Show Us Your Unique
Participants agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions
The Promoter
1. Promoter: Sephora UK (the ‘Promoter’), Berkshire House 168-173 High Holborn, WC1V 7AA UK. Do not send any entries to this address; they will not be accepted.
Promotional Period
2. Entries for the competition will be accepted from 11/01/23 through 11.59pm 16/01/23.
Eligibility
3. The Promotion is open to legal residents of the United Kingdom. Entrants must be aged 18 (aged 18 by 11.59pm 11/01/23 or over and excludes employees of the Promoter and its affiliates and their immediate families, its agents or anyone professionally connected to the Promotion. Entrants' existing social media followings/experience have no impact on entry eligibility or judging of their content.
Entry
4. No purchase necessary.
5. Internet access required. The competition will be hosted across the Sephora UK social channels - namely Instagram, Facebook, email and Sephora Community. To enter, simply share a recent photo with #CastMeSephora on Instagram or Sephora Community and tell us in the caption how you express yourself.
6. One entry per person. The social media account you have used for entry must be public in order for us to receive the entry. If entrants enter the same piece of content on multiple channels, this one piece of content will be judged, but their chances will not be increased. The Promoter reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual found to be attempting to circumvent this clause by tampering with the operation of the Promotion (including not limited to) setting up multiple accounts, using multiple identities or to be acting in any manner deemed by the Promoter to be in violation of the Terms and Conditions; or to be acting in any manner deemed by the Promoter to be disruptive.
The entrant must enter using only a social media or Sephora Community account subscribed to and registered in his/her name. The potential winner may be required to provide Promoter with proof that he/she is the authorised account holder of the user name/ Account associated with the winning entry.
7. Entries made from trade, consumer groups, third parties, agents, or entries automatically generated by computer will not be accepted. No bulk entries. The Promoter is not responsible for lost, misplaced, illegible, mutilated, incomplete or undelivered entries, and such entries will be deemed invalid.
Winner Selection/Judging Panel
8. All valid entries will be judged in terms of creativity and uniqueness by our internal judging panel.
9. Entries that are deemed inappropriate or indecent will not be included and this decision will be applied at the discretion of the moderator.
Prize
10. The prize is : 1. A featured role in at least one piece of Sephora content within the next 12 months, £300 cash payment upon receipt of invoice and £200 worth of credit to be spent on Sephora UK. We will hold the rights to any featured content for 12 months post-production.
Winner Notification and Claim
11. The winner will be notified by email by the 17 January 2023 and will be selected from either Sephora Community or Instagram platforms. The winner will have 3 days to confirm acceptance of the prize and that they are available for both 21 and 28 January 2023. Must also be able to travel to London on these dates for production.
12. Any inaccuracy in the contact details or postal details provided may delay or prevent delivery and the Promoter is not liable for such delay or non-delivery. Any items returned to sender will be considered unwanted.
13. By taking part in the Promotion, the winner acknowledges that they may be required to take part in relevant publicity without further consent or payment. Such publicity may include, without limitation, the winners’ name and/or image, statements made by the winner concerning the Promotion and/or prizes obtained as part of the Promotion
14. Winner’s name and county will be available by writing to Social Media, Sephora UK, 4th floor, Berkshire House, 168-173 High Holborn, London WC1V 7AA within 3 months of the closing date enclosing a self-addressed envelope.
General
15. The Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Twitter/Facebook and Instagram. You are providing your information to the Promoter, not Twitter/Facebook and Instagram. The information you provide will only be used for the purpose of facilitating the Promotion unless you have agreed to its use for any other purpose. By entering the Promotion, all Participants agree to give Twitter/Facebook and Instagram a complete release from any and all legal liability in connection with the Promotion
16. Winners are responsible for providing correct contact details and information for themselves if and when requested. Inaccurate information may result in the prize being forfeited if the Promoter is unable to contact the winner.
17. Entrants are solely responsible for the information they provide and views they express. The Promoter is not responsible for the user-generated content provided and does not endorse any user-generated views expressed on the site.
18. Sometimes, through reasons outside of the Promoters control, the internet may not be accessible. The Promoter cannot guarantee continuous, uninterrupted access to the internet. No responsibility will be accepted for any difficulties in entering, claiming or any entries/claims/votes delayed or corrupted. The Promoter will have no liability for any loss arising out of such an event
19. The image and text-post uploaded by an individual user to the gallery cannot be:
a. Violent, negative or/and discriminative of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, or be profane or obscene;
b. Promote or be about the use of illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons, any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message;
c. Be offensive or be about hate;
d. Defame, misrepresent or contain negative remarks about the Promoter or its products, other people, products or companies;
e. Contain trademarks owned by others or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;
f. Contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media or musical "samples") without permission;
g. Contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, other than the participant, without permission;
h. Communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which the Promoter wishes to associate;
i. Depict, and cannot itself be in, violation of any law;
20. Any inappropriate or offensive material may be reported to the appropriate authorities and subsequently withdrawn from the websites.
21. Limitations of Liability: Neither the Promoter nor the promotional parties assume any responsibility or liability for:
j. Any incorrect or inaccurate submission when providing contact details for fulfilment, or for any faulty or failed electronic data transmissions.
k. Communication line failure, regardless of cause, with regard to any equipment, systems, networks, lines, satellites, servers, computers or providers utilised in any aspect of this Promotion.
l. No responsibility is accepted for entries which are lost, mislaid, delayed or damaged.
m. Inaccessibility or unavailability of the internet or the website or any combination thereof.
n. Any injury or damage to entrants upon delivery and/or use of their pack.
22. Incomplete entries or those not submitted in accordance with the entry instructions will be invalid.
23. No cash alternative will be offered in whole or in part. The Promoter reserves the right to offer an alternative product of equal or greater value in exceptional circumstance.
24. The Promoter cannot be held responsible for non-receipt of entries due to technical problems or network difficulties. Proof of sending does not constitute proof of delivery.
25. By participating in the Promotion, the entrant grants the Promoter an exclusive, royalty free, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish and display such content for any purpose in any media, without compensation, restriction on use, attribution or liability. Participants agree not to assert any moral rights in relation to such use where the moral rights in respect of the content are theirs to assert. Participants warrant that the materials are their original works, have not been copied, in whole or in part, from any third party and they have full authority to grant these rights.
26. The Promoter reserves the right to verify all entries including but not limited to asking for address and identity details (which they must provide within 14 days) and to refuse to award a prize or withdraw prize entitlement and/or refuse further participation in the promotion and disqualify the participant where there are reasonable grounds to believe there has been a breach of these terms and conditions or any instructions forming part of this promotions entry requirements or otherwise where a participant has gained unfair advantage in participating in the promotion or won using fraudulent means. The Promoter will be the final arbiter in any decisions and these will be binding and no correspondence will be entered into in relation this clause.
27. In the event of circumstances outside the reasonable control of the promoter, or otherwise where fraud, abuse, and/or an error (human or computer) affects or could affect the proper operation of this promotion or the awarding of prizes, and only where circumstances make this unavoidable, the Promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the promotion or these terms and conditions , at any stage, but will always endeavour to minimize the effect to participants in order to avoid undue disappointment.
28. Other than as required by law, the Promoter will not disclose information about any entrant to any third party without your permission.
29. These rules are governed by English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh Courts.
