Moon Sugar Decals – a giveaway gone wrong!

If you are a regular reader of my blog you’ll see that I offer my opinion on a lot of nail products.  Although I have a very happy-go-lucky approach to blogging and many of my posts are upbeat… you need to know that I take my reviews and recommendations very seriously.  That’s why I need to share with you the recent issues that I’ve had with Moon Sugar Decals.  It pains me to criticize a small business. But I have to write this post to inform my readers of what’s been going on.

Last month I hosted a water slide decal giveaway along with Moon Sugar Decals <original post here>.  The company offered a $20 gift certificate to my randomly selected winner.   I figured this was a great opportunity for my readers to experience these decals that I’ve always had good luck with.  I did not go into this giveaway agreement blindly either- I have ordered from them twice and also reviewed their products twice and have communicated with their rep a bunch of times.  I’ve always had positive experiences with this company UNTIL…

I picked the winner of my giveaway and she used the $20 gift certificate code to purchase products on their website.  She ended up paying out of pocket for part of the order as the gift cert didn’t cover all the charges.  However, she never received her order that she placed roughly 5 weeks ago.  She was communicating with them via email for a while… until they stopped responding.  When I heard of the issue I tried to touch base several times, but no luck.  Neither my winner or I have heard from them and it’s been weeks.  I waited a bit before I typed this because I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt.. there could’ve been an emergency, or vacation, or any number of things.  But enough time has passed that I believe this is a lost cause.  My winner never received the products she was promised and luckily her credit card company was able to re-imburse her card for the charges she made on February 11th.

I would like to apologize to my winner.  I feel horrible that I was involved in this giant pile of disappointment and frustration.  I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to get her the decals she won but I’m glad her credit card company was able to reverse the charges.  I would also like to apologize to everyone who entered my raffle and got their hopes up wishing they would win my giveaway.  Because now I know, there is no prize.

I needed to get this out in the open since I have referenced their products several times on my blog.  Previously, I was happy with their quality of product and level of customer service.  But I will not be recommending them any longer.  I know that my readers look to me for advice on products and the opinions that I voice may impact others’ choices.  That’s why I vow to always tell the truth, nothing but the truth, so help me God.  So there ya have it!

xx Jacqui

Incoco Winner

Remember my Incoco nail strips Giveaway right here?  It ended today and the winner has been selected!  Congrats to Jenni- she just won a free pack of super sweet Incocos!!  I sent her a tweet and an email and I expect to hear back soon.

Bumming out because you didn’t win?  There’s another giveaway going on at Squeaky Nails and it ends on March 3rd 2014, so you won’t have to wait long to see if you are the winner!  Here it is: A SQUEAKY GIVEAWAY

Good luck!  Oh, and you better believe that I have another giveaway up my sleeve!  Stay tuned for that girls!

Moon Sugar Decals Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations to REINA  who is the lucky winner of my Moon Sugar Decals giveaway!  She won a $20 gift certificate for some rad new decals from moonsugardecals.com!  Way to go!

A note to all my readers-

If you did not win, pleeeease don’t be sad.  I have another decal-ish-type giveaway scheduled for next week so make sure to check back.  Thank you for being so awesome and loyal!  I want presents for everyone!

x Jacqui

And the winner is…..

Congrats to Jill S!  Jill was the lucky winner of my Flash Giveaway!   The package has already been mailed out at lunchtime today- so Jill won’t have to wait too long.  😀

If you’re bummed because you didn’t win….there’s still hope!  I have another giveaway planned…. The U.S. prize will be packed with holographic nail polish- and the International prize will have lotsa fun stuff including some Konad goodies!  So keep an eye out for the announcement within the next month.

A sincere thanks to all of you for reading and supporting my blog.  I love all the comments too- it’s so fun to meet all of you!

Jacqui aka Craftynail

Winners of OMD Nail Challenge!

As a very clever rabbit once said, “That’s it folks!” – the Oh Mon Dieu Challenge is over !

We’ve moderated the entries, and contacted the winners (they have 72 hours to respond to Brijit with an address or she will choose a new winner) but we thought we’d announce them too – so you can all congratulate them 🙂

• Prize A (USA) – Kimberly B
• Prize B (UK & Ireland) – Nail Art Novice
• Prize C (Europe & Canada) – Polish Alcoholic
• Prize D (Rest of the World) – Vic and Her Nails

Don’t be too sad if you didn’t win ! We had so much fun, and we don’t want it to be over !

So, we have a new idea for you 🙂

We’re calling this the Nail Art Ideas Linkup – yep, the acronym is N.A.I.L. and it starts right now! Although we don’t have any prizes, voting has been enabled in the Inlinkz – so we can name a N.A.I.L. Genius of the week. Best of all, it’s open to anyone and everyone, and of course widgets will be coming to add to your blog and show everyone that you take part.

For now, here are the themes for August :

Because it is always so hard to choose, I’ve enabled 3 votes per person, this is the first time we’ve done a link up like this, so come along for the ride and we can all see how it works as we go 😉

And here is your Inlinkz to get started !

N.A.I.L. Theme 1 – SUN :

Who will be first? 😀