Winners announced for the P&G Beauty & Grooming Awards

The seventh annual P&G Beauty & Grooming Awards took place last night (2 June) at BAFTA. The awards were created by P&G Beauty & Grooming to reward the talented and creative within the beauty and grooming industry, and to continue to demonstrate its commitment and passion to the UK Beauty and Grooming sector.


This year the awards were hosted by TV presenter George Lamb and guest who attended included editors, publishers, and potential award-winning beauty and grooming journalists and bloggers. Also present were key industry figures and this year’s judging panel representing the world of beauty, style, fashion and literature. The expert panel for 2011 comprised: Professor Louise Wilson OBE (MA Fashion Course Director, Central Saint Martins); Maggie Alderson (ex-editor of ELLE, ES Magazine and Best Selling Author); Kim Hunt (Creative Director and Writer); and Marie Helvin (Model and Author).

The Winners are:

1. Best Grooming Blog or Online Editorial Journalist
Winner: Chris Beastall - Apetogentleman.com
Nominees 1: Lee Kynaston - Groomingguru.co.uk
Nominees 2: James York - Blokely.com

2. Best Beauty & Grooming Journalist on a National, Supplement or Freesheet Publication
Winner: Beatrice Aidin - Financial Times
Nominees 1: Joanna McGarry - Stylist
Nominees 2: Sarah Jane Corfield Smith - Fabulous

3. Best Independent Beauty Blog
Winner Sophie Beresiner - Sophie Feels Better
Nominees 1: Emma Hill - Emmahill.net
Nominees 2: Josephine Fairley - The Scent Critic

4. Best Beauty Journalist on a Weekly Magazine
Winner: Rachel Gilbert - More
Nominees 1: Samantha Freedman - Look
Nominees 2: Poppy Lara - More

5. Best Visual Styling of a Beauty or Grooming Feature
Winner: Adrian Clark - Shortlist Mode
Nominees 1: Joanna McGarry - Stylist
Nominees 2: Susanna Cohen - Marie Claire

6. Best Grooming Journalist
Winner: Eric Down - Men’s Health
Nominees 1: Jess Punter - GQ
Nominees 2: Ange Hughes - FHM

7. Best Beauty Journalist on a Monthly Magazine
Winner: Alice Ripman - InStyle
Nominees 1: Emine Ali Rushton - Zest
Nominees 2: Cassie Steer - Marie Claire

8. Best Online Beauty Journalist
Winner: Jess Hogan - vogue.com
Nominees 1 Claire Coleman - dailymail.co.uk
Nominees 2: Rose Beer - graziadaily.co.uk

9. The Industry Choice
Winner: Newby Hands
Nominees 1: Nicola Moulton
Nominees 2: Alice Hart-Davis

10. Rising Star
Winner: Sarah Jossel - Glamour

Shortlist launches pop-up shop and names Grooming Awards winners 2011

The Shortlist Grooming Awards 2011 took place earlier this week. This years awards took place at Harrods in Knightsbridge and were presided over by the following judges: Catherine Bossom, Roja Dove, David Gandy, Fadi El Rachdi, Annalise Quest, James Read, Johnnie Sapong, Ahmed Zambarakji and Adrian Clark. To coincide with the awards, Shortlist has opened a pop-up shop in Harrods, where customers will be able to buy the award-winning products from the shop until 26 February. David Gandy was named as the 'The Face of Today' at the ceremony and is pictured above collecting the award with Marigay McKee, Fashion & Beauty Director or Harrods, and Adrian Clark, Style Director of Shortlist. Here is a list of winners:

Best New Men’s Fragrance -
Chanel – Bleu De Chanel Eau De Toilette Pour Homme

Best New Men’s Hair Care -
Kerastase Homme – Capital Force Daily Treatment Shampoo (Anti-Dandruff Effect)

Best New Grooming Gadget -
Philips – Senso Touch 3-D Electric Shaver

Best Men’s Body Maintenance Product -
Right Guard – Xtreme Silver Antibacterial Anti-Perspirant
Best New Men’s Anti-Ageing Product -
Clinique – Repairwear Laser Focus Wrinkle Uv Damage Corrector

