Congratulations Gertrude! Thank you to everyone who logged on to Facebook to enter the handbag giveaway! There will be more giveaways coming soon!

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Barr + Barr handbags are embarking on their second decade of producing quality handbags with handwoven details among many other standout features. Helen Barr, brand designer and owner uses her fine arts degrees to create memorable designs in both construction and aesthetics. The brand's success and popularity earned them a spot on the Home Shopping Network's (HSN) roster.

The brand has been kind enough to provide fans of MyOwnJudge a luxury handbag (retails for $279). Excited?!

To enter:
-'Like' MyOwnJudge on Facebook.
-'Like' Barr + Barr on Facebook.

Once you 'Like' both, leave a comment on the Barr + Barr page (in 20 words or less) saying why you should win. Anything from needing a new bag to match your makeover to being the perfect foray into luxury handbags!

EDIT: Because of Blogger's refusal to post my giveaway on 3pm 5/20 as expected, the giveaway will end 5/28 - a day later. The winner will be announced after the weekend by Barr + Barr.

Good luck!

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Use your Facebook wisely to win some Broadway Nails goodies. The best is the last day of course (where you win each day's item), but don't limit yourself, and enter till you win! It's like the lottery, but cheaper!

Rules: This contest is open to fans of Broadway Nails Facebook page (Facebook.com/Bwaynails) to U.S. Residents only. To enter, visit Broadway Nails Facebook page and click the “May Day Giveaway” link below our profile picture. Entry forms must be completed each day for each individual product and will reset at 10pm (EST) every night in May. Broadway Nails Facebook fans must return daily & re-enter to be eligible for each day’s featured prize. Once a participant wins a product from May 1st to May 30th (5/1 – 5/30) they will be excluded from winning until the grand prize on May 31st (5/31) where they can re-enter to win.


For more information please visit: Facebook.com/bwaynails

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This weekend and last weekend, New York is home to the One of a Kind Show. A venue for creative minds and artists to come together and display their creations to collector's and unique individuals alike. Last weekend, scheduling and mush for brains got in my way of reporting about the event much. I mixed up the times, had only fifteen minutes (out of four days - don't ask me how I do it) to check out as much as possible, and no camera to do it with (although I brought the darn charger!). I vowed to come back better prepared this time around, with enough time for the readers to check it out themselves.Festive ornaments, bookmarks, paperweights, or just something pretty was available from Vilmain.The most pleasing part of the event was the unity of all the presenters aesthetically. Regardless of what kind of craft was being showcased, everyone remained within white walls and hallways. It offered a very clean passageway from one precious item to the other, without wasting time or money on curtains, posters, etc. This also helped for the items to stand out and catch your attention (and to not get lost).Jewelry and sculpture (though they can sometimes be synonymous) were the two prevalent types of products at the show, the first being what caught my eye the most. These pure stone rings by Anna Ruth Henriques were breathtaking. Not only are they skillfully made, but these are pure rock (minus the itty bitty spider). Different ones are made from different stones and retail for just a wee bit under a thousand (with a much cheaper price for show-goers of course).

Hey y'all! Today is my birthday! I'm planning on having a dinner with family on Friday and party with friends on Saturday, but today - today is all about you! Today I'll be starting off my Shopbop.com $100 gift card giveaway. Shoot, I even made an image from scratch (minus the background). Are ya proud of me?!

The gift card will be perfect for back to school and goodbye summer/hello fall shopping. You can stock up on the back in trend flare jeans or the still trendy denim leggings. On a denim diet? Even denim brands like Paige Denim are fully stocked with non-denim items like cargo pants, skirts, and more.

If you need ideas for what your card will be buying up, check out the Shoptalk blog on Shopbop.com for ideas and copy a look from their latest shoot!

To enter (only one entry per person):
1. Subscribe to MyOwnJudge.net (by RSS or e-mail subscription).
2. Leave a comment about what you would buy with the gift card (and the username you are subscribed under).

One (1) winner will be chosen on October 4, 2010. Good luck!

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In honor of Tim Gunn's newly released book "Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work," Lifetime.com is giving away 18 signed copies, one for each "Make it work!" moment.

The book has great tips that stretch beyond the reach of fashion, as well as some gossip and info from behind the scenes. From the snippets I read in magazines (children without manners and pushy manners, along with diva designers!) and on the website (check out the "see inside" section), Tim has much more to say than I expected!

To enter the giveaway, leave a comment at the lifetime site - with your favorite Tim Gunn moment and they will be eligible to win!


Hope you win! If not, snag a copy!

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I finally have the names y'all! I have all the packages ready so if you see your name, shoot me an e-mail at myownjudge@gmail.com so I can send it out ASAP!

I have listed each day and the winners (and their submissions if applicable). Thanks to everyone who participated and stay tuned for bigger and better things!

Day 1:
Tell me whether or not you have a resolution connected to nails.

1. Esmeraldaa said... ohh my resolution is to find more colors besides the 3 pink colors that I'm so used to wearing. I also want to take better care of my nails meaning that i want to keep up with filing them and treating them .  

