Return & Refund Policy

Return & Refund Policy

Strictly no refunds or exchanges on any purchases including treatment packages. Manufacturing damaged items may be returned for a direct exchange for a new product with in 7 days of purchase.

If you do not want the product you purchased, you can return it in the condition received, sealed and unused within 7 days of purchase for a store credit voucher but no cash refunds will be given.

Courier Fees for Returns are are billed to the client.

Product Exchanges are only accepted upon confirmation of exchange by the brand supplier.

Strictly no refunds or exchanges for sale items will be permitted unless there is a manufacturing fault with the delivered item.

Pre-sale validity period

All pre-purchased treatments are valid for 2 months from date of treatment purchased. All laser hair removal treatments are valid for the period in which intervals are prescribed as per below:

• Laser face or neck hair removal – 6 weeks
• Laser underarm, bikini (all variants), toes, feet, fingers, hands hair removal – 8 weeks
• Laser chest, stomach, shoulders, arms, buttocks hair removal – 10 weeks
• Laser legs ( all variants) or back hair removal 12 weeks

Prices

The standard rate of VAT is 15%. We reserve the right to amend or increase prices at our discretion or in the course of a sale. We operate other businesses independently, selling similar products by mail order and in our shops. The prices, although almost always the same, may vary from those shown.

All discount promotions exclude items on sale and delivery fees

Availability

All products and services are subject to availability and may be withdrawn at any time, including after you have placed your order. If your order cannot be fulfilled we will notify you as soon as possible. We reserve the right to withdraw any item from sale at any time. In these circumstances, you will be advised.

Should an item be out of stock, we will provide you with a coupon code to the value of the out of stock item purchased at the time, for your perusal.

Descriptions

While we have made every effort to show and describe our products as accurately as possible, in rare cases the final product may differ slightly from the images shown. We sometimes substitute products of a similar description where, for example, the original item becomes unavailable. Where this happens we will inform you at the time of ordering. We have tried to describe all products fairly and the weights, dimensions and capacities given are approximate only. Packaging may vary from that shown.

Shipping within South Africa

Free domestic door-to-door delivery is offered on order values of R800.00 or more including VAT (South Africa only).

Orders are usually shipped within 2–7 working days from receipt of payment. Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond The Sun and Beauty Room, our nominated couriers’ control, certain orders may take longer than the usual 2–7 working days for delivery. If this is the case we will do everything in our power to rectify the situation as soon as possible.

Orders below R800.00 including VAT will be charged R80.00 for delivery. (South Africa only).

We will nominate a delivery option for you, where possible we will always use a courier, however, due to some area locations not being serviced by a nominated courier it is easier to use the South African Post Office service. If you require a courier delivery please advise us when placing your order.

A confirmation email will be sent once your order has been received and processed. A second confirmation email will be sent once your items have been paid for in full and dispatched, also contained in this email will be the nominated courier’s tracking number with which you can track your parcel.

Returns

Satisfaction Guarantee

We hope that you will be delighted with all the goods you receive. However, if for any reason you are dissatisfied, simply contact us to arrange returning the items in an unused and resaleable condition within seven working days after receipt for a store credit note. Please note that in these cases we do not reimburse return postage cost. If you should choose an exchange a charge will be added for the re-delivery. This does not affect your consumer rights. In the unlikely event that any of your goods arrive damaged or faulty we will arrange a replacement for you, and reimburse the cost of returning the item if we have requested it back.

To return items please use the Contact Us form. The Customer Support department can then investigate your request and contact you to arrange/confirm details.

If you have any questions on the returns procedure or you are not entirely satisfied with the service which you have received, please contact us on 011 478 2305

Payment Method

The following credit cards are our preferred form of payment and EFT transfers are the only other way to order online:

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Payflex
• Instant EFT
• Payfast

Credit Card:

We accept Visa and Mastercard. Your credit card details (name on card, number, expiry date) will be requested on the checkout page.

If your credit card authorisation fails this simply means that you have insufficient funds available or the card has expired.

Alternatively, you can pay by selecting the EFT payment method.