Best New Shaving Product -
Nivea For Men – Cool Kick (Arctic Freeze) 2-In-1 Wash & Shave Gel

Best Eye Care Product -
L’Oreal Paris Men Expert – Hydra Energetic Ice Cool Eye Roll-On

Best Classic Men’s Fragrance -
Hermes– Terre D’hermes Eau De Toilette

Best Men’s Body Wash/Scrub -
Molton Brown – Re-Charge Black Pepper Body Wash

Best Razor Or Shaver -
Gillette – Fusion Power Gamer

Best Men’s Moisturiser Or Serum -
Nubo – Cell Dynamic The Essence

Best New Men’s Hair Styling/Grooming Product -
Vo5 – Extreme Style Matt Wax

Best Niche Fragrance -
Creed – Aventus Eau De Parfum

Best Men’s Facial Cleanser/Exfoliator -
Lab Series Skincare For Men – Multi-Action Face Wash

Best Suncare Product -
Lancaster – Sun Sport Multi-Protection Water + Sweat Resist Express Mist

Best Shaving Preparation -
Clarins Men – Skin Difference
Honorary Awards

Best New Men’s Grooming Range - Kings

Grooming Innovation Award 2011 - Wilkinson Sword – Hydro 5 Razor

‘Every Man Should Have One’ - Acqua Di Parma – Colonia Eau De Cologne

The Face of Today - David Gandy

FHM Grooming Awards names winners

The December issue of Bauer Media's men's lifestyle brand FHM includes the results of the annual FHM Grooming Awards. Now in its eleventh year, the awards are voted for entirely by FHM readers. The response to the awards was included 54,000 votes cast, showing the importance of grooming to the readership. FHM currently has 1.2 million readers, 1.3 million unique users and 100,000 facebook friends. The winners are:

Best Classic Fragrance: Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male
Best New Fragrance: Diesel Only the Brave
Best Hair Care Range: Head & Shoulders
Best Professional Hair Care Range: American Crew
Best Styling Range: VO5 Extreme Style
Best Post Shave Product: Nivea For Men
Best Electric Shaver: Braun
Best Wet Shave Product: Gillette Series
Best Razor: Gillette Fusion Phenomenon
Best Grooming Tool: Philips BodyGroom
Best Designer Skincare: Clinique Skin Supplies For Men
Best Skincare Range: Nivea For Men
Best Deodorant: Right Guard

GQ announces 2011 Grooming Award Winners

GQ has announced the winners of the third annual GQ Grooming Awards 2011. Judged by a panel of styling experts, this year’s awards include three new categories; Best New Tanning Product, Best New Target Hair Solution and Fragrance Launch of the Decade. The Awards were announced at a special breakfast at Harvey Nichols today (5 October). All winning products are featured in more detail in the November 2010 issue of GQ, on sale from Thursday 7 October. The winners are listed here:

BEST IN BODY

New Body Product
Body Moisture Spray by Clarins

New Tanning Product
Facial Fuel Healthy Bronze by Kiehl’s

New Suncare Product
Broad Spectrum facial sunscreen SPF50+ by Sisley

BEST IN FRAGRANCE

New Fragrance
Grey Vetiver by Tom Ford

New Bottle Design
Winner Bang by Marc Jacobs

Fragrance Launch of the Decade
Terre D’Hermès by Hermès

BEST IN FACE

New Moisturiser
Hydramax + active nutrition nourishing cream by Chanel

New Target Solution
Hydra Energetic ice-cool eye roll-on by L’Oréal Paris Menexpert

