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Its time to VOTE in the MWS Readers’ Choice Awards 2012 (and maybe even win something!)

Paris B 36 Comments

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Its here!

The moment we’ve all been waiting for! At least I hope its the moment you are waiting for because its mine 😀 Your nominations have been tabulated and the Top 5 from each category has been shortlisted. I had a friend do it. Someone who is mercilessly ruthless at disqualifying data that doesn’t meet specifications and at weeding out spam. We all need someone like this in our lives 🙂

Remember my post about Celebrate October? If you don’t, better read about it here first so you don’t miss out! I’ve changed the rules so you only have to vote in a minimum of 28 categories now to be eligible to enter. I realised some categories may not be applicable/familiar to everyone 🙂

Ready for this? Here we go – Ladies, VOTING IS NOW OPEN!

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Brad Pitt and Chanel No. 5 – Inevitable or Incredibly bad?

Paris B 64 Comments

I love perfume ads… most of the time. Some are incredibly well executed, filmed as a mini movie. It usually involves a women, a man, romance, luxury, sensuality – everything that makes me want to at least take a sniff at the scent. Might it transport me to exotic places? Attract a stranger on a train – ships passing in the night?

And sometimes we get duds – obscure, abstract clips that make you wonder “Is that an ad for a perfume?” Have you seen the one by Gucci Flora? A lady violently swinging her arms in a field of flowers, causing them to bend and ripple in the wind? That was, I thought weird.

And sometimes, we get Brad Pitt for Chanel No. 5.

brad pitt chanel no. 5 ad

When the news broke about Brad Pitt being the face for the 90+ year old bestselling and iconic Chanel No. 5 perfume, I raised an eyebrow. I wasn’t sure how a man could make me want to buy Chanel No.5, which doesn’t sit very well with me to start with.

And then the first ad came out, and my other eyebrow went up in incredulity. If you have not yet seen the ads, I have both here for your viewing pleasure 🙂 The man was reportedly paid US$7 million for this campaign. Does he make you want to run to your nearest Chanel counter?

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Reminder: Have you nominated your faves in the My Women Stuff Readers Choice Awards 2012?

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Reminder!

If you have not yet put in your nominations for your favourite beauty brands and products, its time to get cracking! There’s just 48 hours to go before we close the form and if you ask me, its all over the place this year!

I’m seeing traditional favourites popping up alongside new brands and products, with no clear trend at all, but I’m definitely seeing more variety (that means shortlisting is going to be TOUGH and I can see that many will fall by the wayside!) . But if you really want your fave brand to enter the shortlist, I think they’re going to need much more help from you 🙂

Remember, this is YOUR choice so make your voice heard. The nomination form can be found here and you can put in as  many nominations as you want 🙂

Tick tock!

Paris B

Its happening! My Women Stuff Readers’ Choice Awards 2012 : Your votes, Your choices

Paris B 56 Comments

mws readers choice awards 2012

Its that time of year again! Well, ok I only started this last year so technically its “again” but not quite “again” if you get my meaning 😉

For the uninitiated, the My Women Stuff Readers’ Choice Awards is YOUR chance to decide on YOUR favourite products and brands for 2012. We all know what the various beauty magazines have picked for their “Best of 2012” (I sat on one of the panels!) but do they really reflect our, the consumers’, choices? Well, now YOU get to decide. No sponsors, no frills, no fancies. You nominate and you choose your favourites and send your message out to the brands that this is what you like and want more of 🙂

I loved all the responses we got last year. It was very impressive and response was overwhelming. Some categories threw up surprise winners which I have to say, I did not expect. I wonder what’ll happen this year 😉 Here’s how you can be a part of this.

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