Dollhouse Shoe Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to our 3 winners! Thank you everyone for your beautiful entries and your kinds words. I have many more shoes to give away so keep following my blogs! 

Winners: 

Please private message me at shengmoua@gmail.com with your address.  

NOTE: These have no boxes so I will send them in a regular mailing box. 
(Winners were selected via Random.org)

Drum Roll PLEASE.......... 

1.  Kashia Lo - Michael Kors size 7.5

2. Phillip Ly So - Charlotte Russe size 8

3.  Emma - Wet Seal size 8

** Emma and Phillip: Since there are 2 pairs of 8's let me know if you have a preference on your emails. 

Congratulations and thank you for following my blog and for your friendships on facebook and in life itself. 

Dollhouse Giveaway...

It's that time again for another "Dollhouse" giveaway.  First of all, I wanted to apologize to my last winners. I am sending your gifts late because I'm also sending you t-shirts but the tee's aren't getting done as fast as I'd like, so I'll be sending you all something extra too for the delay! Thanks for your patience.. 


This new giveaway is one that I had promised a long time ago and probably one of the best giveaways thus far.... SHOES!! Yes, shoes! These are from my wardrobe kit (shoes I bought specifically for my photo shoots).  NOTE: These have never been worn along with many more that I'll be giving away later. They've just been kept in a box in my garage for the longest time. 


You might ask: Why aren't you selling them if they've never been worn? 
My answer: I don't want to sell them, I want to give them away as a thank you to those of you who do follow me, read my blogs and comment or like my FB status of my everyday blabber.  


I really do appreciate all of your precious time and I'd love to share my love of shoes with you.  See below for what you have to do to be in the running: 


I will be giving all 3 shoes away to 3 lucky winners: 


Michael by Michael Kors size 7.5, Charlotte Russe size 8 and Wet Seal size 8.  


What to do: 


1.  You must "like" my Facebook "Beauty For Ashes" Page. 
2.  You must "follow" or "subscribe" to my blog.
3.  Comment below what your "Dollhouse Obsession" is and what shoe size you'd like to be in the drawing for.  


And that's it! 


Thank you and good luck.  The drawing will start today July 18th for 2 weeks until Aug 1st. 


God bless! 

GOOD LUCK! 

Giveaway Winners!!

Hello my friends... I have randomly selected the winners of my 2nd giveaway through "random.org" and these are the winners... DRUM ROLL PLEASE........

1.  Pang Sophie
2.  Sarah Yang
3.  My Lo aka Tina

*** Congratulations to the 3 of you.  Thank you for your story and for being so open and honest with your stories.  I will post the gifts tomorrow but in the meantime, please email me your address.  You also win a "Beauty For Ashes" T-Shirt so please also send me your shirt sizes to shengmoua@gmail.com or email via Facebook.

Thank you again!

- Sheng

NOTE: I numbered in order of comments below and here are the results:

**** Here are pictures of what you will win: 

You will each get a set of arm candy that I absolutely love!!! I have a few of these myself and I wanted to share some with you.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I do along with a Beauty For Ashes T-shirt. 

Thanks again ladies! 

Congratulations! Stay Tuned for the Next Giveaway! 

"Confidence".... The Giveaway...

This is my second "Dollhouse Giveaway" - Yay!!

First of all, I wanted to take this time to thank those of you who follows my blog. As you may or may not know, I'm not consumed with the number of people who actually "follow" me here on blogspot. I know there are some of you who are members of blogspot while some of you who follow me via facebook or per your bookmark.  Whatever it may be, I am so appreciative that you spend your quality time with me and reading my thoughts I scribble here.

If you know me personally, you'll know that I love to talk.  What can I say, I was born this way.. hehe.  I guess it would make sense that I also love to write.  One of my favorite things to do in college was to write essays.  Yes, crazy I know, lol.  I love to write because it's a form of expression for me.  It's therapeutic and a great way for me to be in my very own zen mode... just me, my office, some soft music and my Macbook Pro..  What else can I ask for?

