THE BEAUTY ENVISION AWARDS COMPETITION
OFFICIAL RULES
LEGAL TERMS APPLICABLE GLOBALLY TO THIS COMPETITION:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
Submitting an entry constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Wella Company (“Sponsor”) and judges, which shall be final and binding on all matters relating to the Competition.
1) Promotion Description: The Beauty Envision Awards Competition (the “Competition”) begins on or about April 1, 2024 at 12:01AM Pacific Time (“PT”) and ends on July 1, 2024 at 11:59:59PM PT (the “Competition Period”). By participating in the Competition and submitting an entry, each unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Wella Company and judges, which shall be final and binding on all matters relating to the Competition.
2) Sponsor: Wella Operations US LLC and Wella Beauty Canada ULC (“Wella,” “Wella Company,” or “Sponsor”), 4500 Park Granada, Calabasas, CA 91302 USA. This Competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram and you understand you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Instagram.
3) Eligibility: The Competition is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Canada, and Puerto Rico (“Eligibility Area”) who, as of the last day of the month prior to the date of entry, are eighteen (18) years of age, and the legal age of majority, or older in the state, province, or territory in which they reside, whichever is greater. The following have the following additional eligibility criteria:
The “hair categories” (Color, Cut, Style) are only open to licensed barbers, hairdressers and colorists
The “Nails” category, is only open to licensed cosmetologists and nail professionals
The “Student” sub-categories are only open to students enrolled, at the time of entry into the Competition, in school in the process of obtaining a cosmetology, barbering or nail license, or is currently working in an apprenticeship as a cosmetologist
Entrants must also have an Instagram account open to the public to be eligible for this Competition. If you do not have an Instagram account, you may sign up for one for free.
Officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents of Sponsor and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, sales representatives, advertising and promotion agencies (all such individuals and entities collectively referred to herein as the “Promotion Entities”), and each of their immediate family members and/or those residing in the same household are NOT eligible to enter the Competition or win a prize. For this Competition, “immediate family” means mother, father, sons, daughters, siblings, spouses, including common law, regardless of where they reside. Void outside the Eligibility Area and where prohibited by law. See additional entry restrictions below.
4) How to Enter: To enter, during the Competition Period, post a video (reel) to your Instagram account with the applicable category hashtag on Instagram (as broken out below), and proper mention of @WellaEducation. All eligible videos which are received in a timely manner by Sponsor will be uploaded onto www.beautyenvisionawards.com for online voting. All entrant Instagram accounts must be open to the public to be eligible for this Competition. If you do not have an Instagram account, you may sign up for one for free.
1. Entrants must follow these video requirements:
Time: Video entry must be 60 - 90 seconds long
Aspect Ratio: Video entry must be filmed vertically with a 9x16 aspect ratio
2. Entrants must showcase the following in their entry videos:
Intro: Video or voiceover answering the following questions:
Why are you entering #BEA2024?
What does “SuperSelf” mean to you?
Before: 360° video of model before
Process: Up-close video of technique, or product and/or color application
After: 360° video of model after
Final look: Still image of model from any angle that best showcases your work
3. Entrants must answer the following questions in the caption of their entry:
How did you incorporate the theme into your entry look?
What #PROtechniques did you use to create your entry look?
What #PROformula did you use to create your entry look?
What #PROproducts did you use to create your entry look?
5) Winner Determination: Entrants are divided into four categories and 12 sub-categories described below.
Round 1 of Judging: The top 3 finalists in each sub-category (36 total) will be determined beginning on or about July 2, 2024 by a professional judging panel according to the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”): technical ability (40%), creativity (40%) and link to inspiration/theme (20%).
Round 2 of Judging: The finalists in each sub-category will be judged again based on the Judging Criteria by a separate and distinct professional judging panel to determine the winners [one (1) winner per sub-category, 12 total]. In the event of a tie in either judging round, the highest score in the technical ability category will determine corresponding winner.
By entering the Competition, entrants agree to be bound by and not challenge the final decisions of Sponsor and the individual judges. In the event that a winning entry is discovered to be invalid for any reason whatsoever or the person who submitted the winning entry fails to comply with these Official Rules prior to delivery of the prize, the prize may be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner as determined above.
