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We roll out the red carpet for this year’s CEW Beauty Awards winners

The Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) Beauty Awards product-demo evening is the hottest beauty ticket of the year. An access-all-areas, sniff-, spritz- and dab-athon which marks the beginning of a process of whittling down a roll call of the best in beauty. 

The judges? Members of CEW UK, the beauty world’s powerful networking organisation, who comprise the 731 attendees on the night, from bloggers and make-up artists to glossy magazine journalists and beauty entrepreneurs – a veritable Who’s Who of influencers.

This year saw 342 product entries across 29 categories. The new Beauty Hall of Fame category was introduced, for which CEW teamed up with Classic FM to celebrate 25 years since CEW launched in the UK (and, serendipitously, Classic FM’s 25th birthday). 

After taking home the biceps-challenging goody bag – packed by YOU Beauty Box partners Latest in Beauty – the real work began. During the following weeks, votes were cast for the best products and then verified by EY, the leading firm of accountants.

And – ta-dah!

Read on for this year’s results, which bring us new stars, must-have buys and recognition for some of the best-loved names in beauty.

CEW UK is the beauty world’s powerful networking organisation, from bloggers and make-up artists to glossy magazine journalists and beauty entrepreneurs

Look out for the winning products showcased in a selection of retailers including Marks & Spencer and amazon.co.uk  

 Mass Market

And the CEW Beauty Awards – Mass Market – go to…

BEST NEW MAKE-UP PRODUCT FOR FACE 

Rosie for Autograph Amazing Radiance Cream promises an instant, natural glow

Rosie for Autograph Amazing Radiance Cream

With its rose-gold packaging, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s beauty range has found its way into our hearts – rather like the supermodel herself. This lightweight moisturiser promises an instant, natural, rosy glow (or Rosie glow). £18 for 35ml.

RUNNERS-UP

Savannah Miller x Bagsy Bronzed Brilliance Shimmer Powder

As outdoors beckons, discover the perfect, subtle, radiance-boosting bronzer (created in collaboration with designer Savannah Miller) – with the extra feel-good factor of 15% of the retail price donated to Women for Women. £20 for 7.5g.

No 7 Airbrush Away Foundation

Video tutorials abound for ‘airbrushed’ foundation – but here’s the faff-free way to achieve similar results, via a flawless finish foundation. Available in 14 Match Made, complexion-perfecting shades, CEW judges loved the soft focus effect. £16.50 for 30ml. 

BEST NEW HAIRCARE, STYLING OR COLOURING PRODUCT

CEW’s judges were nuts about Yes to Coconut Ultra Moisture Conditioner

Yes to Coconut Ultra Moisture Conditioner

Using naturally moisturising virgin coconut, argan and kukui seed oils, this conditioner is clinically proven to restore dry, damaged hair while infusing it with moisture – and CEW’s judges were nuts about it. £5.99 for 280ml, boots.com.

RUNNERS-UP

John Frieda 10 Day Tamer Pre-Wash Treatment

From the pioneering frizz-beating range, a revolutionary treatment which promises to tame hair for a 10-day stretch. The pre-wash wonder-worker blends nourishing and proactive ingredients to transform the texture of dry, frizzy hair. £12.99 for 150ml. 

Batiste Hydrate Me Oil Mist

Famed for its dry shampoos, Batiste is now branching out into other types of spritz-on haircare. This non-greasy (it’s truly weightless!) oil-mist is infused with Inca inchi and Abyssinian oils, to reduce breakage and protect while styling. £4.49 for 200ml.

BEST NEW EVERYDAY FACIAL SKINCARE PRODUCT 

Burt’s Bees Cleansing Oil with Coconut & Argan Oils melts make-up away brilliantly

Burt’s Bees Cleansing Oil with Coconut & Argan Oils

One of many oils to scoop an award this year, this – from a multi-award-winning brand – melts make-up away brilliantly via a nourishing botanical blend of coconut, argan and crambe oils that leaves skin soft. £16.99 for 177ml.