Day 2:
Leave me a message on the MyOwnJudge Facebook page telling me what holiday you celebrate this winter and what it means/stands for.

1. Xiao-Ying Tien We celebrate X-mas and it means cheer and relaxation! 
2. Niña Sagarbarria My family celebrates Christmas during the Holiday season. I see this celebration as a time for us to reflect on the past year and to bond over good food and company. 

Day 3:
Let me know what your secret method for lining your eyes is and you just may win! 

1. STYLEEZTA said... I actually like lining my upper water line~! Looks scary but it makes my lashes look fuller
2. Nelsby said... the best tip for eyeliners is to keep them in the fridge.
3. ~tHiAmErE~ said... you might not believe it but i burn the end of my eyeliner to have that really dark look. I only do it when i am donning a very dark smokey look.It intensifies the color! I light it for like 3 secs...then cool it off then apply it. This is such a great tip!
   

Day 4:
Share your holiday traditions on Facebook.

1. Lizzie Morris On Christmas morning me and my sisters always head straight to our stockings on the fireplace because my mom always places something special in there!
2. Melissa Valmonte My mom makes me get up on a really tall ladder to risk my life for her Christmas decorations! Last year she won first prize from the HOA contest so I love how happy she gets for all her efforts :) (and my risk taking)
3. Jessica Stocker As a newlywed couple, we're just now establishing our own traditions. It's so fun! But one tradition I've carried with me from my Mom is to always have a gag gift mixed in. One of my favorites is from when I was a little girl... my Mom had me in on my Dad's gag gift. We painted a rock to look like coal for his stocking. I was *so excited* for him to open his stocking and find it. I thought it was hilarious! Until I found a lump of "coal" in my stocking, too.
4. Loraine Diaz We always open gifts in the morning then met at a family members home later on for dinner to share the day!

Day 5:
Guess the China Glaze color on Twitter. It was For Audrey! (I gave y'all a lead up with her name!)

1. @ICSarojini
2. @jconcep
3. @dustywingsnhalo
4. @BitterSweet1016
5. @squarrell
   

Day 6:
What color L'Oreal H.I.P eyeshadow duo do you want to win and what would you rename it? Six lucky comments will win their choice pick!

1. Nina said... My pick would be Platinum and I would rename it Steely Gaze!
   
2. Parisky said... I like the "flamboyant" combo :) I would it rename it as banana meets plum
   
3. Kayla (detailoring) said... I would take the metallic duo "Gilded" and rename it "Karats and Sparkles and Shine, OH MY!"
   
4. 
   
   DG said...  I like Reckless and I would rename it Got Grape?
   
   
   
5. chris said...  I would like gunmetal and rename it Artemis
   
6. 
   
   
   
   Niika said... I would pick 'Showy' and rename it 'Caribbean Sea'
   
   

Day 7:
Tell me what you indulge in the most on Facebook.

1. Marta Higginbotham chocolate and wine...
2. Lilly Papers Chocolate and go shopping.
3. Elizabeth Allbright Nail polish...again. And I'm with Marta: Chocolate and wine!!!
4. Raisa Culver I'm indulging in makeup! =D
5. Melissa Valmonte I indulge in ice cream! especially in ultra chocolate from trader joes!
6. Helena Milost I love to indulge in all of the goodness on the table at Christmas eve :) 
7. TaMyra Simone Harris I indulge in Chocolate  

Day 8:

1. Alemom
2. Ramcrest
3. Lipton | TEE
4. Ms. Jenn 
5. Lyssa
6. hi (Heather T)
7. Halifax
8. Amber

Congrats to everyone!

Between my netbook breaking abroad, rushing around and trying not to miss my flight, and then some personal issues, I could not find a moment to check my e-mail or update MOJ. I do apologize, but I am back and focused.

Below you will find the last giveaway, and to make it easy, y'all just have to leave your name and e-mail address to enter. Please check out the other giveaways and enter to make sure you have the highest chance of winning.

Eight winners will win one bottle of this fab color from KO Knockout!
(The only catch is that you have to be an e-mail subscriber).

Check back in a couple of hours to see the post with winners!

Prior to the credit card bill arriving in my mailbox that ill-fated day, I used to be a bad girl collecting shoes and makeup like it was a stamp or rock collection to some. I've slowed down on my spending for sure, but I still have a basketfull of plenty a pair of eyelashes. So now y'all get some Revlon lashes for you! Seven winners will win the following three pairs.

Sometimes I walk through the drugstore and read the names of some of the products and I wonder where their creative team went (maybe on vacation like I did lol). There are few companies out there that like to experiment with the titles of everything. Nothing makes me happier than a product name that makes me actually stand and smile and say out loud to no one in particular 'ooohhh that's clever'!

If someone looks at me funny, I just explain to them what makes it so spectacular (and most of the time they walk away even more perplexed). So today, you get to put on your creative hats and shoes! Six winners will get their choice of L'Oreal H.I.P Eyeshadow Duos (one per winner).

