Official Rules for Contests & Giveaways
On occasion, Refreshments runs promotions, such as sweepstakes or contests, that provides the public the chance to win or compete to win certain prizes. We advertise such Promotions through various means, depending upon the type of promotion and the channels we use. You can find out about them on www.refreshments.com, or through Refreshments’s social media channels, which include YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and others. Below you will find the Official Rules for our promotions.
REFRESHMENTS SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
Important: Please read these Official Rules before entering any Refreshments Sweepstakes (defined below).
By participating in a Sweepstakes, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and and any additional terms included in the Sweepstakes advertisement (the “Additional Terms”). You represent that you satisfy all of the eligibility requirements below.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES.
Sweepstakes void in Quebec (Canada) and where prohibited by law. Subject to applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial, and local laws.
1. Overview: On occasion, Beauty Perspectives LLC (“Sponsor”, “Refreshments”, or “we”) runs sweepstakes for the public to win personal care products and other prizes (the “Sweepstakes”). We advertise our Sweepstakes through various means, depending on the type of Sweepstakes and the channels we use. You can find out about them on Refreshments.com, or through Refreshments's social media channels, which include Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, YouTube, and others. If there is a conflict between these Official Rules and the Additional Terms, the Additional Terms will govern.
2. Eligibility: The Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of Canada (excluding Quebec), the 50 United States, or the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years old (or the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence, whichever is older) upon entry. Directors, officers, members, managers, and employees of Refreshments; Instagram, Inc.; Snap, Inc.; Facebook, Inc.; YouTube, LLC; and any of their respective parent companies, affiliate companies, subsidiaries, agents, professional advisors, advertising, promotional, public relations, and fulfillment agencies, consultants, legal counsel, website providers, web masters, and immediate family members (spouses, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and “step” child, wherever they may live) of each are not eligible to win any prize. IF YOU DO NOT MEET ANY OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, OR ANY OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO WIN A PRIZE. To be eligible to win a prize, entries must be completed and received by Sponsor in the manner and format designated below. SWEEPSTAKES IS IN NO WAY SPONSORED, ENDORSED, ADMINISTERED BY, OR ASSOCIATED WITH, INSTAGRAM, INC.; SNAP, INC.; FACEBOOK, INC.; OR YOUTUBE, LLC.
3. Sweepstakes Period: The start and end dates and times of the Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes Period”) are defined in the Additional Terms. All entries must be received during the Sweepstakes Period and meet all other requirements in these Official Rules and the Additional Terms to be eligible to win a prize. Sponsor’s or its designee’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Sweepstakes.
4. How to Enter: To enter, follow the instructions in the Additional Terms during the Sweepstakes Period. You must have an account for the social media platform through which you enter the Sweepstakes. All social media platforms that Refreshments uses to launch Sweepstakes are free to join. If the Additional Terms require the use of a hashtag or hashtags to enter the Sweepstakes, any entries that do not include the hashtag(s) will not be eligible to win.
- Upon completion of these steps, you will receive one entry into the Sweepstakes. Any attempts to obtain additional entries beyond the limit stated in the Additional Terms, including through multiple or duplicate accounts will result in disqualification.
- By submitting an entry as instructed through any of the above methods (“Submission”), you agree that your Submission conforms to the Guidelines and Restrictions below. Sponsor may choose to remove any Submission or disqualify you from the Sweepstakes if we believe that your Submission fails to conform with the Guidelines and Restrictions.
5. Submission Guidelines and Restrictions:
If participating in the Sweepstakes via your mobile device (which service may only be available via select devices and participating wireless carriers and is not required to enter), you may be charged for standard data use from your mobile device according to the terms in your wireless service provider’s data plan. Normal airtime and carrier charges and other charges may apply to data use and will be billed on your wireless device bill or deducted from your pre-paid balance. Wireless carrier rates vary, so you should contact your wireless carrier for information on your specific data plan.
6. Identity of Entrant: All Submissions must be submitted by the individual entrant. Bulk or automated entries will be disqualified (including entries made using any script, macro, bot, or promotional service). Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email account. Any attempt to obtain additional entries through fraud or other illegitimate means will result in disqualification, at Sponsor’s discretion.
If there is a dispute about the identity of the entrant, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the account through which the Submission is made. An “authorized account holder” means the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. A potential winner may be required to provide Sponsor with proof that a potential winner is the authorized account holder of the account associated with the winning entry.
