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Contest Terms & Conditions

SKINCEUTICALS GOLD STANDARD FULL ACCESS CARD CONTEST RULES

  1. The GOLD STANDARD FULL ACCESS CARD contest is sponsored by SkinCeuticals, a division of L'Oréal Canada Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Organizer(s)"). In SkinCeuticals partner clinics and on the SkinCeuticals Canada website, it begins on March 16, 2026, at 8:00 AM EDT, and ends on June 30, 2026, at 11:59 PM (EDT).

Important Notice — Extended Participation Period Please be advised that the end date of this contest has been officially extended to June 30, 2026. Notwithstanding any contrary indication appearing on the participation ticket, the applicable closing date is June 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. These Terms and Conditions shall prevail in the event of a discrepancy

Eligibility

  1. This contest is open to residents of Canada who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence. Employees, representatives, and agents of the contest Organizer(s), their affiliated companies, advertising and/or promotion agencies, promotional partners, and contractors involved in this contest, as well as persons domiciled with those mentioned above and members of their immediate family (father, mother, brothers, sisters, and children, regardless of where they reside) are not eligible.

How to participate

  1.  You can participate in the contest in one of the following ways:
  2. By purchasing a SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic product with 15% l-ascorbic acid in 30 ml, containing a gold ticket.

To participate:

Online Channel: The participant must contact SkinCeuticals customer service by email at [email protected] to communicate the unique verification number(s) on their gold ticket.

Partner Clinic Channel: The participant may, at their option, directly contact SkinCeuticals customer service as described above, or present themselves at an authorized SkinCeuticals partner clinic. In the latter case, the clinic undertakes to contact SkinCeuticals, communicate the unique verification numbers of the ticket for authentication purposes, and transmit the participant's contact details to the sponsor so that the sponsor can contact the winner. Gold tickets are distributed randomly across Canada, both in authorized SkinCeuticals partner clinics (retail points of sale) and on the official website (online).

The distribution of gold tickets between distribution channels and regions of Canada is not uniformly guaranteed. The Organizer cannot be held responsible for the availability of gold tickets in a particular region, point of sale, or distribution channel.

  1.  A limit of one (1) entry without purchase or with purchase per person or civic address or email. Duplicate entries will be deleted by L'Oréal Canada Inc. (hereinafter "L'Oréal") except those authorized by these rules. A participant declared a winner cannot re-enter the contest under penalty of automatic disqualification.

  1. No purchase necessary. To enter the contest without making a purchase, please legibly write an original handwritten letter of 150 words on the theme "Why I love C E Ferulic serum". Each essay must be written by the person submitting the essay, and not mechanically reproduced. Include your name, address, postal code, and telephone number with your essay and send it to the following address: SKINCEUTICALS CANADA, 1500 Robert-Bourassa, Suite 600, Montreal, QC H3A 3S7. All essays must be postmarked by June 30, 2026 (the "contest closing date") and received no later than four (4) business days after the contest closing date to be eligible for the grand prize draw. Limit: you may enter a maximum of one entry without purchase per day. Limit of one (1) essay per sufficiently stamped envelope.

Draw Operation

  1.  A random draw will be held at the end of the promotional period, on July 1, 2026, for all gold tickets discovered by eligible participants during the said period. Only eligible entries received during the promotional period in which one or more gold tickets were discovered will be included in the draw.

Draw Limits

  1.  If no gold ticket is discovered during the promotional period, no draw will be held, and no prize will be awarded.

  1.  The draw will include ten (10) successive draws. A participant can only be declared a winner once. If a name already declared a winner is drawn, that draw is void, and a new draw is performed.

Draw Modality

  1. The draw will be conducted by the sponsor on July 1, at 1:00 PM, in Montreal, Quebec.

  1. Only eligible entries received during the promotional period in which one or more gold tickets were discovered will be included in the draw.

  1.  The odds of winning a prize depend on the total number of eligible entries received for the promotional period.

Prizes

Grand Prize

  1.  There are ten (10) Grand Prizes to be won. Each Grand Prize consists of four (4) SkinCeuticals skincare routines of 5 or 6 products, with an approximate total value of CAD $5,000 per prize (i.e., approximately CAD $1,250 per routine).