RUNNERS-UP 

Bioré Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser

Blackheads, be gone! Famed for their pore-de-clogging products, this latest impressed CEW’s testers with its ability to trap twice as much dirt as a basic cleanser, purifying pores and ridding them of make-up, serum and general gunk. £5.24 for 200ml. 

Bioderma Hydrabio Cream

The much-loved French pharmacy range is seducing British beauties with its targeted treatments – here, a rich and skin-compatible emulsion (featuring patented Aquagenium complex), for a sublime, radiance-boosting skin drink. £15 for 50ml.

BEST NEW MAKE-UP PRODUCT FOR LIPS

Burt’s Bees Lipstick glides on like the most soothing of balms

Burt’s Bees Lipstick

Packed with naturally moisturising ingredients (including moringa and raspberry seed oils), this glides on like the most soothing of balms to deliver long-lasting, luscious colour in a choice of 18 satin-finish shades. £9.99.

RUNNERS-UP

Rosie for Autograph Lip Shine

And here Rosie H-W is again! In its rose gold packaging, her Rosie for Autograph range has justly become an M&S bestseller – and CEW’s voters just loved these six shades of rich-pigment lip colour, delivering the finish of a gloss. £14.

Soap & Glory Sexy Mother Pucker Lipstick

Soap & Glory’s wacky names belie the super-effectiveness of their products. This moisture-boosting, shine-delivering lip treat comes in three finishes: matt, silk/satin, and super high-shine – and each goes the distance brilliantly. £9.

BEST NEW BATH AND BODY PRODUCT

Bean Body Coffee Bean Scrub gets your glow back while tackling cellulite and stretchmarks

Bean Body Coffee Bean Scrub

This body buffer uses robusta coffee beans, cold-pressed coconut and vitamin E oil to exfoliate, nourish and moisturise. The result is a java jolt that gets your glow back, while tackling cellulite and stretchmarks, too. £14.95 for 220g, hollandandbarrett.com.

RUNNERS-UP

Dove Nourishing Care Shower Oil

Inspired by the rituals of the steamy Moroccan Hammam, this indulges skin with argan oil from that country, gently lathering skin gently clean to leave it beautifully smoothed – and moisturised for a full 24 hours. £4.99 for 200ml.  

Dr Organic Organic Moroccan Glow Body Polish

Both runners-up, in fact, are inspired by the North African country – here, a rejuvenating body scrub which blends skin-nurturing oils with microparticles of volcanic lava for an all-over polish that preps beautifully for self-tanning. £8.99 for 200ml. 

BEST CLASSIC BEAUTY PRODUCT

Bio-Oil is a mega-multitasker

Bio-Oil

This skin-compatible oil has scooped many previous awards and triumphs again for its all-round effectiveness in tackling stretchmarks, scars, dehydration and uneven skintones – and as an anti-ager. A mega-multitasker. £8.99 for 60ml.

RUNNERS-UP 

Beautyblender

This ‘cult’ beauty applicator – a make up artists’ fave – deserves its elevation to contemporary classic status for the way it delivers streak-free, impeccable, high-definition finishes when used with foundation, powder cream blush. £16.

Aussie 3-Minute Miracle Reconstructor

Affirming its status in the Beauty Hall of Fame, this multi-CEW Award-winning hair conditioner – infused with Australian balm mint – remains the go-to for damaged hair, restoring shine and manageability in just 180 seconds. £4.99 for 250ml. 

BEST NEW SKINCARE TREATMENT PRODUCT

Nuxe Nuxellence Eye Contour minimises the appearance of fine lines

Nuxe Nuxellence Eye Contour

It’s official: the decongesting massage applicator that dispenses Nuxe’s eye cream really does turbocharge its effectiveness, helping to minimise the appearance of fine lines, redness and under-eye shadows. £38 for 15ml, nuxe.com.

RUNNERS-UP

Lift & Luminate Triple Action Serum

In trials for this innovative, high-tech serum – designed to reduce wrinkles, firm skin and even out skintone –1500 women across the world took part, with 87% agreeing that after three weeks, skin looked impressively younger. £27 for 30ml.

