Valentine’s Day is almost here, and though it’s a holiday of love…it’s more a holiday of gifts. Because what expresses love better than a gift (paired with some heavy petting)? We’ve scoured the web and gathered up all the best gifts that he’ll love…and that will make him love you even more.

And to make things even easier on you (because you’ve got more important things to worry about….like giving him hints about what you want) we’ve broken them all down by price so you can choose your gift based on how serious things are/how much you love your snuggle buddy.

[Click on any image to check out the gift guide!] Read More »

Like it or not, Valentine’s Day is coming in less than two weeks. Whether you’re dressing up for date night with your beau, gearing up for a night of dancing with your single ladies, or joining Ben & Jerry for a night with Blair and Serena, it’s the perfect excuse to buy something pretty. If you’re hoping to channel the color of love for your date, or the Chinese color for luck (because it is still Chinese New Year) you can don an attention-grabbing red item for the night. From an LRD to an eye-catching red pump, you’re sure to assert confidence when wearing cupid’s favorite color.

Not feeling the red?

Then how about channeling the other part (AKA my favorite part) of Valentine’s Day: chocolate! Red is not for everyone but wearing black on Single Awareness Day is cliche, making brown the perfect choice. It’s both festive and flattering, and if you find the right item it can be just as eye-catching as it’s in-your-face friend, red. Read More »

If I fell into a Dunkin Donut coma for five years and someone gave me this month’s Maxim magazine upon opening my eyes (and requesting a Boston Creme), I would immediately want a beer, a boob job, and a witty man-child that could tell me jokes all the time (or just all day during V-Day, while he fed me bites of deep dish Chicago pizza).

All in all, this magazine makes me want to be a brand new woman.  A woman that understands what men truly like in tools and snowmobiles, how to defeat Call of Duty Black Ops, where to find the best American bars and how to get laid and live forever.

Aren’t those things just the sneaky little tidbits every girl wants to know about…?

If I had that capacity as a women (to authentically care who the first person was to catch a touchdown at the Super Bowl) I feel like I would find so many more opportunities in life.  Opportunities that presented themselves in the form of men that wanted to worship me, that is.

If only I could spew out cool facts and advice just like Maxim does…or become as ballsy as Spanish women who, according to Maxim, are two times more likely to hit on men than American women. (Maybe it’s got something to do with their culture, but I have a feeling that has more to do with the fact that every word in the Spanish language is just sexier than their American counterparts.  Take the word ‘poop’ for example. Translate it into Spanish and – boom! – you have ‘caca.’  Instantly more sexy.  Or maybe that’s just me…) Or master the  ‘Maxim sultry pose,’ or, as I like to call it, ‘The Maxim Sauce.’  Nearly every nakie chick in the magazine encourages me to try to smile with my eyes (like Tyra taught me) and lay sideways on my bed so my thighs don’t touch and my arm flab sits effortlessly behind my rib cage. Read More »

Question for La Tuff?! Email her at TuffyLuv@collegecandy.com for answerindos.*

*Offer does not apply on already discounted answers.

Dear Tuffy Luv,

Please help me. My name is Rob and I really wish I had a girlfriend. I try asking girls at parties and get turned down left and right.

I think I might just be incredibly ugly looking or something. The worst part is I have a lot of respect for girls and would never hurt a girl.

I don’t know what to do. I’m going to die alone. Please help.

Rob Read More »

In case you can’t wait for tonight….

Check out Britney’s romantic Valentine’s Day.

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Comfortable heels! Hooray!

Well that’s just embarrassing….

This week flew by faster than my entire college career has so far, and that is saying a lot.  It felt like two days ago when I discovered my first ‘Thirsty Thursday.’  And wasn’t it just yesterday when I was holding back confused tears as Ali chose her job and left Jake with only three women on The Bachelor? Yeah, I’m ashamed.

This week has been quite the busy one, and it is ending with a big, glamorous bang. Calling all my fashionistas out there: it is officially Fashion Week!