The Following are the 4 Categories, 12 Sub-categories and associated hashtags:
HAIR COLOR:
1- Student Color Artist:
· #StudentColorBEA24 (for US residents)
· #StudentColorBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
2 - Creative Color Artist:
· #CreativeColorBEA24 (for US residents)
· #CreativeColorBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
3 - Ready to Wear Color Artist:
· #ReadyToWearColorBEA24 (for US residents)
· #ReadyToWearColorBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
4 - Transformation Color Artist:
· #TransformationColorBEA24 (for US residents)
· #TransformationColorBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
HAIR CUT:
5 - Student Cut Artist:
· #StudentCutBEA24 (for US residents)
· #StudentCutBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
6 - Creative Cut Artist:
· #CreativeCutBEA24 (for US residents)
· #CreativeCutBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
7 - Transformation Cut Artist:
· #TransformationCutBEA24 (for US residents)
· #TransformationCutBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
HAIR STYLE:
8 - Student Style Artist:
· #StudentStyleBEA24 (for US residents)
· #StudentStyleBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
9 - Editorial Style Artist:
· #EditorialStyleBEA24 (for US residents)
· #EditorialStyleBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
10 - Bridal Style Artist:
· #BridalStyleBEA24 (for US residents)
· #BridalStyleBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
NAILS:
11 - Student Nail Artist:
· #StudentNailBEA24 (for US residents)
· #StudentNailBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
12 - Professional Nail Artist:
· #ProfessionalNailBEA24 (for US residents)
· #ProfessionalNailBEA24_ca (for Canadian residents)
6) Prizes and Approximate Retail Values: Winner Prize (12 total – 1 per sub-category listed above): Each Hair category winner (10 total) will receive the following prize of a Wella Studio Cut, Color OR Style Certification, which consists of an in-person training, at Wella Studios in Calabasas, California (valued at approximately $6,510 USD) and a $1,000 USD Visa gift card. Total approximate ARV of each prize: $7,510 USD. Each Nail category winner (2 total) will receive a customized VIP experience with OPI (valued at approximately $6,000 USD) and a $1,000 USD Visa Gift Card. WINNERS ARE SOLEY RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION, AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORTATION, TO AND FROM WELLA STUDIOS TO OBTAIN THE WELLA STUDIO CERTIFICATION. WINNERS ARE SOLEY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LODGING EXPENSE RELATED TO ATTENDANCE AT OR COMPLETION OF A WELLA STUDIO CERTIFICATION. ALL DETAILS AND DATES/TIMES OF CERTIFICATION ARE IN SPONSOR’S SOLE DISCRETION. WINNERS WILL BE PROVIDED DETAILS OF WHAT THEY NEED TO BRING OR DO FOR THE CERTIFICATION IN ADVANCE.
Sponsor will not cover any other costs or expenses, including without limitation, winners’ travel accommodations, subject to availability. Winners’ guests must be of the age of majority unless the winner is guest’s parent or legal guardian. Sponsor is not responsible in any manner if the Competition or Event cannot take place, or if any prize cannot be awarded due to travel cancellations, delays or interruptions due to acts of God, acts of war, natural disasters, public health crises, epidemics, pandemics, travel restrictions, government restrictions or bans, acts of public authorities, weather or acts of terrorism. The terms and conditions of the tickets awarded as prizes apply. The Promotion Entities, and/or any other relevant party, reserve the right to remove or to deny entry to any winner, or guest who engages in a disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person at the Event or Certification. Cash cannot be substituted for any ticket prize unless otherwise agreed by the Sponsor. Resale of prizes is prohibited. Unused tickets cannot be refunded, exchanged for cash or applied towards tickets for any subsequent years. No responsibility is assumed by the Promotion Entities if the Event/Certification is cancelled, rescheduled, delayed or postponed in whole or in part.
7) Video Content Restrictions: All videos submitted in connection with this Competition must comply with the following “Submission Requirements”:
(i) the video submitted must be the submitting entrant’s original, previously unpublished work and not include any material owned or controlled by third parties (including without limitation, third party copyrighted material);
(ii) the entrant must provide upon request all appropriate clearances, permissions, and releases for the video submission (in the event an entrant cannot provide all required releases, Sponsor reserves the right, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, to disqualify the applicable Submission, or seek to secure the releases and clearances for Sponsor’s benefit, or allow the applicable Submission to remain in the Competition);
(iii) the Submission must not include any content that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, pornographic, tortious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous, or otherwise objectionable or that disparages Sponsor or any of the Promotion Entities;
(iv) the video 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;
(v) the video 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;
(vi) the video submission must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state or territory where your video is created.