The four routines will be delivered to the winner in quarterly shipments, spread over a period of twelve (12) months following the winner's declaration.

Prize Delivery Terms

The prize may be delivered to the winner according to one of three modalities:

• Option A — Direct delivery by SkinCeuticals: SkinCeuticals directly ships the products composing the routine to the winner, at the address indicated on their declaration form. A delay of 4 to 6 weeks per delivery is applicable.

• Option B — Product delivery in a partner clinic: The SkinCeuticals partner clinic delivers the products composing the routine to the winner, without advice on the routine.

• Option C — In-clinic routine and product delivery: The partner clinic advises on which routine to adopt and delivers the products composing the said routine to the winner.

In all cases, the following conditions apply irrevocably:

No consultation, treatment, or service fees may be charged to the winner by the partner clinic, regardless of the chosen delivery method.

Each delivery must consist of different products only — it is not possible to select the same product multiple times within the same delivery. The routines associated with the different deliveries may, however, be identical from one period to another. The total value of the prize cannot exceed CAD $5,000 (approximately CAD $1,250 per quarterly delivery, i.e., four to six products). When the prize is delivered via Options B or C, the Organizer(s) undertake to reimburse the offered products to the partner clinic, provided that the delivery made complies with all the conditions defined above. Each winner is limited to one (1) Grand Prize.

Claiming Prizes

14. To be declared a winner and claim their prize, any person whose entry has been randomly selected must:

a) Contact by SkinCeuticals customer service by email or phone to communicate the unique numbers on the winning ticket.

b) In the event that the product containing the gold ticket was purchased in a clinic, the ticket winner may go to the clinic, which will contact SkinCeuticals and communicate the unique numbers on the ticket for authentication.

c) If a SkinCeuticals partner clinic authenticates a winner with the help of SkinCeuticals, it undertakes to provide their contact details so that the sponsor can contact the person.

d) Have correctly answered, without assistance and within a limited time, the mathematical skill-testing question asked on the entry form or by phone, email, or on the participation coupon, as applicable.

Failure to comply with any of the conditions mentioned above, or any condition provided in these rules, will result in the cancellation of the selected person's entry, and a new draw will be conducted in accordance with these rules to award this prize, until a participant is selected and declared a winner.

  1.  They must also complete and sign a declaration and release of liability form and return it to the contest Organizer(s), at the address indicated, within ten (10) days of its receipt.

  1. Upon receipt of the declaration and release of liability form duly completed and signed by the winner, the contest Organizer(s) will either forward the prize by mail directly to the winner at the address indicated on the form, or otherwise contact the winner to inform them how to take possession of the prize.

In the case of direct shipment to a specified address, a period of 4 to 6 weeks following receipt of the signed form by the contest organizers is applicable.

General Conditions

  1. In the event that the Grand Prize winner is a minor, the guardian or holder of parental authority must accept the prize for and on their behalf and sign the declaration and release of liability form.

  1. The information provided by the participant during the call must be complete and truthful. The contest Organizer(s) cannot be held responsible for any telephone problems, voicemail issues, or a late, misdirected, or incomplete prize claim. Any electronic entry form or participation coupon that is, as the case may be, incomplete, mutilated, reproduced, or transmitted late will be canceled and will not entitle the participant to a prize. 

  1. The contest Organizer(s) reserve the right to disqualify any person or cancel one or more entries from any person participating in this contest or attempting to participate by means contrary to these rules or of a nature to be unfair to other participants (e.g., use of automated equipment to participate in this contest, hacking, number of entries exceeding the permitted limit, etc.). This person could be referred to the competent judicial authorities. The decision of the contest Organizer(s) in this regard is final and without appeal.

  1. If it is discovered that attempts have been made by a registered participant (or anyone claiming to be a registered participant) to: (i) enter more than once per registered participant per day during the contest period; (ii) use automated program(s), scripts, macros, or robotic programs to participate; (iii) create ordered entries from the same computer/IP address on the same day (including but not limited to creating fake email addresses or social media accounts), this may result in disqualification, at the sole discretion of the contest Organizer(s), even if the participant has been declared a winner.

