The winners of the Pure Beauty Awards 2016 were announced at a lavish red and black ‘La Boheme’ themed ceremony hosted by comedian of the moment, Katherine Ryan last night.
Over 300 industry guests were in attendance, including premium, mass and niche beauty brands and leading UK beauty buyers from department stores such as Debenhams and Harrods.
Popular high street names also joined in with the celebrations with both Boots and Superdrug winning awards for their own-brand products and leading e-retailer feelunique scooping the award for Best New Retail Innovation of 2016.
Other popular high street retailers on the guest list included The Perfume Shop, TK Maxx, Poundland, Argos, Space NK, Oliver Bonas and River Island, as well as e-retailer essentual.com and TV shopping channel QVC.
Tanning brand Sunkissed sponsored this year’s Best New Retail Innovation and Best New Special Innovation categories for a second year running.
There were 35 awards categories in total with a number of new ones for 2016, including Best New British Brand, Best New International Breakthrough Brand, which were sponsored by leading specialty chemical distributor Univar.
The Pure Beauty Awards celebrated the growth of the UK ethnic beauty sector with the introduction of a Best New Ethnic Beauty Product category.
The male grooming sector is also going from strength to strength and to reflect this there were three new male grooming categories – Best New Male Hair Product, Best New Male Shaving & Beard Product and Best New Male Skin Care & Body Care product.
There was also a new award for the Best New Trade Advertising Campaign and the winner was chosen by Pure Beauty’s expert judging panel.
The Pure Beauty Awards 2016 winners are:
Best New Skin Care Product
Commended: nspa Deep Cleansing Facial Oil
Bronze: Sanctuary Spa Foaming Micellar Cleansing Water
Silver: STARSKIN Red Carpet Ready Hydrating Bio-Cellulose Second Skin Face Mask
Gold: Montagne Jeunesse 7th Heaven Charcoal Masque
Best New Premium Skin Care Product
Commended: Gazelli Bi-Phase Makeup Remover
Bronze: bareMinerals Skinlongevity Vital Power Infusion
Silver: Germaine de Capuccini Timexpert Lift Vector Lift Master Firmness Serum
Gold: Nu Skin ageLOC Me
Best New Skin Care Treatment
Commended: Verso Reviving Eye Mask
Bronze: Natura Bissé NB Ceutical S.O.S. Instant Rescue
Silver: Murad Advanced Blemish & Wrinkle Reducer
Gold: Skin Doctors Beelift
Best New Anti-Ageing Product
Commended: Derma V10 Anti-Ageing Eye Cream
Bronze: Manuka Doctor ApiRefine Gold Dust Firming Serum
Silver: Timeless Truth Glacial Snow Algae Bio Cellulose Sheet Mask
Gold: Medik8 Hydr8 Eye 360 Total Anti-Ageing Eye Cream
Best New Premium Anti-Ageing Product
Commended: Heaven Skincare Gold Bee Venom Mask
Bronze: Luxury Gold Cosmetics Etern’elle Serum Youth & Vitality 24K Gold
Silver: Neal’s Yard Remedies Frankincense Intense Eye Cream
Gold: Elemis BIOTEC Skin Energising Day Cream
Best New Organic Product
Commended: INIKA Cosmetics Truly Organic Enriched Rosehip Oil
Bronze: Dr. Organic Hemp Oil 24 Hr Rescue Cream
Silver: NAVEEN Hydrating Mask
Gold: Surya Brasil Exotic Animals Organic Nail Polish Remover
Best New Natural Product
Commended: Aqualyte Skin Renewal Boost Treatment
Bronze: Seascape Island Apothecary Uplift Awake Oil
