Please read ALL of this post before signing up or asking any questions. I know it's long but it is really important that you read everything!!

Welcome everyone to the 2017 Annual Secret Cupid Gift Exchange!

Before we continue, lets review the requirements and rules you must follow to sign up. The mods have the right to deny participation if you don't meet these requirements or for any other valid reason. We try our best to prevent people who get gifts and run without sending anything in return. If you don't meet the requirements this time around, we will be having more exchanges in the future.

For this exchange:

• You must have been a member here for at least a month and be active. This means you would have had to start posting/commenting in RAoM on or before December 15th and have an intro before this post went live. We consider an active member someone who has posted or commented on posts at least 10 times in the last month BEFORE this post was made. In other words, you can't go comment on 10 things after reading this to be considered active. We will be checking every single person so please don't waste our time. :)
• You must be able to ship by February 10th. You can always ship sooner if you finish before then. If you are going to be late though, please message the mods letting us know and we will notify your giftee that you're running a little late. We know sometimes things come up and that's understandable but please don't sign up if you're going to end up being more than 3 days late shipping. If you do not ship by February 15th, you will be banned from RAoM. When you ship you MUST get tracking. This is for both your protection and your giftee.
• You are welcome to send used/swatched items if your giftee said it was okay in their survey but it CANNOT be counted into your total money spent and will be considered extra.
• You MUST make a thank you post within 5 days of receiving your gift. Not posting a thank you is rude. Please keep in mind that you are doing this exchange at your own risk. We have done our best to make sure it's as trustworthy as possible but you never know. RAoM and any of the mods can't be held responsible for any scams. After the exchange is over, if we have people who never got their gift, we will see if anyone is willing to be a rematch but there is no guarantee.

You may be thinking, ‘Okay! I’m ready to sign up!’

For this exchange, we will have budget tiers. This is to make it more fair so that you know you'll be getting about the same monetary amount in return that you spend. This helps to make it so that people don't feel bad if they get $50 worth of stuff and were only able to spend $20 on their giftee since everyone has different budgets. You must spend the minimum number in your budget tier BEFORE shipping and taxes. For example, if you sign up for the $30 - $40 tier, you have to spend at least $30 on JUST makeup and beauty related things before shipping. If your overall budget was $50 total, then you'd probably want to sign up for the $30 - $40 tier so that you know you have extra for shipping. You're also welcome to send extra things that aren't beauty related (sweets, small gifts, Valentine's Day themed items, etc) as long as you spend at least the minimum amount in your budget tier on JUST beauty related things. If you have a giftee who lives in another country, please be sure to look into the rules about shipping candy or food items to them before doing so.

Ready to sign up? Sign ups start today (January 16th) and will end on January 21st at 11:59 PM EST. Packages must be shipped by February 10th. Remember, you MUST get tracking (preferable) or a receipt.

The budget tiers are as follows:

Click here to sign up for the $20-$30 exchange tier

Click here to sign up for the $30-$40 exchange tier

Click here to sign up for the $50 exchange tier

• To sign up for the 50 tier you must have glammed someone before this post went live, be considered an active member and have a posted intro before November 1st.

NOTE If you are not participating in this exchange, please do not set up your own exchange. We have had issues with people doing this in the past. If you do set up something with someone, please do not post about it on RAoM and do not use the exchange flair set up for this. We have had people do this and it makes tracking for us confusing when we can't find your name on our spreadsheets. Anything you set up outside of RAoM is at your own risk, please do not message us with any issues that may arise in exchanges you set up on your own.

If you have any questions, please message the mods or ask here! Can't wait for the exchange!! :)