Customer Service

Sales and Customer Support Office

Opening Hours

• Week Days 8am to 6pm
• Saturdays 8am to 4pm
• Public Holidays & Sundays 9am-2pm

Content

• The information contained within the www.thesunandbeautyroom.co.za website has been acquired from many different sources. The Sun and Beauty Room is not responsible for the topicality, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided at any time, does not guarantee that the information or software is accurate, reliable, complete, up to date or free from any errors or viruses. Liability claims against The Sun and Beauty Room regarding damage caused by the use of any information provided, including any kind of information that is incomplete or incorrect, will therefore not arise.
• All offers are non-binding and without obligation. Parts of the pages or the complete website, including all offers and information, may be extended, changed or partly or completely deleted by The Sun and Beauty Room without separate announcement.

Referrals and Links

The Sun and Beauty Room is not responsible for any content linked to or referred to in their pages. If any damage occurs through the use of information presented there, only the companies or individuals responsible for the respective pages might be liable, not those who have linked to these pages. Furthermore, The Sun and Beauty Room is not liable for any postings or messages published by users of discussion boards, guest books or mailing lists provided on their page.

Copyright

The copyright for any material created by The Sun and Beauty Room is reserved.

Data Security

If the opportunity for the input of personal or business data (email addresses, names, and addresses) is given, the input of this data takes place voluntarily. The use and payment of all offered services are permitted – if and so far technically possible and reasonable – without specification of any personal data or under specification of anonymised data or an alias.

Legal Validity of this Disclaimer

This disclaimer is to be regarded as part of the internet publication from which you were referred. If sections or individual terms of this statement are not legal or correct, the content or validity of the other parts remain uninfluenced by this fact.

General

The Sun and Beauty Room shall not in any circumstances whatsoever be liable for any damage or prejudice which the client may suffer arising out of and in connection with any information made available by The Sun and Beauty Room. Whilst The Sun and Beauty Room is not responsible for the information (see paragraph 1 above), it is acknowledged by the client that The Sun and Beauty Room has no obligation to check on the accuracy or otherwise of the information displayed. The Sun and Beauty Room merely conveys the information made available to it without assuming any onus or obligation.

PRIVACY POLICY

This web site is the responsibility of The Sun and Beauty Room (hereinafter “The Sun and Beauty Room” or “we”).

We take the privacy rights of our customers and users of our web site and our applications (“APP”) very seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how information about you may be processed and for what purposes we may use identifiable and non-identifiable information.

We collect and process personally identifiable information (“personal data”) in order to complete orders made by you, deal with enquiries made by you and to administer the The Sun and Beauty Room web site and APP.

We do not sell, share, trade or rent any of your personal data, unless you have given your explicit consent hereto or unless otherwise as described in this Privacy Policy.

We use advanced security measures to protect the security and confidentiality of personal data.

For South African Citizens: The Sun and Beauty Room is responsible for the handling of personal information gathered from and about you. Our Marketing Manager may be contacted by by e-mail at [email protected]

For US Citizens: The Sun and Beauty Room is responsible for the handling of personal information gathered from and about you. If you have any questions related to our processing of personal data or this Privacy Policy, please contact Cosmetology by e-mail at [email protected]

For Canadian Citizens: The Sun and Beauty Room is responsible for the handling of personal information gathered from and about you. Our Marketing Manager may be contacted by by e-mail at [email protected]

For Africa and South African Citizens: The Sun and Beauty Room is responsible for the handling of personal information gathered from and about you. Our Marketing Manager may be contacted by by e-mail at [email protected].

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA:
When you contact us, order from us, visit or use the The Sun and Beauty Room web site, we may ask you to give us certain personal data. It is voluntarily for you to provide us with your personal data and in certain cases is needed in order to provide a service to the customer. The processing of personal data is in order to fulfil an agreement with you, or is based on your consent, or is otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.
Depending on your reason for contacting us, Personal data may include your name, gender, size, country, billing address, e-mail address, Facebook ID, FB image, phone and mobile numbers, and shipping address if different from billing address. In addition, we may collect personal information from you in relation to payment; including credit card type, name of cardholder, card number, and expiration date and security code.

We may also collect anonymous, non-personal data, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address (first we collect your IP address and then we non-identify it by just using [the three first groups of numbers in the IP address]), browser type, and operating system through the use of “cookies.” We may use cookies to keep track of your visits to our website. A cookie is a small file that can be stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies may be used to compile anonymous statistics related to the use of our services or to your pattern of browsing on our website. When used in this manner you are not individually identified. Data collected in this manner is used only in aggregate form. The data is not combined with, or matched to, any of your personal data. You can usually change your browser’s settings so that it will not accept cookies, although this may make it difficult for you to use some areas of the website.

