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Holiday

Create a Holiday Feast on Pinterest For a Chance to Win $1,500

Whether you want to get a head start on planning the season's gatherings or just want to feast your eyes on some holiday inspiration, what better way to start than with your very own virtual holiday pinboard?

Whether you want to get a head start on planning the season's gatherings or just want to feast your eyes on some holiday inspiration, what better way to start than with your very own virtual holiday pinboard? Just in time, we're hosting a Pinterest contest — and with a little luck, you might even find yourself celebrating with $1,500 and a new Windows Phone 8!

See the instructions below on how to build out a Pinterest board and show us what dishes you'd love put on the table at your next Wintertime fête. Our editors will then select their favorite board and give out a $1,500 gift card (and a new Windows Phone 8 along with it) to make your party a reality.

How to enter:

  1. Follow YumSugar on Pinterest.
  2. Build a Pinterest board titled "Windows Phone Holiday Recipes."
  3. Build out a board on Pinterest with at least five inspirational holiday recipes.
  4. Hashtag each of your pins with #YumHolidayRecipes.
  5. Submit your name and email, and include a link to your "Windows Phone Holiday Recipes" board to the contest page here.

Be sure to enter by Nov. 21. We're excited to see what inspires your project! Check out the official rules.

If you don't have a Pinterest account yet, get an invitation here.

Halloween

Freaky Flashback: TV Characters in Costume Through the Years

Halloween is rapidly approaching, which means some of our favorite TV shows are about to get invaded with costumes and candy.

Halloween is rapidly approaching, which means some of our favorite TV shows are about to get invaded with costumes and candy. Over the years, we've seen some pretty memorable Halloween-themed episodes on shows that paid homage to the holiday every year, like Home Improvement or just one-off shows on series like Parks and Recreation. Take a trip down memory lane to see some of our favorite characters in costumes from this year and years past.

Editor's Pick

Enter to Win $500 to IKEA in Our Styled by You Giveaway

We love reinventing furniture and creating our own DIY projects by using IKEA products as the basis for our new designs.

We love reinventing furniture and creating our own DIY projects by using IKEA products as the basis for our new designs. Now, we want to see how you would personalize your IKEA products and style your space. We're hosting a Pinterest contest giving you a chance to show us what IKEA products you would customize and what inspiration you would use to style it —think colorblocking, fabric swatches, metallics, wallpapers . . . the sky's the limit!

See the instructions below on how to build out a Pinterest board and show us how you would complete your project and style a new space in the place you call home. Our editors will then select their favorite board and give out a $500 gift card to IKEA to make those projects happen.

To Enter:
1. Follow CasaSugar on Pinterest
2. Create a Pinterest Board titled "Styled By" and build out your inspiration board
3. Make sure you pin one or more products from IKEA and design materials from CasaSugar that will help complete your project (minimum 20 pins, please)
4. Hashtag each of your pins with #styledby
5. Share the URL link to your "Styled By" board in the comments below

Be sure to enter by May 22. We're excited to see what inspires your project! Check out the official rules here.

If you don't have a Pinterest account yet, get an invitation here.

sephora

Thursday Giveaway! Win a Super Hyper Hydrator With Coconut Water

Need a skin solution to keep you moisturized during those dry Winter months?

Need a skin solution to keep you moisturized during those dry Winter months? Our friends at Sephora want to help. Today's lucky giveaway winner will receive a Super Hyper Hydrator with Coconut Water, a moisturizer that will leave your skin soft to the touch and hydrated.

To enter, just take the quiz by 5 p.m. PDT today, and one winner will be selected at random. Your eligibility is not based on getting the answers correct, just on taking the quiz after you are logged in. You do, however, need to be a PopSugar Community member to enter. So if you're not already one, register now. One quiz entry per person; all repeat quizzes will be ignored. Prizes can be shipped to US destinations only. Remember: you must be logged in to the PopSugar Community for your entry to count. For the complete rules, click here. Good luck!

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sephora

Wednesday Giveaway! Win a Super Hyper Hydrator With Coconut Water

Need a skin solution to keep you moisturized during those dry Winter months?

Need a skin solution to keep you moisturized during those dry Winter months? Our friends at Sephora want to help. Today's lucky giveaway winner will receive a Super Hyper Hydrator with Coconut Water, a moisturizer that will leave your skin soft to the touch and hydrated.

To enter, just take the quiz by 5 p.m. PDT today, and one winner will be selected at random. Your eligibility is not based on getting the answers correct, just on taking the quiz after you are logged in. You do, however, need to be a PopSugar Community member to enter. So if you're not already one, register now. One quiz entry per person; all repeat quizzes will be ignored. Prizes can be shipped to US destinations only. Remember: you must be logged in to the PopSugar Community for your entry to count. For the complete rules, click here. Good luck!

