Do you think you have what it takes to be the Allure 2013 Beauty Blogger of The Year?

The total approximate retail value of the grand prize package
for the Allure 2013 Beauty Blogger of the Year is $4,000. 

Are you an independent beauty blogger? Do you you have a winning beauty blog? You should enter to be the Allure 2013 Beauty Blogger of The Year.

The entry phase ends on Feb. 19. 
The challenge phase  begins March 11, and ends April 1.
The public voting phase begins April 15, and ends  May 17.

ELIGIBILITY: You must have at least one web log (on a standalone site or using a Web-based blogging platform such as Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress, Moveable Type, etc.) or vlog (including YouTube channels.) You may submit up to four additional blogs as described above, and/or microblogs (such as Twitter, Pinterest, etc.), as supplemental examples of your work, but they do not count as your primary blog. The number of additional blogs or microblogs you submit will not affect your chances of being chosen to be a finalist and will be subject to the same judging criteria. The blogs and microblogs submitted, regardless of how many, will be judged collectively as one entry.

None of the blogs or microblogs can be hosted by a cosmetics company. Anyone who has appeared in an advertisement for a cosmetics company or been paid by a cosmetics or public relations company to write about or mention a cosmetics product (on television, on a blog, in a print publication, or anywhere else), is ineligible.

HOW TO ENTER: To enter, visit www.allure.com/go/beauty-blogger during Phase I and follow the instructions to complete and submit the entry form. You must include a URL for at least one web log (on a standalone site or using a Web-based blogging platform such as Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress, Moveable Type, etc.) or vlog (including YouTube channels) and up to four other blogs or microblogs (such as Twitter, Pinterest, etc.). 

You must also include links to five of your blog posts, including , if possible, one that features you in a video; a recent photograph of yourself; and a written statement of no more than 150 words in length explaining why you deserve to be the Allure 2013 Beauty Blogger of The Year. Entrant must have permission from the photographer and videographer and anyone depicted in the photograph or video to use the photo or video in this Promotion. 

PRIZE DESCRIPTION: There will be one grand prize winner. The Grand Prize is round-trip coach airfare for the winner from the major commercial airport closest to her primary residence in the United States to New York, NY; ground transportation to and from the airport in New York, NY; one hotel room for two or three nights (number of nights to be determined by Sponsor) at a hotel chosen by Sponsor; three meals daily, backstage access and a ticket to a fashion show, attendance at the Allure Best of Beauty party in September 2013, one suitcase filled with the Best of Beauty winning products (ARV $2,500), a tour of Revlon headquarters with an exclusive preview of new products for 2014, a Q and A with Revlon Product and Development, and a Revlon gift bag of samples chosen by Sponsor, the right to display the Allure 2013 Beauty Blogger of the Year logo on their blog for one year from the date of the announcement of winners, and the opportunity to submit their work for consideration to Allure and allure.com. 

The total approximate retail value of the Grand Prize package is $4,000.