Terms and Conditions

Boutique 8’s (“Boutique 8” “we” “us”) website(s) (our “Site” or “Sites”) and related services are made available to you in accordance with the following Terms and Conditions, and any other rules posted on our Sites (collectively, the “TOS”). Please read the TOS carefully before placing any orders on Boutique-8.com.

Boutique 8 is a trading name of Boutique 8 Ltd, registered in England and Wales under registration number 1293 4899. Our registered address is 289 Watling Street, Radlett, Hertfordshire, WD7 7LA. If you are under 16 you must let your parent or guardian know about Boutique 8’s Privacy Policy before you register to use this Site or any of this Site’s services. We reserve the right to only accept orders from those over 18. We may modify the TOS from time to time. Please read the TOS and check back often. If you do not agree to any change to the TOS then you must immediately stop using the Site. Any changes made after you have placed an order will not affect that order unless we are required to make the change by law. Access to this Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Services without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason this Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts or all of this Website.

Registration

To use some of the services or features made available to you on this Site you will need to register. When you register you are required to provide information about yourself that is true, accurate, current, and complete in all respects. We may also change registration requirements from time to time.

Boutique 8 reserves the right to close an account if any user is seen to be using proxy IPs (Internet Protocol addresses) in order to attempt to hide the use of multiple accounts, or disrupting our services in any way. The account password you provide should be unique and kept secure, and you must notify Boutique 8 immediately of any breach of security or unauthorised use of your account.

Eligibility to purchase

In order to make purchases on the Site you will be required to provide your personal details. In particular, you must provide your real name, phone number, e-mail address and other requested information as indicated. Furthermore, you will be required to provide payment details that you represent and warrant are both valid and correct and you confirm that you are the person referred to in the Billing information provided. The Site is available only to individuals and others who meet the Boutique 8 terms of eligibility, who have been issued a valid credit/debit card by a bank acceptable to Boutique 8, whose applications are acceptable to Boutique 8 and who have authorized Boutique 8 to process a charge or charges on their credit/debit card in the amount of the total purchase price for the merchandise which they purchase. Beauty products purchased by the buyer are for personal or gift use and should not be re-sold, used for commercial purposes or any other commercial benefit. In addition, Boutique 8 reserves the right to restrict multiple quantities of an item being shipped to any one customer or postal address. By making an offer to purchase merchandise you expressly authorize us to perform credit checks and where Boutique 8 feels necessary, to transmit or to obtain information (including any updated information) about you to or from third parties, including but not limited to your credit/debit card number or credit reports (including credit reports for your spouse if you reside in a community property jurisdiction), to authenticate your identity, to validate your credit/debit card, to obtain an initial credit/debit card authorization and to authorize individual purchase transactions. Furthermore, you agree that we may use Personal Information provided by you in order to conduct appropriate anti-fraud checks. Personal Information that you provide may be disclosed to a credit reference or fraud prevention agency, which may keep a record of that information.

Orders

All orders are subject to acceptance and availability, and items in your shopping basket are not reserved and may be purchased by other customers. Boutique 8 offers products for sale that are in stock and available for dispatch from our locations. Occasionally, however, we may be waiting for shipments from our suppliers. Consequently, you may from time to time be given the possibility of making an Advance Payment for certain items in which case you are able to make an Advance Purchase. This will ensure that you receive this item in priority once the stock has been delivered to Boutique 8. Boutique 8 will only take Advance Purchase orders for stock that has been scheduled for delivery by a supplier. Your rights regarding Advance Purchase are the same as those for any other purchase at Boutique 8. Items received into stock may be pre-allocated to satisfy Advance Payment orders and customers making Advance Payments will receive items in priority to customers ordering through the Site for immediate delivery. Please be aware that we may be unable to deliver selected Advance Payment merchandise due to production problems or quality check issues identified when we receive an order into stock. In these circumstances we will notify you by email and refund the Advance Payment to your credit/debit card within thirty days of being advised that merchandise has become unavailable. Boutique 8 will store a record of your transactions for a minimum of one year.

