Valentine’s Day gifts tend to have a predictable rhythm that nonetheless is tried and true, oftentimes expected and not at all dreary in that you can be creative, there’s some variation on the themes.

Chocolates? Yes! Flowers? Definitely!

In our experience, it’s what goes with the chocolates and flowers that can take Valentine’s Day from being just another gift-giving holiday to something special and memorable.

With that in mind, we offer five surefire Valentine’s Day gift ideas:

1.  Where the Heart Is. The most romantic of all Fatale’s gift sets, this 3-DVD set also has the worthwhile amateur Afterschool Special mixed in. Carolyn Caizzi’s lovely real-life couples come alive in the other videos included in this set. Free Priority Mail shipping in the U.S.

2. Butch/Femme Rules. This 3-DVD set is a mash-up of romance (Special Delivery by Carolyn Caizzi), classic Nina Hartley with the remarkable Miss Sharon Mitchell (Suburban Dykes) and pure lust (Hard Love and How to Fuck in High Heels by Shar Rednour). Free Priority Mail shipping in the U.S.

3. Talk to Me Baby. For an under $30 gift, Shar Rednour’s Talk to Me Baby is perfect for gay or straight, queer or trans, male or female. Everybody should know how to talk dirty, and this is the definitive tape. First class shipping in the U.S. costs only $2.95.

4. Nostalgia. We were talking with an old friend and longtime Fatale Media customer the other day. He told us that his favorite  Courtney Trouble video was Nostalgia. We went back and watched it again and were once again simply delighted! This is an excellent video, a queer porn parody starring all manner of lesbians. Under $30, with domestic shipping starting at $2.95.

5. Sugar High Glitter City. If your sweetie has a sweet tooth, this is definitely the Valentine’s Day gift that will satisfy her yearnings. Nominated for Best Soundtrack, Best All-Girl Feature and Best All-Girl Sex Scene by AVN, this is one of our favorites by far. Another excellent under $30 gift with a reasonable ($2.95) domestic shipping fee.

See all Fatale’s DVDs for even more ideas.

Yours in good love and sex,

Christi and Nan
nan@fatalemedia.com
christi@fatalemedia.com

P.S. Valentine’s Day gift wrap is now available as an option at Fatale Media, as is birthday gift-wrap. Select your option—it’s free—at checkout.

P.P.S. Want it by Valentine’s Day? Order by Friday, February 3rd 2012 for shipping outside the U.S. Order no later than Friday, February 10th 2012 for shipping within the U.S. For overnight shipping, order no later than 4 P.M. PST Monday, February 13th 2012.

Have you ever noticed how prices seem low at some places, especially big online retailers, but when you get to checkout, they sock you with shipping fees that often begin at $7.50 or more?

Well, we have. And here at Fatale Media we are determined to keep shipping fees low. Fatale Media’s shipping fees are low low low.

So avoid sticker shock, and always check the shipping fees when you’re shopping online.

Our commitment to you:
• Order any three DVDs and you get free Priority Mail shipping in the U.S.
• First Class mail is shipped within 24 hours, and the rate for First Class starts at $2.95.
• Outside the U.S., DVDs ship for at or below international rates via Par Avion Air Mail.

Want it by Valentine’s Day?
• Order by Friday, February 3rd 2012 for shipping outside the U.S.
• Order no later than Friday, February 10th 2012 for shipping within the U.S.
• For overnight shipping, order no later than 4 P.M. PST Monday, February 13th 2012.

Valentine’s Day gift-wrap now available! Plus a free gift card, personalized just for you.

See Fatale’s Favorite Lesbian DVDs.

See all Fatale’s DVDs.

It’s the last weekend for free First Class shipping at Fatale Media. Shipping is half-price outside the U.S.

No minimums, no “standard shipping” wait times. All orders ship within 24 hours.

We thought you’d want to know. Mark your calendar. The deadline is Sunday night, January 15, 2012.

