4/25/12:  Only a few days left to submit your guest post and get entered for a chance to win!!

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Winter is over for many of us and it’s time to pack away those warm and cozy winter hats. What more perfect time to start looking for easy, breezy summer beanies?!? Well, have I got the giveaway from you!! Remember my girl Dottie of Threadmill? If you don’t, she specializes in some of the cutest hand-crocheted hats around and at very reasonable prices.

Well now, Dottie is offering all of you a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to use at Threadmill! And, that’s not all!! The winner of this giveaway will also get to select a unique and whimsical ring from DarlinBabe, the Etsy shop of Dottie’s daughter!!

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Want in on the action?! Then submit one of the following with the subject, “Threadmill Giveaway,” to hairscapades@gmail.com by the contest deadline for your chance to win!

• TUTORIALS – If you are an aspiring, amateur hair stylist with great hair and greater styles, please share!! Or, maybe you have a great DIY item or homemade recipe or remedy! Send me a bulleted picture tutorial or a YouTube video of your fabulous style, project or recipe for inclusion in the “Library!”

• REVIEWS – Did you try an amazing, lackluster or absolutely horrendous product, tool or accessory recently? Do you have a holy grail product that just doesn’t get enough shine? Then send your in your Rant or Rave (include the ingredients list for product reviews, please!)! Video reviews are very welcome as well!

• HAIRSTORIES – The coffers are getting low! So, if you haven’t sent in your story yet, now is the time! Click the hyperlink for the HairStories page to find links to interview questions for Big Chop, Hair Crush, Transition, Henna and Me and My Albatross hairstories.
• NATURALS AROUND THE WORLD – Share your natural or transitioning story as a member of the international community. This is a chance for us all to learn about the different experiences and various perspectives across the diaspora and in the homeland. How are our stories the same and how are they different? (Yes, Threadmill ships outside of the US. So, all my non-US readers, you qualify for this giveaway too;)!)

• MINI-HAIRSCAPADERS – Do you have a little natural in your house with great curls, kinks or coils? Would you love to share her/his mini-hairstory? Then click the link, answer the questions and submit your mini-hairscapaders hairstory with 5-6 pictures.

• GUEST BLOGGERS – If you maintain your own blog and would like to share a post on Hairscapades, send the article, a link to your blog and a pic of yourself. If you don’t maintain a blog, but would still like to make a submission, send me the post with pictures (of course ;))!

• GOT SKILLS? QUESTIONS – This is a category under our Grow Out Challenge (GOC) that was created to answer pressing questions from you guys! I will try to answer as best as I can. However, this question is really for all of the readers. So, send me your most burning question!

Have a lot of great material? Then send multiple entries and earn an additional chance to win for every submission! Contest deadline is April 30th. A winner will be selected and announced in the first full week of May.

Soooo … what are you waiting for?!? Get to writing ;)!! LOL!!