Cosmetic Class Action Law Suit – Distribution Starts Today

If you are involved in this cosmetic class action law suit, the distribution for the products start today.  You can check to see if you are a member of the class by going to the website Cosmetics Settlement, you will see a list of all the retailers involved as well as all the manufacturers who will be giving away $175 million worth of products, starting today while supplies last.  When you go to the specific store that your paperwork specifies, there will be a special table set up for this distribution.  You are only entitled to one product that is determined by the manufacturer based on your class.  Once all the products are given away, they will end this process and there will be no rain checks.  You can also call their hotline 877-604-5776 for more information.

Go to jump page for information on manufacturers involved.

As part of a class action settlement, $175 million worth of

free cosmetics products will be distributed to members of the class (see below

to determine whether you are a member of the class) for a maximum of seven

days, while supplies last, on a first come, first served basis, beginning

on January 20, 2009. No rainchecks will be issued. The products will be

distributed at stores owned by the Retailer Defendants (see list immediately

below).

The stores owned by the Retailer Defendants that will be

participating in the settlement product distribution are the following:

•     Bergdorf Goodman

•     Bergner’s

•     Bloomingdale’s

•     Boston Store

•     Carson Pirie Scott

•     Dillard’s

•     Gottschalks

•     Herberger’s

•     Macy’s

•     Neiman Marcus

•     Nordstrom

•     Parisian

•     Saks Fifth Avenue

•     Younkers

A class member will be eligible to receive, while supplies

last, a maximum of ONE free cosmetics product from one of the Manufacturer

Defendants from which he or she purchased Department Store Cosmetics¹

during the class period, May 29, 1994 through July 16, 2003, from the list of

products below. If a class member has only purchased products, during the class

period, from one of the Manufacturer Defendants listed below, then that class

member is only entitled to receive a free product from that Manufacturer

Defendant. If a class member has purchased products, during the class period,

from multiple Manufacturer Defendants, then that class member must choose the

ONE free product he or she wishes to claim from one of those Manufacturer

Defendants. Again, these products are only available while supplies last, and no

rainchecks will be issued. If your store has run out of settlement

products from the Manufacturer Defendant(s) from which you have previously

purchased Department Store Cosmetics during the class period, then you may

claim a product (again, while supplies last) from another Manufacturer

Defendant.

The following is a list of the Manufacturer Defendants and

their products that will be distributed, while supplies last, through the

stores listed above:

•     Boucheron (USA) Ltd.:

              Femme

  Eau de Toilette (1 ounce/30 ml)

•     Chanel, Inc.:

              Coco

  Mademoiselle body lotion (3.4 fluid oz)

•     Christian Dior Perfumes, Inc.:

              J’Adore

  Eau de Parfum (15 ml)

•     Clarins U.S.A., Inc. (customers will have a

  choice of ONE of two products, while supplies last):

              Clarins

  Energizing Morning Cream (30 ml) OR

              Clarins

  Beauty Flash Bomb (30 ml)

•     Conopco, Inc. (distributed by Coty, Inc. on

  behalf of Conopco, Inc.) (customers will have a choice of ONE of three

  products, while supplies last):

              Calvin

  Klein Euphoria Bath and Shower Crème (6.7 oz)

               OR

              Vera

  Wang Princess Body Polish (5 oz)

               OR

               Lovely

  Sarah Jessica Parker Shower Gel (6.7 oz)

•     The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (customers will have a

  choice of ONE of two products, while supplies last):

              Estée

  Lauder Advanced Night Repair (15 ml/0.5 oz)

               OR

              Clinique

  Moisture Surge (30 ml/1 oz)

•     Guerlain, Inc.:

              My

  Insolence Eau de Toilette (15 ml)

•     L’Oréal USA, Inc. (formerly known as Cosmair,

  Inc.) (customers will have a choice of ONE of eight products, while supplies

  last):

              Lancôme

  UV Expert 20

               OR

              

  Lancôme Cils Design Pro Mascara

               OR

              

  Lancôme Fatale Mascara

               OR

              

  Lancôme Courbe Virtuose Mascara

               OR

              

  Lancôme Primordial Skin Defense

               OR

               Ralph

  Lauren Romance Shower Gel (6.7 oz.)

               OR

              

  Giorgio Armani ACM Shower Gel (6.7 oz)

               OR

              

  Lancôme Hypnôse Shower Gel

•     Parfums Givenchy, Inc.:

               Very

  Irresistible Givenchy Eau de Toilette (15 ml)