GIVEAWAY!! HANA MISIKKO FLAT IRON pt. one: Preview

ok. so after all the times i spent ranting on and on, with all those links to help you guys win a hana flat iron (i'm pretty sure they all expre by May 30, 2010 latest), here is MY OWN GIVEAWAY!!

i recieved notice from a Misikko rep that my flat iron is shipped, and i will hopefully recieve it sometime soon.

after i recieve it, i will post up more specific reviews, and photos of course!

here is the info:

I would post my own terms, but here are the basics:

mandatory entry: tell me why you want this flat iron, the flat iron you are currently using (if any), and of course leave an email adress.

extra entries:

• follow misikko on twitter
• join misikko's newsletter
• blog about it on a personal website (3)

srry, but i don't dig the tweeting thing where you can do 24 thousand entries in one day.

so a MAX OF 6 ENTRIES!!

OPEN TO US AND CANADA ONLY (it's not b/c i hate on my friends overseas, but this flat iron is not dual voltage, and therefore not suitable... sorry!)

please don't post entires on here.... the giveaway has not opened yet! i post an update on... let's say next friday (May 4, 2010) . i want to get it up ASAP, but i have so many things going on with my research project...

giveaway: magazines

so bein an azn, and lover of givaways, i just had to share this list w/ u guys.

Tweens:
Seventeen--giveawys are okay; if you're a subscriber, you get to enter in SO MANY more contests.
Cosmo Girl--not the biggest variety of things to giveaway.... (limit one entry per contest)
ELLE Girl--the things they giveaway is okay.... the one thing is that you have to fill out the forms EVERY TIME you enter, so it gets tedious. (daily entry)
Teen VOUGE: same w/ ELLE Girl... it gets a bit tedious. (daily)

Gals:
ELLE--same w/ ELLE Girl: you have to fill in the form all over again for each contest, BUT they have this thing w/ ARMANI where they always give something away from them. (daily)
People: every month they have a set of things they give away--jewlery, perfume, shoes, shades, clothes.... (monthly)
Allure: they give away a few things....
Lucky: they give away a LOT things, but w/ my IE, i have to try 3 times for my entry to get in b/c my IE doesn't accept cookies apparently and i don't kno how 2 fix it.
Redbook: (only one entry)
Glamour: they currently are giving away a LOT of vacation packs... and other stuff 2!
Cosmopolitian: currently, they're giving away a LOT of vacation packs
Marie Claire: they currently are giving away 30 pairs of jeans!