Any video submission that, in Sponsor's good faith judgment and sole discretion, violates the Submission Requirements will be disqualified.
Each entrant and, to the extent applicable, videographer and person/model depicted in video (who must be the age of majority), grant to Sponsor a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive right and license to copy, distribute, and display each submitted entry, in any media and with the unlimited right to use, copy, modify, edit, and create derivative works therefrom, and agrees to execute documents confirming such right and license at Sponsor’s reasonable request.
8) Entry Restrictions: The following entry conditions and terms apply with respect to the Competition:
Entrants may enter for each sub-category multiple times throughout the Competition Period; however each Entry must be unique. Entrants may only use one Instagram account to enter.
Entrants may enter one video for multiple sub-categories.
Entrants will be required to show proof of license or proof of cosmetology school or apprenticeship to prove eligibility for a particular sub-category.
The video must show a clear link to the theme.
All video submissions must be created by the entrant during the Competition Period and posted on Instagram with the specified category hashtag during the Competition Period;
9) Restrictions Regarding Use of Products and Tools: Only Wella Company beauty brands products may be used for the three hair categories and only OPI products may be used for the Nail Category.
Each hairdresser/nail professional is responsible for providing his/her own personal equipment, such as scissors, brushes, combs, etc. for entry submission. You may use any tools, hot tools, or brushes available to you. Entrants may incorporate hairpieces & padding, must not be visible (no more than 30%). Sponsor shall not be liable or responsible for loss of and/or damage to electrical equipment. Any entry not in compliance with all the above restrictions and conditions will be disqualified in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
10) General Prize Conditions/Winner Notification: All expenses and costs (including travel costs) not expressly stated in the description above are the sole responsibility of each winner. All prizes must be accepted as awarded and no substitution will be allowed, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize (or prize component) for one of equal or greater value at its sole discretion (except as specifically explained above). The potential winners will be sent, via email link, a Declaration of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release (where legal) and assignment of rights (“Declaration”) and will be required to complete, and sign and return the Declaration via email within forty-eight (48) hours of being notified in order to claim the prize. If a potential winner fails to return the Declaration within the required time period, or the prize notification is returned undeliverable, or in the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason or ineligible, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner determined as outlined above. If any prize notification is returned as undeliverable, and/or if potential winner is not in compliance with the Official Rules (including eligibility requirements), then potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate potential winner will be determined. Winners are subject to verification by Sponsor and/or judges, whose decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the Competition.
11) General Liability Release/Force Majeure: Entrants agree that neither the Promotion Entities nor Instagram to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be responsible or liable for, and are hereby released from, any and all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Competition or any Competition-related activity, or from entrants’ acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of any prize, and (B) have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to any prize, including, without limitation, to such prize’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose. The Promotion Entities assumes no responsibility for any damage to an entrant’s, or any other person’s, computer system which is occasioned by accessing any website or otherwise participating in the Competition, or for any computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures, delayed computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Promotion Entities are not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected, misprinted, late, lost, damaged, stolen, or postage-due prize notifications; or for lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites, Internet service providers, websites, or other connections; or for miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected computer, telephone or cable transmissions; or for any technical malfunctions, failures, difficulties or other errors of any kind or nature; or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any information. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Competition, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Competition, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. No mechanically reproduced, illegible, incomplete, forged, software-generated or other automated multiple entries will be accepted. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, extend, suspend, or terminate the Competition if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the Competition is technically impaired or corrupted or that fraud or technical problems, failures or malfunctions or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control have destroyed or severely undermined or to any degree impaired the integrity, administration, security, proper play and/or feasibility of the Competition as contemplated herein. In the event an insufficient number of eligible entries are received and/or Sponsor is prevented from awarding prizes or continuing with the Competition as contemplated herein by any event beyond its control, including but not limited to fire, flood, natural or man-made epidemic or pandemic of health of other means, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared) or any federal, state, provincial, territorial or local government law, order, or regulation, public health crisis, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other similar or dissimilar cause not reasonably within Sponsor’s control (each a "Force Majeure" event or occurrence), then subject to any governmental or regulatory approval which may be required, Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, extend or terminate the Competition. If the Competition is terminated before the designated end date, Sponsor will (if possible) determine the finalists and winners in accordance with Rule #5 from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the time of termination. Only the type and quantity of prizes described in these Official Rules will be awarded. These Official Rules cannot be modified or amended in any way except in a written document issued in accordance with law by a duly authorized representative of Sponsor. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
Caution: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE CONTENT OR LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS COMPETITION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR WILL DISQUALIFY ANY SUCH ENTRANT AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
12) Winners List: For the complete Competition winners list, available after the date the winners are announced, send your request along with a self-addressed stamped envelope (3” x 5” paper with your complete name and address for Canadian residents), to Sponsor at the following address, within thirty (30) days following the end of the Competition: Wella Company, 4500 Park Granada, Calabasas, CA 91302, USA.
