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Terms of Use
Please read these site terms carefully. By accessing or using this site or our services, you agree to be bound all of the terms and conditions described in these site terms. If you do not agree to all of these terms and conditions, do not use our site.

These site terms apply to your access and use of our site located at www.hellobrit.com. These site terms do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with us. If you are using our site on behalf of any entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to accept these site terms on such entity’s behalf, and that such entity agrees to indemnify you and us for violations of these site terms.

We reserve the right to change or modify these site terms or any policy or guideline of our site, at any time. Any changes or modification will be effective immediately upon posting of the revisions on our site, and you waive any right you may have to receive specific notice of such changes or modifications. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes or modifications will confirm your acceptance of such changes or modifications.

Privacy Policy
Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information on how we collect, use and disclose personally identifiable information from our users.

Registration Data
You agree to: (i) provide accurate, current and complete information about you as may be prompted by any signup, login and/or registration forms on our site ("Registration Data"); (ii) maintain the security of your password and identification; (iii) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you provide to us, to keep it accurate, current and complete; and (iv) accept all risks of unauthorized access to the Registration Data and any other information you provide to us.

User Content and Interactive Areas
Our site includes interactive areas ("Interactive Areas") in which you or other users may post, link, store or otherwise make available certain information, text and/or other materials ("User Content"). You are solely responsible for your use of the Interactive Areas and use them at your own risk. By using any Interactive Areas, you agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through our site any of the following:

• User Content that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable (as determined in our reasonable discretion);
• User Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or that would any local, state, national or international law;

We take no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor are we liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter.

As a provider of interactive services, we are not liable for any statements, representations, User Content or Third Party Content (as defined below) provided by users in any public forum or other Interactive Area. Although we have no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the User Content posted in any Interactive Area, we reserve the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any User Content posted or stored on our site at any time and for any reason without notice, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing, any User Content you post or store on our site, at your sole cost and expense.

We do not own the User Content you post to out site, but in posting User Content to our site, you grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such User Content on or in connection with our site. You may cancel this license at any time by removing the User Content from our site by using the easily available delete button.

Third Party Content
We provide third party content on our site and provide links to sites and content of third parties (collectively the "Third Party Content") as a service to those interested in this information. We do not control, endorse or adopt any Third Party Content and we make no representation or warranties of any kind regarding the Third Party Content.

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OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

General Conditions: Brit Media, Inc. (the “Sponsor”) may post contests from time to time through its website www.hellobrit.com. By entering a contest, you agree to abide by the terms of these Official Contest Rules and by the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to a contest.

How to Enter: To participate in any Sponsor contest, log onto www.hellobrit.com and follow the instructions posted for a particular contest to enter to win (“Contest Description Page”). All entries become the property of Sponsor, and will not be returned once received by the Sponsor. By entering, each entrant grants Sponsor the right to disseminate information regarding the entries as part of Sponsor’s ongoing marketing and public relations efforts without compensation, notice to or approval from the entrant, unless prohibited by law. Each entrant shall take any additional steps reasonably requested by Sponsor in order to transfer and/or perfect the rights granted or warranted to Sponsor in these Official Contest Rules.

Eligibility: Contests are only open to U.S. residents who are at least 18 years of age at date of entry. Employees of Sponsor as well as their immediate family members and/or persons living in their households; as well as all of Sponsor’s agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to participate in any contest. Entrants who do not comply with these requirements or these Official Contest Rules are not eligible to compete or win a prize. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. ALL U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

Contest Period; Deadline: The entry period for a particular contest will be listed on the Contest Description Page for that particular contest.

Judging Criteria: The specific judging criteria for a particular contest will be listed on the Contest Description Page. By entering a contest, entrant warrants that he or she is the sole designer, creator, and owner of the entry, including all visual components, or has permission to use copyrighted components, and further warrants that the entry does not infringe the rights of any third parties. Entrant must have obtained all necessary releases from any persons or related to any subject matter appearing in each entry.

