samples each month that they should use. At $10 a month, subscribers are getting a pretty great deal.
Beautifully packaged candles
Send your Galentine a candle or three from a cool new startup known for its beautiful – and gift-ready – packaging. Pick the Valentine’s Day edition and your gift will be delivered in a box that has collage artwork and a festive note card with a poem by Alison Malee. Or, go for the standard artwork.
A plush, absorbent bathrobe
This bathrobe is the best in the game, period. I'd go so far as to call it one of my favorite purchases of the last year. Plus, you can take $25 off your first purchase of $100 or more at Snowe right now.
Shipping note: Orders ship two to seven business days after your order has been processed.
No-crease hair ties
One of the greatest technological advances for long-haired folk in recent memory is this: the no-crease hair tie.
Fenty lipsticks
Give the gift of Fenty in an assortments of three colors. It's one of Sephora's top-rated gifts.
"Milk and Honey" by Rupi Kaur
Rupi Kaur's "Milk and Honey" is a New York Times best seller and a cultural phenomenon. It's a collection of poetry and prose dealing with love, loss, femininity, and survival. If neither of you have read it, why not grab two so you can have an excuse to get dinner and hash through your favorite parts together?
Earrings that support women artisans across the globe
Shop Soko produces innovative, ethical jewelry and accessories from sustainable materials in Nairobi, Kenya. This pair is handcrafted in brass by artisans in Kenya using traditional techniques.
They've also partnered with the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women to support the financial and physical security of women and girls around the world.
A stainless steel water bottle that brews tea
If she loves tea, she'll love having a stainless steel flask that keeps hot drinks hot and doubles as its own loose-leaf tea infuser.
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