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10 Winter Beauty Trends Men Love [PHOTOS]
Beauty trends men can't resist.

10 Winter Beauty Trends Men Love [PHOTOS]

Hair, makeup, nails and more to make you Valentine's Day-date ready.

Looking for some fun beauty ideas, just in time for Valentine's Day? We've rounded up a list of tips, tricks and trends to make you date-ready.

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Enter our Break Up With Your Ex contest now!

From Our Readers: 10 Reasons To Dump Your Ex

Some of our reader's best answers to our question, "Why do you need to break up with your ex?"

As part of our Break Up With Your Ex campaign, we're hosting a contest asking readers to tell us why they need to break up with their ex—in 10 words or less!

February 13: Our Second Annual 'Break Up With Your Ex Day'!
Last chance to Break Up With Your Ex!

February 13: Our Second Annual 'Break Up With Your Ex Day'!

Celebrate on Monday by cutting ties with your ex once and for all with these helpful tips.

Since February 1, we've been offering great tips and advice during our second annual Break Up With Your Ex campaign. Our mission is to encourage the seventy-one percent of our readers who think about their ex "too much" ex to cut the cord and finally move on, and we've dubbed Monday, February 13, the perfect day to do so!

Last Chance
Hurry! Time is running out in our Break Up With Your Ex contest!

Last Chance: Tell Us Why You Need To Dump Your Ex And Win!

You only have until Sunday to submit your 10-words-or-less contest entry!

For the past week, we’ve been collecting all the reasons you need to break up with your ex, in 10 words or less! We are beyond impressed with some of the entries we’ve received. But there is still time to wow us even more!

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How much do you spend on Valentine's Day?

Poll: How Much Do You Spend On Valentine's Day?

How much will you contribute to the expected record-breaking Valentine's Day spending this year?

The National Retail Federation expects Americans to spend record-breaking amounts on Valentine's Day this year—how much exactly, you ask?

FLIRT your way through the Valentines Season

FLIRT your way through the Valentines Season

If you're single, its that dreaded time of year again! Hearts and flowers all around, when you probably just want to run and hide!  However, it is also a  season is brimming with friends, parties, blossoming romance! With all those valentines singles parties around, its the ideal time to see who you can meet! Flirting need not be a scary word – it is nothing more than charm, with perhaps a little romantic charge behind it.

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Valentine's Day is the perfect excuse to spice up your relationship.

8 Non-Boring Valentine's Day Date Ideas [PHOTOS]

Ditch the romantic dinner and go on an adventure. Or maybe on three romantic dinners.

I don't love the whole Valentine's Day shtick — candy hearts, forced romantic dinners and such. Every couple has their own personality, so why not do something that fits you and expresses your love rather than conforming to some cookie-cutter ideal? Plus, this way you can use Valentine's Day as an excuse to cross some items off your "couple bucket list."

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"Aaaalll byyy myyyseeelf..."

7 Reasons To Spend Valentine's Day Alone On Your Couch

Slip into fuzzy socks and pop that Lean Cuisine into the microwave...ain't no shame in a solo V-Day.

Who says you have to have a date on Valentine's Day with anyone other than YOURSELF? Embrace your singledom to the extreme this V-Day. Here's what you'll need if you plan on getting up close and personal with your couch on February 14th.

5 Tips For Loving The Gay Man Within

5 Tips For Loving The Gay Man Within

Whether your Gay or Straight, Loving Yourself From The Inside Out Makes For The Best Valentines Day!

In just a few days it will be Valentines Day. Thie day to celebrate being in a relationship, brood because you’re not, or stake your claim proudly as a member of SAD (Single Awareness Day)! I have to admit that some of those SAD parties I attended on Valentines Days’ past were so much more entertaining than the $200 dinners out with the one you love...no offense to my partner!