The three British Jury prizes are: Best Beauty Care, Best Make-up across makeup, skin, hair and bodycare and Best Ethical Product. All of the British Jury prizes were selected by a panel of the UK’s best beauty journalists, including Marie Claire’s beauty and style director, Lisa Oxenham.
(Picture shows (l-r) Christine Bleakley, Richard Johnstone, Marie Claire publishing director, Trish Halpin, Marie Claire editor-in-chief, Nicole Waudby, Marie Claire advertising director.)
Lisa Oxenham will also chair a panel of independent beauty editors and writers to judge the British winner of the inaugural Marie Claire International Fragrance Awards. The winner will be the fragrance that is judged to have the best scent, bottle and innovation and creativity of all fragrances launched in the last year. Marie Claire’s August issue will feature the international winners and the British winner.
Richard Johnstone, Marie Claire publishing director, says: “The UK Prix d’Excellence awards have quickly established themselves with readers and retailers alike as an authoritative and trusted arbiter of beauty. I am very pleased that this year we will be evolving the awards with The Marie Claire Fragrance Awards, which will become an anticipated event on the beauty calendar.”
Trish Halpin, editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, says: “At Marie Claire our message to women is ‘Think Smart, Look Amazing’ and all the winning products and innovations play a role in helping to communicate that philosophy.”
British Jury prizes
Best Beauty Care
Olay Regenerist 3 Point Super Serum
Highly commended
L’Oréal Paris Youthcode
La Prairie White Caviar Illuminating Serum
Skinceuticals Pigment Regulator
Best Make-up
YSL Rouge Pur Couture Lipstick
Highly commended
Garnier Youthful Radiance 2 In 1 Tinted Eye Roll On Concealer
Burberry make-up range
Chanel Rouge Coco Lipstick
Best Ethical
Clarins Gentle Beauty Soap
Highly commended
L’Oréal Professionnel Série Nature Range
Une make-up range
Aveda Control Force Firm Hold Hairspray
From organic formulas and carbon-offsetting programmes to community trade initiatives and recycled packaging, the Best Ethical category is specially created to recognise products that successfully combine ethical values with a stylish edge.
The awards were held in the Ballroom at Claridge’s.
Prix d’Excellence De La Beauté honours beauty products considered by an international panel to be the very cream of those launched in the last year. Comprised of Marie Claire beauty editors from around the world as well as independent experts from the cosmetics industry, this panel is deemed perfectly situated to critique each product for qualities ranging from innovation to efficacy. This year, they have chosen eight products to receive this prestigious award, each raising the bar with their groundbreaking technology and intelligent design.
The World’s Best Beauty Products are:
• Clinique Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector
• Lancôme Teint Miracle Foundation
• Guerlain Abeille Royale Youth Serum
• Roc Sublime Energy range
• Garnier Ambre Solaire Golden Protect Oil SPF30
