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12 Days of Beauty Giveaway: Official Contest Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. The “12 Days of Beauty Giveaways” Contest (the "Contest") is sponsored by Sugar, Inc. (owner and operator of bellasugar.com and teamsugar.com), having an address of 580 Market Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, and Sephora USA, Inc., having an address of 525 Market Street, 11th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 (“Sponsors”).

ELIGIBILITY:
Employees of Sponsors and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies and any other entity involved in the development or administration of this Contest, and their immediate family members or household members are not eligible to participate in or win the Contest. All prizes won by minors will be awarded to their parents or legal guardians on their behalf. Winners may be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and complete relevant tax forms as a condition to the delivery of the applicable prize. Void where prohibited by law. All applicable federal, state and local laws apply.

HOW TO ENTER:
Beginning approximately 11:30pm (PST) on December 13, 2007 through 5:00pm (PST) on December 14, 2007 (the “Entry Period”), log on to bellasugar.com, navigate to the Contest post, and follow the on-screen entry instructions to register a profile on or log into teamsugar.com and take the Contest entry quiz to enter. Limit one (1) entry per unique email address or person as determined by name and unique email address. Multiple entries received from any unique email address or person will be void. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. Normal time, toll, connection and usage rates, if any, charged by your Internet service provider will apply. All entries become the property of the Sponsors.

RANDOM DRAWING/WINNER NOTIFICATION:
At the end of the Entry Period, there will be one (1) drawing in which five (5) potential Grand Prize winners shall be selected from all eligible entries received during the Entry Period by employees or representatives of Sponsors, whose decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters related to the Contest. Odds of winning will depend upon the number of eligible entries received during the Entry Period. The winners will be notified by email; Sponsors reserve the right to determine the method of notification. Winners must claim their prize within three (3) business days after the date of notification of such prize. A Contest winner's failure to respond to the prize notification within the specified three (3) business days will be considered such Contest winner's forfeiture of the prize and an alternate winner may be selected from the pool of eligible entries. If an entrant is found to be ineligible, an alternate winner may also be selected from the pool of eligible entries. Potential winners may be required to complete, sign, have notarized and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release (“Affidavit and Release”) and Publicity Release (where legal) within ten (10) business days of attempted notification. Noncompliance within this time period, with these Official Rules or the return of any prize/prize notification may result in disqualification and, at Sponsors’ discretion, and time permitting, an alternate potential winner may be selected.

PRIZE:
Sponsors will award one (1) Bliss Snow Wonder High Intensity Hand Cream and Sephora Lip Gloss Ring to each of the five (5) winners of the Contest. The total ARV of each prize is $8. All prize details to be determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. Winner is solely responsible for all expenses and costs associated with acceptance and/or use of any prize not specifically stated herein as being awarded, including, without limitation, any and all federal, state and local taxes. Sponsors disclaims any and all liability for the actual provision, quality or nature of any third party product or service accepted by the winners. No transfer, substitution, assignment or cash redemption will be awarded in lieu of stated prize except by Sponsors who reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. If Grand Prize Winner cannot accept the applicable prize as stated, the prize will be forfeited, and at Sponsors’ discretion, an alternate winner may be selected.

GENERAL RULES:
Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to the Sponsors and their respective designees to use winner's name, city, state, likeness, voice, biographical information and statements for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity in any and all media, now or hereafter known, throughout the world in perpetuity without additional compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law. By participating, entrant (i) agrees to release and hold Sponsors and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees and assigns, (collectively, the “Released Parties”) harmless against any and all claims and liability arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of participation in the Contest or misuse, nonuse or use of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto); (ii) waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages, attorney’ fees or any damages other than actual out-of-pocket costs incurred to enter; (iii) agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsors, which are final and binding on all matters relating to the Contest; (iv) agrees to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error in these Official Rules or the Contest itself.

Released Parties are not responsible for incomplete, lost, late, stolen, damaged, inaccurate, illegible, misdirected, garbled, delayed or undelivered entries; for any computer, network, technical, mechanical, printing, typographical, human or other errors or problems of any kind relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors or problems of any kind that may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing of entries, the announcement, delivery or use of any prize or in any Contest-related materials; or for any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participating in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with this Contest. CAUTION: Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Sponsors reserve the right to seek damages from any such entrant to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.

If for any reason this Contest is not capable of being run or implemented as planned (as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion), including, but not limited to, as the result of infection by computer viruses or bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, or any other cause of any kind, which, in Sponsors’ sole judgment, is likely to or actually corrupts or affects the Sponsors reserve the right, at its sole discretion, to pick winners in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of the event or action warranting such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension, as applicable. In the event this Contest is cancelled prior to the stated end date, a notice will be posted at bellasugar.com.

In the event a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
Entrants and winners agree that the Released Parties shall not be liable for injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting from participating in this Contest or from the acceptance or use of any prize awarded, including any future use of any winning entries. Sponsors reserve the right (but are not obligated) to verify eligibility qualifications of any winner.

WINNERS’ NAME:
For the names of the winners, available after January 1, 2008, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: “12 Days of Beauty Giveaways” Contest, c/o Sugar, Inc., 580 Market Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104.

NO WARRANTIES: Sponsors make no warranties covering any of the prizes furnished as part of this Contest.

GOVERNING LAW: This Contest shall be governed by California law. By participating in this contest, entrants agree that California courts shall have jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Contest and that venue shall be only in San Francisco, California.

PRIVACY: Winners’ names and contact information will be shared by Sponsors in order to contact winners for the purpose of fulfillment of prizes. Information supplied by non-winning entrants will be shared by Sponsors in accordance with Sugar, Inc.’s Privacy Policy and Sephora USA, Inc.’s Privacy Policy.

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