Terms of Service
Welcome to Cost Per Ounce, accessible at costperounce.com. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our website, which provides honest half-face skincare tests and cost-per-ounce breakdowns from a licensed esthetician who reads the labels so you don't have to. By accessing or using costperounce.com, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use our website.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing, browsing, or using Cost Per Ounce at costperounce.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service, as well as our Privacy Policy. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Cost Per Ounce. If you are using this website on behalf of an organization, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Your continued use of costperounce.com following any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. It is your responsibility to review these Terms periodically for updates.
2. Description of Service
Cost Per Ounce provides educational content, product reviews, skincare analysis, and cost-per-ounce breakdowns to help consumers make informed decisions about skincare products. Our content is created by a licensed esthetician and includes half-face testing methodologies, ingredient analysis, and comparative product evaluations.
The information provided on costperounce.com is for informational and educational purposes only. While we strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information, we make no representations or warranties regarding the completeness, accuracy, or reliability of any content on our website. Our reviews and analyses represent professional opinions based on testing and research, but individual results may vary.
3. User Accounts and Responsibilities
Certain features of Cost Per Ounce may require you to create an account. When creating an account on costperounce.com, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.
You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. Cost Per Ounce will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your account information. You may not use another person's account without permission, and you may not transfer your account to another person without our prior written consent.
4. Acceptable Use
You agree to use costperounce.com only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to use Cost Per Ounce in any way that:
Violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation
Infringes upon the intellectual property rights of Cost Per Ounce or any third party
Harasses, abuses, threatens, or intimidates any other user or our staff
Transmits any viruses, malware, or other malicious code
Attempts to gain unauthorized access to our systems or networks
Interferes with or disrupts the operation of costperounce.com or servers connected to it
Collects or harvests personal information from other users without consent
Impersonates any person or entity or misrepresents your affiliation with any person or entity
Uses automated systems or software to extract data from our website without permission
5. Intellectual Property Rights
All content on Cost Per Ounce, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, photographs, videos, product reviews, cost analyses, and software, is the property of Cost Per Ounce or its content suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
The Cost Per Ounce name, logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of Cost Per Ounce. You may not use these marks without our prior written permission. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on costperounce.com are the trademarks of their respective owners.
You may access and view content from costperounce.com for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, republish, download, store, or transmit any material from our website without our prior written consent, except as follows: your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials, and you may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes.
6. User Content and Comments
Cost Per Ounce may allow users to post comments, reviews, questions, and other content on costperounce.com. By submitting user content, you grant Cost Per Ounce a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content in any media.
You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights to the content you post, that the content is accurate, and that use of the content does not violate these Terms and will not cause injury to any person or entity. You are solely responsible for your user content and the consequences of posting or publishing it.
We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to monitor, edit, or remove any user content that we determine in our sole discretion violates these Terms, is offensive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable. We do not endorse any user content or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein.
7. Disclaimers
The content on Cost Per Ounce is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, Cost Per Ounce disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
Cost Per Ounce does not warrant that costperounce.com will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that our website or the servers that make it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the content on our website in terms of its correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.
The skincare reviews, product analyses, and recommendations provided on costperounce.com are based on professional testing and research, but individual skin types and reactions vary. Cost Per Ounce is not responsible for any adverse reactions, allergies, or skin conditions that may result from using products reviewed or recommended on our website. Always perform a patch test before using new skincare products and consult with a dermatologist if you have specific skin concerns.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Cost Per Ounce, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and licensors shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your access to or use of or inability to access or use costperounce.com.
In no event shall Cost Per Ounce's total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action exceed the amount you have paid to Cost Per Ounce in the twelve months prior to the claim, or one hundred dollars ($100), whichever is greater.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations may not apply to you. In such jurisdictions, our liability will be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
9. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Cost Per Ounce, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of costperounce.com, including but not limited to your user content, any use of the website's content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms, or your use of any information obtained from the website.
10. Termination
We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to Cost Per Ounce at costperounce.com, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the website will immediately cease.
All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including without limitation ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability. If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the website or contact us to request account deletion.
11. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any legal action or proceeding arising under these Terms will be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in the applicable jurisdiction, and the parties hereby consent to personal jurisdiction and venue therein.
You agree that any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or your use of Cost Per Ounce will be resolved through binding arbitration, except that either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of a party's copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights.
12. Changes to Terms
Cost Per Ounce reserves the right to modify or replace these Terms at any time at our sole discretion. If a revision is material, we will make reasonable efforts to provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect by posting a notice on costperounce.com or through other appropriate means.
What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion. By continuing to access or use our website after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, please stop using the website.
13. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable while preserving its intent, or if such modification is not possible, such provision shall be severed from these Terms. The remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
14. Entire Agreement
These Terms of Service, together with our Privacy Policy and any other legal notices published by Cost Per Ounce on costperounce.com, constitute the entire agreement between you and Cost Per Ounce concerning your use of the website and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and Cost Per Ounce with respect to the website.
15. Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about these Terms of Service, please contact Cost Per Ounce through the contact information provided on our website at costperounce.com. We welcome your feedback and will make every effort to respond to your inquiries in a timely manner.
Last Updated: These Terms of Service are effective as of the date of your first use of Cost Per Ounce.