25th Anniversary Instagram Giveaway

Bluemercury

25th Anniversary Instagram Giveaway

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Official Rules

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS GIVEAWAY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1.    ELIGIBILITY. The “Bluemercury 25th Anniversary Instagram Giveaway Sweepstakes” (the “Promotion”) is only open to those who, as of the start date, have a valid Instagram account to enter and be contacted if selected as a potential winner, and are enrolled in the Bluemercury BlueRewards loyalty program, and legal residents of the fifty (50) United States, including the District of Columbia, and who are 18 years old or have reached the age of majority in their state of residence. The Promotion is void where prohibited or restricted by law. Employees, officers and directors of Bluemercury, Inc. (the “Sponsor”) and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies involved in the administration of this Promotion, and the immediate families (defined as parents, spouses, children, siblings, grandparents and their respective spouses) or members of the same household (whether related or not of each such employee, officer and director), are not eligible to enter. 

2.    TIMING. The Promotion entry period begins at 12 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on September 20, 2024, and ends at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on September 29, 2024 (the “Entry Period”). Sponsor’s computer is the official timekeeping device for the Promotion. 

3.    HOW TO ENTER. An eligible entrant can enter the giveaway by following @bluemercury on Instagram, locating the official Bluemercury 25th Anniversary giveaway Instagram post promoting this Sweepstakes (the “Post”), liking the Post, and commenting on the Post by tagging a friend. Entrants must be a member enrolled in the Bluemercury BlueRewards loyalty program. Entries with inappropriate comments may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to void all entries made through any robotic, automatic, mechanical, programmed, or similar entry duplication method, and to disqualify any entrant using such an entry method. 

In the event of a dispute as to an entrant’s entry, the natural person who is the authorized account holder of the Instagram Account submitted at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant, but only if that person is otherwise eligible to enter the Promotion. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned to the Instagram Account. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. If a dispute cannot be resolved to Sponsor’s satisfaction, the winning entrant may be deemed ineligible. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor and none will be acknowledged or returned. Proof of submission will not be deemed proof of receipt of entry by Sponsor. 

4.    AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES AND DECISIONS. By participating, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to be bound by and accepts these Official Rules, and the decisions of Sponsor (including, without limitation, decisions regarding eligibility of entries, the selection of entrants and the winner, and the awarding of the prize), which are final and binding in all respects. Entrants further acknowledge that this Promotion is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram. 

5.    DRAWING; ODDS; NOTIFICATION. On or about September 30, 2024, Sponsor or Sponsor’s designee will randomly select 25 potential winner(s) from among all eligible entries received. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received. The potential winners selected must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements and requests of Sponsor during the verification process. The potential winners will initially be notified by @Bluemercury via Instagram direct message (the “Initial Notification”). All other direct messages notifying of potentially winning from any other Instragram account are not valid. To begin the prize claim process, the potential winner must respond as instructed to the Initial Notification with their full name, email address and phone number within two (2) days of the Initial Notification. Within three (3) days of confirmation of the information received from a potential winner in response to the Initial Notification, such potential winner will receive a second notification via email from Sponsor’s designee (the “Second Notification”) and will be required  to execute and return within five (5) days of the Second Notification a notarized Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, an IRS W-9 Form, and, except where prohibited by law, a Publicity Release (the “Releases”). The Releases must be returned as instructed by the date and/or time indicated. If the potential winner does not reply to the Initial Notification and the Second Notification with the required information, or if any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or if the potential winner is found to be ineligible, or if the potential winner does not comply with the Official Rules or the requests of Sponsor, then the potential winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion in his/her place, at random from among all eligible non-winning entries received by Sponsor for the Promotion. If Sponsor is unable to determine and verify a potential winner after repeated alternate drawings or if Sponsor fails to receive a sufficient number of entries to correspond to the number of prizes available to be awarded, Sponsor reserves the right to not award such prize(s). 

