[Wish]granted: Christmas 2012 Postcard

Christmas is almost here and once again, we are going to do a little postcard giveaway on our blog.

Each year, we collaborate with one of our favourite fashion illustrators to work on a limited production holiday postcard. In 2010, Helen Huang designed an Alexander McQueen F/W 2010 collection inspired postcard for us and in 2011, a Burberry F/W 2011 inspired postcard was created by Lisa Nishimura. The responses we received from these 2 postcards were very positive so this year, we have decided to continue this tradition.

This year, we have invited Wendy Ding to create the 2012 postcard. We have been a fan of her works for quite some time now so we are very honoured to be working with her this time. Unlike the previous years, this one is not your traditional holiday postcard. It is darker and will take you some time to digest the image.

Once again, we have only produced 250 pieces for this design and we have reserved 10 copies for our readers. If you want to see the image before anyone else (we will not unveil the image until later in December), here is what you have to do:

Send an email to us at info@fusionofeffects.com and tell us what is your favourite collection of this S/S 2013 season. 

Only the first 10 people will get the postcard so you must act now or you will miss out the chance!

Good luck!

Wish[Granted]: Christmas 2011 Postcard

Here comes the 2nd wave of the November edition of 12 Months of [Pop Up] Flavors and this wave is a GIVEAWAY!

If you are our loyal reader since last year, you should remember we did the Christmas postcard giveaway back in November 2010. Last year, we collaborated with Helen Hung to create a stunning card based on the Alexander McQueen F/W 2010 collection.

This year, we have decided to work with Lisa Nishimura, the fashion illustrator behind Sketch and Pixel and we are more than thrilled to see the final image. While we cannot tell you which fashion brand we have picked for this year,  what we can say is this image is very whimsical and mysterious at the same time. Before we reveal the image to the whole world in December, we would like to send out 10 copies to our readers (You read it right, we can only manage to save 10 copies this year!). In order for you get the first scope of the image, here is what you need to do:

1) Send us an email to info@fusionofeffects.com and tell us your favourite S/S 2012 collection and give us a reason why you like it so much. The first 10 people who sent us an email will be getting the card. The deadline is November 25th!

If you missed out last year's Alexander McQueen image, we promise you will not want to miss this chance again! Hurry up and enter our contest!

Good Luck!

Wish[Granted]: FAT Blogger Wanted!

Toronto arts and fashion bloggers, we have an exclusive piece of information for you and this could be your moment to shine in the Toronto fashion industry!

FAT (Alternative Arts & Fashion Week), one of the major events in Toronto which celebrates fashion, arts and music is currently looking for an enthusiastic, outgoing and positive attitude blogger to take charge of the FAT blog. This is a very good opportunity for any fashion bloggers who want to be involved in the Toronto arts and fashion industry since you will have a chance to meet different fashion designers through out the preparation of FAT. Here is the description of what you will do:

Duration: On-going (2-4 posts/week between February-April; 1-2 post(s)/week post FAT period)

Duty: Blog about the preparation of FAT, interview designers, talk about the shows, go to different events to meet new people, and of course, have fun!

Also, as part of the 12 months of [Pop Up] Flavors, à la mode is going to dedicate the whole month to FAT. That being said, if you are the winner of this contest, we will be working side by side with you through out the whole month!

Interested in this opportunity? Here is how you can enter this contest:

On your blog, you need to write a review entry of FAT 2010. You can find the information about last year's event on the official website. The writing style of this entry can be humor or serious, as long as it reflects your personality. Once you have written the post, you will have to send your entry link to Vanja Vasic, the founder of FAT. Her email address is: vanja@alternativefashionweek.com. She will then go through all the entries and pick the best blogger to write for the FAT blog!

The deadline for this contest is February 1, 2011 at 11:59pm and the winner will announce sometime in February!

Once again, this will be an amazing opportunity for any arts and fashion bloggers who want to dive into this industry and we wish you all the best! We are looking forward to work with you in April! Good luck!

[Wish]Granted: Marc Jacobs Bang Winner

Our winner is here! 

Contest is over and we have a winner! Congrats to Emilovadragneva, you have won a bottle of Marc Jacobs BANG! Your tweet has truly amazed us! 

To all the people who have participated in this contest, we thank you and we hope to have another giveaway soon! 

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"Provocative and complex. Confident, seductive and charismatic. Youthful and captivating with infinite possibility."

Few months ago, we had the opportunity to try out the latest fragrance, Bang, from Marc Jacobs. This fragrance is unique especially we are deeply attracted to the peppery and woody smell. This fragrance is putting sports perfume to a new level and after you put it on, your confidence will immediately be boosted up. Will this perfume be able to replace our Marc Jacobs men's fragrance? Only time will tell...

Now, we want to share this great perfume with our readers so we have 1 bottle of Bang to give away. In order for you to win this, from now on till 10pm today (12 hours!!), do the following and we will pick the most interesting one!

1) Head to our twitter page and follow us.

2) Tweet and finish this sentence "@fusionofeffects When I think of Bang, I think of______ #mjbang"

P.S This contest is only available within Canada.

The winner will be announce on this entry and twitter at 11am tomorrow! Hurry up, what are you waiting for?