Beauty Kitchen Seahorse Plankton Miracle Mask

Do you dream of making products at home – but never get round to it? Happily, Beauty Kitchen’s here to deliver all-natural, fresh-style skin treats, including this cleansing, firming, plumping mask based on plankton microalgae. £14.99 for 60ml.

BEST NEW MAKE-UP PRODUCT FOR EYES

Get selfie-ready with Max Factor False Lash Epic Mascara

Max Factor False Lash Epic Mascara

No mascara will get you selfie-ready like this one. Max Factor’s innovative ‘zoom-action’ brush grabs and magnifies each detail of every last lash to ensure that you really are ready for your close-up. £11.99.

RUNNERS-UP 

Soap & Glory Archery DIY Brow Bar

Everything you need achieve perfect eyebrows: a 4-in-1 shaping, perfecting, highlighting and taming kit with two powders, a pearl shimmer highlighter and a setting wax to vanquish stragglers. It’s all about the brow, now… £12.

Rosie for Autograph Cream Eyeshadow Stick

Easy-peasy, velvety-soft pencils glide smoothly over skin, are super-comfy to wear – yet (unlike most) don’t crease. In four shades, this eye-perfector is another stellar contender from Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s collection. £12.50.

BEST NEW MASS MARKET BRAND 

New brand The Ordinary creates ‘clinical formulations with integrity’

The Ordinary

Creating ‘clinical formulations with integrity’ is The Ordinary’s approach. Its chic, minimalist packaging showcases the highest of skin-tech solutions, which are delivered to beauty-lovers at truly accessible prices. A total wow. 

Clockwise from top left: Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA, £5; Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5, £6, and 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil, £9; asos.com.

RUNNERS-UP

Bagsy

Bagsy’s fan base will be cheering at this result. It’s a new name which taps into years of experience working for global beauty brands to create great formulations, presented in beautiful packaging, each emblazoned with a make-you-smile quote. £5-18. 

Beauty Kitchen

Herbal botanist and bee-keeper Jo Chidley’s recognised as one of the 25 Most Influential People in Natural Beauty, for her 100% natural, everyday luxury beauty creations. Good-as-home-made – but without the fuss/muss/mess. £2-50. 

Prestige Market 

The winners of the CEW Beauty Awards – Prestige Market – are…

BEST NEW MAKE-UP PRODUCT FOR FACE

Laura Mercier Candleglow Soft Luminous Foundation shows skin in its best light

Laura Mercier Candleglow Soft Luminous Foundation

Emulating the flattering effect that candlelight has on the skin via micro-fine, radiant pearls and light-reflective pigments, this hydrating base shows skin in its best light. With stay-true shades and sheer-to-medium coverage. £35 for 30ml.

RUNNERS-UP

Nars Velvet Matte Skin Tint SPF 30

For skin that’s matt – but never flat: the make-up artist’s brand embraces something called Velvet Illusion Complex technology in this comfy-to-wear, oil-free formulation, to deliver a soft-focus effect with a soft-touch feel. £30 for 50ml.

Delilah Cosmetics Pure Light Illuminating Powder

From CEW’s 2016 Best New Brand, this rising star make-up line now brings us a powder to convert non-powder-wearers, its micro-fine texture blending rose gold and soft peach pigments to deliver a soft, ethereal, lit-from-within glow. £36 for 11g.

BEST NEW MAKE-UP PRODUCT FOR EYES

Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes delivers 13 times extra volume

Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes

CEW fell in love with Charlotte from the minute she launched her range – and the affair is showing no signs of fading. This year’s gongs include a shout-out to her Hollywood false-lash-effect mascara, which delivers 13 times extra volume. £25, charlottetilbury.com.

RUNNERS-UP 

Marc Jacobs Beauty Velvet Noir Major Volume Mascara

The fascinating inspiration behind this is a memory of Marc Jacob’s mother shaving fibres from a black velvet ribbon to apply to lashes for a false-lash effect. With its lash-maximising brush and velvet finish, this is so much easier! £20 for 9g.

Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Eyebrow Pencil

This ultra-fine, twist-up pencil – part of Benefit’s huge brow-beautifying range – allows precision strokes that transform even the most shapeless arches. Sweep through with the built-in brush, at the end, for total brow perfection. £18.50 for 0.08g.

BEST NEW MAKE-UP PRODUCT FOR LIPS

Charlotte Tilbury Hot Lips has a cashmere finish

Charlotte Tilbury Hot Lips

The make-up pro dipped into her little black book to collaborate with 12 stellar women on this volumising lipstick. Fresh pink Miranda May (as in Australian model Kerr) was the shade submitted, winning for its brush-mimicking tip and cashmere finish. £24, charlottetilbury.com.

RUNNERS-UP

Nars Velvet Lip Glide

François Nars’ make-up collection continues to delight professionals and mere make-up-loving mortals. Infused with Nars Oil Infusion Complex, this glides on like a gloss, delivers the coverage of a lipstick, while nourishing at the same time.£22 for 5.7ml.

By Terry Rouge-Expert Click Stick

From make-up pro Terry de Gunzburg, this lipstick innovation earned raves for its three-in-one action – pencil precision that instantly outlines and fills lips, bold colour impact, with a lip-softening balm texture. A one-stroke wonder. £24 for 1.5g. 

BEST NEW WOMEN’S FRAGRANCE

Charlotte Tilbury Scent of a Dream is simply sublime

Charlotte Tilbury Scent of a Dream

With her signature enthusiasm, Charlotte promises that the ‘mind-altering fleurotic’ notes of this eau de parfum will attract love, light, power and positivity to the wearer. What we know for sure is that this floral chypre is simply sublime. £49 for 30ml, charlottetilbury.com.

RUNNERS-UP

Liz Earle Beauty Co Botanical Essence No 9

Now there’s a sophisticated Chypre to add to Liz Earle’s fragrant line-up: juicy blackcurrant bud, bergamot and ginger give way to a Damask rose and patchouli heart, warmly cocooned by oakmoss, vetiver and vanilla. £49 for 50ml eau de parfum.

Molton Brown Rosa Absolute

A stunningly sophisticated contender from Molton Brown, Rosa Absolute swirls with fruity-spicy notes, enfolding rose absolute and violet leaf at the heart before delivering an opulent finale of patchouli, cedarwood and sandalwood. £39 for 50ml eau de toilette.

BEST NEW MEN’S FRAGRANCE

Miller Harris Étui Noir uses incense and Indonesian patchouli

Miller Harris Étui Noir

Miller Harris likens this to ‘a worn jacket shared between lovers, leaving comforting flashbacks of each other in its scent’. Incense and Indonesian patchouli make for shareable perfection. £65 for 50ml eau de parfum, millerharris.com.

RUNNERS-UP 

Bamford Grooming Department Edition 1 Cologne

The discerning Carole Bamford enlisted her stylish son George to collaborate on this contemporary classic Cologne, blending vetiver, cassis and bergamot, wood smoke trailing through the dry-down alongside amber, oudh and leather. £90 for 50ml cologne.

Hugo Boss Boss Bottled Intense

Men’s eaux de parfum are becoming a ‘thing’, with chaps seeking longer-lasting concentrations. Boss Bottled Intense retains the timelessness of the original, ramping up the woody notes and adding a flourish of bright orange blossom. £47 for 50ml eau de parfum.

BEST NEW SKINCARE TREATMENT PRODUCT

Elemis Dynamic Resurfacing Serum removes dead cells and accelerates production of new ones

Elemis Dynamic Resurfacing Serum

Serums are now a must-have in many beauty regimes, but this one reaches a new level thanks to tri-enzyme technology and innovative, gentle flower acids, which remove dead cells and accelerate production of new, vibrant ones. £85 for 30ml.