Shop now!

And in case you’re wondering, we had a lovely New Year’s celebration. On New Year’s Eve we headed to a friend’s place for an early get-together. About a dozen people were there, and the food was divine! We brought gougères, little French cheese puffs made with glorious Gruyére. Yum!

On New Year’s Day we went to an afternoon party, a more traditional fête with a couple dozen people, lots of sparkling wine and Champagne, gorgeous bowls of beans for good luck, and most of all good company.

It’s an auspicious start to 2012.

Yours in good love and sex,

Nan & Christi nan@fatalemedia.com christi@fatalemedia.com

P.S. The top lesbian DVDs this holiday season were Carolyn Caizzi’s Coming Home and Courtney Trouble’s new Live Sex Show, which stars Nina Harley and Jiz Lee.

P.P.S. Don’t forget—free First Class shipping (half-price outside the U.S.) is good through January 15, 2012.

G-spot expert Deborah Sundahl, a.k.a. Fanny Fatale, answers your questions about female ejaculation and the g-spot.

Dear Deborah,

Is lubrication with oil a must or should we reserve it for those times when the surfaces are not that moist? I shall be grateful for your clarification on this rather basic point.

Wishing you a very Happy New Year.

Best regards,

Curious in India

Dear Curious,

Olive oil is nourishing to the skin, as Queen Cleopatra from ancient Egypt knew. Use lubricant that is nourishing to the vagina, like natural oils of any kind (jojoba, almond, avocado, etc.).  View the vagina as skin that needs or likes “food,” rather than using a lubricant to “make” her ready.

As you will learn when you read my book, Female Ejaculation and the G-Spot, I encourage every woman to know her body. This is more than finding a technique or “prescribing” lubricant. You will know when you want to use lubricant, and when you do not need or want to. In this way, you will have more than enough natural lubrication, too!

Again, the more you can listen to your own body, specifically your vagina and what she needs and likes, the more success you will have with the G-spot orgasm and with female ejaculation. And in the end, the more intimate connection you will have to yourself and to your partner.

Have fun!

Deborah

P.S. If you plan to be in the Pacific Northwest this spring, sign up for Deborah Sundahl’s female-ejaculation women’s workshop scheduled for the weekend of April 20-22, 2012. A workshop for couples runs April 27-28, 2012. View more information here at Deborah’s Web site.

P.P.S. Check out Female Ejaculation for Couples by Deborah Sundahl to see how couples can stimulate the G-spot and achieve female ejaculation in a workshop setting.

We’ve decided to extend free shipping on all purchases at Fatale Media through January 15th, 2012, half-price outside the U.S. No minimums, and all orders ship within 24 hours.

Treat yourself!

Check out Fatale’s Favorite Lesbian DVDs.

See all Fatale’s DVDs.

It’s not too late to find the perfect gift for that special someone in your life…or your best friend, or that cutie you’ve had your eye on for a while now.

Order now to guarantee Christmas delivery:
Order by Monday, December 19th, for free First Class shipping in the U.S., or by Wednesday, December 21st, for Priority Mail shipping. UPS expedited delivery available. See the complete Holiday Shipping Schedule.

Save on these good gifts:

Bend Over Boyfriend Gift Set – Save 15% – Fatale’s most popular gift set

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Where the Heart Is – Save 10% - Lesbian romance at its finest

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The Crash Pad Gift Set – Save 17% - Get hooked on pure lesbian passion

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Your Satisfaction 100% Guaranteed.

Our Gift to You:

• Free gift-wrapping and free personalized gift cards.
• Free First Class Shipping. No minimums. All orders ship within 24 hours.

Happy Holidays!

Nan and Christi

P.S. Not sure what to give? Fatale Media Gift Certificates can be ordered in any amount and do not expire.

Recommended:

 * * * Live Sex Show – New! from Courtney Trouble

You can’t go wrong with the invincible Nina Hartley and oh-so-willing Jiz Lee.