7. Selection and Notification of Winner(s): Sponsor will select the name of the potential winner(s) of the prize(s) in a random drawing from among all eligible entries at Sponsor’s headquarters as listed in Section 18 below. Any Canadian participant who is selected as a potential winner must also correctly answer a time-limited math skill testing question before being declared a winner. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Each potential winner will be notified via direct message on the social media platform through which they entered the Sweepstakes on or about the date specified in the Additional Terms. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Sponsor may require each potential winner to sign and return, within three days of being notified, an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release in order to claim his/her prize. If (i) the attempted notification is returned as undeliverable without a forwarding address; (ii) any required documents are not returned within three days, such as the Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release; or (iii) if potential winner is otherwise unable to accept the prize as stated, the prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner. Only three alternate drawings will be held for each prize, after which the remaining prize(s) will not be awarded. If, by reason of a print or other error, more prizes are claimed than the number set forth in these Official Rules, an alternate winner will be selected in accordance with the above selection process from among all eligible claimants making purportedly valid claims to award the prize(s) available.
Verification of Potential Winner: EACH POTENTIAL WINNER IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE SWEEPSTAKES. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A PRIZE WINNER UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED.
8. Prize: The prize(s), prize value(s), and number of winners are specified in the Additional Terms.
13. Winner List; Rules Request: For a copy of the winner list, send a stamped, self-addressed, business-size envelope for arrival within one year of the date specified in the Additional Terms to the address listed in Section 18 below, Attn: “Refreshments Sweepstakes” and include the end date of the Sweepstakes and the social media platform through which it was promoted. To obtain a copy of these Official Rules, send a stamped, self-addressed business-size envelope to the address listed in Section 18 below, Attn: “Refreshments Sweepstakes” and include the end date of the Sweepstakes and the social media platform through which it was promoted. VT residents may omit return postage.
14. Intellectual Property Notice: Refreshments is a trademark of Beauty Perspectives LLC. The Sweepstakes and all accompanying materials are copyright © 2021 by Beauty Perspectives LLC. All rights reserved.
15. Disputes: EACH ENTRANT AGREES THAT ANY DISPUTES, CLAIMS, AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED WILL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION, AND EXCLUSIVELY BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALFORNIA OR THE APPROPRIATE STATE COURT LOCATED IN SAN MATEO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. THESE OFFICIAL RULES ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES. YOU WAIVE ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THESE COURTS AND HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS.
17. General Conditions: Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor reserves the right to change these Official Rules at any time, in its discretion, and to modify, suspend or cancel the Sweepstakes or any entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes should viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, pandemics, public disruptions, or other causes beyond Sponsor's reasonable control affect the administration, security or proper play of the Sweepstakes, or Sponsor otherwise becomes (in its discretion) incapable of running the Sweepstakes as planned. Entrants who violate these Official Rules, violate any law, rule or regulation in connection with participation in the Sweepstakes, tamper with the operation of the Sweepstakes or engage in any conduct that is detrimental or unfair to Sponsor, the Sweepstakes or any other entrant (as determined in Sponsor's discretion) are subject to disqualification from the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right to lock out persons whose eligibility is in question or who have been disqualified or are otherwise ineligible to enter the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entries received that contain inappropriate or offensive content. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of that provision. Any provision of these Official Rules deemed unenforceable will be enforced to the extent permissible, and the remainder of these Official Rules will remain in effect. The use of the terms “include” or “including” in these Official Rules is illustrative and not limiting.
18. Sponsor: Beauty Perspectives LLC, 201 Baldwin Ave. 2nd Floor, San Mateo, CA 94401.
REFRESHMENTS CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES
Important: Please read these Official Rules before entering any Refreshments Contest (defined below).
By participating in a Contest, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and and any additional terms included in the Contest advertisement (the “Additional Terms”). You represent that you satisfy all of the eligibility requirements below.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST.
Contest void in Quebec (Canada) and where prohibited by law. Subject to applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial, and local laws.
19. Overview: On occasion, Beauty Perspectives LLC (“Sponsor”, “Refreshments”, or “we”) runs Contests for the public to win personal care products and other prizes (the “Contest”). We advertise our Contests through various means, depending on the type of Contest and the channels we use. You can find out about them on Refreshments.com, or through Refreshments's social media channels, which include Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, YouTube, and others. If there is a conflict between these Official Rules and the Additional Terms, the Additional Terms will govern.
