Amber Wins Contests

My ideal contest contains as few steps as possible. Following, possibly liking, and tagging someone in the comments. That's it. Short and sweet. Easy as pie. However, I've recently seen a trend that is making one of those steps way longer than it needs to be. There are accounts popping up giving away great prizes IF you are willing to follow the 40+ accounts they are following. For me, that's just not worth it. Sure going down the list and following everyone won't really take that much time, but when your odds are low to begin with, IT'S NOT WORTH IT. You may be asking yourself, how are they giving away such great prizes? Think a $500 gift card to Amazon or designer bags or all expense paid trips to Bali. These things are expensive. I believe that the 40+ accounts they are following all chip in some amount of money to be added to the list. A $500 Amazon gift card divided among 40 people is only $12.50 per person. When you think of how many followers the...

I thought I'd write a short post about my winnings from April to let you all know! I actually only won one thing this month, but it was still exciting! I won these earrings from Elsie + Louise on Facebook and I'm wearing them right now and love them.  All I had to do was like and comment on their post for a chance to win and they picked two winners! I definitely recommend checking them out because I've seen them do multiple giveaways, and your odds seem pretty good.  The best part? They let me choose which earrings I wanted. I picked these silver and blue because they'll match a lot of what I normally wear.  As for May? Well, I've already won one contest today and it's only the first of the month.