You already know how I feel about Tarte cosmetics and if you don’t I’ll tell you: I’m obsessed. Their products are high quality and eco-friendly; what more can you ask for?

Well, Tarte has teamed up with Commando underwear to get you covered (from top to [your] bottom) for the upcoming holiday season. They’re giving away up to $750 worth of goodness and all you have to do is enter. And with products like theirs, that is definitely something to be thankful for this season.

Tarte’s Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara is hands down the best mascara I’ve ever tried. Ever. And I’ve tried all of them. Every time a magazine boasted about their favorite mascara, I’d buy it. But they were all the same. I just figured mascara was mascara and started buying whatever was cheapest at Target. But Tarte taught me that there is a difference and not all mascaras are created equal. I honestly don’t know how they do it, but my eyes have never looked better or brighter. Seriously. It’s a miracle product.

Oh, and as long as we’re talking about the best products ever, let me just tell you about The Eraser, a legendary concealer. Not only does this stuff cover up the major black circles under my eyes (tested and approved on a particularly hungover morning), but it has a brush built in so you don’t have to run your greasy fingers across your freshly washed face. Gah! I just love it. Read More »

Who knew Levi Johnston was so poetic?

Who’s Adam Lambert’s new man??

Wanna win some diamonds!?

Morning workouts burn more calories.

Lady Gaga does Gossip Girl.

6 must-wear textiles for right now.

I’m sure we don’t have to tell you that the latest Twilight installment, New Moon, hits theaters on November 20th. We’ve never seen or read anything Twilight so we don’t quite understand the obssesion, but we have heard the shrieks and seen the reactions of those who have. And people are truly obsessed.

Which is why we decided to team up with our BFFs at ChickDowntown.com and bring you an awesome opportunity. Two awesome opportunities, actually.

We’re giving away a Twilight gift basket worth $140 each to two lucky CollegeCandy readers.

What can you win?

1. 2 Jules Smith Vampire Bracelets
2. The Twilight Bella jacket (which we totally want despite the fact that we don’t know who Bella is…)
3. A Twilight 2-disc DVD
4. The Twilight New Moon Illustrated Movie Companion
5. 20% off your order at ChickDowntown. Which you’ll want once you see all the adorable stuff they have to offer.

Winning is easy and here’s how you do it:

- Follow us on Twitter, become a fan of us on Facebook, or do both. It will only increase your chances of winning!

- To enter on Twitter, simply Tweet the following message: “I heart @CollegeCandy, now gimme my Twilight gift basket from @Chickdowntown!”

- To enter on Facebook, simply post the following message on our fan page wall: “I heart CollegeCandy, now gimme my Twilight gift basket from Chickdowntown!” Read More »

Today is Friday, October 2nd. That means you only have 4 days to enter CollegeCandy’s totally awesome laptop contest. And with a full two days of weekend-ness ahead of you, it’s the perfect time to get workin’!

All you need to do is come up with an innovative way to tell people about CC, then document your publicity campaign by taking a few photos of it.

If you’re stumped, here are a few suggestions that might help get your creative juices flowing: Read More »

Maybe you’re not on speaking terms with your laptop and it’s new best friend, the blue screen of death. Maybe you simply love CollegeCandy and want to share its wisdom and insight with the rest of the world. But whatever your reason is, there is only one week left to enter CollegeCandy’s Laptop Giveaway!

If you want to be the coolest kid in class sporting an HP DV2 mini notebook, simply come up with and execute the most creative publicity idea for CollegeCandy.com and document your efforts in photos.

Photos must be submitted by 5 p.m. EST on October 6^th in an email to gimmethatlaptop@collegecandy.com.

Read the full set of contest details here and get to work! If your current laptop is on it’s last legs and it took you 23 minutes just to load your favorite posts on CollegeCandy.com, this contest is screaming your name.

Do you want a sweet, shiny new laptop?
Do you love CollegeCandy with all your heart and soul?
Do you want to express that love and get a laptop in return?

Read on, girlfriend. Read on.

If you were one of the many people that didn’t get to take home a laptop in our last giveaway, now’s your chance. CollegeCandy got our hands on one last HP DV2 mini notebook and we’re ready to hand it out to one creative, hard working and worthy CollegeCandy reader.

What do you have to do? Read More »

We’ll be honest, as much as we love getting (presents, sexual favors, free drinks…) around here, it’s the act of giving that really gets us excited. And the bigger the give the better we feel. So we’re pretty sure the feeling we’re getting from this latest CollegeCandy giveaway is pretty similar to sniffing 100 bottles of White-Out.

Yeah, we feel goooood.

With school rapidly approaching, CollegeCandy has teamed up with Ivy Worldwide and Hewlett Packard to give away a back-to-school computer bundle that’s better than a large pack of Sharpies and Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper. Because we love our readers so much and want you to do well in school (duh!), we are giving away a package of goodies that is sure have you ready to go for the fall. Read More »

So the time has come.

It’s been a long week of Tweeting, Twittering, and whatever else we can do on Twitter (do you follow us? You should!), but decision day is here and it’s time to pick the “Rock Out With Your Guitar Out” winner. We’ve written down everyone’s names (and written you down again if you had your friends hook you up) and tossed them in an empty Pirate’s Booty bag.

Yeah, we know we said we were gonna pull it out of a hat, but then we realized that hats don’t look good on us so we don’t have any lying around. But empty bags of chips? Yeah, we’ve got plenty.

Anyways. Here goes. Reaching in. Reaching deeper. Wishing there were actually chips in here or that the little scraps of paper at least tasted like chips….

OK. Here we go. Here is the winner: Read More »

And we hate the thought of Speidi children.

Wanna win some sexy toys?

Just dance, Katie Holmes!

Irritating moves dudes make on Facebook.

Scary celebrity dolls.

The Britney comeback continues.

As July creeps closer in my archaic paper day planner (no, I don’t have a Blackberry, okay!?), I am getting ever more excited for one glorious event: The Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.  Nothing beats watching a ripped hottie (Japanese hottie, no less) scarfing dogs like he’s on death row.  I, unfortunately, can only handle a maximum of three hot dogs (and that was on a bet…which I lost) and have no six pack.

Apparently, there is another awesome summer competition that I might actually have a chance at: the National Texting Championships.  Tasks include texting while blindfolded (uh, sleep/drunk texting basically – done deal) and texting while maneuvering through a moving obstacle course (texting while walking – done deal).  The most awesome part about this competition is the winner gets a free phone AND $50,000!  If only I had known about this before! Read More »