Charlotte SeleyValentine’s Day is quickly approaching, and if you have no idea what to ask for or what to give your loved one, Better After 50 has scoured the Internet, finding the best Valentine’s Day gift suggestions for women 50 and over. Whether you’re giving a gift to a close girlfriend or compiling a list of hints to drop, our V-day gift guide will help you find that something special. If you would like your product featured on any of our Better After 50 gift guides, please get in contact with us! We are constantly adding to all of our gift guides and have many additional ways to partner with BA50 as well.
Every woman loves to receive jewelry (am I right?) and the highly coveted Gretchen earrings by Sissy Yates Designs are the perfect gift for all ages. Featured on Good Morning America, they come in a variety of 5 different colored crystal stones (blue, ruby, green, purple and clear) with gold plated brass and surgical steel posts (no lead or nickel – allergy free!), and come packaged in matching organza pouches. Even better – they’re currently marked down to $19 (from $68) while supplies last.
Sissy Yates Designs Gretchen Earrings in Blue
Give your partner a gift he will never forget! Gypsy Rose Dancing in Allston, MA hosts exotic lap dance and striptease courses (like the couples friendly Lap Dance for Lovers), private Champagne Room Lap Dancing classes, and pole dancing lessons regardless of what size, age, weight, shape or strength you are. If you find yourself single this Valentine’s Day, attend the Gypsy Rose Valentine’s Day Single and Bitter Class, where you can dress up in crazy club costumes (totally optional), and learn a sexy floor routine, three airborne pole swings, a Chair Dance routine, and how to pick up a dollar bill without hands. Both this gift and you will share the same quality – absolutely irresistible!
Get in touch with your sexy side at Gypsy Rose Dancing in Allston
Combining illumination and scent with deliciously luxurious sensations, the multi-purpose JimmyJane’s AfterGlow Massage Oil Candles from Bloom are the perfect sexy gift to add a dash of spice and a big dose of anticipation. Create a sensuous Valentine’s Day experience to remember. $30, for House of Bloom Members $27
JimmyJane AfterGlow Massage Oil Candle from Bloom
Memories are priceless but maybe your keepsakes are stored on archaic technological devices, making it impossible to access them without a projector, VCR, or other outdated system. YesVideo transfers your vintage VHS tapes and film reels to digital and DVD so you can watch, relive and share your precious memories. How romantic would it be to watch your wedding vows from way back when on your flatscreen? Get 20% off your entire order with promo code BA50 (Expires: 2/23/2014) and have that dream become a reality.
Transfer your VHS to DVD at 20% off your entire order with Yes Video- special BA50 promotion
A Bella Santé Gift Card makes the perfect Valentine’s Day gift — one that no one returns and everyone remembers! Gift cards are available in any denomination, and recipients can then choose from a relaxing signature Provence Massage, one of the results-oriented Medical Grade Facials, or anything in between. And for a limited time, receive an additional $25 free with the purchase of any gift card valued at $200 or more!
A gift card from Bella Sante, with three locations in the Boston area, for a spa treatment or service
Try a unique spin on an old classic this Valentine’s Day, like the Not Tiffany’s Heart Necklace from Lisa Monahan Metal Works. It is not your run-of-the-mill heart charm; it’s fresh, edgy and daring…sort of like you! Each Not Tiffany’s Heart is a one-of-a-kind sterling silver charm necklace, handmade in the USA, and just $50.
The Not Tiffany’s Heart Necklace from Lisa Monahan Metal Works
The Fragrance Bar in Newburyport, MA has put together a special Better After 50 2014 Cupid’s Collection gift basket to truly live a life “Better After 50.” Containing essential oils, aphrodisiac scents, luscious chocolate mocha soap, soothing organic teas, and a simple tea maker, the Cupid Collection (priced at $75) is sure to lessen stress and improve your mind, body and spirit! Beyond Valentine’s Day, The Fragrance Bar can help confront common symptoms of menopause and andropause with their NBTD essential oils, Lilyput Tea House organic teas and fragrance bar chemical free personal care products (…and, of course, these products and oils are best paired with our Better After 50 Menopause Survival Kit!)
The Better After 50 2014 Cupid Collection Gift Basket from The Fragrance Bar, featuring fragrances, teas, and more
If you’ve collected all the candles, costume jewelry and knick-knacks you can possibly use, Dayton Home in Wellesley, MA stocks books from today’s top designers all-year long. Great for giving to gal pals, life loves or for self-gifting, these books have the ability to take us away to desirable locations and show us exceptional décor that inspires.
Books from Dayton Home in Wellesley are a great gift for accessorizing where you live
The heart collection by Caroline Gardner, a favorite of Pine Straw shop owner, Tracy Cranley, offers whimsical yet sophisticated prints. Her gorgeous line of products make the perfect gift for you or your Valentine this month (or any time!): from desk books, to pens and notebooks to the perfect coffee mug. It’s hard NOT to think of Valentine’s Day when seeing these heart patterned products at Pine Straw in Wellesley, MA!
Caroline Gardner’s heart collection at Pine Straw Shop in Wellesley
When you receive one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted accessories as a gift, the time, devotion, and dedication to the piece of jewelry is present in the final product. These Fair Trade Bracelets from Better After 50 in Liquid Silver, $36, are handmade in Nepal and unlike any other bracelet in stores. Your purchase of these bracelets help women in Nepal as profits from these sales go back to the women who made them. Staying stylish while supporting a good cause? Sounds like a double threat Valentine’s Day gift to me!