RUNNERS-UP 

Aromatherapy Associates Inner Strength Soothing Repair Mask

Packed with hyaluronic acid, chamomile and plant-based prebiotics (the signature of this skin-calming range), an intensively soothing and repairing mask that will calm skin – and your mind – as it plumps and moisturises. £57 for 100ml.

Dermalogica Daily Superfoliant

Dermalogica’s Daily Microfoliant is already a beauty industry classic. This draws on the same powder exfoliating format, and can be used daily to leave skin ultra-smooth, fighting brown spots, fine lines and uneven pigmentation. £55 for 57g. 

BEST CLASSIC BEAUTY PRODUCT 

Aromatherapy Associates De-Stress Muscle Bath and Shower Oil warms and soothes

Aromatherapy Associates De-Stress Muscle Bath and Shower Oil

Bust your stress and ease aching muscles with this effective bath and shower treat that warms, soothes – and fills your bathroom with its aromatic blend of rosemary, black pepper, lavender and ginger. £45 for 55ml, aromatherapyassociates.com.

RUNNERS-UP 

Nars Orgasm Blush

The #1-selling blush in the United States, its ultimate natural-looking flush suits all skintones and continues to inspire slavish devotion – not least among CEW’s judges, who love the healthy-looking, complexion-awakening shade. £23 for 1.5g.

Liz Earle Beauty Co Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser

125 awards, and counting – and though Cleanse & Polish is the ‘bridesmaid’, this time, it still beat a huge field of entries. A go-to for so many women, C&P creamily cleanses away grime, pollutants and even the stubbornest make-up. £14 for 100ml. 

BEST NEW HAIRCARE, STYLING OR COLOURING PRODUCT

GHD Advanced Split End Therapy fills and binds broken hair fibres

GHD Advanced Split End Therapy

At last, a genuine fix for split ends that fills and binds broken hair fibres – and contains a super-nutrient complex that surrounds each strand, preventing future damage from the styling tools we all rely on. £19.95 for 100ml, ghdhair.com.

RUNNERS-UP

Philip Kingsley Plumping Cream

CEW’s discerning voters loved the volumising, thickening effects of a product created as an alternative to traditional mousses. The vitamin-loaded formula (B3, B5, B6, C, E) protects, glosses and controls frizz, too. £18.50 for 100ml.

Percy & Reed Perfectly Perfecting Wonder Overnight Recovery

Simply apply this before bedtime to transform hair that’s dull, limp, lacklustre and feels ‘frazzled’ (as the much-loved hairdresser Adam Reed puts it). The clever formulation (with plant protein) means: you slumber, it gets to work. £20 for 140ml. 

BEST NEW EVERYDAY FACIAL SKINCARE PRODUCT

Elemis Superfood Facial Oil is a true face food

Elemis Superfood Facial Oil

A true face food – hydrating and softening with broccoli seed oil, omega-3-rich flax seed and nourishing daikon radish for a mega-dose of antioxidants and plumping fatty acids. Don’t just eat your greens – massage them into your skin. £45 for 15ml.

RUNNERS-UP

Liz Earle Beauty Co Superskin Face Serum

A prelude in your regime to the bestselling Superskin Moisturiser and/or Superskin Concentrate for Night, this intensive, luxurious face serum is powered by supercharged, collagen-boosting, line-smoothing, lifting botanical extracts. £38 for 30ml.

Aromatherapy Associates Inner Strength Soothing Serum

Touchy complexions, ahoy! Aromatherapy Associates Inner Strength range has been formulated to deliver serious TLC to sensitive skins, using plant-based prebiotics and soothing botanicals to calm, reduce redness and strengthen skin. £40 for 50ml. 

BEST NEW BATH AND BODY PRODUCT

Aromatherapy Associates Revive Body Lotion is a truly brilliant wake-up call for bodies

Aromatherapy Associates Revive Body Lotion

It’s a great year for Aromatherapy Associates – and a truly brilliant wake-up call for bodies. A light yet moisturising blend of invigorating juniper, rosemary and grapefruit oils in a skin-plumping lotion. £37 for 200ml, aromatherapyassociates.com.