I'm so grateful for all the comments, emails and responses I get from those of you who follow me on facebook and here on my blog.  I read every email and I will always reply to all of you (even if I'm a little late). I'm just so happy to have so many new and existing friends and family. I am no one important, just someone who happens to love life and loves meeting new people. I'm also known to many of my close friends as "Mamma Sheng", "LA Mamma" and most recently "Mimi Sheng" which I love to hear.  I love all the compliments and positive comments I get on a daily basis. I am ever so humbled by every positive feedback I get because I am just... me....so thank you!

This giveaway is more geared toward HMF and your experience whether you were there or not.  If you were there, you'll know that my Fashion Show was focused on specific themes and messages from each of the designers.  If you weren't there, I will list them below.  Let me know which one you can relate to and why? That's it....  Leave me a comment here and the drawing will be done from here.

I was going to do this giveaway during my "Styling Session" at HMF but since I had cancelled it, I'm doing it here.  If you are not ready to open up, don't worry.. just read, observe and share your own story when you are ready.  I will also start first with my own story..

Rules:
1. You must "like" my BFA page on facebook (www.facebook.com/shengmouabeautyforashes).
2. Comment below with an answer to this question: (If you are responding as "Anonymous" then you have to give me a name (doesn't have to be your real name, although I prefer that you do) so I can use it for the drawing).

Question: Which designer's message can you relate to and why?

Messages from the HMF Fashion Designers:

1.  Fashion Designer 1: Sendy Lauj
Message: "Chasing Dreams"
** Never stop chasing your dreams

2.  Fashion Designers 2: Collaboration segment with Tazme Moua, Pa Kou Xiong, Pang Sophie and Yer Vang
Message: "[Extra] Ordinary"
** We are perfect exactly the way we are but with an EXTRA touch of individuality

3.  Fashion Designer 3: Amy Yang
Message: "I am hero"
** Celebrating our personal battles we overcome everyday

4.  Fashion Designer 4: Stacey Lo
Message: "Embrace"
** Accepting ourselves for who we are meant to be

5.  Fashion Designer 5: Aroosa Shaikh
Message: "I am free"
** Find yourself and be free

6.  Fashion Designer 6: Song Vue
Message: "Truth"
** I am Hmong American and this is my Truth

7.  Fashion Designer 7: Vam Moua
Message: "No Bullying"
** Don't judge a book by its cover.  (NOTE: Hurt people hurt others)

**** Please do not feel obligated to respond if you are not ready to open up.  My blog is an open forum for those who wants to share their stories and also for those who just wants to read and learn from other's stories. We can all learn and support one another and I hope my site is that safe haven for you as it is for me.

DEADLINE: 

Thanks everyone and good luck.  The giveaway will be open for a week starting tonight and by next Sunday, June 10th, I will do the drawing from random.org and post up the winner along with photos of the gift(s).

We are one another's soup for our souls.

The Designer message I relate to the most is Amy Yang: I am hero.  I am celebrating my own battles I overcame for over 30 years now.  I finally found myself and am slowing learning to love who I am meant to be. I am my own hero and I am worth it. 

- BFA 

*** NOTE: I still owe my first 5 blogspot followers a gift.. I didn't forget :) 

And the winner is.......

I wanted to do an official "Winner Announcement" to Susan Lo (https://www.facebook.com/susan.lo.754) who was #6 on the lineup.  I hope you love it as much as I do.  Susan lives in South Carolina, so from the West Coast to the East Coast, I am so happy to meet you and to know someone such as yourself.  I can't wait to see you in it so take lots of pictures.  Now you've got a piece of me from my "Dollhouse" and I hope you truly enjoy the message behind it. 

Congratulations Susan!!! 

- Beauty For Ashes... 

A "More Beautiful You"...My First Giveaway

Brothers and sisters, friends and family…. Hello!  