13) Publicity Release: By participating in the Competition, in addition to any other grants which may be granted in any other agreement entered into between Sponsor and any entrant in or winner of the Competition, each entrant irrevocably grants the Promotion Entities and their respective successors, assigns and licensees, the right to use such entrant’s name, likeness, biographical information, and statements in any and all media for any purpose, including without limitation, advertising and promotional purposes as well as in, on or in connection with the Sponsor’s website or the Competition or other promotions, and hereby release, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Promotion Entities from any liability with respect thereto. Each entrant hereby waives any and all moral rights it may have in its entries submitted and grants to Sponsor a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, non-revocable license and right to reproduce, use and/or edit all entries submitted (or portions thereof, including any writings, photographs or drawings) in any manner, including posting or reposting on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other applicable social media, and no such posting or other use shall entitle the entrant submitting such post (including any photo) to any compensation of any kind whatsoever, except where prohibited by law. Entrants understand and agree that each is providing their information to Sponsor and not to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
14) Governing Law: Note: The following paragraph does not apply to Canadian residents.
To the extent permitted by law, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or the rights and obligations of entrants or Sponsor in connection with the Competition shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California in the U.S., without regard to conflicts of law provisions. To the fullest extent permitted by law, entrants submit to exclusive personal jurisdiction in California and agree that any dispute shall be brought in the state and federal courts in California in the U.S.
For Canadian Residents Only: The courts in some provinces of Canada will not apply consumer laws from another jurisdiction/province to some types of disputes. If an entrant resides in one of those provinces, that province’s local laws will apply to such disputes related to these Official Rules. Otherwise, entrant agree that the laws of the Province of Ontario will apply to any disputes arising out of or relating to these Official Rules. Similarly, if the laws in an entrant’s province will not permit such entrant to consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the courts in the Province of Ontario, then the entrant’s local jurisdiction and venue will apply to such disputes related to these Official Rules. Otherwise, all claims arising out of or relating to these Official Rules will be litigated exclusively in the Ontario courts, and each entrant agrees that the courts of the Province of Ontario shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such disputes or claims.
For Québec Residents: Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity Competition may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
15) Privacy Notice: Except as otherwise contemplated in these Official Rules, and to the extent entrants may otherwise elect at the time of entry, personal information collected in connection with the Competition will be used in accordance with Sponsor’s online privacy policy, located at https://www.wellacompany.com/en-us/privacy-policy. Any communication or information transmitted to Sponsor by e-mail or otherwise is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.
16) Canadian Residents Privacy: The personal information gathered about entrants will be used solely for the administration of the Competition and is subject to the Sponsor’s privacy policy available at https://www.wellacompany.com/en-us/privacy-policy No communication unrelated to the Competition, commercial or otherwise, will be sent to the entrant by the Sponsor, unless the entrant has otherwise authorized the Sponsor to do so or as permitted by applicable law. Eligible entrants who do not wish to participate in the Competition can withdraw their participation by notifying Sponsor in writing at Wella Company, Attn: Christina McCarver 4500 Park Granada, Calabasas, CA 91302. Non-US entrants’ information will be transferred to the U.S.