Winner Notification: Sponsor will notify each winner with five (5) business days after the time and date listed on the Contest Description Page via e-mail to the winner’s registered e-mail address (the “Winner Notification”). A winner must respond to the Winner Notification from his/her registered e-mail address within 48 hours of receipt of the Winner Notification and, in order to be eligible to accept a prize, must include in such response: (i) winner’s full legal name, (ii) current residential mailing address, (iii) phone number, and (iv) date of birth. If a winner fails to respond to the Winner Notification in the time and in the manner required, or if a Winner Notification is returned as undeliverable, such Winner will be disqualified and will be deemed to have forfeited his/ her prize. It is the sole responsibility of an entrant to notify Sponsor of any changes in his/her name and/or address. Each winning entrant must sign and return any documents, if requested, within the time period stipulated by the Sponsor. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in disqualification. Any notification returned as undeliverable may result in disqualification and the prize will be awarded to another entrant. A list of the winner(s) will be provided upon request.

Prizes: The prize(s) of a contest, its approximate value, and any other prize details will be listed on the Contest Description Page for that particular contest. A contest prize is non-transferable, non- redeemable for cash and may not be applied as a credit towards a different Sponsor offering. All taxes associated with the receipt or use of a prize is the sole responsibility of a winner. Sponsor reserves the right to withhold any taxes as required by applicable law.

Disclaimer and Limit of Liability: SPONSOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR ENTRANT'S PARTICIPATION IN ANY CONTEST. SPONSOR SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, COST, OR INJURY THAT ARISES FROM OR RELATES TO PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST, OR WINNING OR USE OF A PRIZE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (1) LATE, LOST, DELAYED, DAMAGED, MISDIRECTED, INCOMPLETE, OR UNINTELLIGIBLE ENTRIES; (2) TELEPHONE, ELECTRONIC, HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE PROGRAM, NETWORK, INTERNET, OR COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONS, FAILURES, VIRUSES OR DIFFICULTIES OF ANY KIND; (3) FAILED, INCOMPLETE, GARBLED, OR DELAYED COMPUTER TRANSMISSIONS; (4) THE UPLOADING OR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL IN CONNECTION WITH A CONTEST; AND (5) ANY OTHER CONDITION THAT MAY CAUSE THE CONTEST TO BE DISRUPTED OR CORRUPTED. SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, TO SUSPEND OR CANCEL ANY CONTEST OR ALTER THE RULES FOR ANY REASON, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALTERATION OR CORRUPTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONTEST BY COMPUTER VIRUS, TECHNICAL PROBLEM, OR OTHER UNFORESEEABLE EVENT.

Release by Entrants: By entering the contest, each entrant indemnifies, releases and agrees to hold harmless sponsor and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, owners, employees from any liability whatsoever for any claims, costs, losses, or damages of any kind (including, but not limited to those related to, personal injury, death, damage to property, infringement of proprietary rights, rights of publicity, or privacy or defamation and attorney fees) arising out of or in connection with: (1) entering a contest; (2) acceptance or use of any prize; or (3) any other act or omission arising out of or relating to the contest.

Publicity: If an entry is chosen by Sponsor as a contest winner, each winning entrant expressly consents to the use by Sponsor (without further permission or financial compensation) of such winner’s name and/or likeness, in any medium (including without limitation digital or hard copy), for publicity purposes in connection with the contest, for marketing and advertising purposes or for any other purpose that is not prohibited by law.

Misconduct: Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify or refuse entry to any person who (i) tampers with the registration process, the operation of a contest or a Sponsor web site; (ii) acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy or harass another person; or (iii) is otherwise in violation of these Official Contest Rules.

Governing Law: Contests shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, applicable to contracts made and performed therein without reference to conflicts of law principles. All actions, proceedings, or litigation relating hereto will be instituted and prosecuted solely in San Francisco County, California. The parties consent to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in the San Francisco County, California, with respect to any action, dispute, or other matter pertaining to or arising out of any contest.