RUNNERS-UP 

REN Skincare Moroccan Rose Gold Glow Perfect Dry Oil

It’s roses, roses all the way with REN’s body treat, formulated with 100% naturally derived actives from Moroccan argan and sublime Rosa Damascena oils. Simply spritz onto skin, post-shower – and it doubles as a hair glosser, too. £26 for 100ml.

Liz Earle Superskin Treatment Oil

Superskin is one of Liz Earle’s best-loved ranges – and this nourishes dry bodies with a firming ingredient from sea algae in Brittany, alongside a nurturing blend of cranberry, rosehip seed and borage oils. Pure plant-based pampering. £35 for 100ml. 

BEST NEW PRESTIGE BRAND

The Marc Jacobs Beauty range is confidence in a palette, wand and tube

Marc Jacobs Beauty

For CEW’s voters (who include many make-up pros), Marc Jacobs’s range has performed the equivalent of zooming from zero to 60mph, thanks to innovative formulas, dense colours and brilliant brushes. 

Its covetable packaging is sleek, shiny and timeless, but as we all know, great make-up is about more than good looks – and this range is confidence in a palette, wand and tube. 

From top: Highliner Gel Eye Crayon, £20; Le Marc Lip Crème, £25, and Velvet Noir Major Volume Mascara, £20.

RUNNERS-UP 

Kat Von D Beauty

You want make-up that doesn’t budge? Who better to deliver than a celebrate tattoo artist, say CEW’s members. (Kat’s a musician, too, NB). Long-wear, high-pigment, full-coverage products deliver flawless, customisable coverage. £16-36.

Skin Laundry

This skincare line sits alongside Skin Laundry’s famously brightening, blemish-busting, collagen-boosting 15-Minute Laser & Light Facial – but can be enjoyed by those of us who haven’t got around to booking that high-tech treatment. £12-110. 

Prestige and Mass Market

We reveal the CEW Beauty Awards – Prestige and Mass Market – winners

BEST NEW CERTIFIED-ORGANIC SKINCARE PRODUCT

Pai Skincare Head To Toe Hero Buriti Balm is a softening, buttery skin fix

Pai Skincare Head To Toe Hero Buriti Balm

For the skin – and the senses. Subtly scented with vanilla, Pai uses nutrient-rich buriti oil to create a skin-softening, buttery fix for dry elbows, feet, lips and hands. Sized for handbag-friendliness, too. £20 for 50ml, paiskincare.com.

RUNNERS-UP

Bamford Restore Elixir

Just a single precious drop of this Soil Association accredited product will boost a favourite skin treat – or use it alone to take maximum advantage of the wrinkle-smoothing power of retinol, vitamin E, rosehip and ‘buzz’ cacay oils. £75 for 15ml.

Trilogy CoQ10 Booster Oil

New Zealand’s favourite ethical brand is famed for its rosehip-powered treatments. Now this takes rosehip’s skin-revitalising powers to the max, fusing a powerful Glycablend™ with potent botanicals to help defy the effects of time. £31.50 for 20ml. 

BEST NEW BEAUTY TOOL OR ACCESSORY

Tangle Teezer The Ultimate is a clever ergonomic brush

Tangle Teezer The Ultimate 

Tangle Teezer has transformed hair-brushing for millions, banishing tangles with an easy sweep. Now it is doing the same for dry-styling, declare CEW’s insiders, with its clever ergonomic brush for your smoothest-ever look. £15.

RUNNERS-UP 

The Konjac Sponge Company Mini Konjac Pore Refiner

Konjac sponges have for many of us taken over from the muslin cloth for cleansing – but this goes beyond removing make-up to help refine large pores and blackheads, offering a deep cleanse and exfoliation with built-in TLC. £6.99 for 8g.

Blotterazzi by Beautyblender

Forget all about lifting shine from skin with a ‘blotting paper’ or even a tissue: from the ‘cult’ name in make-up tools comes a mirrored compact featuring two washable ‘blotting cushions’, to soak up excess oil without disturbing make-up. £16. 