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sephora

Friday Giveaway! Win a Sephora Favorites Hair Care Deluxe Sampler

Are you the kind of person who likes to try a little of everything?

Are you the kind of person who likes to try a little of everything? Our friends at Sephora appreciate your experimental spirit, so they're giving away tons of trial-size fun in Sephora Favorites samplers. Today's lucky giveaway winner will receive a Lock Stars Hair Kit, full of Sephora's most popular treatment and styling hair products.

To enter, just take the quiz by 5 p.m. PDT today, and one winner will be selected at random. Your eligibility is not based on getting the answers correct, just on taking the quiz after you are logged in. You do, however, need to be a PopSugar Community member to enter. So if you're not already one, register now. One quiz entry per person; all repeat quizzes will be ignored. Prizes can be shipped to US destinations only. Remember: you must be logged in to the PopSugar Community for your entry to count. For the complete rules, click here. Good luck!

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sephora

Friday Giveaway! Caudalie Lifting Serum

Are you all ready for some vinotherapy?

Are you all ready for some vinotherapy? Good, because this week's giveaways are all about the incredible skin-saving properties of the grape vine. Our friends at Sephora have provided us with treats from Caudalie to help with all your skincare needs.

Today's giveaway is for Caudalie Lifting Serum. For skin that lacks vitality, this firming and tightening gel-serum provides immediate smoothing and radiance along with deep regenerating and anti-wrinkle action.

Want to enter? Just take the quiz by 5 p.m. PST today, and one winner will be selected at random. Your eligibility is not based on getting the answers correct, just on taking the quiz after you are logged in. You do, however, need to be a TeamSugar member to enter. So if you're not already one, register for an account. One quiz entry per person; all repeat quizzes will be ignored. Prizes can be shipped to US destinations only. Remember: You must be logged in to TeamSugar for your vote to count. For the complete rules, click here. Good luck!

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Music

Tori Amos Giveaway! Win a Copy of the New CD, Plus Her Epic Records Catalog

Ever since I ran across "Big Wheel," the first single off of the next Tori Amos next album, I've been curious to hear what the inventive singer will come up with on the rest of American Doll Posse.

Ever since I ran across "Big Wheel," the first single off of the next Tori Amos next album, I've been curious to hear what the inventive singer will come up with on the rest of American Doll Posse. The album hits stores today, May 1, so we're doing a very cool Tori giveaway, where BuzzSugar readers can win a signed copy of the new album, as well as the singer's entire Epic Records catalog.

To enter, just head over to the Epic Records and BuzzSugar contest page to register, then watch the video for the "Big Wheel." We'll announce the winner on BuzzSugar after the contest ends tomorrow May 16! Good luck, you guys!

TV

"The L Word" Giveaway: The Winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered BuzzSugar's "The L Word" giveaway!

Thanks to everyone who entered BuzzSugar's "The L Word" giveaway! The contest is officially closed, and we have a winner: Congratulations to Buzz reader JennyJen, who will get some great "L Word" goodies, including a season 4 extra large poster (at left), an "L Word" black tank top, and an "L Word" tan baseball cap.

Don't forget to tune in to Showtime tonight to catch the season finale of "The L Word" at 10 p.m. Eastern.


Photos courtesy of Showtime

Music

BuzzSugar Giveaway: Win a CD From The Fray and a Sony Portable DVD Player!

To celebrate the launch of the Sugar Network's new site, BuzzSugar, we're partnering with Epic Records to give away a killer gift set, which includes a copy of The Fray's debut album, How to Save a Life, and a Sony portable DVD player.

To celebrate the launch of the Sugar Network's new site, BuzzSugar, we're partnering with Epic Records to give away a killer gift set, which includes a copy of The Fray's debut album, How to Save a Life, and a Sony portable DVD player. To enter, just visit the contest site here and watch the music video for the Fray's hit single, "How to Save a Life," for a chance to win.

I had a chance to sit down with Fray guitarists Joe King and Dave Welsh in Vegas on Monday before the FOX Billboard Music Awards, where the charming boys from Denver performed the very catchy "How to Save a Life." The song is really everywhere these days, including the soundtracks of both "Scrubs" and "Grey's Anatomy," leading the guys to joke that "apparently the nurses of America love us." The Fray is floored by how much traction the track has gotten through nontraditional venues like MySpace, iTunes, and, of course, TV soundtracks.

The musicians said that they look forward to next year, when they can start working on a new album. Because while they're happy to play "How to Save a Life" as long as the fans want it, they wouldn't mind adding a few more songs to their repertoire. But if you're a fan of Coldplay and Keane, this piano-driven album is very much worth checking out, so be sure to throw your hat into the ring for our giveaway. The contest runs for two weeks.