All sale/discounted items (excluding VIP discounts) are final sale and cannot be returned or exchanged. There will be no exceptions.

Pricing policy

Prices shown on the Site are in GBP and are inclusive of any sales taxes applicable unless you are buying from outside of the UK. All prices and offers remain valid as advertised from time to time. Product prices are set at the beginning of each season using existing currency exchange rates. These prices are subject to change if the applicable currency exchange rate changes before your order is accepted or the items are subject to markdowns at any time during the selling period. The Site may contain typographical errors or other errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. We therefore reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update information at any time without prior notice. We reserve the right to refuse to fill any orders that you may place based on information on the Service that may contain errors or inaccuracies, including, without limitation, errors, inaccuracies or out-of-date information regarding pricing, shipping, payment terms, or return policies. Customers purchasing from a country served outside the EU will be charged for the items purchased and shipping costs only. Import duty or tax costs will be invoiced to you directly upon receipt of the goods. We recommend you contact your local customs authority to determine a landed cost price prior to purchase completion. If you are a customer whose credit/debit card is not denominated in Sterling, the final price will be calculated in accordance with the applicable exchange rate on the day your card issuer processes the transaction.

Acceptance of order

Once you have made your choice and your order has been placed, you will receive an email acknowledging the details of your order. This email is NOT an acceptance of your order, just a confirmation that we have received it.

Unless you cancel your order, acceptance of your order and completion of the contract between you and Boutique 8 will be completed when we email you to confirm the goods have been dispatched. The sale contract is therefore concluded in London, England and the language of the contract is English. We reserve the right not to accept your order in the event, for example, that we are unable to obtain authorisation for payment, that shipping restrictions apply to a particular item, that the item ordered is out of stock or does not satisfy our quality control standards and is withdrawn, or that you do not meet the eligibility criteria set out within the TOS. We may also refuse to process and therefore accept a transaction for any reason or refuse service to anyone at any time at our sole discretion. We will not be liable to you or any third party by reason of our withdrawing any merchandise from the Site whether or not that merchandise has been sold, removing, screening or editing any materials or content on the Site, refusing to process a transaction or unwinding or suspending any transaction after processing has begun.

Payment

Payment can be made by PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Visa Debit, Visa Delta cards, and any other methods which may be clearly advertised on the Site from time to time. Payment will be debited and cleared from your account upon receipt of your order by Boutique 8. You confirm that the credit/debit card that is being used is yours or that you have been specifically authorised by the owner of the credit/debit card to use it. All credit/debit card holders are subject to validation checks and authorization by the card issuer. If the issuer of your payment card refuses to authorize payment to Boutique 8, we will not be liable for any delay or non-delivery. We take reasonable care to make our Site secure. All credit/debit card transactions on this site are processed using Sagepay, a secure online payment gateway that encrypts your card details in a secure host environment. To help ensure that your shopping experience is safe, simple, and secure, Boutique 8 uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. Furthermore, we take reasonable care, in so far as it is in our power to do so, to keep the details of your order and payment secure, but in the absence of negligence on our part we cannot be held liable for any loss you may suffer if a third party procures unauthorized access to any data you provide when accessing or ordering from the Site.

Discount codes

Discount codes are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative. Furthermore, they cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion code or offers, cannot be used on items already discounted or gift cards unless otherwise stated and must be redeemed by the date published, if provided.

