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We have reached our decision. Thank you all for being part of this – it was such great fun! We must never forget the immense talent we possess within us.

Here are our winners…

3^rd position – Unyoaba Etu

His/her design will appeal to a contemporary audience – fresh and bold.

Prize: N30,000

2^nd position – Tunji Ceasar

This is what a lifestyle magazine typically looks like. He stayed with the rules of the game and furnished us with a well laid-out design.

Prize: N50,000

1st position – StephAn

StephAn brought drama, creativity and oomph to his/her work. She/he is not someone you can put inside a box. We love his/her guts. This is an adventurous work. Well done!

Prize: N100,000

Congratulations to the winners, we will send you an email shortly to get your full names and contacts.

Stay fresh. Be creative!

xoxo #SL

Out of the 10 contestants, only six sent in their cover magazine designs of the picture sent to them.

The six are (in order of placements – top left to bottom right):

1. Iroro Gbenedio
2. Tunji Ceasar Multimedia
3. Ezekiel/Damielara
4. StephAn
5. Unyoaba etu
6. Leslie Williams

Here’s the verdict from Stephanie Daily…

1. Iroro Gbenedio:

Iroro’s work is quite interesting. She plays with a lot of edgy colour tones; and it seemed he/she had a lot fun designing this cover. However, the fonts are very unflattering and they are placed in awkward positions that make it less than appealing.

2. Tunji Ceasar Multimedia:

Tunji colours are beautiful. We love the fonts and his arrangement of the blurbs is decent. He was able to achieve a proper lifestyle format which earns him very good marks from us. We like the different sizes of fonts which he plays around with.

3. Ezekiel/Damielara:

The black and white shade with colour lipsticks is quite intriguing; it shows a playful side which works for lifestyle magazine. But the fonts chosen and style of arrangement doesn’t exert same playfulness. The title is boxed with an outline that does very little to the overall work.

4. StephAn

We like this – a lot! StephAn shows impressive ingenuity with this work. Although it seems the blurbs are sinking and getting lost inside the fabric, but it is still a unique work and commendable. The placement of fire red on black and white picture gives such a radiant glow to the overall art.

5. Unyoaba Etu:

We can see that Etu likes boxing his blurbs which isn’t such a bad idea but it gives the work a very curt look. We love his own shade of the picture and the title comes in a good design. However, the boxes and spaces in-between would take a lot of the attention form the picture that it needs.

6. Leslie Williams:

Leslie’s work is pleasantly shocking. We weren’t expecting an artiste that would re-create the picture but she/he did that and gave it her/his own touch. For a comic book or some other specified work, this would be brilliant, but for a lifestyle magazine which relies on fashion, trends, beauty etc, it will be a hard-sell in that genre. He/she also needs to check her spellings.

That’s the verdict from my team. Now is time for you to pick your Top 3 winners! Your pick carries 30% of our final verdict so please pick wisely. The comment section is opened till Wednesday (November 14) by 12pm.

Pick your Top 3 designs now!

I had great fun at the Kanekalon Night of a Thousand Braids on Saturday at The Grand Ballroom of the Eko Hotels with all the wonderful women in very creative hairstyles made with products from Kanekalon fibre! Blackberry phones were won and I had a limousine ride with some lucky fans! It was a blast and I can’t wait to do it all over again next year!

Remember that a woman’s crowning glory is her hair – make beautiful hairstyles with Kanekalon products *wink*

Have a blessed week everyone!

xoxoxo

Hey ladies! Catch me live at the KANEKALON NIGHT OF 1000 BRAIDS on Saturday November 10, 2012 by 4:00p.m. at Grand Ballroom, Eko Hotels, Victoria Island. It promises to be so much fun. So hurry, go make your BRAIDS with your favorite hair extension made from KANEKALON quality fibre. I look forward to seeing you! *wink*

Thanks for sending your emails and your comments. Here are the winners who sent in their answers almost immediately the post went up! (All 3 answers are TRUE!)

See you at the Kanekalon Night of a Thousand Braids!!!

• Detayo Olowude
• Akanbi Adeyinka
• Joy Obi
• Choice Akinola
• Mary Jane Ngozi
• Ezeanya Chioma Lovelyn
• Joy Ilozue
• Reginald Ogechi
• Osite Felicia
• Cynthia Alinta

*please send your full address to info@stephaniedaily.com

Hello Filmmakers! It is time to get your creative caps on! Do you have a captivating short film – not more than 15minutes? If you do, then you can win $25,000 in the AfriNolly Short Film Competition! I am proud to be one of the collaborators and cannot wait to see what you’ve all got! Best of luck!

For more info visit http://afrinollyshortfilmcompetition.com/

Happy new month, all! Wow! 2012 is rounding up fast! Now is the time to take stock…

“What is the best thing that has happened to you this year so far?”

Share with the rest of us!