The classic girl's story is Breakfast at Tiffany's. The forever known Audrey Hepburn donned her chic little black dress (what a fashionable broad she was with her LBD!), her pearls, and she probably caught the earliest mention of the Bump-It for her snazzy hairdo as well. It's only fitting that five of you lucky readers get the nail polish created in her honor by China Glaze.

Day Four and as this post is scheduled to post, I am hopefully relaxing on a beach far far away from the frigid weather I escaped for a bit under two weeks.

Four entrants will get a Tarte Lifted Natral Eye Primer. Again, an all natural product for ya to use as a base for all your fabulous holiday and future looks.

So this is hopefully the last of the late catch up posts. Check out the giveaway details for this day (and check out day 3 below) and make sure to come back at 8pm EST to check back for the remaining days of the giveaway!

Three lucky winners will get a Korres Soft Eyeliner in Black. I love these suckers because not only are they completely natural, but they are the smoothest pencils I've ever come across. The liner is thin but is super creamy and is perfect for the waterline. I like using it for the outer corner of my eyes for a nonsmudge effect. Of course, it is great for lining your lids as well, and for a quick smokey eye if you use a shader right after lining.

It's the second day of me holiday and I'm lighting up my candles while in warm company of Barbados. The Biblically noted miracle of light that lasted eight days made me think of what would be an appropriate gift for giveaway. Something that adds plenty of light to your life, eh? Well I thought of my most favorite gel liner and of course I thought of Stila and their 24kt Goldern Noir Smudge Pot.

So... I really wanted to start singing "on the first day of Chanukah, Miss Yaya gave to me..." but then I wasn't going to sing it and upload it... soooo... here's what's up for the first day!

One lucky winner will get a care package of Fing'rs goodies. Included are two sets of Nail Art bundles and four packs of press on nails. You can check out my review of the brand here. The nail art are great for manicures and pedicures - they upgrade a homemade job into what looks like a pro job, and the press on nails are a cinch to apply and last for up to a week.

So how to win? Comment on this post and tell me whether or not you have a resolution connected to nails. Me? I promise myself to be more attentive to taking vitamins and not peeling or biting my nails in 2010.

As some of you may know, I am Jewish. So when lots of people start humming Silent Night, I am bouncing along with Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights. Being around so many people that celebrate Christmas though, I got used to giving out gifts later than what I was used to. But this year? Well this year I have my own blog, and for y'all that don't celebrate Chanukah, this will get you some extra X-mas gifts!

For the next 8 days (December 12-19, 2009), I will be announcing daily giveaways at 8pm EST. Each day, there will be more prizes (i.e. on the first day there will be one winner and on the sixth there will be six). Make sense?

I will be posting details on the blog & some of the days will involve Twitter or Facebook.

Want to learn about the holiday? Click here or here. Check out the Adam Sandler video after the jump as well!

There were two giveaways that went on in the past month, and I apologize for being so behind on alerting and announcing the winners.

I want to thank everyone for subscribing, visiting, and participating in all the giveaways that go on at My Own Judge. It is because of the readership that I am capable of continuing to do so, so tell all your friends about me!

As always, I double checked the comments to the actual sign ups (when applicable) & want it noted that only those who signed up counted as part of the giveaway.

For the Thevi giveaway, and the Party Like a Shop Star giveaway (four winners), the winners are:

Sorry for the delay y'all!

The new giveaway is simple. The more people sign up to 'Shop it To Me' - the more prizes there will be. One in every four people will get two items of their choice.

Click here or on the image to sign up and 'read more' for more details!

This is a funny kind of contest to have right? True.

Let me explain. My birthday is September 23. Yes - soon. :)

As I have previously posted about Shop it To Me, this is a great site that sends you a sales newsletter specified to your needs. You can set it up to show you sales on any brands you like for men, women, and children alike. Also - you can set the frequency of e-mails (I like to get mine every day) and the spending limit. Did I mention that the site was free?

The trick is that if you refer 10 people, you get a gift card. Thus the giveaway for the people that sign up! (Just in time for my birthday!) I have plenty of goodies to give away and so in exchange for y'all signing up to a great site, one in every four people that signs up will get to choose to products for themselves.

Which products? All products (with the exception of one) that I post about this week are in the giveaway. This will include: Nailene, Zoya, Tarte Cosmetics, Fing'rs, Urban Decay, etc.!

To enter, click on the link here or image and sign up. When you signed up and confirmed your account, leave a comment here letting me know you signed up and under what e-mail address.

That simple!

I don't know if I let you in on this secret or not, but just like August, September is a giveaway month.

In the past month, I've had two big giveaways and a small one for a few lucky Twitter fans. You didn't think I was done did you?

To finish off the month of August with a bang, and start September off right, here is another one: partnering with Thevi Cosmetics, My Own Judge is pleased to offer the Moss Matte Eyeshadow to one lucky winner. To see my review and intro to the company and products, click this and this link.


So do you want you some Thevi? Just leave a comment saying exactly this: “I would like to enter the Thevi Moss Matte Eyeshadow Giveaway” with your e-mail address. Please make sure that both are in your comment as this makes it easier to find winners!

Once again - subscribers by e-mail get a second chance to win!

Giveaway ends this Friday - September 4, 2009!