CEW (UK) 2011 Beauty Awards winners announced

The CEW (UK) 2011 Beauty Awards took place last week at the InterContinental Park Lane in London. A total of 304 products in 24 categories competed for the awards this year. All 25 winners were voted for by over 600 CEW (UK) members. CEW (UK) President, Caroline Neville, said: “The awards were established to recognise innovation in the beauty industry and are highly significant. Having third party endorsement from CEW adds authenticity to the product. The Awards are a launch pad for new brands and give much deserved recognition to cult classics. We wish all winning brands success.”

CEW (UK) 2011 Beauty Awards - Winners

Mass Categories:
Best New Bath and Body Product - Mass
The Sanctuary - Ultra Rich Body Butter

Best New Haircare/Styling/Colouring Product – Mass
Batiste - Dry Shampoo Fresh

Best New Everyday Facial Skincare Product – Mass
Dr Organic - Organic Rose Otto Facial Serum

Best New Skincare Treatment Product –Mass
Lanolips - 101 Ointment

Best New Make-up Product – Mass
RapidLash – RapidLash Eyelash Enhancing Serum

Best Classic Beauty Product – Mass
Bio-Oil - Bio-Oil

Best New Men’s Grooming Product – Mass
NIVEA FOR MEN - Q10 Revitalising Gel

Best New Brand – Mass
Dr Organic
Lanolips

Prestige Categories:
Best New Bath and Body Product – Prestige
Balance Me - Rose Otto Body Wash

Best New Haircare/Styling Product –Prestige
Liz Earle Naturally Active Haircare - Botanical Shine Shampoo

Best New Everyday Facial Skincare Product – Prestige
Clarins - Multi-Active Day Early Wrinkle Correction Cream

Best New Skincare Treatment Product – Prestige
Estée Lauder - Advanced Night Repair Eye Synchronized Complex

Best New Make-up Product – Face - Prestige
NARS Cosmetics - Orgasm Illuminator

Best New Make-up Product – Eyes or Lips - Prestige
Chanel - Rouge Coco Hydrating Crème Lip Colour

Best Classic Beauty Product – Prestige
Eve Lom – Cleanser

Best New Women’s Fragrance – Prestige
Chloé - Love, Chloé

Best New Men’s Fragrance - Prestige
Chanel - Bleu de Chanel Eau de Toilette

Best New Men’s Grooming Product – Prestige
Shiseido - For Men Skin Empowering Cream

Best New Brand – Prestige
Emma Hardie Amazing Face

Mass or Prestige Categories:
Best New Certified Organic Skincare Product – Mass or Prestige
Balance Me - Super Oil with Juniper and Bergamot

Best New Self Tan or Sun Care Product – Mass or Prestige
Elizabeth Arden - Eight Hour Cream Sun Defense for Face SPF 50

Best New Hand and Nail Care Product - Mass or Prestige
All for Eve - Swarovski Crystal Nail File

Best British Brand –Mass or Prestige
Liz Earle Naturally Active Skincare

Best Iconic Beauty Product – Mass or Prestige
Elizabeth Arden - Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant

Cosmetics & Perfumery Retailers' Association (COPRA) winners announced

The Cosmetics & Perfumery Retailers' Association (COPRA) held its annual lunch yesterday (11 May) and also presented coveted COPRA Awards. The awards were presented to:

Best New Premium Skincare Product/Range:
Clinique Repairwear Laser Focus wrinkle and UV Damage Corrector
Runners up:
Clarins Vital Light Day Cream
Clinique Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector

Best New Premium Cosmetic Product/Range:
Chanel Particuliere Nail Colour
Runners up:
Lancome Teint Miracle Fresh Foundation Veil SPF 15
YSL Rouge Couture Pur Couture Lipsticks

Best New Male Fragrance:
Chanel Bleu de Chanel
Runners up:
Ralph Lauren Big Pony Collection
Boss Bottled Night

Best New Male Fragrance in Limited Distribution:
Creed Aventus
Runners up:
Penhaligon’s Sartorial
Acqua Di Parma Essenza

Best New Female Fragrance in Limited Distribution:
Van Cleef and Arpels Oriens
Runners up:
Vivienne Westwood Naughty Alice
Balenciaga, Balenciaga Paris

Look Magazine Award for Best New Female Fragrance:
Paco Rabanne Lady Million
Runners up:
Gucci Guilty
Chloe Love Chloe
Caroline Herrera 212 VIP
YSL Belle D’Opium
Thierry Mugler Womanity
Calvin Klein Beauty
Givenchy Eua Demoiselle

Suppliers Service Award:
Laura Mercier

The Gordon Whitehead Award:
Ken Lamacraft - Ken Lamacraft Marketing

ecoTOOLS appoints Lauren Parsons as official make-up artist

Lauren Parsons has been appointed as the official make-up artist of environmentally minded beauty accessories brand ecoTOOLS.

