We will never understand why Gift Cards get such a bad rap. For one, the recipient gets a chance to to shop for what they want. For two, it’s less work for the giver. Sounds like a win to us. We found five ways to win a gift card below. To start, be sure to enter to win a $1,000 Spa Week Gift Card to splurge on the treatments of your choice. Want to make money? Sign up for our Facebook Make Money app to make 10% on Spa Week Gift Card sales. And without further ado:

Give your little ones a fashionable transition into spring by winning a $25 Gift Card for The Childen’s Place on The Cool Kids Blog

Splurge on a new pair of jeans when you enter to win a $100 Shopbop Gift Card on Sololisa.com

Win a $50 Gift Certificate from Vintage Pearl on Pawberrylane

Get  a jump start on redecorating for spring winning a $50 Home Depot Gift Card from Pennypinchinmom

Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card on Math Concentration

March was quite a month. Unfortunately these past few weeks we’ve had to watch Japan cope with one of the most terrible tragedies of our time. In the midst of the devastating earthquakes, tsunami, nuclear meltdowns, and other disparities across the globe we can’t think of a better time for us to be more eco-conscious. Tomorrow World Water Week comes to a close. It is a chance for city restaurants to charge $1 for a glass of water in an effort to help UNICEF provide safe, clean drinking water for children around the world. In the spirit of giving, we are supplying you with 4 ways to win something green to help your live a more  environmentally friendly life.

- Win a Juice Beauty Organic Starter Kit (Worth $155!) from Ecouterre

- 5 Lucky Winners Will Receive Brita Green Grand Pitcher and 2 stylish Brita FilterForGood Nalgene bottles from Ecorazzi.com

- Win a Red, Leather-Free Ro & Co Handbag from Peta2.com

- Win Ecco Bella’s Natural Nutrient Eye Creme on Letswinblog.com

This week’s round up of giveaways has us lusting for beaches, palm trees and neon lights. While we anxiously await pleasant weather’s return, below you’ll find a chance to escape to Miami (about 16 Miami-area spas are participating in Spa Week this Spring!) and a $10,000 wardrobe fit for a stroll on South Beach.

<– The Grand Slam of giveaways enter to win a trip to Miami includes Hotel + Airfare for 2 from PopSugar City Washington DC!

Because you want to be in shape for that bikini… enter to win Jane Fonda’s Workout DVDs from Twirlit

Enter to win a $665 Yema Diving Chrono Watch from A Blog to Read

Fit in with the rest of the fashionable folks by entering to win a $10,000 Wardrobe from Net-a-porter on FabSugar

Set the mood in your hotel with a 3 Piece Soy Candle Set from Mama To 3 Blessings

For those chilly Miami nights enter to win a Michael Kors Trench on What I Wore

Happy Valentine’s Day Weekend! This year the holiday of love falls on a Monday, so you have the whole weekend to celebrate. For those of you not in a committed relationship, celebrate by buying yourself something nice, or even better WIN something nice! Below you’ll find a host a great giveaways inspired by the holiday.

Ignite Passion On Valentine’s Day With This Femmescience Body Polish Giveaway on The Blay Report

Tweet this Giveaway! Enter to win a Beau Bow Model Mirror on Posh Glam

Enter to win the Botkier Charlotte Satchel for Valentine’s Day on Nitro:licious

Win a Carolee Sentiments Cuff Bangle in Sterling Silver on Shopping and Info.

Enter the Fendi Superstar Bauletto $710 Valentine’s Day Giveaway on The Find.

No V- Day affair is complete without candles. Don’t forget our own Ecoya Love Candle & Beauty Giveaway – ending Sunday!

Need a last minute gift idea? Print out or email a Spa Week Gift Card.

Happy Friday! You survived another week, and we think you deserve a jazzy, bright and colorful weekend. You deserve kaleidoscopic new makeup. You deserve chromatic custom-designed T-Shirts by Project Runway superstars. You deserve psychedelic dry feet. Here are beauty and fashion giveaways splashed with cheerful color from some of our favorite blogs. Enter the gateway to mulitcolored goodies below.

- Enter to Win a pair of Hunter Wellington Boots on The Vogue Diaries

- 5 Revlon’s CustomEyes Shadow & Liner Kits are up for grabs on A Few Goody Gumdrops

- Win a $50 Chloe Loves Charlie Gift Card (for a colorful new wardrobe) from The Budget Babe

- Win a T-Shirt Designed by Project Runway’s Mondo from Piperlime on Coquette

- Enter to Win Stila’s Make Me Blush Set from Sephora on Best Things In Beauty

- Win colorful spools of twinery for your crafty side on Sherbert Blossom

And don’t forget our own Ecoya Love Candle & Beauty Giveaway – the packaging is more or less black and white, but light that candle and you’ll be dreaming of double rainbows, no doubt.