InStyle.com & Kimiko Sweepstakes

OFFICIAL RULES

 

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

Sweepstakes begins November 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM Eastern Time ("ET) and ends December 31, 2008 at 11:59 PM ET ("the Promotion Period").
    1. TO ENTER:
      Visit www.instyle.com and click on the advertisement for the InStyle & Kimiko sweepstakes ("Breakthrough Healthy Makeup Gift Sets from Kimiko") on the site. You will be directed to (kimikobeauty.com) to enter the Sweepstakes. Entries will only be accepted via the entry method prescribed above and any other attempts at entry are void. Mechanical reproductions or any entries by means which subvert the entry process will be void. All entries become property of Kimiko Beauty, Inc. (“Sponsor”) and will not be returned. Limit one (1) entry per person/per email address.

    2. SWEEPSTAKES ELIGIBILITY:
      This Sweepstakes is only open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are age 18 or older. By entering, you agree to these Official Rules of this Sweepstakes and the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final. Employees (and their immediate families (spouse and parent, child and sibling and their respective spouses regardless of where they reside) and household members, whether or not related) of Kimiko Beauty, Inc. and Time, Inc. and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, distributors, advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter. This Sweepstakes is governed by U.S. law and subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void in Puerto Rico and wherever restricted or prohibited by law.

    3. RANDOM DRAWING:
      On or about December 15, 2008 five (5) winners will be randomly selected from among all eligible entries received. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received.

    4. PRIZES:
      Ten (10) winners will each receive a gift with the following: full sized Kimiko Beauty products: Lifting Eye Shadow Bento Box, Sheer Tint and Lip Plumper and Long Healthy Lashes. Color selections will vary and cannot be exchanged at any time. Approximate retail value: (“ARV”) $122.00. Total ARV: $1220.00.

      Limit one prize per person and per household. Winner may not transfer, exchange or redeem any prize for cash. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. All local, state and federal taxes on prizes, and other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not explicitly stated herein, are the sole responsibility of individual winners...

    5. RANDOM DRAWING:
      Potential winners will be selected on or about (January 31, 2009). Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received. Potential winners will be notified by electronic mail, U.S. mail and/or telephone or mobile phone (depending on method of entry) on or about January 31, 2009. It is each entrant’s sole responsibility to notify Sponsor if he/she changes his/her contact information.

    6. WINNERS' INSTRUCTIONS:
      Potential winners may be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability and (where legal) Publicity Release and return it within 10 days of date of issuance. If required, failure to return all required documents properly completed and executed within the specified time period, Sponsor’s inability to contact a potential winner, the return of any prize or prize notification as undeliverable, and/or non-compliance with any portion of these Official Rules (including all eligibility requirements) may result in disqualification, the prize being forfeited, and award of prize to an alternate winner, at Sponsor’s discretion. By accepting a prize, each winner agrees to the use by Sponsor and its designees of his/her name, photo and/or likeness in any advertising and/or promotion in any and all media now or hereafter devised worldwide in perpetuity, without further compensation, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law. Winners acknowledge that Sponsor has neither made nor is in any manner responsible for any warranty, representation or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the prize including, but not limited to, its quality or availability.

      In the event of any dispute regarding who submitted an on-line entry, entry will be deemed submitted by the eligible person who is the authorized account holder of the e-mail account in question. "Authorized account holder" will be deemed the natural person assigned to an e-mail account by the entity responsible for assigning accounts for the domain associated with a submitted entry. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or similar methods of participation shall void all such submissions by such methods.

    7. GENERAL:
      By entering, entrants agree (i) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and judges, which are final and binding in all matters, and (ii) to defend, release and hold harmless Sponsor and its parents, affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies and all of their respective officers, directors, employees. Representatives and agents (collectively “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, actions and/or liability for injuries and/or damages of any kind sustained, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in connection with the sweepstakes and/or acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize awarded (including, without limitation, any travel or activity related thereto). Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered, illegible, garbled or postage-due entries, text messages, mail or email; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, cellular or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite or telephone transmissions, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the sweepstakes, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes, or in any sweepstakes-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the sweepstakes or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void. Should any portion of the sweepstakes be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the sweepstakes and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. .In the event of any dispute regarding who submitted an on-line entry, entry will be deemed submitted by the eligible person who is the authorized account holder of the e-mail account in question. “Authorized account holder” will be deemed the natural person assigned to an e-mail account by the entity responsible for assigning accounts for the domain associated with a submitted entry. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this Sweepstakes should viruses, bugs or other causes beyond its control corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the Sweepstakes. The Sponsor further reserves the right to modify the rules of the Sweepstakes in any way at any time, as long as reasonable notice is given. This Sweepstakes shall be governed by New York law. By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree that New York courts shall have jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Sweepstakes and that venue shall be only in New York, New York.

    8. WINNERS LIST:
      For a list of winners, available after March 15, 2009, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:

      Kimiko Beauty, Inc.,
      c/o Public Relations 303 Park Avenue South,
      Ste 1233, New York,
      NY 10010.

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