BEST NEW MEN’S GROOMING PRODUCT

The Refinery Refinery Shampoo strengthens and revives locks

The Refinery Refinery Shampoo

Once upon a time, as far as men were concerned, shampoo simply cleaned hair. Now – as fans of this offering attest – it can strengthen and revive locks, smoothing the hair cuticle to deliver shine while nourishing with vitamin B5. One to borrow, perhaps? £19 for 300ml, the-refinery.com. 

RUNNERS-UP

B Charcoal Face Scrub

It’s charcoal, charcoal, everywhere: increasingly recognised for its powers to purify, lift dead skin cells and absorb excess oils, this affordable scrub features cocoa butter and walnut shell alongside that ‘buzz’ ingredient, to buff and cleanse. £6.99 for 150ml.

Bulldog Skincare For Men Original Beard Oil

The hipster trend has made Bulldog’s Original Beard Oil one of their fastest-selling products, enriched with aloe vera, jojoba, camelina oil, green tea and borage to condition facial hair and moisturise beneath, leaving it refreshingly scented. £5.50 for 30ml.

BEST NEW WELLBEING PRODUCT

Aromatherapy Associates Inner Strength Soothing Face Oil is zen in a bottle

Aromatherapy Associates Inner Strength Soothing Face Oil

Zen in a bottle for dry and irritated skin. Yet another win for Aromatherapy Associates, this time with an intensely nourishing, soothing facial blend infused with repairing ingredients, including redness-reducing camomile. £47 for 15ml, aromatherapyassociates.com.

RUNNERS-UP

Aurelia Probiotic Skincare Botanical Cream Deodorant

Was a deo ever this pleasant to use? CEW’s judges think not. This keeps cream-to-powder formula works via kind-to-skin powdered botanicals – including shea butter, tea tree, eucalyptus, peppermint, kaolin, arrowroot, lavender and bergamot. £18 for 50g.

This Works Sleep Plus Hair Elixir

A double-whammy of a treatment: spritz through hair as part of your bedtime ritual – and while light oils of argan, jojoba and baobab restore manageability, essential oils are motion-activated to ensure a good night’s slumber. £25 for 80ml.

BEST NEW HAND, FOOT OR NAILCARE PRODUCT

Bare Feet by Margaret Dabbs Nourishing Cracked Heel Balm for Happy Feet is a softening heel fix

Bare Feet by Margaret Dabbs Nourishing Cracked Heel Balm for Happy Feet

Does anyone understand better than Margaret Dabbs that happy feet make a happy woman? Here, CEW recognises the super-podiatrist’s softening heel fix, which boasts antibacterial properties and a sense-awakening scent. £9.50 for 80ml, marksandspencer.com.

RUNNERS-UP 

Liz Earle Beauty Co Hand Repair

Liz Earle prove that it’s possible to improve on the best, having reformulated ever-popular Hand Repair to offer a new rich, silky yet sinks-in-fast texture, infused with skin-nurturing botanical extracts and powerful natural antioxidants. £21 for 150ml.

STARSKIN MAGIC HOUR Exfoliating Double-Layer Foot Mask Socks

Footcare at its most effortless: slip your feet into these foot mask socks, and allow the blend of 35 botanical ingredients (along with lactic acid) to peel away dead skin and calluses, unveiling silky-smooth and sandal-ready skin beneath. £9.99 for 50g.

CLASSIC FM’S BEAUTY HALL OF FAME

Aromatherapy Associates Deep Relax Bath and Shower Oil is an all-time great

Aromatherapy Associates Deep Relax Bath and Shower Oil 

To countless sleep-challenged fans, the Deep Relax range is already legendary. And now the tranquillity-inducing bathtime blend of vetiver, sandalwood and camomile has been acknowledged as an all-time great. Cue cheers (and the sound of snoozing). £45 for 55ml, aromatherapyassociates.com.

