We’re hoping for spring. We’re hoping that spring springs anew sooner rather than later, as “spring” tends to do here in Michigan. March is just one giant weather cock-tease which taunts us with semi-warm weather and delicious golden sunlight searing our retinas. Then, BAM! a freak late season snow storm and solid grey skies for another month or so.

Outfit architecture: Drape cardigan, cowl neck top, Anthropologie; belt, scarf, h&m; jeans, BDG via Urban Outfitters; Shoes (not pictured), Jeffrey Campbell.

Then spring finally arrives about mid-May, wilted, spongy, brown and sopping wet from the thaw of the brutal winter here in Lake Country, smelling of decaying leaves and twigs that had been trapped under the ice for three months, now feeling the air and disintegrating back into the soil. And then after the slow, grey melt, we see a few trees blooming, perhaps some grass growing again, when suddenly we find ourselves under oppressive heat of a full-on summer, no evidence of beautiful blooms or flower fragrance floating on the air.

“Spring” in Michigan is a cruel, cruel joke. And yet it is one we hope for every single year.

The Hana Elite 1″ iron is a powerful yet gentle hair straightener, which I found to be far superior than other irons I have owned in the past! (See my review HERE.)

Misikko.com will bestow one lucky reader with a Hana Elite iron of her very own just by being an avid reader of this website!

The first rule about Fight Club is that you don’t talk… oh wait, wrong set of rules. :)

1. Comment on this post, and tell me briefly what your go to hair style is. = 1 Entry.

2. Blog about the giveaway with a clear link back to thereafterish. (http://www.maeko.org, in case you didn’t know) and this very post (USE this shortened link: http://www.bit.ly/dn2vzo). Comment back here with the URL to your blog post for another entry.

3. Tweet about it for a third entry. Comment back on this post (USE this shortened link: http://www.bit.ly/dn2vzo) with a link to your tweet in order for the entry to count. (To grab the URL to your tweet, go to your Twitter Home Page, click on the actual tweet, then grab the URL from Address bar.)

4. Re-tweet the giveaway and comment back the URL for a fourth entry.

Multiple comments or blog posts do not = multiple entries. Maximum # of Twitter entries = 2. Maximum # of entries = 4. Tweets must contain a link to this post (USE this shortened link: http://www.bit.ly/dn2vzo) in order to be valid.

Open to international readers!!!

This sweepstakes/comments will close on 3/15, and I will announce a winner shortly thereafter(ish). (See what I did there?) :)

HAPPY HUNTING!!

Outfit details: Sweater, shirt, belt: H&M. Necklace: Anthropologie. Tights, watch: Target. Earrings, bracelet: Boutique, Violet Veldore (Victoria, BC). Love worn shoes: Payless.
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