  1. Warning: any attempt by a participant or any other individual to deliberately damage the site, alter the registration process, or undermine the proper functioning of the contest constitutes a violation of civil and criminal laws. If such an attempt occurs, the contest Organizer(s) reserve the right to seek damages to the extent permitted by applicable laws.

  1. Prizes must be accepted as is, without any warranty. No substitution or transfer of prizes is permitted, except at the discretion of L'Oréal. L'Oréal reserves the right to substitute any prize with a prize of equivalent or greater value. Prizes are neither transferable nor redeemable for cash in whole or in part.

  1. Participants agree to comply with the official contest rules and the decisions of the contest Organizer(s), which will be final. This contest is governed by all applicable laws. By entering the contest, participants release the contest Organizer(s), their advertising agencies, and their respective affiliated companies, directors, officers, employees, and agents from all liability for any prejudice, loss, or damage whatsoever arising from or in connection with the contest or for a prize won. To be declared winners, selected individuals for a prize undertake to sign, before obtaining their prize, if required, a declaration and release of liability form to that effect.

  1. By entering the contest, participants agree to the disclosure of their names, place of residence, photograph, image, without any compensation or notice, for advertising, marketing, or informational purposes in any media or format (including the Internet) in relation to the products, this contest, or similar contests in the future, and agree to and will sign any document related to this commitment or deemed necessary by the contest Organizer(s). By entering, you declare that you have complied with the Contest Rules.

  1. All entries become the property of L'Oréal and will not be returned to participants. If a selected participant's entry is made via the internet, L'Oréal may ask the selected participant to provide proof that they are the authorized account holder of the email account associated with the selected entry. No communication will be exchanged with participants except with those who have been selected for a prize.

  1. A list of winners will be available from July 5, 2026, to July 15, 2026, at the toll-free number of the Consumer Advisory Center: 1-877-238-8754.

  1. For the purposes of these rules, the participant is the person whose contact details appear on the letter of entry without purchase or electronic entry form or on the participation coupon. This person must answer the mathematical question, and the prize will be awarded to them according to the conditions of this contest. The contest Organizer(s) reserve the right to require proof of identity before awarding a prize.

Limits of Liability

  1. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and for greater certainty, the contest Organizer(s), their affiliated companies, their employees, agents, and representatives cannot be held responsible for: i) any erroneous or inaccurate information, whether caused by visitors to the site, by the equipment or programming used by or associated with the contest, or caused by any human or technical error that may occur in the contest entry process; ii) any error, omission, interruption, or any deletion, defect, delay in the operation of the Website or transmission in connection with the contest; iii) any failure of communication lines, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to or alteration of entries; iv) any problem or technical defect of network or telephone line, online computer system, server or computer equipment provider, software, any failure of email due to technical problems or congestion of the Internet network or any site, or other combination of these elements; or v) any damage to a third party's computers related to participation in or downloading of material for this contest or resulting therefrom. If the contest cannot run as planned, for any reason whatsoever, including infection by a computer virus, computer errors, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause that corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, and proper conduct of the contest, L'Oréal reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the contest. In all cases, the contest Organizer(s), their affiliated companies, and the prize and service providers related to this contest cannot be held to award more prizes than those provided in these rules or to award prizes otherwise than in accordance with these rules. Participation in the contest implies acceptance of these rules, particularly regarding the absolute limit on the number of prizes described above.

  1. By participating or attempting to participate in this contest, any person releases the contest Organizer(s), their advertising and promotion agencies, their employees, agents, and representatives from all liability for any damage they may suffer due to their participation or attempt to participate in the contest.

  1. The masculine gender is used without discrimination, solely for the purpose of lightening the text.

Confidentiality

  1. The contest Organizer(s) collect participants' personal data solely for the purpose of administering this contest. No other informational or marketing messages will be sent to the participant unless the participant gives the contest Organizer(s) explicit authorization to do so, as indicated on the entry form where the user is asked if they wish to receive additional communications from the contest Organizer(s). For more information regarding the processing of your data, please consult our privacy policy available at: https://www.skinceuticals.ca/.
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