But before we get into the fun stuff, let’s recap:

- Much to (most everyone’s) dismay, MTV is doing a little logo-renovating. And Snooki is the top design inspiration.

- We’ve been spending way too much time at the gym. Time that would be better spent… watching reruns of The Bachelor?

- We discovered that coming with age (and all of those shots of tequila), there is a lot to learn.

- The Dude taught us guys can be friends. Great news! Now I can totally make them go in to the local department store with me. Too much? Read More »

There is something about the date February 14^th that brings out the “crazy” in all of us single girls.

During any other time of the year, we may be loving single life and having a blast with our friends (or friends for the night…). But then something happens.  February rolls around and pink and red decorative hearts start appearing everywhere, sending us into a fit of hysteria. We feel a sense of urgency that suddenly it is not OK to be alone.  We consider settling for that weird dude on campus who wears shorts and sandals year round. We shovel down quarts of ice cream, crying to our friends about how no guy will ever love us, and that we may as well become nuns or lesbians.

On every other day we are completely content with our lives, but Valentine’s Day hits and we peg ourselves future cat ladies, destined for lives of misery and fur balls.

But hold on, ladies. No matter how single you are and crazy you feel right now, take solace in the fact that you’ll never stoop this low:

And if that doesn’t make you feel better, well, at least you’re not dating John Mayer.…

So, Valentine’s Day is 2 days away. Those who are part of a steady relationship have at least been dwelling on what to do for the holiday for a little while now, but what if you’re one of the people who thought you’d be spending the holiday alone and then, miraculously, you met someone, hit it off, and now you suddenly have a last-minute Valentine?

Shopping for V-day gifts can always be hard, but when it’s a brand new situation, it’s even harder. You need something fun, simple, and cute, but nothing too much – or too little. You need to show you care and are thinking of that special someone, but don’t want to make them think things are moving too fast.

To help you out, here are some suggestions of gifts to give, and – as a bonus – gifts to avoid. Read More »

Is there anything sexier than a guy with a guitar (besides, of course, a guy with some drums)? We think not, which is why we’re currently swooning over the boys of Young & Divine. This Albany based pop-punk group is comprised of three awesome and totally talented dudes, Jake Mai, JP Clark and Joe Bortscheller.

This trio is as talented as they are adorable (and witty, sincere, humble, adorable…wait, I already said that one), being compared to music heavy hitters like The All American Rejects and Boys Like Girls. Their first self-titled album is set to debut this Spring, and after spending the last week dancing around (in my granny panties….I really need to do laundry) to their first single, Shake That Bubble, we can’t wait.

Lucky for us, the boys of Young & Divine took a little time out of their rock star schedules to sit down and talk to us. There were so many things we wanted to know (like why the Joe and JP were using MySpace to find a drummer), but with Valentine’s Day creepin’ up on us, we thought we’d pick these three hotties’ brains about love.

(Full disclosure: we just wanted to figure out how we could woo them for ourselves….) Read More »

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of being loved. Not even fresh, hot chocolate chip cookies (with a little extra raw dough on the side) gives you the same warm, comforting feeling of knowing that someone out there really, really loves you.

And that someone can be anyone: a boyfriend, a girlfriend, a best friend, your dog. It just feels good to be loved.

I remember the first time my dad told me he loved me. We aren’t really one of those “I love you” families that shares feelings (unless making really sarcastic jokes at one another’s expense counts), so it wasn’t until I was off at college that I heard my dad say those words. At first I panicked, called my mom and asked if he was dying (true story). But when she told he was fine (“I’d tell you if he was dying, dear.”) and that he’d just been talking lately about how proud he was of me and how much he loved me, it just felt…good. Like I was warming up from the inside.

It bothers me that the focus of Valentine’s Day rests so heavily on “romantic love,” because there is just so much love out there that should be cherished. Whether or not you have someone to get naked with exchange chocolates with on Sunday, we all have a lot of love in our lives. And we can’t forget it. This week I asked the CollegeCandy writers to share one moment when they really felt loved. If these don’t melt your heart (like the gooey chocolate on a fresh-baked cookie), I don’t know what will. Read More »