Intellectual Property: Contests and all related web pages and code are the property of Sponsor. Any copying or unauthorized use of Sponsor’s copyrighted materials, trademarks or any other intellectual property without Sponsor’s express written consent is strictly prohibited.

Questions: If you have any questions regarding Sponsor contests, please contact us via email at hello@hellobrit.com.

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Bare Escentuals Buxom^®Photo CONTEST RULES:

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

1. Eligibility: Buxom Photo Contest (the “Contest”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry and who did not purchase any equipment for the purposes of entering this Contest. Employees of Federated Media Publishing, Inc., Bare Escentuals Beauty, Inc., Hosting Websites (defined below), ePrize, LLC, and any of their parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. There are three independent Contests (one for each of the Hosting Websites). Each Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.

2. Sponsor: Federated Media Publishing, Inc., 72 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107. Administrator: ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069.

3. Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in this Contest constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

4. Timing: The Contests begin on May 17, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and end on June 12, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Contest Period"). The computers of each of the Hosting Websites are the official time-keeping device for the applicable Contest.

5. How to Enter: During the Submission Phase, follow the links and instructions from any one of the following Hosting Websites to enter the Contest:

Makeup and Beauty Blog: www.makeupandbeautyblog.com
Brit & Co.: w ww.hellobrit.com
Betty Confidential: www.bettyconfidential.com

Visit www.flickr.com and upload a photo that displays you "living life vividly" as well as a caption (two hundred (200) characters or fewer) that explains the photo. In order for your photo and caption (herein your "Submission") to be considered in this Contest you must (1) mark the photo as "public" and (2) tag it with one (1) of the following tags (this will depend on the Contest you are entering):

Makeup and Beauty Blog: BuxomPhotoContestMakeupandBeautyBlog
Brit & Co.: BuxomPhotoContestHelloBrit
Betty Confidential: BuxomPhotoContestBettyConfidential

Then post a web-link to your Flickr photo as a comment on the applicable Hosting Website's Contest announcement post. If you do not have a Flickr account, you may create one. Flickr accounts are free, but are subject to the following terms and conditions: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/utos-173.html. Entrant must have permission from any individuals that appear in the Submission to use their likeness in the Submission and to grant the rights set forth herein. If requested, entrant must be able to provide such permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor. By uploading your Submission, you agree that your Submission conforms to the Photo Guidelines and Content Restrictions as defined below (collectively, the “Guidelines and Restrictions”) and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify you from the Contest if it believes that your Submission fails to conform to the Guidelines and Restrictions.

Photo Guidelines:

- The Submission must conform with all Flickr requirements.
- The Submission must be marked as "public";
- The Submission must be tagged with one (1) of the above listed hashtags and include a caption (two hundred (200) characters or fewer); and
- The Submission cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion of any kind.

Content Restrictions:

- The Submission must not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement;
- The Submission must not disparage Sponsor, Hosting Websites, Administrator or any other person or party affiliated with the Contest;
- The Submission must not contain brand names or trademarks other than those owned by Sponsor, which entrant has a limited license to use to incorporate in his/her Submission in this Contest;
- The Submission must not contain images or artwork not created by entrant;
- The Submission must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, or libelous;
- The Submission must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; and
- The Submission must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state where Submission is created.

Limit: Each entrant may upload a total of three (3) Submissions to one (1) of the Hosting Websites during the Contest Period. Submissions received from any person, email address or Flickr account in excess of the stated limit will be void. Submissions generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. Uploading a Submission constitutes entrant’s consent to give Sponsor and Released Parties (defined below) a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such submissions in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes. If requested, entrant will sign any documentation that may be required for Sponsor, Released Parties, or its designees to make use of the non-exclusive rights entrant is granting to use the Submission. Released Parties (as defined in Section 9, below) are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, damaged, incomplete, invalid, un-intelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected Submissions; all of which will be void.