20. Eligibility: The Contest is open only to legal residents of Canada (excluding Quebec), the 50 United States, or the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years old (or the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence, whichever is older) upon entry. Directors, officers, members, managers, and employees of Refreshments; Instagram, Inc.; Snap, Inc.; Facebook, Inc.; YouTube, LLC; and any of their respective parent companies, affiliate companies, subsidiaries, agents, professional advisors, advertising, promotional, public relations, and fulfillment agencies, consultants, legal counsel, website providers, web masters, and immediate family members (spouses, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and “step” child, wherever they may live) of each are not eligible to win any prize. IF YOU DO NOT MEET ANY OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, OR ANY OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO WIN A PRIZE. To be eligible to win a prize, entries must be completed and received by Sponsor in the manner and format designated below. CONTEST IS IN NO WAY SPONSORED, ENDORSED, ADMINISTERED BY, OR ASSOCIATED WITH, INSTAGRAM, INC.; SNAP, INC.; FACEBOOK, INC.; OR YOUTUBE, LLC.
21. Contest Period: The start and end dates and times of the Contest (the “Contest Period”) are defined in the Additional Terms. All entries must be received during the Contest Period and meet all other requirements in these Official Rules and the Additional Terms to be eligible to win a prize. Sponsor’s or its designee’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Contest.
22. How to Enter: To enter, follow the instructions in the Additional Terms during the Contest Period. You must have an account for the social media platform through which you enter the Contest. All social media platforms that Refreshments uses to launch Contests are free to join. If the Additional Terms require the use of a hashtag or hashtags to enter the Contest, any entries that do not include the hashtag(s) will not be eligible to win.
Upon completion of these steps, you will receive one entry into the Contest. Any attempts to obtain additional entries beyond the limit stated in the Additional Terms, including through multiple or duplicate accounts will result in disqualification.
By submitting an entry as instructed through any of the above methods (“Submission”), you agree that your Submission conforms to the Guidelines and Restrictions below. Sponsor may choose to remove any Submission or disqualify you from the Contest if we believe that your Submission fails to conform with the Guidelines and Restrictions.
23. Submission Guidelines and Restrictions:
If participating in the Contest via your mobile device (which service may only be available via select devices and participating wireless carriers and is not required to enter), you may be charged for standard data use from your mobile device according to the terms in your wireless service provider’s data plan. Normal airtime and carrier charges and other charges may apply to data use and will be billed on your wireless device bill or deducted from your pre-paid balance. Wireless carrier rates vary, so you should contact your wireless carrier for information on your specific data plan.
24. Identity of Entrant: All Submissions must be submitted by the individual entrant. Bulk or automated entries will be disqualified (including entries made using any script, macro, bot, or promotional service). Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email account. Any attempt to obtain additional entries through fraud or other illegitimate means will result in disqualification, at Sponsor’s discretion.
If there is a dispute about the identity of the entrant, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the account through which the Submission is made. An “authorized account holder” means the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. A potential winner may be required to provide Sponsor with proof that a potential winner is the authorized account holder of the account associated with the winning entry.
25. Selection and Notification of Winner(s): On or about seven days after the end of the Contest Period (or other period listed in the Additional Terms), a panel of judges selected at Sponsor’s discretion will score each Submission based on the criteria listed in the Additional Terms. The top scoring winner’s or winners’ Submission(s) will be deemed the potential winner(s). In the unlikely event of a tie, the winner(s) will be determined by the Submissions’ scores in the tiebreaker criteria as specified in the Additional Terms. Odds of winning depend on number and quality of the entries received.
Each potential winner will be notified via direct message on the social media platform through which they entered the Contest on or about the date specified in the Additional Terms. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Sponsor may require each potential winner to sign and return, within three days of being notified, an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release in order to claim his/her prize. If (i) the attempted notification is returned as undeliverable without a forwarding address; (ii) any required documents are not returned within three days, such as the Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release; or (iii) if potential winner is otherwise unable to accept the prize as stated, the prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner. Only three alternate drawings will be held for each prize, after which the remaining prize(s) will not be awarded. If, by reason of a print or other error, more prizes are claimed than the number set forth in these Official Rules, the prize(s) will be awarded to the person with the highest scoring Submission in accordance with the judging criteria listed in the Additional Terms from among all eligible claimants making purportedly valid claims to award the prize(s) available.
Verification of Potential Winner: EACH POTENTIAL WINNER IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CONTEST. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A PRIZE WINNER UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED.
26. Prize: The prize(s), prize value(s), and number of winners are specified in the Additional Terms.
Last Updated: August 4, 2021