Wish[Granted]: Marc Jacobs BANG

"Provocative and complex. Confident, seductive and charismatic. Youthful and captivating with infinite possibility."

Few months ago, we had the opportunity to try out the latest fragrance, Bang, from Marc Jacobs. This fragrance is unique especially we are deeply attracted to the peppery and woody smell. This fragrance is putting sports perfume to a new level and after you put it on, your confidence will immediately be boosted up. Will this perfume be able to replace our Marc Jacobs men's fragrance? Only time will tell...

Now, we want to share this great perfume with our readers so we have 1 bottle of Bang to give away. In order for you to win this, from now on till 10pm today (12 hours!!), do the following and we will pick the most interesting one!

1) Head to our twitter page and follow us.
2) Tweet and finish this sentence "@fusionofeffects When I think of Bang, I think of______ #mjbang"
P.S This contest is only available within Canada.

The winner will be announce on this entry and twitter at 11am tomorrow! Hurry up, what are you waiting for?

Wish[Granted]: Christmas 2010 Postcard

In order to celebrate our 1st year anniversary, we have created this special gift for you!

It's the time of the year and we at à la mode would love to thank our readers by giving you a special treat!

This year, we have teamed up with a Los Angeles based illustrator Helen Huang to produce a limited edition Christmas postcard. We have only printed 250 copies and even though a lot of people have been asking us for a copy, we have managed to save a very limited amount of copies to our readers. We will not release the final image online till the last week of Christmas so whoever is getting it in physical print will get the first scope of this amazing illustration! Below is a hint of what this postcard is about and feel free to guess which fashion designer's piece we use for this card.

In order to get this card, you will have to do the following:

1) Go to our twitter page and follow us, and facebook fanpage to like us. 
2) Leave us a comment at the comment section below by telling us your top 3 favorite picks of our original features and leave your email as well so we can contact you for the mailing address.  

Hurry up and leave us a comment because the postcard will be gone like hot cakes! We will not reprint this postcard so it will be extra valuable if you keep it! This giveaway is opened to everyone in the world!

Here are some testimonials we have received from people who have seen the card.

"What has been captured is a moment in time deserving of memorial. It is a wonderful creation, both collectable and artistic." - Dressed For Dinner

"Awesome collab and postcard for the holiday season, puts me in the holiday mood this early in the season" - Ukamaku

"The legacy that is FASHION is represented and captured in the creativity and artwork of the talent artist (Helen Huang). Whimsical, inspiring and captures the holder's attention and that's just the back portion of the postcard" - Fashionights 

"Combining art, fashion, and Christmas, it was magical and inspiring! Truly a treasure. I'll be framing mine & eagerly awaiting next year's!" - Fashion Hungry

"In an industry where communication consists mostly of tweets and e-mails, it is so refreshing and heartwarming to be handed a personalized card. The genuine and thoughtful message I received not only put a smile on my face but also reminded me that without my wonderful friends, life could not be this fabulous! " - Girls of T.O.

"I turned the card around - it was like tom ford was santa claus and I was on his good list.
Festive, fashionable and forever in my heart" - Whatever... Eurotrash

Wish[Granted]: Deborah Lippmann Boom Boom Pow Result

Yep, we have moved our result to an earlier time!

First of all, thanks for all the people who have submitted the photos to us and there are some great ones! It takes our anonymous fashion designer some time to judge who is the winner of this contest and finally, we have the result!

Ally Lesniak, your outfit is working so well with the Deborah Lippmann Boom Boom Pow nail color and we are happy to say you are the winner of this contest! Please send your mailing address to info@fusionofeffects.com so that we can send you your prize!

Once again, thanks for all the people who participate the contest and for those who are reading this, we are currently working on another contest right now, so stay tuned!

Wish[Granted]: Deborah Lippmann Boom Boom Pow

It's Monday morning and we have a surprise for you to keep you awake!

This week is special to us since we are going to do our first giveaway contest! As you know, our blog is all  things that are trendy and chic so it is very important for us to find the perfect product to send to our lucky winner. After searching for so many months, we have finally found it!

If you like to paint your nail, I am sure you have heard of Deborah Lippmann. Her nail colors are worn by so many celebrities such as Kate Moss, Eva Mendes and Lady Gaga (she has Waking Up In Vegas on in the Vanity Fair September issue cover). Today, we are going to give away her latest creation: Boom Boom Pow! This gold nail color contains gold glitter with 24K Gold Dust in it. We have seen the product in real life and trust us, you will become the attention of the night if you wear this nail color out.

In order for you to win this bottle of nail color, you will have to do these:

1. Go to our Facebook Fanpage and click "like"
2. Share a photo of the outfit from your wardrobe that can best match the Boom Boom Pow nail color. You can do this by sharing the photo on our Facebook Fanpage.
*If you do not have a facebook account, you can send the photo to info@fusionofeffects.com 

The contest is starting right now till 22nd August 11:59pm (Sunday). Once we have collected all the photos, our team will pick out the best photo and the winner will be announced on August 30!

What are you waiting for? Start looking for the best clothes in your closet and win this trendy nail accessory!