For statistical purposes we may also collect information to analyse traffic to our site. This information is not personally identifiable.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
To process and fulfil your order.
To bill you for our products and services and collect outstanding debts.
To administer your account with The Sun and Beauty Room
Your contact information may be used by us to communicate with you regarding your order status or to provide you with related customer service, to send you information about The Sun and Beauty Room relating to your order or inquiry.
In our feedback form, order catalogue form and customer service sections, we may ask you to give us contact information, for example your name, phone number, e-mail address or postal address, in order for us to be able to respond to your inquiry.
For product development or enhancement, for content improvement, and to customize content and layout of our site.
When you sign up for online services like e-mail newsletters, we use your e-mail address to send the information you requested.
Contact information may be used to send you information about The Sun and Beauty Room and to send you occasional promotional material via e-mail and/or mailings, such as information about special offers which we think you might find valuable or information about functionality changes to the website, or information about upcoming events or contests sponsored by The Sun and Beauty Room.
To provide you with the APP’s offered features at any point in time.

RIGHT TO ACCESS AND CORRECT PERSONAL DATA
Upon request by e-mail or by mail to the addresses set out above, we will provide you with a summary of any personal data collected and retained by us regarding you. You may modify, correct, or update your personal information or request to have your personal information removed from our database. The Sun and Beauty Room will only send copies of personal information to the e-mail address on file for the visitor name associated with it.

NON-DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES
Unless we have your express consent via e-mail or opt-in, we will not disclose your personal data to third parties. We may also disclose or transfer your data to data processors or to business partners who are acting on our behalf, subject to a Data Processor Agreement. These entities are prohibited from using your personal information for any purpose other than to provide services to you on our behalf and they are required to protect personal information collected by them on behalf of us or disclosed to them by us and to comply with the general privacy principles described in this Privacy Policy. None of these entities may process information about you provided by us on their own behalf and for their own purposes, without your express consent.
Except as described in this Privacy Policy, we will not transfer, sell, rent or trade your personal data to others without your express consent. We may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns and related site information to reputable third parties but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.

The Sun and Beauty Room reserves the right to disclose your personal data to third parties to the extent that disclosure is required by law, to enforce our website policies, to protect yours or others’ rights, property or safety; such information may also be disclosed and/or transferred in the event that The Sun and Beauty Room merges or acquires (or is acquired) by another entity.

RETENTION AND SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
We retain your personal information for no longer than as necessary to fulfil the purpose(s) for which it was collected and to comply with applicable laws, and your consent to such purposes(s) remains valid after termination of our relationship with you. If the personal data shall not thereafter be stored in pursuance of the Archives Act or other legislation, they shall be erased.
We endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your privacy. We follow generally accepted security procedures and use reasonable efforts to prevent loss, theft and unauthorized access to information which you have given us, such as firewalls, access control procedures and cryptography. This is to prevent loss, theft, unauthorized access or unlawful processing of your personal information. We also limit access to your personal information to selected employees or representatives.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
This website may offer links to other third party websites. You should be aware that operators of linked websites may also collect your personal information (including information generated through the use of cookies) when you visit their websites. We are not responsible for how such third parties collect, use or disclose your personal information, so it is important to familiarize yourself with their privacy policies before providing them with your personal information.

CHILDREN’S PERSONAL DATA
The Sun and Beauty Room family of websites may be used by children under the age of 18, and therefore there may be some personal data of children under the age of 18 used and processed by us in relation to their visiting the The Sun and Beauty Room website and or buying product off the web shop. We will require the parental consent of any child who is under the age of 15 and who visits our website and or web shop.

YOUR CONSENT
We will not, as a condition of the supply of a product or service, require you to consent to the collection, use or disclosure of information beyond that required to fulfil the explicitly specified and legitimate purposes for which the information is being provided. By purchasing our products or accessing or using our website you consent to the collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information by us in the manner set out in this privacy policy. Should we change our privacy policy, we will post the changes on this website so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use and under what circumstances we disclose it. The policy posted at any time or from time to time via this website shall be deemed to be the policy then in effect.

OPT OUT
We provide you with the opportunity to opt out of receiving promotional and marketing information from us at the time that we collect your personal information and each time we send you such information. If you have previously given us consent to disclose your personal data to any third parties, you may withdraw your consent to the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information by us (subject to legal or contractual restrictions and excluding any mandatory disclosure to government agencies or third parties if a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order legally requires or authorizes us to do so). You can do this by sending an e-mail to [email protected].