You all know that I've been trying my luck with some nail art. I love looking at it, and I try my best to do my own but I still suck!! And I've got no creative bone in my body... and desperately need some inspiration!!! soooo... I've decided to hold a nail art contest!! The rules are very simple:
1) Art has to be simple! Think of it as a work-friendly nail art.
2) Stamping is very welcome!! Striping tape, rhinestones, stickers, and even some glitter is ok. Think of it as a "I-want-to-be-taken-seriously-but-I'm-not-boring" manicure!
3) No freehand please... I know you all are nail art geniuses.. but I'm not! So I could never ever replicate your mani =)
4) Any colors are fine!
5) Multiple entries are fine!! The more the better =))
6) If you want to share what stamp you used, etc. for your mani, you're more than welcome too, but you don't have to!
7) Let me know if I can pull a Monkey-See-Monkey-Do on you (with proper credit of course!)!! I will respect your wishes if you don't want me to replicate your creation =))
There will be two stages to this contest. Stage one: I will personally chose my favorite (maybe with little help of my hubby). Stage two: the readers will vote for their favorite!
The winner of the mani most liked by me will have a choice of the prize (below). The winner of the most popular vote will get the remaining prize.
| Prize 1: BN bottle of NailVenturous "Floam" |
| Prize 2: The mini-set of OPI Gernany collection (BN) |
Contest is open internationally and will end on September 8th at midnight CST (USA).
How do you submit your entries you say? You just send a picture to my e-mail address!!!!Here's a caveat though: I would like two identical pictures, one with and the other without a watermark. I've thought about it long and hard and decided on this because of the following reasons:
- I don't want to know whose nails I'm looking at when I'm choosing myself. I've become friends with so many of you through this little blog journey that it would be very hard for me not to be sympathetic towards my friends. And I don't want to play favorites!!! I promise I will NEVER post those pictures publicly! I will print them as they come to my e-mail box and delete them immediately!
- When it's time for public voting, I will post your watermarked picture. And in order to avoid people feeling "bad" about voting for one friend and not the other (I know I always feel terrible!!!), I will have everyone vote anonymously. Originally I was thinking about submitting pictures without watermarks but there are so many picture thieves out there that even copyright infringement penalties don't stop them =( And I don't know how to set my pictures to not-right-clickable... plus I think I would personally want my pictures on display watermarked too!
I really cannot wait to see all your entries!!!
Thank you so much in advance for participating!!
I like this idea!! I better start thinking of something! I love MSMDs, though!
ReplyDeleteyay!!!! =)))
DeleteFun! I need to start dreaming up some cool ones!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see your entry(ies)!!
DeleteThank you for the opportunity! This may have to be the first one I enter!!
ReplyDeleteooh I'm so excited!!!
DeleteThanks for the opportunity....may have to try this!!!
ReplyDeleteThx Jackie!! I really hope you do!!
Deleteohh! fun!! Now I gotta think of something :)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what you come up with!
DeleteI have an idea already!!!
ReplyDeleteOooh I can't wait!!
DeleteOooh! Floam! :) I wish I was artistic/talented so I could do nail art and participate! I just got a cheapy stamping kit yesterday, I'll have my first go at it soon!
ReplyDeleteYou should try anyway!! You just never know :))
DeleteGreat idea! Can I use nailart that has already been posted on my blog or does it have to be "new" ones?
ReplyDeleteIt can certainly be old ones too!!! Can't wait to see your entry!!!
DeleteSeriously???? This is awesome!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI just hope I manage to pull something up on time! ;-))
Damn... once again I have so many obligations for polish posts..... LOL
oh you got a whole weekend, mama!!! I'm sure you'll come up with something awesome!!!
DeleteŚwietny konkurs , tylko o co chodzi z tym 3 punktem , zdobienie mamy wykonać na tipsach nie na własnej dłoni?
ReplyDeleteOoh Polka, super!! W punkcie 3-im chodzi o to zeby nie uzywac 'freehand nail art', czyli zeby samemu nie malowac. Bo ja nie umiem malowac!!! Hihi :). Widze zawsze na blogach pieknie ozdobione paznokcie, ale jak ktos wlasnorecznie namalowal to juz nie dla mnie :). Dlatego tylko prosze o stempelki i temu podobne. Mam nadzieje ze wezmiesz udzial w konkursie!!! :))
DeleteWeszlam na Twojego bloga, o mamo jakie piekne!!! No wlasnie o to mi chodzilo, ja sie moge zesrac a nigdy tak nie namaluje!!! W szkole malo co plastyki nie oblalam haha ;)). A co do tego na czym namalowac to moga byc tipsy albo wlasna dlon, nie ma roznicy :)
Delete:)Ufff kamień z serca, zastanawiałam sie chyba z 20 min w jakim jeżyku napisać ;D zeby nie bylo ze pisze w jakims "suahili" naszczescie intuicja mnie nie zawiodła:) . Nie malować hmmm... to bedzie dopiero wyzwanie ;) postaram sie cos ciekawego wykombinować ...choc szczerze powiem ze miala tyle pomyslow co zrobic, a teraz mam wielka pustke :)lapie sie na tym ze kazde zdobienie jakie sobie teraz wymyslam wymaga wlasnie jakiegos "maowania" a jakis naprawde prosciutki tutorial krok po kroku tez sie nie nada ? :)
DeleteHaha, no ja bym chciala miec taki problem ;))). Prosciutki moze byc, ale taki naprawde latwy, jak dla przedszkolaka!! Bo ja to nie wiem gdzie biegalam jak rozdawali umiejetnosc rysowania ;))
Deletethis is a great opportunity, really awesome idea!
ReplyDeleteI really hope you enter!!!
DeleteOh I am so sorry I missed it! It sounded perfect for the sort of designs I normally do))
ReplyDeleteoh that's ok, I'm sure there will be others!!! plus you never know, as I'm a frequent looker on your blog now, you may just see a little MSMD inspired by your mani over here!!! =)
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