New Anti-Ageing Product
Cold Plasma by Perricone MD

New Cleanser or Scrub
Açaí texture-perfecting cleanser by Kiehl’s

BEST IN SHAVING

New Shaving Gel or Cream
Sake-infused shave creme for sensitive skin by Kyoku

New Shaving Balm
Energising aftershave moisturiser by Gilette

BEST IN HAIR

New Shampoo
Quenching shampoo by Bumble and bumble

New Styling Product
Microweb Fiber by Sebastien

New Target Hair Solution
Stimuliste by Kérastase

GQ.COM Reader’s Award

Favourite All-Time Fragrance
Boss Bottled by Hugo Boss

Favourite Grooming Range
Nivea for Men

Winners of the P&G Beauty and Grooming Awards announced

The sixth annual P&G Beauty & Grooming Awards took place last night at Sketch. Created by P&G Beauty & Grooming, the awards were created to reward the talented and creative within the beauty and grooming world, and to further demonstrate their commitment to the UK beauty and grooming industry. 350 guests were in attendance including editors, publishers, and potential award-winning beauty and grooming journalist themselves. Also present were key industry figures and this year’s distinguished judging panel representing the world of beauty and grooming, style, photography, literature and the digital sector. The expert industry panel comprised of Richard Young (Photographer) JMaskrey (Crystal jewellery & fashion designer and make up artist), Lisa Jewell (Author), Graham Barber (Gentlemen’s Tonic), Tiger Savage (Creative Director), Sushma Sagar (Retail Marketing Manager, Ben Sherman) and Andre Schmidt (Bundle Tech).

THE BEAUTY & GROOMING AWARDS 2009 – WINNERS & RUNNERS UP:

1. Best Grooming Journalist of a Weekly, National or Supplement – print / online
WINNER Rebecca Howard, Sunday Telegraph ST Men’s Style
Runner up Adrian Clark, Shortlist
Runner up Beatrice Aidin, FT 2.

2. Best Visual Styling of a Beauty Feature – print / online
WINNER Newby Hands, Harpers Bazaar
Runner up Liz Hambleton, Grazia
Runner up Susanna Cohen, Marie Claire

3. Best Beauty / Grooming Photographer (voted for by press)
WINNER Michael Thompson

4. Best Practical Piece – print / online
WINNER David Morton, Men’s Health
Runner up Poppy Lara, More
Runner up Vicci Bentley, Easy Living

5. Best Newcomer – print / online
WINNER Hayley Thatcher, Men’s Fitness
Runner up Jessica Hough, Look
Runner up Poppy Lara, More

6. Best Make Up Artist (voted for by press)
WINNER Pat McGrath

7. Best Beauty Journalist of a National or Supplement – print
WINNER Emma Hill, Sunday Times Style
Runner up Rebecca Howard, Daily Mail
Runner up Claire Coleman, Daily Mail

8. Wella Professionals: Best Trend Inspired Hair Feature (NEW)
WINNER Kelly Gilbert, Vogue
Runner up Sally Hillman, Sugar
Runner up Sarah Jane Corfield Smith, Fabulous

9. Best Beauty / Grooming Blogger (NEW)
WINNER Lollipop 26
Runner up Clare Dover, Brighter Sparks Blog
Runner up Lee Kynaston, Grooming Guru

10. Best Beauty Journalist of a Weekly Title – print
WINNER Charmian Harris, NOW
Runner up Emma Smith, Stylist
Runner up Annabel Jones, Grazia

11. Best Beauty/Grooming Feature – print / online
WINNER Henry Farrar-Hockley, Esquire
Runner up Suzanne Duckett, Good Housekeeping
Runner up Ahmed Zambarakji, Attitude

12. Best Visual Styling of a Grooming Feature – print / online
WINNER Garth Spencer, GQ Style
Runner up Adrian Clark, Shortlist
Runner up David Morton, Men’s Health

13. Best Celebrity Piece within a Weekly Title – print
WINNER Daniela Ballenca, Closer
Runner up Georgia Goodall, Reveal
Runner up Sophie Beresiner, Look

14. Best Hair Stylist/Caolourist (voted for by press)
WINNER Josh Wood

15. Best Grooming Journalist of a Monthly Consumer Glossy – print
WINNER Ahmed Zambarakji, Attitude
Runner up Jess Punter, FHM
Runner up Rebecca Howard, Brummell

16. Best Beauty Journalist of a Monthly Consumer Glossy – print
WINNER Alice Hart-Davis, Red
Runner up Justine Knight, Psychologies
Runner up Newby Hands, Harpers Bazaar