My friends at the Aveda Institute asked me if I would share their BORN TO STYLE Scholarship Contest with you guys and of course I said yes!

If you or any of your friends are thinking about becoming a Hair Stylist then you should enter for your chance to win FREE TUITION!  Who doesn’t want to go to school for free?  And trust me, student loans are great when you get them but I’m still paying off mine… 10 years later!

What’s even better is that there will be four grand prize winners of full tuition at one of their top hair schools in Toronto, Calgary,
Vancouver, Victoria and Winnipeg.

Here’s the info you need and click HERE to go to the contest site

WHAT IS IT?
Aveda Institute is offering up four full scholarships to their hair schools in five different cities across Canada. To win, the contestant must submit a video explaining in a convincing manner (and showing perhaps some sizzle ) why they are “Born to Style”. Winners will be selected by a panel of top celebrity judges from each of the five cities (Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg and Toronto).

STEP 1: MAKE A VIDEO
Create a video to show us why you are BORN TO STYLE and why you’ve got the talent, passion and determination it takes to develop your  hairstyling skills with the Aveda Institute Canada.

STEP 2: UPLOAD & SHARE
Visit www.avedainstitute.ca/scholarship to enter the contest. Upload your video then share your entry with the world! Share your Aveda Institute entry page link with all your family, friends, fans and followers and get them to rate your video. Share your talent with the world!

STEP 3: HAIR SHOWDOWN
Beauty industry professionals hand pick five aspiring hairstylists in each city to advance to the final round. These future hairdressers will  participate in a live head-to-head competition and runway show putting together a complete look in front of a panel of style experts and hairstyling heavy hitters.  The winner in each city will be awarded a full scholarship to the Aveda Institute hair school!

And cause I want one of you guys to win here’s some tips on how videos will be judged:

>> >> Boldness and clarity of artistic vision

>> >> Originality and creativity

>> >> Demonstrates candidate is fashion forward and understands the Aveda mission

>> >> Overall Impression

 

Last day to submit a video is March 31st, 2012 at 11:59:59 a.m. ET

For more information on the institute and their program, check out the AVEDA Institute Canada website http://www.avedainstitute.ca

They’ve also got a ton of photos of Flickr so you can check out some of their grad’s work, institute photos, events and more

For more information on the contest, http://www.avedainstitute.ca/scholarship and you can download the package here if you have questions,  more technical resources http://avedainstitute.ca/scholarship/images/pdf/BTS_INFO_PACKAGE_DEC5.pdf

 

 
If you or your friends do enter the contest please let me know
p.s. This is a sponsored post and Aveda is sending me some of their amazing products to try out.

The Samba Days contest.  Hurry up cause it closes at 12:00pm today!

You could win an Explore experience and could be doing something like:

• Indoor Skydiving
• Paintball
• Indoor Rock Climbing
• Air Combat Flight Simulator
• Horseback Riding
• Bellydancing
• Pole Dancing
• Circus School

Some of the experiences are for 2 or 4 people so you can treat your friends or significant other to an adventure!

To enter the contest you have to go to THIS POST and follow the instructions…

1. Take a look through the SambaDays Explore Activitiesand post a comment below telling me which one you’d like to try (you can always change your mind if you win)AND
   
2. Tweet or FB – I want to win an Explore Gift Experience from @carlyannedotcom & @SambaDays
   ***make sure you link to me on FB so I can see it***

 

 

 

ALAINA

“I would absolutely love to do the ballroom/salsa dancing!”

 

Stella Artois Legere Ultimate Block Party Winners!

There was a great response to this contest and guess what?  I actually have 2 pairs of tickets to giveaway to the Stella Artois Legere Ultimate Block party this Saturday!

Here’s how I picked the winners:

1. Each person that entered went onto a list in the order they came in and each entry was numbered starting at 1
2. Then I used the Random.org number generator to pick my winner.

Congratulations Alaina!  Please send me an email so we can get your prize to you carly[at]carlyanne.com

Thank you to everyone who entered and stay tuned for the next contest that will start Wed. Oct. 19

 

 

There was a great response to this contest and guess what?  I actually have 2 pairs of tickets to giveaway to the Stella Artois Legere Ultimate Block party this Saturday!

Here’s how I picked the winners:

1. Each person that emailed or tweeted went onto a list in the order they came in and each entry was numbered starting at 1
2. Then I used the Random.org number generator to pick my 2 winners.

AND THE WINNERS ARE….

#2 drunkgirlTO

and

#5 RhianneCookson

Congratulations to you both!

***To confirm your prize please send me an email by 3:00pm today to carly[at]carlyanne[.]com to claim your tickets.

 

I love giving away stuff so much that next week we’ll have another contest and this time you’ll get to win a Samba Days Gift Box!

The Stella Artois Legere Ultimate Block Party is happening this Saturday, August 13 in the downtown area and I want YOU to come!   There are two ways to get inside the summers craziest party:

1. You can win tickets through my blog – I have 1 pair to giveaway and the winner will also receive a Stella T-shirt designed by Dave Murray ***
2.  RSVP on the Stella Artois Legere Facebook Guestlist – this will get you a spot on the Guestlist only, it’s not a guarantee of admission ***

***You must be legal drinking age to attend (that’s 19 in Ontario)

So how do you win the tickets?

Send me an email – carly AT carlyanne DOT com with the subject line: I WANT TO WIN TICKETS TO THE STELLA ARTOIS LEGERE ULTIMATE BLOCK PARTY

OR

Tweet this: “@carlyannedotcom I want to win a pair of tickets to party with you at the @StellaArtoisCan Legere Ultimate Block Party #spon”

I’ll pick the winner this Friday, August 12 at 11:00am.

Party details are below.

DATE: Saturday, August 13, 2011
TIME: 8pm-midnight
LOCATION: 525 King Street West (West side of Starbucks, South side of King street)

There is room for 600 people and entrance is subject to capacity

I cannot WAIT for this Saturday!

 

 

I am constantly touching my computer screen and it is always covered in fingerprints, smudges, water marks and well it’s usually pretty filthy. My blackberry is the same and there is always makeup smudged on the screen.  (I am actually embarrassed to post this photo of how dirty I let it get)

I’ve tried cleaning them with the cloth for my glasses, windex & paper towel, toilet paper (very bad idea, leaves white pieces).  I was pretty happy to receive Brilliant Screen Wipes in the mail to test out and review.  Its a 2 step process – a wet wipe that cleans all the dirt off and a dry cloth to wipe the screen dry and get any left over smudges.

So I tried them out today to clean my screen and phone and they worked really well.  You would not believe how much dirt came off!  I also used the wet wipe to clean the keyboard and shell of my Mac and it got all the dirt and spills out.  It’s like I have a brand new computer and I’m going to try and keep it this clean in the future.

I’ve got 2 packages (5 sets in a pack) of these screen wipes to give away so if you’d like to receive them leave a comment with the weirdest thing you’ve spilled or done to get your computer or cell phone dirty.

***

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