Disclosure Policy

This policy is valid from 04 May 2013

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me, Jessica W. For questions about this blog, please contact Jessica (behappybuypolish AT gmail DOT com).

This blog does not accept any form of cash advertising, sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. However, I will and do accept and keep free products, services, travel, event tickets, and other forms of compensation from companies and organizations. All items received from brands or PR representatives will be disclosed at the beginning of each post containing editorial samples. All reviews will be 100% honest, receiving samples will not influence whether or not I like a product.

This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. I believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. Advertising space or affiliate links will be clearly identified.

The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. If I claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, I will only endorse products or services that I believe, based on my expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

Be Happy And Buy Polish is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

Press Samples

If you are interested in having a product reviewed on Be Happy and Buy Polish, please contact Jessica at behappybuypolish AT gmail DOT com or fill out the form at the end of this page. At this time, I will accept mini polishes for review, but photos will be 3-finger swatch photos. Full size polishes will be regular, 4-finger swatch photos.

Receipt of a product does not constitute a contract for a published review of the product. Receipt of a product does not guarantee a favorable review. Reviews are done based on honest assessments of the products and content is not preapproved by PR representatives or brands. PR representatives or brands that wish to impose such limitations will not be accepted for review.

As of February 7, 2016, Be Happy and Buy Polish has 15,524 combined followers across all social media platforms; 8,667 email subscribers; and 6 month average of 3986 unique monthly visitors and 8,080 monthly views.

From January 2015 to December 2015, this blog saw an overall growth of 35% across all social media platforms, with fastest growth coming from instagram (92% growth), tumblr (79% growth), and pinterest (49% growth).

Periodically, Be Happy and Buy Polish will publish posts where I will include different polishes and nail care items from many companies, indie and mainstream (for example: How to Have Great Nails at College or How To Create a Date Night Manicure). If you’d like to have your nail polish included in an upcoming post, please email me at behappybuypolish – AT – gmail – DOT – com.

What do those buttons mean?

This means the post contains links that contain a personalized code for me. If you purchase using one of my affiliate links, I will receive a small percentage of what you purchase.

This means the post contains a product(s) that I was gifted. This will not influence my opinion of a product, I will still give my 100% honest opinion.

This means the post contains products that were provided for review. The item(s) have been provided free or at a discount. The opinion is still my own and 100% honest.

This means the post contains a product(s) that I won in a giveaway or contest. This will not influence my opinion of a product, I will still give my 100% honest opinion.

This means the post contains product(s) that I purchased with my own money.

This means the post contains a product(s) that I was sent for review through the Amazon Vine Program. I am not required to blog about a product received through the Vine Program, but on occasion I may do so. My opinions are still my own, and I will still give my 100% honest opinion of a product.

If multiple buttons are present within one post, it means that some products might have been gifts/won, and/or press samples, and/or purchased myself. These products will not be individually identified.

Comment Policy
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Site and Content Use
All material on Be Happy and Buy Polish retains its full copyright. Use of material, either in full, part, or derivative form, without express permission is prohibited. All material, whether found directly on Be Happy and Buy Polish or taken from an RSS feed is licensed for personal use only.

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