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Valentine's Month

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The 50 Best Date Spots in the USA for 2026

We’ve compiled the year’s definitive guide to romantic outings across the country. Let the nationwide dating debrief begin.

By Annabel Iwegbue
Feb 5, 2026
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Maybe the Single Cat Ladies Are Happier?

By Annabel Iwegbue and Photographed by Rona Liana Ahdout
Feb 4, 2026
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20 Cutest Valentine’s Day Ideas

By Rachel Varina
Feb 4, 2026
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Ahead: Celeb-Inspired V-Day Makeup Inspo

By Jasmine Hyman
Feb 4, 2026
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17 Ways to Celebrate V-Day Solo

By Rachel Varina
Feb 4, 2026
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Stay Informed

Protests after federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, January 2026

How to Properly Post About ICE In Your Area

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How to Protest ICE Safely

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Why People Say TikTok's Censoring Anti-ICE Content

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How to Support Those Impacted By ICE Raids

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2026 Grammys

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The Sound of Now Is Emotional—and That’s the Point

Join Cosmopolitan inside music’s biggest weekend with Universal Music Group.

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Inside the Grammys Afterparty You Didn’t See on TV

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Ayra Starr’s Stunning Look Owned the Grammys

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Our Grammys Faves Look Adorable in These Polaroids

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Kelsea Ballerini Looked Golden at the 2026 Grammys

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In love with love?

Cosmo Editor-in-Chief Willa Bennett unpacks dating trends in her new love newsletter.

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February Horoscopes

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Your Aquarius Monthly Horoscope for February 2026

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Your Taurus Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Aries Monthly Horoscope for February 2026

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Your Gemini Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Capricorn Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Virgo Monthly Horoscope for February 2026

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Your Libra Monthly Horoscope for February 2026

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Your Pisces Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Scorpio Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Cancer Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Leo Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Sagittarius Monthly Horoscope for February

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Gender's New Era

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What I Learned From Trans Fitness Influencers

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Accepting Anger Helped Me Embrace Being Nonbinary

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How I Learned to Love Being a Girl

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What It's Like Finding Pleasure After Gender-Affirming Surgery

Cover Stories

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Sydney Sweeney Knows You’re Going to Have a Lot to Say About This

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The Tale of Taylor and Tay Lautner

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Meet the Cast of Rachel Sennott’s ‘I Love LA’

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Cosmopolitan Cover Star Ariana Greenblatt Logs Off

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Madelyn Cline and KJ Apa Call Bullshit

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Love & Relationships

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The Perfect V-Day Date Does Exist!

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Why So Many People Are Cutting Off Their Parents

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I Thought I Was Asexual—Turns Out, I Was Just Having Bad Sex

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This Is the Worst Day of the Year to Be Single

Editor-Approved Shopping

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I Can't Stop Thinking About This Cool Activewear Top Hailey Bieber Wore—And It's Selling Out Fast

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This New Concealer Makes My Skin Look Airbrushed

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Which Le Labo Perfume is Best in 2026?

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10 Leather Perfumes to Smell Mysterious and Sexy

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Paige DeSorbo’s $13 Hack for Wearing Painful Shoes

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Book Exclusives

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B.K. Borison’s ‘Grim Tidings’ Cover Reveal

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Read Sarah Domet’s ‘Everything Lost Returns’

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Former Bachelor Producer is Sharing Her Side of the Story

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Tomi Adeyemi Reveals Her Next Novel

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Kerri Maniscalco Has Some Big News to Share

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Melissa de La Cruz's ‘Sibylline’ Excerpt Delivers a Special Life-Changing Letter

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Your First Look at Caty Rogan's ‘Kissed by the Gods’

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Read Sasha E. Sloan's First Chapter of ‘The Ruins Beneath Us’

Beauty

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Lancôme's New Mascara Gives My Lashes a Literal Lift

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The Habit Experts Say is Ruining Your Lips

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5 Easy Ways to Prevent Chapped Lips This Winter

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Can A Pheromone Perfume Help Me Find Love?

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Blind Date

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Madeline Argy Joins Cosmo’s Blind Date

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Chad Michael Murray Joins Cosmo's Blind Date

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JaNa Craig Joins Cosmopolitan's Blind Date

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Giveon Has a Theory About Being Friends With an Ex

Cosmo Quiz

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It Girl Quen Blackwell Takes the Cosmo Quiz

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Margaret Qualley Took the Cosmo Quiz Between Films

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Cole Escola Had Too Much Fun With the Cosmo Quiz

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Actor Chase Sui Wonders Takes the Cosmo Quiz

Centerfold

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Manny Jacinto Gave Me Marriage Advice

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Nicholas Alexander Chavez Gets Into It All

TTS audio available12 min
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The Cosmo Centerfold: Anora’s Mark Eydelshteyn

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Caleb McLaughlin Thinks Love Should Be Adventurous