After training at Glauca Rossi School of Make-up, Lauren assisted make-up artist Hannah Murray for three years where she worked with photographers Patrick Demarchlier and Mario Testino before going it alone. She currently works with photographers such as Alasdair McClellan and Boo George as well as models including Alice Dellal, Lily Donaldson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Jaime Winstone. Lauren was named as one to watch in 2011 by VOGUE and has recently worked on campaigns for Liberty of London, McQ and Anya Hindmarch.

National Make-Up Awards for Make-Up Artists announces winners

The first National Make-Up Awards for Make-Up Artists took place yesterday at the Professional Beauty Show in ExCel London. The ceremony gives recognition to the UK’s leading Make-Up Artists in all areas of the industry, including Beauty, Film, TV, Editorial, Advertising, Studio, Retail and Salon. The judging panel was made up of experts including Jackie Tyson, Daniel Sandler, Carol Churchill, Linda Key, Sandra Exelby and Christine Vidler.

The overall winner was Professional Make-Up Artist - Lan Nguyen. Lan has worked on editorials and shows for London Fashion Week with clients such as L’Oreal, Toni&Guy, Wella, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Grazia, ELLE, Telegraph, Express newspapers and with various celebrities including Sabrina Washington, Kimberley Wyatt and Michelle Williams. Here is a complete list of the winners:

Overall Winner - Professional Make-Up Artist @ Professional Beauty 2011
Winner - Lan Nguyen

Professional Make-Up Artist Category:

Best Make-Up for Editorial
Winner - Ruby Hammer
Runner-up - Kym Menzies

Best Make-Up for Advertising
Winner - Emma Norris
Runner–up - Rakhee Shah

Best Make-Up for On Screen
Winner - Emily - Jane Williams
Runner-up - Silvia Pinzaglia

Best Make-Up for a Studio Shoot
Winner - Lan Nguyen
Runner-up - Zukreat Nazir

Retail On Counter Make-Up Artist Category
Winner - Shabana Dhadda - Benefit
Runner-up - Eoin Whelan - Giorgio Armani

Salon Make-Up Artist Category
Winner - Sherry Hassan - Gloss Hair & Make Up
Runner-up - Lauren Thatcher - The Belmore Centre

Student Make-Up Artist Category
Winner - Becky Marks - Swindon College
Runner-up - Suzanna Forrister - Thanet College

New Bespoke Permanent Make-Up Boutique has launched in the UK

Practitioner and media spokesperson, Tracie Giles, has just launched her new semi permanent make-up boutique to the UK this month. Set in the heart of Knightsbridge, all treatments are bespoke and tailor-made to the individual. Tracie Giles and her skilled team provide the best in semi permanent make-up and offer an array of treatments including the 3D Brow Treatment; a signature treatment to Tracie Giles where eyebrows are rejuvenated and transformed with strokes of pigment infused into the skin that ‘mimic’ that of brow hair. Other highly acclaimed beauty enhancements include the Eyelash Definer where micro dots of pigment are infused into the lash line to give the appearance of fuller lashes, and the popular Gloss and Go lip treatment which is a clever way to subtly define the lip with a graduated flush of colour. Treatments can be undertaken by Tracie Giles herself or one of her Senior Linergist’s. Using unique and exclusive technology, Tracie Giles provides non invasive treatments which claim to boost, rejuvenate and define. Treatments can last up to nine months and prices start from £395.00 with a Tracie Giles Linergist and from £795.00 with Tracie herself.

National Make-Up Awards for Make-Up Artists and National Beauty Blogging Event launches next year

On 28 February 2011, the UK’s first National Make-Up Awards for Make-Up Artists will take place live at the Professional Beauty Show at ExCel London. The inaugural National Make-Up Awards will give recognition to the UK’s leading Make-Up Artists in the UK beauty industry. Candidates can select from four different categories, including Professional Make-Up Artists, Retail On Counter Make-Up Artists, Salon Make-Up Artists and Talented Student Make-Up Artists. In addition, Professional Make-Up Artists can select from four sub-categories to enter, including Best Make-Up for Editorial, Best Make-Up for Advertising, Best Make-Up for On Screen and Best Make-Up for a Studio Shoot. For further information on how you or a colleague can enter, please email: info@nationalmakeupawards.com or visit the website: www.nationalmakeupawards.com to download an entry form. The deadline to enter is Friday 24 December 2010.

The coincide with the event, the National Beauty Blogging Event will be taking place at the Professional Beauty Show at ExCel London from 10am – 4pm. This event is exclusive for UK Beauty Bloggers. The event will include a series of beauty demonstrations from the Beauty Experts in 20 or 40 minute slots. Beauty brands will also have the opportunity to showcase new launches and product previews at the National Beauty Blogging Event.