Silver: Yes To Grapefruit Rejuvenating Body Wash
Gold: Pacifica Coconut Crushed Pearl Bronzing Body Butter
Best New Natural Face Product
Commended: SELF All Day Dreamer Day Cream
Bronze: Liz Earle Superskin Face Serum
Silver: Gratiae Renewing PURE Skin Care
Gold: Burt’s Bees Cleansing Oil With Coconut & Argan Oils
Best New Hair Care Product
Commended: Hair Today More Tomorrow Multi & Omegas
Bronze: Andrew Barton No Weight Hydrate Shampoo
Silver: TRESemmé Beauty-FULL Volume Reverse System Pre-Wash Conditioner
Gold: label.m Diamond Dust Shampoo
Best New Hair Styling Product
Commended: Scunci No Bumps Styling Comb
Bronze: The Curl Company Enhance & Perfect Curl Cream
Silver: Philip Kingsley PK Prep Plumping Cream
Gold: Remington Keratin & Macadamia Radiance Curling Wand CI63W6
Best New Hair Colouring Product
Commended: Lee Stafford Bleach Blondes Kiss of Colour Playful Pink Treatment
Bronze: Schwarzkopf LIVE Lightener + Twist
Silver: Charles Worthington Instant Root Concealer Powder
Gold: Superdrug Colour Fix Instant Root Cover Spray
Best New Electrical Product
Commended: StylPro Makeup Brush Cleaner and Dryer
Bronze: Magnitone London The Full Monty Vibra-Sonic Total Skincare Multi-Brush
Silver: TONI&GUY Style Fix Straightener
Gold: ARBONNE Genius Ultra Device
Best New Body Care Product
Commended: Malée Conditioning Body Scrub
Bronze: Salt of the Earth Natural Foot Deodorant Spray
Silver: Palmer’s Raw Shea Body Lotion
Gold: Dove DermaSpa Youthful Vitality Body Lotion
Best New Bath & Shower Product
Commended: Rituals Cosmetics The Ritual of Sakura Shower Foam
Bronze: Potionshop Shower Gel With Organic Orange Rose Geranium & Sweet Orange
Silver: Dr. Organic Moroccan Glow Body Polish Pre-Tan Exfoliator
Gold: Radox Feel Ready Shower Gel With Pomegranate & Red Apple Scent
Best New Hair Removal Product
Commended: Remington Smooth & Silky Cordless Bikini Trimmer BKT4000
Bronze: Smooth Appeal Microwave Formula Water Soluble Wax For Legs and Body
Silver: Philips SatinShave Prestige Wet and Dry Electric Shaver
Gold: Wilkinson Sword Quattro For Women Raspberry Rain
Best New Deodorant Product
Commended: Impulse Why Not? Body Spray By Charli XCX
Bronze: Dr. Organic Hemp Oil Deodorant
Silver: Soft & Gentle 0% Aluminium Anti-Perspirant Deodorant
Gold: Sure For Women Antibacterial Odour Protection
Best New Dental Product
Commended: Janina Activated Charcoal Ultra White Whitening Toothpaste
Bronze: BlanX White Shock Instant White Toothpaste
Silver: Oral-B Genius 9000
Gold: Philips TongueCare+
Best New Sun Care & Tanning Product
Commended: Boots Soltan Protect & Repel Moisturising Suncare
Bronze: Fake Bake Flawless Coconut Tanning Serum For Face & Body
Silver: Sunkissed Bronze Professional Once A Week Self-Tan Mousse
Gold: Eco By Sonya Face Tan Water
Best New Hands & Nails Product
Commended: Sampure Minerals Glamorous Nail Polish
Bronze: Prismologie Jade & Vetiver Hand Exfoliant
Silver: Little Ondine Reimagining Nail Polish
Gold: True Brit London Luxury Nail Polish Remover
Best New Lip Product
Commended: Nudestix Intense Matte Lip + Cheek Pencil
Bronze: W7 Tinted Kiss Tinted Nourishing Lip Oil
Silver: Beauty Junky Lush Lips Jewel Rose Gold Lip Balm
Gold: Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Flip Balm Juicy Watermelon