Gift cards

Boutique 8 Virtual Gift Cards are sold subject to the following terms and conditions:

  • Gift Cards are valid for 12 months from date of purchase.
  • Gift Cards can be redeemed against all products on Boutique-8.com.
  • Gift Cards are non-transferable and may not be returned or redeemed for cash.
  • If your order total is less than the value of the Gift Card, the remaining balance will stay on the gift card, should you need to know the balance on your gift card, don’t hesitate to contact our customer service.
  • If your order exceeds the value of the Gift Card, the balance can be covered with another Gift Card or by making a credit card payment.
  • If you return products you have purchased using a Gift Card, we will refund the value of the products to the Gift Card to be redeemed against future purchases.
  • Virtual Gift Cards will be e-mailed to the recipient once the full order has been processed and payment has been taken. A copy will also be sent to the sender as confirmation of dispatch.
  • Boutique 8 is not liable for delivery of a Virtual Gift Card to an incorrect or non-existent email address. This is the sole responsibility of the purchaser.
  • Boutique 8 reserves the right to cancel a Gift Card if we deem such action necessary.
  • Sales tax and shipping are applicable on any products purchased with a Boutique 8 Gift Card.

Store Credit If you were issued store credit, this is subject to the following terms and conditions:

  • Store credit is issued at our discretion.
  • Store credit is linked your account and can only be used by the recipient.
  • Store credit is valid for 12 months from date of issue, unless otherwise stated.
  • Boutique 8 reserves the right to cancel store credit if we deem such action necessary.
  • Sales tax and shipping are applicable on any products purchased with store credit.

Faulty goods

If an item is considered faulty upon delivery, we ask you contact us immediately upon receipt of the goods, with photographs of the fault. If a fault is present, will endeavour to liaise with the brand to find a resolution.

Insurance and delivery

Boutique 8 insure each purchase during the time it is in transit until it is delivered to your specified delivery address. We require a signature for any goods delivered, at which point responsibility for your purchased goods passes to you. If you have specified a recipient who is not you for delivery purposes (for example as a gift) then you accept that evidence of a signature by them (or at that delivery address) is evidence of delivery and fulfilment by Boutique 8, and transfer of responsibility in the same way. Please note that we aim to dispatch all orders within 1 working day, or 2 working days during sale periods. Estimated delivery times are to be used as a guide only and commence from the date of dispatch. Boutique 8 is not responsible for any delays caused by destination customs clearance processes.

Intellectual property

Your use of the Sites and its contents grants no rights to you in relation to any copyright, designs, trademarks and all other intellectual property and material rights relating to the Content (as described in the Content section below), including Boutique 8 Software and all HTML and other code contained in this Site. All such Content including third party trademarks, designs, and related intellectual property rights mentioned or displayed on this Site are protected by national intellectual property and other laws and international treaty provisions. You are permitted to use the Content only as expressly authorised by Boutique 8. Any reproduction or redistribution of the above listed Content is prohibited and may result in civil and criminal penalties. Without limiting the foregoing, copying and use of the above listed materials to any other server, location or support for publication, reproduction or distribution is expressly prohibited. However, you are permitted to make one copy for the purposes of viewing Content for your own personal use.

Content

In addition to the Intellectual property rights mentioned above, “Content” is defined as any graphics, photographs, including all image rights, sounds, music, video, audio or text on this Site. Boutique 8 tries to ensure that the information on this site is accurate and complete. Boutique 8 does not promise that Boutique 8’s Content is accurate or error-free. Boutique 8 does not promise that the functional aspects of the Site or Boutique 8’s Content will be error free or that this Site, Boutique 8 Content or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. We always recommend that all users of the Internet ensure they have up to date virus checking software installed. Opinions expressed on Boutique 8’s public areas (such as comments boards) are the personal opinions of the authors and do not reflect the views of Boutique 8. By posting you agree to be solely responsible for the content of all information you contribute. You also grant to Boutique 8 a right to use any content you provide for its own purposes including republication in any form or media. Comments may be moderated and may take up to 72 hrs to be displayed but Boutique 8 does not commit to checking all content and will not be liable for third party posts. Boutique 8 reserves the right at its sole discretion not to publish or to remove any comment including those that it believes may be unlawful, defamatory, racist or libellous, incite hatred or violence, detrimental to people, institutions, religions or to people’s privacy, which may cause harm to minors, is detrimental to the trademarks, patents, and copyrighted content, contains personal data, improperly uses the medium for promoting and advertising businesses. This site is available to the public, information you consider confidential should not be posted to this site. The personal opinions of the designers and labels whose products we sell, or any third parties with whom we are associated are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Boutique 8 and we accept no responsibility for any such views expressed in any media. The Service provides you with the ability to interact with social media services, such as through Facebook “Like” buttons, Twitter and otherwise. These features may enable integration and/or access to your social media accounts. We do not control those social media services, your profiles on those services, modify your privacy settings on those services or establish rules about how your personal information on those services will be used. You and the social media service providers are in control of those issues, not Boutique 8. You are encouraged to read all policies and information on the applicable social media services to learn more about how they handle your information before using any such features made available to you on our Service. We are not responsible for any acts or omissions by any social media service provider or your use of features that come from their platform.