6.    PRIZE(S). Twenty-five grand prizes will be awarded in this Promotion. Each Grand Prize will include the following: Slip Skinny Scrunchies, Act + Acre Detangle Comb, Act + Acre Conditioning Hair Mask, R+Co Frizz Control Spray, Oribe Silverati Shampoo and Conditioner, R+Co Gemstrone Shampoo, Chantecaille BioLift Mask, Chantecaille Lip Chic, WellInsulated Large Performance Beauty Bag, Revitalash Eyelash Conditioner, RMS Beauty Straight Up Volumizing Peptide Mascara, Trish McEvoy Beauty Booster Soothe and Illuminate Cream, Lune+Aster RealGlow Face & Eye Palette, Lune+Aster Tinted Lip Balm in Mind & Body, Sisley Paris Phyto-Khol Matte Eyeliner in Tonka, iS Clinical Youth Eye Complex, SkinMedica TNS Advanced+, 111Skin Molecular Hydration Eye Mask, Tronque Body Contour Massager, ReVive Masques des Yeux Revitalizing Eye Mask, Dr. Barbara Sturm Super Anti-Aging Body Serum, Jan Marini C-ESTA Face Serum, The Harmonist Moon Glory, Vyrao The Sixth EDP, LAFCO, and Nest. The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of each Grand Prize is $2,770. The total ARV of all prizes available to be won is: $69,250. Prize must be accepted as awarded, and prize is awarded “AS IS” with no warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, made by Sponsor or for which Sponsor shall be liable, including, without limitation, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. No substitution, assignment or transfer of a prize is permitted, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of greater or equal value, in the event of unavailability of the advertised prize. Winner is solely responsible for any and all costs, fees, taxes and expenses associated with prize award, receipt and use, including, without limitation, all federal, state and local taxes on the prize. For prizes valued over $600, prize winner will be issued an IRS Form 1099 for the retail value of the prize. If potential winner does not wish to accept the prize, an alternate winner may be selected from the pool of eligible entrants. All details of the prize not set forth herein will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. All entrants and entries are subject to verification prior to the awarding of a prize, as are the eligibility, age and other claims of/information provided by a potential prize winner. 

7.    GENERAL CONDITIONS. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion if, in Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Promotion, or if viruses, bugs, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical difficulties or failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right (but does not have the obligation) in its sole discretion to award the prize at random from among eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of suspected impairment. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision of these Official Rules.

8.    RELEASE. By entering, each entrant forever, fully and irrevocably releases and holds harmless Sponsor and its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective agents from and against all claims, damages or liabilities arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from entrant’s participation and/or entry in the Promotion and/or entrant’s award, receipt or use of any prize awarded in the Promotion.

9.    LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. Sponsor is not responsible for: (a) incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information or late, lost, stolen, unintelligible, illegible, damaged, mutilated, altered, incomplete or misdirected entries or entries received through impermissible or illegitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified; (b) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any telephone, computer online systems, computer equipment, website, server provider, network, hardware or software; (c) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any website or service; (d) unauthorized intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (e) printing, typographical, electronic or human errors, which may occur in the offer or administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (f) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant’s computer, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotion, or from viewing, playing or downloading any material from Sponsor’s website(s), regardless of whether the material was prepared by Sponsor or a third party, and regardless of whether the material is connected to Sponsor’s websites by a hypertext link.

10.    DISPUTES. Entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion, or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and solely and exclusively in a federal or state court located in the State of New York; entrant submits to sole and exclusive personal jurisdiction to said courts in the State of New York for any such dispute and irrevocably waives any and all rights to object to such jurisdiction; (b) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (c) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, consequential, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant or Sponsor in connection with the Promotion shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules of provisions (whether of the State of New York, the United States, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

11.    DATA COLLECTION. Information collected in this Promotion will be administered by Sponsor in accordance with its Privacy Policy, located at https://bluemercury.com/pages/privacy-policy. 

12.    OFFICIAL RULES. These Official Rules are available at https://bluemercury.com/pages/help-faq?hcUrl=%2Fen-US%2Farticles%2Fall-offers-179091 or by sending a self-addressed envelope to “Bluemercury 25th Anniversary Instagram Giveaway Sweepstakes – Rules Request.” c/o Bluemercury, 28-07 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101. Requests must be received by November 14, 2024.

13.    WINNERS LIST. To request a list of winners, send a self-addressed postage-stamped envelope to “Bluemercury 25th Anniversary Instagram Giveaway Sweepstakes – Winner List Request,” c/o Bluemercury, 28-07 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101. Requests must be received by November 14, 2024.

14.    SPONSOR. The sponsor of the Promotion and the address at which the Sponsor may be contacted is Bluemercury, 28-07 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101. 

DISCLAIMER

[Bluemercury 25th Anniversary Instagram Giveaway Sweepstakes]

Giveaway begins on 09/20/24 at 12 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on 09/29/24 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Twenty-five winners will be selected at random on 09/30/24 and notified by DM. This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram. No purchase necessary. Winner must be following @bluemercury on Instagram and be enrolled in the BlueRewards loyalty program. Must be 18 or over to enter. U.S. residents only, including D.C. The “Bluemercury 25th Anniversary Instagram Giveaway Sweepstakes” is subject to complete Official Rules available at https://bluemercury.com/sept-24-sweepstakes Sponsor: Bluemercury, 28-07 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101.