11 Ways To Spoil Your BFF This Galentine’s Day
Oh Ann, you are a beautiful tropical fish. Smart as a whip, and cool under pressure. – Leslie Knope
What is Galentine’s Day?
“Galentine’s Day” was coined by Amy Poehler’s character on Parks And Rec, Leslie Knope as an addition to Valentine’s Day to honor her best friend Ann Perkins. Galentine’s Day is when, before one delves into the usual mushy romantic stuff with your partner on Feb 14th (or not, if you are single), you first celebrate your best lady friend(s) on Feb 13th!
It’s a Holiday that goes beyond its catchy name, resonating with all of us women who have been fortunate enough to have a badass BFF in our lives. It’s a day to honor them, and all things girl power!
11 Ways To Spoil Your BFF This Galentine’s Day
Here are some ideas for how you can treat your bestie this Galentine’s Day!
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1. Give Her A Happy Galentine’s Day Card By DrunkGirlDesigns
Let your BFF know just what a poetic, noble land mermaid she is by giving her this handmade Leslie Knope Galentine’s Day greeting card!
2. Ovaries Before Brovaries Sweaters
Gift one of these to the rad woman in your life, maybe even get one for yourself as well. This soft sweatshirt has a loose fit for a comfortable feel and is handmade and made to order.
Or you could opt for some other type of matchy sweater combination. Here’s a pic of me and my BFF in our ‘burger and fries combo’ shirts!
You can score our shirts, as well as the obvious ‘Fries Before Guys’ shirts, phone cases, etc. all at AliExpress.
3. Share An Instagram-Worthy Galentine’s Day Mug Set
Similar to a BFF necklace, these nesting mugs make a great gift, as you give one to her and keep one for yourself. Think of all the pre-gaming drinks you can have together out of these (Hello Instagram-worthy photo ops!). Ovaries B4 Brovaries x Uteruses BD Duderuses. Ha!
4. Adorn Your Party Room With BFF Balloons
Spell it out, sister! Deck your Galentine’s Day party location with a custom balloon letter display – another awesome Instagram-worthy prop!
5. Make Your Own Clean Beauty Products Together
DIY Collectives is a subscription service that will send you a different box of materials each month, of which you create a new DIY organic beauty product. You and your bestie could make it a date to have a beauty DIY girls night each month!
Some previous month’s projects:
DOPE SOAP: ACTIVATED COCONUT CHARCOAL, PUMICE & ESSENTIAL OIL DETOXIFYING SOAP SCRUB
DEAD SEA SOAK AWAY SCRUB: DEAD SEA SALT, LAVENDER, OLIVE OIL, LEMON
LET’S GET MUDDY FACE MASK & TONER: BENTONITE CLAY, ALOE VERA, CHAMOMILE & ROSEWATER
Get your DIY Collectives box here! Plus get 10% off your subscription with coupon IHEARTU
6. Cook Your Best Gal Home-Cooked Meal
While you are making all those DIY beauty products, you are going to need some food! For this special Galentine’s Day occasion, why not enlist the queen of cooking Martha Stewart to help you create something amazing for your bestie! Martha&Marley Spoon is a premium meal prep service, where Martha will send you her best recipes, along with all of the fresh, pre-portioned ingredients you need to make it, right to your door.
You can decide exactly what you’d like to cook from a menu featuring 10 new recipes every week, including customer favorites, healthy eats, vegetarian, non-veg and kid-friendly recipes.
7. Obviously, Your Galentine Needs Wine
Galentine’s Day comes but once a year, so skip the usual ‘cheapest bottle of whatever’ at the liquor store and treat your beautiful, rule-breaking moth of a lady pal to something new and special!
A great way to discover new wines you might not have thought to try before is by subscribing to a monthly wine or craft beer delivery service. Honestly, nothing beats having booze delivered right to your door, no matter the holiday!
- BrewShips – Craft beer
- Words & Wine – Highly rated wine paired with a well-reviewed book
- Gold Medal Wine Club – Wine
- California Wine Club – Wine
- Uncorked Ventures – Hard to find wines
- CraftBeer Co-op – Craft beer
8. A Beauty Box You Both Can Love
The February theme GLOSSYBOX is ‘Sealed with a Kiss’ and features 3 full-size love-inspired beauty products, a beauty tool and more. Gifting your BFF with GLOSSYBOX is a glamorous yet affordable gift she will love (and maybe she will even share some of the items with you, because, Galentine!)
Plans by the month are just $21, or even less with a 3, 6 or 12 month subscription.
Plus, the first 900 new subscribers will get a bonus SKINN eyeshadow pallet worth $32 with their February box when you subscribe now!
9. Go Classic And Surprise Your Galentine With Flowers
Anyone would love a big, beautiful bouquet of flowers arriving at their doorstep or office, your best friend is no different! Make her day by surprising her with a delivery of sustainable, farm-fresh flowers from Enjoy Flowers
If you order before February 11th you can save 15% with coupon IGVDAY15
10. Take Care Of Her Monthly “Gift” With This Monthly Gift
What better way to show your rainbow-infused space unicorn, beautiful, sassy mannequin come to life best friend how much she means to you than by showering her with a years supply of organic tampons?!
Subscribing her to a toxin-free, organic tampon delivery from any of these companies is sure to make her monthly “gift” a happier one!
11. Offer To Find Her Love
If your bestie is single, your job as her Galentine is all the more important. Go the extra mile and tell that beautiful spinster that you will help find her love this year. And while you are finding her that love, be sure to give her something to help make singledom more enjoyable in the meantime, like a box of goodies from SinglesSwag!
SinglesSwag is a monthly gift box of goodies intended for single women, featuring fun, trending fashion accessories, cruelty-free, organic bath and beauty products, and delicious artisan-crafted foods. It also includes top-selling books on singles-related and life-improvement topics.
These are such fun ideas!! The ovaries before brovaries sweat shirt made me LOL!!
Thank you Rachel 😀