It’s amazing that I have 1000 friends on my personal styling facebook page!! Thank you for accepting my friend requests and also for adding me as your friend as well. Some of you may think… only 1000 friends and she’s so happy? The truth is, the number of “friends” on Facebook has never been a big deal to me because I used to go in every month and delete people I didn’t personally know. I had a lot of personal family photos and status on my page so I had to be careful who I be-friended on FB. After I created Aidan his own page (personally monitored by myself of course), I looked at my vision, my goals in life and ultimately what I want my legacy to be. In the midst of finding myself, I also knew how important it was to reach out and say hello and meet new friends, who I don’t already know. With that said, I know that I don’t know everyone on my FB page, nor have spoken/commented with all of you, but I’m so glad that we are now part of each other’s lives. Technology has found a way to bring us together from all facets of life, culture and from all over the world. I especially want to thank those who took the extra time to “like” my “Beautyforashes” page, read my story and follow me on my blog as well. I know there are some of my fans from my musical artist days that are still following my career and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for always supporting me no matter what or where I went with my career.

My blog is very personal to me. Think of it as my diary. It’s where I get to write down my thoughts, share my own personal stories, my passion and my drive for life and ultimately finding who I am meant to be. I want to open up my heart to you and in return show you how you can open up to yourself and those you love as well. The only reason why I can do this is because I am my own story. I’ve lived it, bruised over it, had my heart broken over it, felt neglected, unloved, ugly, fat, short… you name it, I’ve lived it. Through it all, I’ve overcome it and I am so much better for it. I know I can’t do this alone nor was I ever doing it alone. Above all, I know I have my god who I can always ask for guidance.

First of all, yes I found myself through god, but it very important for me to express that this is not a religion or a godly based site. God just happens to be a huge part of which I am today, someone I’ve submitted myself to whole heartedly, so you will hear me talking about him. I am not here to push my faith on anyone nor would I even try to do so. His name is so sacred to me that I would not dare solicit his humbled name to those that do not wish to come upon him. I just want you to know that I am a child of god and if you ever do wish to know that side of me, I’m open and willing to talk about it anytime, anywhere. You need prayers, I’m your girl but I’m not here to push my god on anyone. Now with that said, onto the purpose of my giveaway…

As I slowly started to find myself, I knew there was a bigger purpose to why I went through life the way I did. I finally understood that everything I went through has made me who I am today. Being a minority, specifically a Hmong girl growing up with traditional parents, non-believer relatives, being judged for being different (I was a natural fashion stylist even back then…lol but was labeled as being the “odd one” so therefore, I was automatically labeled as the “bad” one) to trying to prove to everyone that I too can make a difference. Through battles with myself, untold stories of my past, and finally coming to terms with what had happened, why it happened and finally putting a label on it, has put the biggest “PEACE” of my life into perspective. Nothing else matters if you don’t know who you are, the purpose why you exist and why you are so important to the people around you and the ones who try so hard to be a part of your world. I’ve always grown up with such a bubbly personality so if I was to tell you that I had all these issues growing up, you’d probably be surprised, but I did.

My story is very long and there will be a time when I do open up even more about it. I want the purpose of my giveaway to be a way of thanking and encouraging those of you who shared your current “search” for beauty with me and each other. I am so fortunate to have such an amazing “Dollhouse” and most of you (especially the ladies) have expressed how much you loved it. It makes me happy because I am truly blessed to be able to spoil myself as a girl, with all the girly stuff that comes with being who we are. No matter how many pairs of shoes I have, designer handbags, accessories or makeup products I own, it’s the core of who I am inside that truly matters vs what I have on the outside.

With this gift, I want you to know that not only did it come from my “Dollhouse” but it comes directly from my heart. Not only will you have this gift, but I have the other half of it….Whenever you wear it, I want you to think of love, passion, compassion and hope for your own “search for beauty” – Let this gift be the beginning of your walk with yourself and ultimately finding the beauty you are searching for.… and when I wear mine, I’ll be thinking about you and my continued search for inner beauty. I will know that somewhere out there, I have a sister who belongs to me in sharing the other half of my gift. The gift itself is not much, but the meaning behind it is priceless… because my beautiful, you are priceless.

Good luck and if you don’t win this time, just know that you have already stepped out in confidence and we will walk this path together. I will have more gifts to give away in the near future, because if this is one common thing we share before knowing each other, then it’s what we’ll first share together!

Once my blog is publicly published, the giveaway will be CLOSED and I will do a random drawing from random.org, a website created for giveaways such as this and the winner will be announced!

With love and beauty….

Sheng