Best New Eye Product
Commended: Eye Care Cosmetics Infini-Lashes
Bronze: Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Eyebrow Pencil
Silver: Pinky Goat Lashes
Gold: WUNDER2 WunderBrow
Best New Cosmetics Base Product
Commended: Technic Colour Fix Cream Corrector Palette
Bronze: W7 Banana Dreams Loose Powder
Silver: Sleek MakeUP Solstice Highlighting Palette
Gold: Sunkissed Highlights Radiance Cream
Best New Female Fragrance
Commended: Lovely By Sarah Jessica Parker Anniversary Edition Eau De Toilette
Bronze: Bronnley Zealous Flower
Silver: Defineme Delphine Fragrance Perfume Oil
Gold: Yardley London English Bluebell Eau De Toilette
Best New Male Fragrance
Commended: Yardley London 1770 For Men Eau De Toilette
Bronze: Mary Kay Cityscape Cologne Spray
Silver: Mercedes-Benz Le Parfum
Gold: LALIQUE Encre Noire À L’Extrême Eau De Parfum
Best New Male Skin Care & Body Care Product
Commended: Swiss Cream Anti Age For Men
Bronze: Menage Anti-Fatigue Eye Roll-On
Silver: Monroe Moisturiser & Shave Balm SPF20
Gold: Below The Belt Grooming For Men Instant Clean Balls
Best New Male Hair Product
Commended: Scaramouche + Fandango Hair Styling Cream
Bronze: MR. Jamie Stevens Style Paste
Silver: Groomed Styling Gel Extreme Hold
Gold: Percy Nobleman Pomade
Best New Male Shaving & Beard Product
Commended: Pall Mall Barbers Cooling Gel Sandalwood & Clove
Bronze: Philips OneBlade
Silver: The Bearded Man Company 60 Second Rich Repair Beard Conditioning Treatment
Gold: BBA Post Shave Balm
Best New Ethnic Beauty Product
Commended: Tangle Teezer Thick & Curly Detangling Hairbrush
Bronze: Palmer’s Olive Oil Formula Olive Oil Replenishing Conditioner With Jamaican Black Castor Oil
Silver: Charlotte Mensah Manketti Hair Oil
Gold: Sleek MakeUP Cream Contour Kit In Dark
Best New Retailer's Own Label Product
Commended: Asda Andrew Barton No Weight Hydrate
Bronze: Marks & Spencer Pure Marine Active Eye Concentrate
Silver: Superdrug B. Flat Contour Brush
Gold: Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel With Active Charcoal 2-Step Nose Pore Strips
Best New Trade Advertising Campaign
Silver: Panasonic ES-WH80 IPL Hair Removal System Influencer Marketing Specialists Come Round Campaign
Gold: Superdrug Hero Hunters Campaign
Best New Design & Packaging
Commended: Gaia Awakening Body Oil
Bronze: Al Asyl Organic Argan Oil
Silver: Xyrena XHS Packaging
Silver: The Hero Project Glow Drops Dry Touch Facial Oil With Vitamin C
Gold: Oh K! Cosmetic Sponge
Best New Retail Innovation
Commended: Aurarius Monobrand Retail Shop Concept
Bronze: Ohklife.com
Silver: Coty ManiMatch Virtual Nail Colour App
Gold: Feelunique Pick N’ Mix Sample Service
Best New Special Innovation
Commended: Alpha-H Beauty Sleep Power Peel With 0.5% Retinol
Bronze: Ingenious Beauty Ultimate Collagen +
Silver: Bronzie Got Your Back Tanning Mitt
Gold: Sigma Beauty Sigma Spa Express Brush Cleaning Mat
Best New International Breakthrough Brand
Commended: Natura Siberica
Bronze: Xyrena
Silver: Jamberry
Gold: Bare Republic
Best New British Brand
Commended: CODE Beautiful
Bronze: Phytomone London
Silver: Sara Hill
Gold: Kiss The Moon
A full breakdown of all the winners will be included in the December issue of Pure Beauty.
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