During love month, February, Lauren Luke is partnering with Sony for a special giveaway. Coming right off the heels of her “Inspiration Nation Tour” and to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Lauren is giving away a pink Sony VAIO laptop through a contest on her website. I was so touched when I first bumped on the Lauren Luke’s story on YouTube. One must be reminded once in a while that passion is endless in it’s power and can bring you such great rewards… Her experience was inspiring for me. And I wasn’t the only one who was moved by her life lesson of passion:
“It’s amazing to see someone using YouTube to change not only their own life, but the lives of so many others.” - Chad Hurley, YouTube Founder
“It’s that voice of every woman looking in the mirror and fantasizing what they can do with makeup. She demonstrates it step-by-step and makes you
think you can do it too.” - Linda Wells, Allure Editor in Chief
“Her appeal is that she is the Everywoman. She connects on an emotional level, and her quirky honesty is infectious.” - Ed Burstell, former Vice President at Bergdorf Goodman
So, I’ve read the contest rules and got very excited! Who doesn’t want a new cute pink laptop? I even put together some of my love and passion experience thoughts, because that’s the contest theme:
Lauren Luke fans should write about what they LOVE and how it has inspired them to do something unexpected. Their love story can be between them and anything from a significant other –spouse, mother, a child or best friend - to. well, makeup even. Whatever it is, Lauren wants to hear about it. A winner will be selected by the Lauren Luke team based on their level of passion, originality, and inspiration.
But then I’ve read the complete contest rules: Sony VAIO Giveaway (the “Contest”) is open to individuals who as of February 12, 2010 (a) are legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia or are legal residents of the United Kingdom, and (b) are at least 13 years old (”Contestants”).You might know I’m from Romania, therefore and I’m not eligible to win this contest..:(
I was about to write how my 3 Inspiration Sources: English language, Cosmetics and my beautiful baby girl Sarah, determined me to regain my passion to write ignoring the titanic barriers of language, distance to the world of cosmetics industry nucleus, the fact that I’m a new mom. You’ll perhaps ask about my unexpected success… I now consider myself a successful new mom, being near my baby in her first months of her life, writing with sweet words of an international language about my passions, perfecting every day my Beauty Inspiration Source for you: BeautyHobby…
So I really hope you, my readers, will win this contest! Share your passion about makeup, family, fashion styles, about animals,writing or anything that makes you happy thinking in the morning! Spread the word to your friends and let the best story win! xoxo Maddie
February 21st, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Wow, how awesome. So touching too! I like happy stories of strength
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:31 am
Wow, thanks for the heads-up! I love a great contest like this….I’ll have to get to work thinking of what to write and how to write it. It is such a shame that you won’t be eligible! Maybe you should write about it anyway…never know when another opportunity similar to this might pop up, and you would already have something done, just ready to tweak!