Bethenny Frankel on her favorite Valentine’s Day gift ideas and funniest dating icks

Whether discussing her Amazon cart or matters of the heart, Bethenny Frankel always keeps it real. 

In addition to dishing out relationship tips on her “Just B” podcast and sharing Valentine’s Day gift ideas on her website, The List, the star recently launched her own dating platform, The Core.

So whether you’re prepping for a first date or spending Feb. 14 with a longtime love, the star has plenty of tricks up her sleeve — including one-and-done outfits like this under-$50 slip, which she tells Page Six Style is now her “go-to sexy dress.”

WOCV Slip Dress

Amazon/WOCV

For added sparkle, consider accessorizing with Anna Zuckerman’s Just Like Diamond Studs, which Frankel helped design. She says the 4-carat earrings are a “Valentine’s must” and look just “like the real thing just without the cost.”

Anna Zuckerman Just Like Diamonds Studs

Anna Zuckerman

If your V-Day plans involve something more casual, Frankel also has a special place in her heart for the luxe-looking Merokeety Lounge Set.

“[They’re] the softest pajamas that I own in literally every colorway,” she says, calling them a “great gift for yourself or your teen daughter.”

Merokeety Lounge Set

Merokeety

Consider pairing the fuzzy fleece set with more “perfect” gifts from Frankel’s arsenal, like the MH Mylune Home Robe and Goewy Memory Foam Slippers she wears “every day.”

Goewy Memory Foam Slippers

GOEWY

Frankel’s also on top of all the latest and greatest Amazon kitchen finds, like this elegant caviar serving set she calls “gorgeous and affordable.”

GCFTIFF Caviar Serving Set

GCFTIFF

When it comes to actually finding a Valentine, however, she knows it’s a lot more difficult than clicking “add to cart” on an Amazon gift.

“Dating is hard for everyone, no matter who you are,” she says. “It’s a puzzle … You have to take care of yourself, present well and be realistic.”

When asked about the “icks” she’s encountered in her own dating journey, Frankel recalls receiving brightly colored carnations in an “unappealing” vase — “the card was cryptic because he wanted it to be a mystery,” she adds — and meeting men who were “too flashy [and] trying too hard.”

The star recently hosted The Core’s first-ever event at The Moore Miami. Alfonso Duran

She started the platform to “people who want to date intentionally and show up as their best selves.” Alfonso Duran

“I had a man stop me to slowly grab me and caress me to prepare for a kiss,” she recalls. “I felt like I was in a romance novel or on Fabio’s horse in an ’80s I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! commercial.”

After all, whether or not your moves are smooth as butter, Frankel says the most “fun, alive and interesting” people are actually the ones who “show up as their most authentic selves, not who or what they think they should be.”

Adds the star: “Those are the ones others respond to, and that goes for men and women.”

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This article was written by Hannah Southwick, Commerce Associate Editor for Page Six. Hannah spies deals on actually affordable celebrity-worn styles, puts celebrities’ brands to the test and finds the beauty products that keep stars red carpet-ready. She consults stylists and industry pros — including celebs themselves — for firsthand product recommendations, trend predictions and more. In addition to writing for Page Six since 2020, her work has been featured in USA Today and Parade.