I’ve selected the winners of the Karmin Titanium Hair Straightening Iron contest
In November 1st, I had posted a contest on the site to announce a partnership with the distributors of Karmin to offer one lucky reader the chance to win one flat iron.
You can read the original post here: Contest: Who else wants to have a chance to win a flat iron valued at $265 USD?
The requirements for the contest were very simple: post your worst “BAD hair day story”.
I have to say that the 16 ladies who dared to air their bad hair day stories for the rest of the world to read were brave and I salute them.
A lot of the posts made me laugh and some I read in horror because I was able to place myself in your shoes and relive your bad-hair-day stories.
That said, a few stories really stood out and after narrowing it down to three, I realized that there were two very strong contenders and I was unable to make up my mind so I did what a beauty editor should do … I emailed Karmin and begged for a second flat iron!
Yes, ladies, we’re no longer giving out one flat iron … we’re now giving out two Karmin Titanium Hair Straightening Irons!!!
The two readers whose stories really screamed bad day are: Robin and Toye (from North Carolina)!
I selected those two winners because I could feel the pain of my biracial sister Robin in her story about having hair that is a bit too frizzy to tame and I will tell you that my sister Toye made me almost cry with laughter when I realized what that little baby did to expose her in front of her boyfriend.
I’ll let you read these for yourself:
“Where do I begin! First of all I have biracial hair so everytime I go to the hairdresser I get the lecture of how I should always use a good conditioner and not flatiron my hair all the time to prevent my hair from being damaged. I then inform them that I have biracial hair, that I use conditioner whenever I wash my hair, I use a hair mask weekly and that I use a flatiron carefully!
Anyway, i have hair that is not straight nor is it curl…I guess the right word for it would be frizzy. One day I popped in on my friend’s halloween party to pick up another friend who needed a ride home because she was drunk and I was told by a guest at the party that I made a great medusa! The thing is, I had not teased out my hair and just because I was wearing black and my hair was big and black and somewhat frizzy, someone thought that it was my bloody costume! BRUTAL! Anyway, help! I need a hair straightener that is durable and that works so my hair can look sleek and people no longer think I am in costume when I am just out and about!” – Robin
“My BAD hair story happened ten years ago when I was a mousy brunette wanting blond locks but too scared to take the plunge. I had been longing for an expensive long blond wig at the shop where my friend worked. She got a discount and I was reluctantly talked into buying the wig. The wig looked great on me and gave me a new found confidence! I met a man at a local pub while wearing it and he complimented me on my long, flowing locks. Well, we started dating and I still couldn’t bring myself to tell him my hair was fake! He took me to meet his family and I made the mistake of holding his baby brother. The baby reached up in one quick, powerful swoop and jerked the wig off! I stood in shock as his father started to laugh and his mother quickly apologized. My boyfriend stood there with his mouth agape and I ran from the room! To make a long story short we all had a good laugh after I calmed down and my bf told me he actually liked my brown hair much better! We are married now and we still have a good laugh with my in-laws when rehashing this story!! Thanks for the contest!! — TOYE from North Carolina”
Robin and Toye, I will email you and please do get in touch with me via the contact page, as I’ll need your addresses so we can get these flat irons to you. You two will look smashing for the holidays!
Ladies, I’d love to hear back from you and if you are willing to share before and after photos, I’d love to put them on the site for other readers to see.
>>>>> A second contest: Reversa Holiday Beauty Contest
Don’t forget to participate in the Reversa contest! You have until Monday, December 22nd, 2008 to participate.
You’ll find all the details here: Reversa Holiday Beauty Contest
>>>>> Fabulous February Beauty Madness
Ladies, you’ll want to keep an eye out for all of our February contests and giveaways. We’ll be giving out so many great products … you will surely want to share some great stories to win some really quality products.
Once again, I want to thank all the ladies who participated in the contest!
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