In the event of a dispute as to any Submission, the authorized account holder of the Flickr account used to register will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the Flickr account. Each entrant may be required to show proof of being an authorized account holder.

6. Winner Determination: After the Contest Period, a panel of qualified judges determined by each Host will judge and score all of the eligible Submissions based on application of the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”): Creativity/Originality (33%); Quality of Submission (33%); andBest displays you "living life vividly" (34%).

Each Host will select the entrant with the highest scoring Submission as the potential Grand Prize winner. In the event of a tie, the entrant whose Submission received the highest score for "Best displays a living life vividly," as determined by the qualified judges for each Hosting Website, in their sole discretion, will be deemed the applicable Grand Prize winner. Sponsor reserves the right to select fewer than three (3) Grand Prize winners, if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Submissions.

7. Winner Requirements: Potential winners will be notified through Flickr-mail (this will come from Sponsor) or by email (from Administrator) on or around June 29, 2012. Each potential Grand Prize winner will be required to sign and return a Declaration of Compliance, Liability and Publicity Release to Administrator within five (5) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to claim the prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, does not complete and return the Declaration within the required time period, does not comply with these Official Rules, or prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits the prize. If a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, the prize may be awarded to a runner-up, if any, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Only three (3) alternate winners may be determined, after which the applicable prize will remain unawarded. Acceptance of any prize shall constitute and signify each winner’s agreement and consent that Sponsor and its designees may use the winner’s name, city, state, likeness, photo, Submission and/or prize information in connection with the Contest for promotional, advertising or other purposes, worldwide, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment, notification, permission or other consideration, except where prohibited by law. Without limiting the generality of these Official Rules, each winner shall irrevocably grant, transfer, convey and assign to Sponsor the entirety of the rights in and to the Submission and all renewals and extensions of copyright, and the right to secure copyright registrations thereto in perpetuity including, without limitation, the rights to use the Submission for any and all purposes in any and all media whether now known or hereafter developed, on a worldwide basis, in perpetuity. Each winner accepts and acknowledges that Sponsor shall not be obligated to use the Submission and that Sponsor in its sole discretion shall have the right to refrain from using the Submission. Sponsor shall not incur any liability whatsoever to the extent Sponsor chooses to refrain from any exploitation of its rights hereunder. Each winner will indemnify Sponsor, Released Parties (as defined in Section 9, below) and any licensee of Sponsor against all claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and legal expenses) arising out of any breach of these terms. Prizes will be fulfilled 8 – 10 weeks after end of Contest.

8. Prizes: THREE (3) GRAND PRIZES (One (1) per Hosting Website): $500 Visa® gift card and an assortment of Buxom^® cosmetics: two (2) Color Choreography eye shadow pallets, one (1) Buxom^® Big & Healthy lip polish, and one (1) Buxom^® Lash (volumizing mascara) (all colors, sizes and other features to be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion). Terms and conditions of the gift card apply. Approximate Retail Value: $609. Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Limit: One (1) prize per person.

9. Release: By receipt of any prize, winners agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, Hosts, Administrator and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

10. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. If terminated Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the winners from among all non-suspect, eligible Submissions received up to time of such action using the judging procedure outlined above. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the Submission process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner and void all associated Submissions. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies (including attorneys’ fees) 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.

11. Limitations of Liability: Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing, typographical or other errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Submission process or the Contest; (4) printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the uploading, the processing or judging of Submissions or votes or the tabulating of votes, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize (including any travel/activity related thereto). Released Parties are not responsible for misdirected or undeliverable Submissions or for any technical problems, malfunctions of computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any combination thereof. Released Parties are not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any Submission.

12. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.

13. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrant is subject to ePrize, LLC’s Privacy Policy http://www.eprize.com/privacy-policy and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy http://www.federatedmedia.net/privacy-policy/.

14. Winner List: For a winner list, visit http://bit.ly/KqYYle. The winner list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.