Joan Smalls announced as new face of Estée Lauder

Estée Lauder has today announced that it has signed Puerto Rican model Joan Smalls as a new face of Estée Lauder for cosmetics and skincare. Joan will debut in the global advertising campaigns beginning May 2011.

Joan is the third new model Estée Lauder has signed this year, following the signing of Constance Jablonski and Liu Wen in April. She has appeared on the catwalks in New York, Paris and Milan, for designers including Marc Jacobs, Prada, Gucci, Jil Sander, Derek Lam, Givenchy and Louis Vuitton as well as appearing in editorials in the American, French, German and Italian editions of Vogue.

New beauty magazine launches next year with Alice Hart-Davis as editor

New You is a new glossy aspirational beauty magazine launching in April 2011. New You is subtitled “The Future of Beauty” and will cover all aspects of beauty from cosmetics and skincare, via make-up and haircare, nutrition and wellbeing, facials and non-surgical aesthetic improvements, to cosmetic surgery and cosmetic dentistry. Editorial will focus on delivering the latest, most authoritative views on beauty along with the products, procedures and technologies that can help people slow down the ageing clock.

Editorial will be supported by an expert advisory panel of top names in the aesthetic beauty business, including cosmetic surgeon Rajiv Grover, president-elect of BAAPS (British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery), dermatologist Dr Susan Mayou (director for the British Cosmetic Dermatology Group), Dr Mike Comins (President of the British Association of Cosmetic Doctors), nutritionist Ian Marber, leading beautician Nichola Joss and top hairdressers Richard Ward and Jo Hansford.

The magazine will be quarterly and will be targeted 35-55 year-olds. It will have a print run of 35,000 copies and have a targeted, high-end distribution that includes private hospitals and clinics, five-star hotels, beauty salons and health clubs. News-stand distribution, through CoMag, will be through WH Smith and Waitrose. The UK publisher is Alison Hargreaves, PR and marketing consultant across the board, and was creative consultant of the existing American publication which is now expanding to the UK. Awards winning beauty journalist, Alice Hart-Davis has been appointed editor and writes for publications including the Daily Mail, The Times, Red, Marie Claire and The Evening Standard. She is an author (with her teenage daughter Molly) of Be Beautiful: every girl’s guide to hair, skin and make-up (Walker Books) and creator of the Good Things skincare range.

Winner of Britain's Next Top Model named as the face of Revlon

Tiffany Pisani was last night named as Britain's Next Top Model and the face of Revlon's Autumn/Winter campaign. Tiffany was named the winner in a live show and will follow in the footsteps of host Elle McPherson when she represents Revlon from November. There will be in-store appearances in London and Manchester to demonstrate the new products and for Tiffany to meet the people who voted for her. The new collection is priced between £6.29 and £7.99. Store appearances are listed below:

29 October - Superdrug Trafford Centre
30 October - Superdrug Westfield
5 November - Boots Sedley Place
6 November - Boots Trafford Centre

Frontcover Cosmetics and Sapphires Model Management launch model search

Frontcover Cosmetics has teamed up with Sapphires Model Management to find the next face of the brand. The winner will get a modelling contract, a hair makeover, and a first job posing for the next branding photoshoot for Frontcover, with images appearing on the packaging of the make-up on sale in Boots in 2011. The judging panel includes; fashion illustrator, designer and writer, Daisy de Villeneuve who has clients including Vogue, Elle Decoration, Nylon, Colette and Browns Focus. Daisy has exhibited in group shows worldwide and solo shows at London’s Fashion and Textile Museum and Liberty; Celebrity Hairdresser of the Year and This Morning’s makeover expert Jamie Stevens; and Lauretta Roberts, digital development director of online fashion and style forecaster, WGSN and founder of the WGSN Global Fashion Awards. Applications should be made online at www.frontcovercosmetics.com and the closing date is Friday 25 October.

bellápierre’s high-street debut in House of Fraser

bellápierre mineral make-up has announced its high-street debut and launch in House of Fraser. The chosen venue for bellápierre’s high street debut is House of Fraser’s Oxford Street store. The brand will launch in-store on Sunday 11 July before rolling out to a further 17 stores nationwide and online. As one of the fastest growing mineral make-up companies in the world, bellápierre is the perfect brand to expand House of Fraser’s current beauty offering. The addition of the range will provide customers with a new concept in cosmetics. With unrivalled versatility and variety of products bellapierre is positioned as a highly on-trend, ‘catwalk style’ mineral make-up brand. bellápierre work alongside several celebrity make-up artists and as a result the brand is gaining a loyal celebrity following. Latest fans include Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Helena Bonham Carter, Myleene Klass and Martine McCutcheon. Bellápierre mineral make-up contains 100% minerals – no talc, bismuth oxychloride or any other chemicals/harmful ingredients. The range is recommended by dermatologists and offers complete coverage for all skin types.