JC Penny is hosting a special contest to celebrate the launch of Cindy Crawford’s new home accessories collection. If you have a room in your home that needs a makeover, then click here to submit a photo to the “Style Your Room” contest, and you could win an all-expense paid trip for two to Los Angeles for a shopping trip with Cindy Crawford at JCPenney, along with a $2,000 gift card. Four runners up will receive a $1,000 gift card. Ends October 4th.

Do you love Uggs? Do you have a website? If the answer to these two questions is “Yes”, then you might enjoy this giveaway! Whooga Boots is giving away a pair of Uggs to a random winner who displays their badge – click here for the details. This is an ongoing promotion, so there will be more than one chance to win if you choose to keep the badge up.

Welcome to Sweepstakes Saturday! Are you hosting a giveaway on your blog this week? Then list it below, so that we can all enjoy a few fun contests to start the weekend off right!

Actress Emily Osment is well-known for her portrayal of Hannah Montana’s best friend on the hit Disney TV series – and now she’s adding singer-songwriter to her list of achievements. The first single from her upcoming debut effort, “All The Way Up”, was just released this week. An infectiously fun, upbeat pop cut, “All The Way Up” will make you want to dance around your living room! Click here to stream the song on her official website and access links to purchase the single.

Giveaway Time!

To celebrate the release of “All The Way Up”, Wind-Up Records would like to give one lucky Contest Corner reader an Emily Osment prize pack, containing an autographed photo, t-shirt, and a tote bag from her new online store! Here’s how to enter:

1. For your first entry, leave a comment telling me why you’d like to win this!

This step is required to qualify for the drawing. Be sure to leave an email address with your comment, so that I may notify you in the event that you are the lucky winner!

Want extra entries? Do any of the following, and leave a separate comment for each one:

2. Write a post on your blog linking to this giveaway and Emily Osment’s Official Website. Then come back here and leave me the link!
3. Write about this on Twitter, then come back and leave me the link to your tweet!
4. Subscribe to my blog updates by entering your email into the “Subscribe” box in the sidebar. Then come back and leave me the email you subscribed with!
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Today I’m catching a flight to San Diego for a four-day vacation. I’ll be visiting with family there, and I’m really looking forward to having some fun in the sun! I’ll be returning Monday evening, but my blog certainly won’t be on vacation – I have a host of fun things scheduled to run while I’m away. I’ll answer all emails and comments after I return; in the meantime, you’re welcome to follow me on Twitter, where I will be tweeting updates and pictures from my trip. I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

Today I’m catching a flight to San Diego for a four-day vacation. I’ll be visiting with family there, and I’m really looking forward to having some fun in the sun! I’ll be returning Monday evening, but my blog certainly won’t be on vacation – I have a host of fun things scheduled to run while I’m away. I’ll answer all emails and comments after I return; in the meantime, you’re welcome to follow me on Twitter, where I will be tweeting updates and pictures from my trip. I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

And the winners of the Imagination Movers giveaway are….

Winner #1 is comment number 2, shopannies, who said: “tweeted
http://twitter.com/shopannies/status/3276007279″

Winner #2 is comment number 53, Gena, who said: “I follow”

Congratulations! If you didn’t win today, be sure to check out this list of Imagination Movers tour dates, and see if they’re coming to a city near you!

I’m somewhat of an exfoliant expert. I have a whole array of exfoliating products in my bathroom, and my friends think it’s quite funny how I’m always looking for new and better exfoliators – it’s become kind of a joke, with them buying me different types for birthdays and Christmas. I love bath products, so that’s OK with me! So when Skin Free Skincare asked if I’d like to try their Sweet & Smooth Sugar Scrub, I was happy to see if it could pass muster with my army of exfoliants.

The Sweet & Smooth Sugar Scrub has nice, thick granules in olive & sweet almond oil. The oils all rise to the top, so it might be a good idea to stir it up a little bit before using. I rubbed this all over my legs and elbows, and was immediately impressed with its scrub power. My sensitive skin can get pretty dry, and sometimes I use exfoliators and am disappointed to find that many of them don’t slough all the dead skin off. Yuck! This scrub really delivered, and did a fantastic job of smoothing my skin and removing those trouble spots. And although it was thorough, it was also gentle, and didn’t irritate my skin at all.

The moisturizing qualities of this are also top-notch – the oil makes your skin softer than soft and leaves the skin thoroughly moisturized and silky after you get out of the shower. To combat dry skin, I usually use an exfoliant in the shower to get rid of the dead layer of skin, and a lotion after I get out to smooth off any remaining rough spots. This one product completely eliminates the need for a moisturizer afterward – in fact, it left my skin feeling much softer than most lotions I’ve ever used, because the oil penetrates the skin with a rich moisturizer, instead of just leaving a surface layer of cream.

I was thoroughly impressed with this excellent sugar scrub and have been using it every time I shower because I like it so much – it’s a nice little pampering treat and it makes my skin feel so nice and soft all day after I shower. The only downside is that the oil in the product leaves your shower extremely slippery, which they warn of on the package. The first time I used this, I had to be careful how I stepped so that I wouldn’t slip. It also leaves a film in the tub that could pose as a slip hazard later on. Granted, I don’t have a slip mat in my shower, so that might possibly help – but please just bear this in mind when purchasing, as I don’t want anyone to fall when using it. Other than that word of caution, Skin Free gets a resounding thumbs-up from this exfoliant snob!