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Hair, makeup, nails and more to make you date ready.

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

Simple, Classy Nails
Simple, classy nails are where it's at for men. While women love trying fun nail designs, most guys think it's a tacky if you have nails covered in hearts or palm trees. Try a shade like Passion by OPI, all the rage at New York Fall 2012 Fashion Week, which you may have heard is going on right now. Also, MAC Cosmetics is customizing nail colors for a bunch of designers, like Zac Posen, for Fashion Week this year, so you should check their colors out, too. They have great matte shades.

But Go Nuts With Your Pedicure, If You Wish
While it's smarter to keep your nails simple, surprise your guy with some crazy toes this winter! Hopefully your friends and family will see them too so your artistic pedicure prowess isn't completely wasted on just your dude -- but who knows, he'll probably appreciate it! There are so many fun pedicure ideas and how-to's on

Sexy hair, makeup and accessory suggestions to make him drool on your special date!

Congrats! You secured a really hot date for Valentine's Day. Now comes the hard part: what do you wear on the hottest date night of the year?

Take it from us, you can't go wrong in a sexy little LBD. But, you'll triple the lust-factor of your look by paying attention to the details like your hair, makeup and accessories. According to Whitney Casey, Match.com's Relationship Insider and Love Advisor, the choices you make when it comes to your nail color, lip gloss and fragrance can relay a lot about you to a man-and not all of it is good.

This Valentine's Day, avoid the beauty pitfalls that turn men off by copying these 8 sexy celeb-inspired looks hand-picked by Whitney. Get ready to knock the socks of your V-Day date!

1. Show off your décolletage

"The body part that men say they love the most-it's actually called décolettage, but they never know what the heck that is-but they say the neck area, the collar bone," says Whitney. "It's not the cleavage, it's this area that, by the way,

Single on Valentine's Day? Have no fear! Here are some fun things to do.
Single on Valentine's Day? Have no fear! Here are some fun things to do.

Treat Yourself
Ask a pessimist about Valentine's Day and they'll tell you it's a "Hallmark Holiday" created to stimulate the economy by encouraging gift-giving on an otherwise regular day. That's why the tradition on V-Day is to buy a significant other a gift or two. Well, if V-Day is about shopping, why not then, as an independent and single woman, treat yourself? Buy yourself that gorgeous piece of jewelry you've been coveting or a hair appointment at that expensive salon - whatever you choose, you've earned it, baby!

Treat Another
Your mom, your dad, your sister, your best friend, the cute guy you always see eating alone at the diner - take the money saved from not buying a Valentine's Day gift and use it to show someone else you care.

Celebrate Anyway
Some Negative Nancies will throw anti-Valentine's Day shindigs to prove to the world that they don't support such a "ludicrous" holiday. Not you, my single

We loved reading why you need to break up with your ex. Check out the winning entries!

Since February 1, we've been collecting your 10-word responses to the question, "Why do you need to break up with your ex?" for our Break Up With Your Ex contest. Boy! What a response we got!

Your entries made us laugh, sigh, tear up and nod our heads in understanding. Out of nearly 400 entries submitted via YourTango, Twitter and Facebook, we had the hard job of choosing just 10 winners. We chose those that poetically, concisely revealed good reasons let go of a past relationship. This list of winning entries reveals two breakup truths: if a relationship ends, it probably needed to-and if it's truly over, the best thing you can do to get over it is to stop looking backwards and start looking forward.

Today's winners will receive awesome get-over-your-ex, "breakover"-themed prizes from sponsors such as Hyde Yoga, Match.com and Li-Lac Chocolates. Without further ado, the winners are...

1st Place, the winner of a $250 Bliss.com gift card: "Because you can't move forward if you're