Forget your usual beauty awards that announce crap like roll-on foundations as being the best thing since airbrushing or Maybelline’s ‘no lash’ (you know the one) as the greatest mascara since falsies were invented.
The CEW (UK) Awards are the real deal and deserve the respect they’re granted within the industry.
Here are the winners for 2011…
Best New Bath and Body Product: Mass Market
Sanctuary Ultra Rich Body Butter (£10.20)
Best New Haircare/Styling/Colouring Product: Mass Market
Batiste Dry Shampoo Fresh (£2.25)
Best New Everyday Facial Skincare Product: Mass Market
Dr. Organic Rose Otto Facial Serum (£12.29)
Best New Skincare Treatment Product: Mass Market
Lanolips 101 Ointment (£11.00)
Best New Make-up Product: Mass Market
Rapidlash Eyelash Enhancing Serum (£40.84)
Best Classic Beauty Product: Mass Market
Bio-Oil (from £5.45)
Best New Men’s Grooming Product: Mass Market
Nivea For Men Q10 Revitalising Gel (£10.99)
Best New Brand: Mass Market
JOINT WINNERS: Lanolips & Dr. Organic
Best New Bath and Body Product: Prestige Market
Balance Me Rose Otto Body Wash (£12.25)
Best New Haircare/Styling Product: Prestige Market
Liz Earle Naturally Active Haircare Botanical Shine Shampoo (£7.65)
Best New Everyday Facial Skincare Product: Prestige Market
Clarins Multi Active Day Early Wrinkle Correction Cream (£38.00)
Best New Skincare Treatment Product: Prestige Market
Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Synchronized Complex (£35.00)
Best New Make-up Product – Face: Prestige Market
NARS Orgasm Illuminator (£21.50)
Best New Make-up Product Eyes or Lips: Prestige Market
Chanel Rouge Coco Hydrating Creme Lip Colour (£21.50)
Best Classic Beauty Product: Prestige Market
Eve Lom Cleanser (from £30.00)
Best New Woman’s Fragrance: Prestige Market
Chloe – Love, Chloe (from £38.50)
Best New Men’s Fragrance: Prestige Market
Chanel – Bleu de Chanel Eau de Toilette (from £42.89)
Best New Men’s Grooming Product: Prestige Market
Shiseido For Men Skin Empowering Cream (£85.00)
Best New Brand: Prestige Market
Emma Hardie Amazing Face (from £10)
Best New Certified Organic Skincare Product: Mass or Prestige Market
Balance Me Super Oil With Juniper and Bergamot (£20.00)
Best New Self Tan or Suncare Product: Mass or Prestige Market
Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream Sun Defence for Face SPF50 (£15.00)
Best British Brand: Mass or Prestige Market
Liz Earle Naturally Active Skincare
Best New Hand or Nail Product: Mass or Prestige Market
All for Eve Swarovski Crystal Nail File (£12.95)
Best Iconic Beauty Product: Mass or Prestige Market
Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant (£25.00)
Predictably, I’m delighted to see Lanolips do so well (both as a product and a brand) but a few other personal favs include the Liz Earle Naturally Active Haircare Botanical Shine Shampoo and Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream Sun Defence for Face SPF50 – both of which have been previously reviewed on the blog if you’re interested in discovering what (I think) makes them so good!
Keep an eye out for the finalist and winner seals on the products, shelves and websites to discover the CEW favs!
You can also read more about CEW and the awards by clicking through to this Superdrug page which goes into greater details about the processes behind the esteemed recommendations.
Did any of your favourites make the cut?
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What were the terrible awards you aluded to above? I remember reading about them but for the life of me I can’t remember.
LOL…roll on foundation, really?! Does it come with a stirring stick, masking tape, and a pan?
I still remember your post on the roll on foundation..
I have to hand it to these awards for actually choosing products that WORK and not just giving the award to those who have cult status for no good reason.
On another slightly unrelated note, I have been trying to find Lanolips in Boots for AGES. I nearly wet myself when I saw them in Boots Westfield the other week. And I came across them totally by accident (jeez, that could really read wrong..) because I was mooching around the Too Faced section and lamenting the loss of Urban Decay. I can’t remember why I didn’t buy one actually but that will be rectified the next time I’m there!