Valentine’s Day is coming up and when choosing a gift for your other half, the rule is simple.

Whatever you’d like for yourself, get the opposite for him (this excludes perfumes, as you’ll see below).

I learnt this the hard way last year. I was being whisked away to Paris, so I didn’t know what to get to even compare with that. However, I knew my hubby is a big kid at heart, so I figured that his favourite toy – Transformers Bumblebee – wouldn’t be a bad way to go.

However, my Bumblebee took much longer than I thought to arrive. So as a last minute idea, I thought it would be sweet and thoughtful to make a card on Moonpig with some photos of us, and send it to his place of work.

Anyway, said card never arrived (I never did chase Moonpig up on it), and when I explained to my hubby that was what I ordered, he was as grateful that it got lost in the post.

You see, what us women love - flowers and cards sent to our work – men hate. We gush with embarrassment in front of our colleagues (but secretly love it). While men are mortified and get endless ribbing from the other Neanderthals in the office. It’s just the way it works.

On the plus side, when the Bumblebee finally arrived, it went down a storm.

So, avoid Moonpig, and get your partner or husband something that they really want for valentine’s Day. To help you along, here’s a couple of gifts you could get for him.

If your man is anything like mine, his skincare routine will consist of a quick splash under the shower, followed by a haphazard rub of face cream before heading out of the door. As we’re in the ravages of winter, this simply won’t do, and a poor skincare routine means dry patches and bad skin.

So give the gift of good skin this Valentine’s Day with some goodies from Rock Face, the McCoys of skincare – i.e. bloke’s stuff.

Uber-trendy Superdry have brought out a gift set which contains four embossed 25ml bottles from their coveted Neon collection. Not only do they contain unique scents, the bottles and their sleek packaging are nothing short of what you’d expect from a brand that loves attention to detail.