24 Valentine’s Day gifts for the friends you miss like hell

This ceramic diffuser will make a chic yet chill addition to any WFH setup, the fragrance of essential oils a soothing reprieve from back-to-back Zoom calls.

Sewn from a bold-patterned fabric known as Ankara — which founder Mapate Diop’s mother would bring home from trips to her native Nigeria — these face masks will keep your friends safe and stylish. If you’re concerned about cultural appropriation, Diop has a handy guide to help you navigate this tricky issue.

Description: This hygge starter kit — complete with a wool throw, pillows, scented soy candle, and more — will transform your friend’s home into the sanctuary they deserve.

For the friend who’s a sucker for baked goods and gorgeous packaging, this assortment of three cookie flavors includes the ever-so-rare and delicious brown butter cranberry oat. Crucial note: They ship cookie dough too.

Grow your favorite plant parent’s brood by gifting them with this wild-haired, pet-friendly beauty from Black-owned Grounded.

Give your friend the gift of supple hair and skin with Agender Oil, made by NOTO Botanics, a queer-owned, gender-fluid, vegan, and sustainable beauty brand. A percentage of the product’s sales go to organizations that support LGBTQ rights, Black lives, and much more.

It isn’t Valentine’s Day without chocolate. A hint of cannabis elevates this classic, salty-sweet treat.

This is a best friend price point, so why not go big? For the friend who wants to upgrade their Instagram presence, the DJI Mini 2 captures professional-quality aerial shots they can upload straight to social media.

These wireless headphones are comfortable and noise-cancelling, all the better for your friend to escape into their go-to playlist. The pop of color in this Pharrell-designed collection will bring a little brightness to pandemic winter days.

Because you want to save your friend from screen-induced headaches, these light, stylish frames from Black women-owned Coco and Breezy add a touch of effortless chic to any WFH.

Support a small business and sweeten your friend’s life with this batch of classic, comforting chocolate chip cookies.

Help your friend unwind from, well, everything, with this 3-pack of fruity, low-dose cannabis gummies. Each contains a unique blend of compounds called terpenes that supposedly have stress lowering, mood lifting, and other effects.

This effervescent Valentine's Day staple is perfect for morning mimosas reminiscent of pre-COVID 3-hour brunches full of smack-talk with your favorite people.

Henry Rose's Jake's House is a gender-neutral, clean and musky scent produced with 100% ingredient transparency. This limited edition gift set is the move for any friend who misses smelling fragrances other than their own deodorant.

Butterfly's nut butters are divine on toast, vegan, gluten-free, keto-friendly, and everything else that makes them a decadent option to binge through this pandemic winter. Our favorite is Pink Panther, which gets its festive hue from Dragon Fruit.

Send a friend this sweatshirt in fire-engine red to celebrate both Valentine's Day and the vibrance of their presence in your life (insert heart emoji here). It's perfect for chilly nights in — which we'll have a few more of.

Give your friend a chic vase that doubles as a fist bump — because they deserve it. This thoughtful, original gift will take any bodega bouquet to the next level.

Send your friend some good clean fun in an intoxicating scent. Byredo's rinse-free hand wash will remind them that they'll be out and about with you soon enough, all while fending off germs.

These small but mighty candles swiftly set an ambience in any room, which makes the set an ideal gift for the friend who's striving to make their home a haven.

You might not be able to actually hug your friend, but sending them this cozy fleece crew — a hug in sweater form — is the next best thing.

Your friend is bound to get a laugh out of any of Here for the Burn's candles, which will add both scent and levity to their quarantine life.

For a friend who needs to stay fresh even if they're just going to the grocery store, these shades are the perfect gift — light, timeless, and flattering on any face shape.

The allure is right in the name. For friends who love an intense, fruity, slightly rosey scent that lingers, this is a no-brainer.