RUNNERS-UP 

Chanel No 5

In 1921, Gabrielle Chanel asked Ernest Beaux to create ‘a woman’s perfume with a woman’s scent’ – and ever since then, No 5 has been bewitching with its utterly feminine aldehyde-powered fusion of ylang ylang, jasmine, neroli and May rose. £52 for 35ml eau de parfum.

YSL Touche Éclat

Touch Éclat is the must-have in a gazillion make-up kits: a radiance-boosting, light-diffusing ‘magic wand’ which banishes dark circles and highlights your very best features. A Desert Island Beauty essential for several generations, now. £25.50.

BEST NEW SELF-TAN OR SUNCARE PRODUCT

St Tropez Gradual Tan Tinted Everyday Body Lotion takes the guesswork out of bronzing

St Tropez Gradual Tan Tinted Everyday Body Lotion

Taking the guesswork out of bronzing, this natural-look gradual tanner not only lets you see where you’ve applied it, but instantly blurs imperfections while illuminating and hydrating skin. £15 for 200ml.

RUNNERS-UP 

Tan-Luxe The Face

Control the exact level of faux tanning by adding a drop or two of this serum to skin for made-to-measure results. It works with your natural skintone to deliver a natural-looking glow in under 60 minutes that will last for up to a week. £35 for 30ml. 

This Works Perfect Legs Sculpt & Shine

This innovative roll-on product – blended with light-diffusing mineral powders, hyaluronic acid and natural caramel – glides onto shins and limbs to deliver a sculpting golden gleam, while algae extra instantly firms. Show-off skin in a flash. £28 for 60ml. 

THE ECO BEAUTY AWARD SPONSORED BY GIVAUDAN

The Jardin de Vie spritz collection from Weleda impressed the eco-expert judges

Weleda Jardin de Vie Fragrances Collection

The all-natural Jardin de Vie spritz collection from Weleda, a renowned name in biodynamic beauty that has been environmentally conscious since its inception in 1921, impressed the eco-expert judges with its sustainably sourced ingredients, green production methods, minimal packaging – and simply lovely scents. 

From top: Agrume, Onagre, Rose and Grenade Jardin de Vie, £19.95 each for 50ml, weleda.co.uk.

RUNNERS-UP

Neal’s Yard Remedies Wild Rose Beauty Balm

Wafting a straight-from-a-rose-garden scent with every Soil Association-certified dab, this is one of the hardest-working multi-taskers out there – great for cleansing, moisturising, as a mask, lip balm, nail treatment and more, more, more. £37 for 50g.

Stop The Water While Using Me range

These bath and body treats impressed the eco-judges with its thought-provoking ethos – making us stop and consider an increasingly precious commodity rather than taking lengthy showers or running taps while we wash hands/faces. From around £10, stop-the-water-while-using-me.com. 

BEST BRITISH BRAND 

Aromatherapy Associates has brought stillness, calm and inner strength to countless devotees

Aromatherapy Associates 

Founded in 1985, Aromatherapy Associates has brought stillness, calm and inner strength to countless devotees, with ranges designed to lead us on a sensory journey via therapeutic essential oils blended for physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. 

Keeping pace with modern life, 2017 sees the appointment of the brand’s wellbeing experts, sharing wisdom on how to lead a balanced life – and a veritable chorus line of Lalique trophies in this year’s Beauty Awards. 

Pictured: Renewing Rose Body Cream, £38 for 200ml, aromatherapyassociates.com.

RUNNERS-UP 

Charlotte Tilbury

Last year’s winner, Charlotte continues to delight A-list beauties (and the rest of us) with make-up ‘for a modern woman who is as likely to do her makeup on the run with a mobile phone in hand as she is to sit down at a vanity table.’ £5-165.

Liz Earle Beauty Co

Three cheers for Liz Earle: the quintessentially British beauty brand has earned a place on bathroom shelves and in hearts across the land, with botanically-powered, high-performance yet fuss-free skincare, haircare, bodycare and make-up. £10-70. 

*All products are available nationwide unless otherwise stated. 

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