* * * * Bend Over Boyfriend Gift Set – Save 15%

The perfect gift for curious couples

* * * Talk to Me Baby

Straight, gay, lesbian, you name it.

Shar Rednour reveals her deepest secrets in talking dirty for lovers.

* * * Sugar High Glitter City

Fantasy to the max! Sugar is outlawed, and these dykes will do anything to get it, even selling their own bodies!

SHOP NOW!

Happy Holidays from Fatale Media!

• Free Shipping via First Class Mail within the U.S. (half-price outside the U.S.)
• No Minimums
• Free Gift-Wrapping—Your Choice, Christmas Gift-Wrap or Non-Christmas Gift Wrap
• Free Gift Cards with Your Personalized Message

Last month, we wondered if you would masturbate or have sex on a stage, like the people do in Courtney Trouble’s new DVD, Live Sex Show. We asked: Would you ever masturbate or have sex on a stage for an audience?

Lonely Dude, also known as “Straight, single and celibate in the SoCal desert” wrote:

“I most definitely would perform onstage alone,  or with someone else.  But only if there were no video cameras, no still cameras, no cell phones, etc. But in front of a live audience of onlookers, 2 people or 20 or 200,  oh yes, that would be great fun for them and me.  My ideas are far too wild, far too kinky for the dating world,  but I’d put on a great show for spectators if I ever had  the chance.”

Thanks, Lonely Dude. Maybe you want to head to San Francisco for the next Masturbate-a-Thon.

See all the November 2011 poll results.

This month, after having read an interesting article in the New York Times Magazine called “Teaching Good Sex” by Laurie Abraham. Discussing the idea of “introducing pleasure to the peril of sex education,” one seemingly enlightened sex-ed teacher in Philadelphia is quoted as saying: “[T]here is no romanticism or intimacy in porn, porn is strictly sexual.”

We ask: In your opinion, is porn, in the words of one high-school sex-ed teacher, “strictly sexual”?

Vote now! The poll is on Fatale’s home page. We’ll give you the results next month.

Until next time, we wish you happy holidays and deliciously hot sex,

Nan and Christi
www.fatalemedia.com

P.S. Check out one of our favorite, most romantic and intimate porn DVDs, Coming Home by Carolyn Caizzi.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner here in the U.S., and we’re ready! We’re headed to a friend’s house, slated to bring the appetizers. Then the fun really begins, with Hanukkah and Christmas right on the horizon.

We’re thankful for many things this past year, and as a thank-you, we’re offering you complimentary shipping on all orders, with half-price shipping for international (non-U.S.) orders. No minimums.

Plus, we hope you take advantage of free gift-wrapping—your choice, Christmas or non-Christmas gift wrap—and free gift cards. Your orders ship within 24 hours.

Thank you. This year would not have been the same without you, and your support of Fatale makes all the difference in the world. We are grateful and will offer up a Thanksgiving toast to you.

Yours in good love and sex,

Nan & Christi
nan@fatalemedia.com
christi@fatalemedia.com

P.S. Don’t miss Live Sex Show, the new Courtney Trouble DVD now at Fatale Media. Starring Nina Harley and Jiz Lee, Live Sex Show makes a great gift for adventurous couples and creative singles.

The new Fatale Holiday Shipping Schedule is posted so you know exactly when you need to order by to make sure your gifts arrive in time for the holidays.

• Hanukkah begins at sundown Tuesday evening, December 20th 2011.
• Christmas is Sunday, December 25th, 2011.

Order DVDs for shipping outside the U.S. no later than end of day Monday, December 12th, 2011, to ensure holiday arrival.

For Christmas giving:
For free First Class shipping within the U.S., place your order by end of day Monday, December 19th, 2011.

And for Priority Mail shipping within the U.S., order by end of day Wednesday, December 21st, 2011.

See  the entire Holiday Shipping Schedule, including UPS shipping options.