No commercial use

This Site is for your personal non-commercial use only. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, commercially exploit, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any Content, software, products, or services contained within this Site. You may not use this Site, or any of its Content, to further any commercial purpose, including any advertising or advertising revenue generation activity on your own Site.

Your activity

You agree that you will be personally responsible for your use of this Site and for all of your communication and activity on and pursuant to this Site. If we determine that you are or have been engaged in prohibited activities, were not respectful of other users, or otherwise violated the TOS, we may deny you access to this Site on a temporary or permanent basis.

Third party sites

We may include hyperlinks on this Site to other websites or resources operated by parties other than Boutique 8, including advertisers. Boutique 8 has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Web Site and is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any off-site pages nor are we responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for the privacy practices or the content of such websites, including (without limitation) any advertising, products or other materials or services on or available from such websites or resources, nor for any damage, loss or offence caused or alleged to be caused by, or in connection with, the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on such external websites or resources.

Linking to this site

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you. This Website must not be framed on any other site. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

Your rights

You have certain rights under the law. In England these include: That any products you order through this Site will be of satisfactory quality, fit for their intended purpose, and will conform to any description given on this Site; Certain remedies if a product is defective; and A right to cancel any order for a product within seven working days commencing on the day after the date on which you receive it, and receive a full refund even if it is not defective. Nothing in the TOS is intended to affect these rights. For more information about your rights contact your local Citizens Advice Bureau or Trading Standards Bureau.

Limits of your liability

We accept liability for death and personal injury arising from our negligence or that of our employees and agents. We do not seek to exclude our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation by us or our employees or agents. Nothing in the TOS is intended to affect your rights under the law (see “Your Rights” above). If Boutique 8 breaches the TOS we shall only be liable for losses which are direct losses and a reasonably foreseeable consequence of such a breach. Losses are foreseeable where, for example, they could be contemplated by you and Boutique 8 at the time of you placing your order, and Boutique 8 dispatching your order. We shall only be liable for losses up to 150% of the total value of goods purchased. We are not responsible for losses not caused by our breach or negligence, indirect losses which are a side effect of the main loss or damage and which are not reasonably foreseeable by you and us (for example, loss of profits or loss of opportunity). We are also not responsible for failure to meet any of our obligations under the TOS where such failure is due to events beyond our reasonable control.

Compensation

At our request, you agree to compensate us fully, defend us, and hold us Boutique 8 harmless immediately on demand, its officers, directors, agents, affiliates, licensors, and suppliers, from and against all liabilities, claims, expenses, damages and losses, including legal fees, arising from any breach of the TOS by you, including the use by any other persons accessing this Site using your Internet account caused by your action or inaction.

Our relationship

You acknowledge and agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Boutique 8 as a result of the TOS or your use of this Site. You agree that you may not and will not hold yourself out as a representative, agent, or employee of Boutique 8, and we shall not be liable for any representation, act, or omission on your part.

No waiver

If you breach the TOS and we take no action against you, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies in any other situation where you breach the TOS.

Governing law

The TOS together with all our policies and procedures will be governed by and construed in accordance with the relevant United Kingdom law and the relevant courts of the United Kingdom will have exclusive jurisdiction.