TNS Essential Serum Sweepstakes

WIN A FREE TNS ESSENTIAL SERUM® SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

Eligibility. Open to legal residents of the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec), 18 or older on the date of entry. Not open to employees or immediate family members (spouses, parents, grandparents, siblings, children and grandchildren) of employees of SkinMedica, Inc., or their affiliates, subsidiaries, or partners. Nor is the contest open to healthcare professionals unless they enter as a patient and use the product for personal use.  Void in Quebec and where prohibited by law.

How to Enter. To enter visit www.skinmedica.com, click on the sweepstakes banner ad, and complete the online entry form. Limit one entry per e-mail address. Incomplete and/or duplicate entries will be void. We are not responsible for inaccurate or incomplete entry information, whether caused by participant or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this sweepstakes, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of entries. Automated entries are not permitted and will be deemed void.  No purchase necessary to enter or win.

Sweepstakes Period.  Sweepstakes begins on January 1, 2012 and ends December 31, 2012.  There will be one drawing per month from all entries received during that month (based on Pacific Time).  Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on the last day of the month to be eligible for that month's drawing. 

Prize. The following prize will be awarded for each month during the sweepstakes period: A free TNS Essential Serum. The retail value of the prize is $260.00. Each winner will receive a single shipment of one TNS Essential Serum.  All federal, state/provincial and local taxes, if applicable, are the sole responsibility of winner.

Prize Drawing. Prize will be awarded at a random drawing held on the first day of the following month. Winner need not be present to win. We will notify the winner by e-mail or certified mail within seven business days of drawing. No transfer or substitution of prize is allowed. If the prize is not claimed within seven business days of notification, or if winner does not meet eligibility criteria, that winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected at random from all remaining eligible entries received.  The potential winner is subject to verification.  If the potential winner is a Canadian resident (with the exception of Quebec, residents of which are not eligible to enter this sweepstakes), the potential winner will be required to answer unaided a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question by telephone before the prize can be claimed. In the event that such potential winner is unable to correctly answer the skill-testing question, we shall have the right to disqualify the potential winner and select another potential winner from all remaining eligible entries received.

Odds of Winning. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

General Terms. By participating in this sweepstakes, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of SkinMedica, Inc., which are final and binding in all respects. Participants release and agree to hold harmless SkinMedica, Inc., its partners and their affiliates, and subsidiaries and all of their respective directors, officers, representatives, employees, consultants and agents from any and all liability for any injury, loss or damage of any kind to persons, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from or in connection with acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, participation in this sweepstakes or any sweepstakes related activity.

Additional Terms. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify, terminate, or suspend this sweepstakes at any time and for any reason. In the event of termination of the sweepstakes, a notice will be posted online and a random drawing to award the prize will be conducted from among all eligible entries received prior to the time of termination. We are not responsible for any human error that may occur in the processing of the entries, nor are we responsible for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries, whether caused by the sender or any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this sweepstakes. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the sweepstakes or web site; to be acting in violation of these rules; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or similar entry methods will void all such entries submitted by such methods. In the event of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account used to enter the sweepstakes at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant and must comply with these rules. The authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domains associated with the submitted e-mail addresses. Only the number of prizes stated herein will be awarded. In the event any technical errors occur in the selection of winner and more prizes are claimed than the number of prizes being awarded as provided herein, we reserve the right to rescind that drawing, resolve the technical error and award the prize by random drawing from among all eligible entrants.

Privacy. Entrants agree that personal data provided to us in connection with this sweepstakes, including name, address, telephone number and email address may be processed, stored or otherwise used within the context of administering the sweepstakes and engaging in marketing and public relations related activity, including the use of your name and city and state or province on our website in on the winners list. The entrant expressly consents to such processing, storage and use. Personal data will be transferred to the United States and entrants consent to the data transmission, processing and storage of this personal data in the United States. Information will be handled in accordance with our privacy policy at www.skinmedica.com/privacy. By entering the sweepstakes, each entrant consents to the collection and use of his/her personal data as permitted pursuant to the privacy policy and these Official Rules.

Disputes.  Except where prohibited by law, each entrant agrees that: (a) all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by a court of proper jurisdiction in San Diego, California; (b) 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 and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and waives any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.
Winners List/Official Rules. A winners list will be available after the third of each month.