Fair Trade Handmade Bracelets in Liquid Silver – made in Nepal
If you’re keeping up with the Bad Ass Goals you set for yourself and with Better After 50, wouldn’t it be great to receive the gift of fitness? Spynergy has been providing the very best indoor cycling (otherwise known as “spin”) classes in Wellesley, MA since 2005. 40 classes a week feature a unique studio, high energy instructors, inspirational music and the best calorie-burning workout ever. 3 classes are $29 but the impact is long lasting…for both you and your Valentine.
Spynergy Cycling Studio in Wellesley, MA
29 Cosmetics founder Lydia Mondavi sources grape seed oil straight from Napa Valley in her line of beneficial cosmetic products protecting the skin from aging. 29 Cosmetics gives the gift of beauty and reversing the hands of time and is on sale at Gloss48.com this week at 40% off. Gloss48 is the one-stop destination to discover and shop fabulous beauty brands and you can enter our Beauty Giveaway with Gloss48 to receive must-have new beauty products just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Moist, flavorful, colorful and delicious; red velvet cookies are the perfect gift for your valentine! Cookies For A Koz was created in honor of owner Roberta Wilson’s mom, Audrey Koz, who was the magical cookie maker in her family. A percentage of all sales is donated to the Starlight Children’s Foundation in her memory, spreading your love to children in need, too.
Red Velvet Cookies from Cookies for a Koz
Traveling abroad and escaping daily routine and the cold winter months is a gift many mid-lifer women dream of. But sticking with your fitness regime while on vacation always presents itself as a challenge. Ciclismo Classico Bike Tours offers trips to many European countries, touring the land with a native guide by bicycle! Wouldn’t it be nice to look forward to a trip in a romance language’s country (like France or Spain), pedaling your way through the landscape? View Ciclismo Classico’s different tours to book your adventure.
Plan a trip with Ciclismo Classico
Cuddling up to your partner while enjoying a Valentine’s Day cocktail can be fodder for a fire of passion that could melt ice. Maintained at a refreshing 21˚F, FROST ICE BAR is New England’s only and the world’s largest permanent indoor ice bar where the entire surroundings from the walls and bar, to the furniture and drink glasses are constructed of ice. FROST ICE BAR is something like you’ve never seen before: walls are glistening and washed in ever-changing color, hand carved furniture and sculptures, and the glasses promise to keep your drink perfectly chilled, even during a hot night on the town.
FROST ICE BAR is literally the coolest and most unique bar in Boston
The Book Of Everything–– It’s GOT IT ALL! The Perfect Gift for the Woman (or man) who has everything!
Because they probably want to know everything, too, right? Want to know how to wear a kilt, kiss a stranger, prevent a hangover, get out of a sinking car, eat a lobster, greet an alien, predict the weather, play croquet and much, much more? Open the book! Dive in and learn something new. You’ll love it.
What are you wearing for Valentine’s Day? Discover the super-soft tops from Covered Perfectly that are guaranteed to get you so many compliments, you might make your date jealous! You will love the way these tops feel against your skin and, even more so, you’ll love the way you feel when you check yourself out in the mirror. Covered Perfectly tops are already Better After 50 approved and the red top featured below makes us think of all things Valentine’s Day!
Covered Perfectly provides flattering tops for a gift or to wear on your Valentine’s Day date
Enjoy a little intelligence with your indulgence? Creamy, all-natural Good Karmal caramel offers a thought-provoking quotation wrapped around each individual caramel, which comes in melt-in-your-mouth flavors like Vanilla Sea Salt and Café Caramel. Gorgeous gift packaging is the perfect topper to this one-of-a-kind gift and is a great alternative to candies typically offered on Valentine’s Day.
Candy is always a wise decision but Good Karmal caramel wraps wisdom into the cute packaging.
There can never be enough puns for karma, especially since the word-playing brands are usually all about promoting positive energy, empowerment by knowledge, and spirituality. Better After 50 loves the Good Charma sterling silver bracelets and charms; they suggest “paying it forward” by setting each charm on its own strand for easy transfer to a friend or loved one so that you can share the gift or jewelry and positivity. Sharing love is just as good as receiving love, if not better!
Heart and Tassel Good Charma Bracelet
A bouquet of flowers is always an appreciated gesture but real flowers eventually wilt and find their sad stems in the trash. Colorful and stylish, the Better After 50 Suzani style boots are a fabulous Valentine’s Day gift that will bloom brightly in your wardrobe for as long as you keep them there. $80
Suzani style boots, brought to you by Better After 50
The Better After 50 Girlfriend Bar, a dark chocolate with sea salt, is a great sweet Valentine’s Day treat for your girlfriends who stand by you through thick and thin: the varying waistlines, rise and fall of fashionable shoulder pads, husbands, and exes. Whether your BFF is your confidante or your fellow single pal this V-Day, no one can resist this first-sweet then-savory token of your appreciation of their friend-love.
Better After 50’s Girlfriend Bar
If you want to dress comfortably after the wine, dinner, and dessert you consume with your Valentine, Mariwear lounge and sleepwear is an excellent gift to receive. Stocked with plenty of shape forming nighties, camis, and “short n’ sweet” lounge shorts, you can show off your natural curves without worrying about wires from flimsy corsets poking your ribs or ill-fitting store bought lingerie made for a younger you. The Little Black Nightie ($66) emulates the sleek staple dress every woman has in her closet for a sophisticated (and yet comfortable!) sleepwear option.
