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Winners Revealed

The winners of Pure Beauty Awards 2019 were revealed at a rebel punk-themed ceremony last night hosted by TV presenter, actor and writer Layne Redman. The awards, now in their 18th year, attracted a record number of entries from brands across every category, making for an exciting evening filled with anticipation. With the standard of entries at an all-time high, the Pure Beauty judging panel had the difficult task of narrowing down the shortlist, before the public cast their votes to decide the winners.

Thank you to everyone who attended the event and in particular to all the sponsors and partners of this year’s awards. To view all of the winners, please follow the link to cosmeticsbusiness.com.

The awards

This year, eight new categories were introduced to reflect a shift in trends within the sector, including: Best New Beauty Supplement, Best New Beauty Accessory or Brush, Best New Wellness Product, Best New Inclusive Skin Care Product, Best New Inclusive Hair Product, Best New Inclusive Make-up Product, Best New Vegan Innovation and Best New Retailer’s Own Label Product.

The evening was full of highlights with prizes offered from Toni & Guy, GlossyBox, AEOS and London Grace. Plus partners Momentous, INANCH and AOFMPro provided pre-event punk makeovers at the networking reception. Keep an eye out for the 2020 edition coming soon to your inbox.

If you need any assistance with the voting process, please contact: purebeauty@hpcimedia.com or call +44 (0) 207 193 6862.

“We had a wonderful evening celebrating with the winners and meeting new people from the industry.”
Catherine Womersley, Beauty Buyer, House of Fraser

Previous awards

The 2018 winners were announced at a sparkling midnight-garden themed ceremony hosted by radio DJ and presenter Vick Hope on 25 October at the Savoy hotel in London. The awards were a complete sell-out with over 350 industry guests from premium, mass and niche beauty brands and the UK’s leading UK beauty buyers, including ASOS, Harrods, QVC, FeelUnique and The Fragrance Shop.

Popular high street names also joined in with the celebrations with both Boots and Superdrug winning awards for their own-brand products and leading retailer Asda scooping the award for Best New Retailer’s own product.

Other popular retailers on the guest list included Space NK, Oliver Bonas, River Island, Button & Wilde as well as e-retailer Feelunique.

There were 39 awards categories in total for 2018, including Best New British Brand and Best New International Breakthrough Brand, which were sponsored by Cygnia.

Leading specialty chemical distributor Univar sponsored the Organic and Natural categories for 2018 and presented awards to winners including Konjac Sponge Company, Pretty Athletic and Natura Siberica.

A host of celebrities joined in with the night’s proceedings. The Saturdays’ Rochelle Humes scooped the silver award for Best New Make-up Base Product with her HIGlow High Intensity Glow Drops.

“It was a fabulous event, so beautifully and tastefully put together and we shared a table with great people.”
Adele Watkins, Managing Director, Aroma Works

Sponsor – Exhibit – Goody Bag

There are many ways to get your brand and products noticed by key industry professionals at the Pure Beauty Awards from sponsoring to submitting a product to our plastic free and sustainable goody bag. Get in touch with Trystan Hurley on trystanh@hpcimedia.com or telephone +44 (0) 207 193 6862 to find out about sponsorship opportunities available.

2019 Sponsors and Partners

Venue: 8 Northumberland Avenue

8 Northumberland Avenue is located only a stone’s throw away from Trafalgar Square, making it London’s most central Venue. Exceptional public transport links from all directions ensure that your guests will always arrive and depart with ease.The mixture of classic Victorian architecture and cutting-edge technology compliments a variety of occasion events.

Address: 8 Northumberland Ave, Westminster, London WC2N 5BY

“Another excellent awards evening. The venue was excellent as usual, the food was wonderful and it all ran very smoothly – we really enjoyed ourselves.” James Sutton, Founder, Butterflies Healthcare

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Contact us

The Pure Beauty Awards team can be reached on +44 (0) 207 193 9279 or purebeauty@hpcimedia.com. Send award entry product samples to: HPCi Media, Pure Beauty Awards, Natraj Building The Tanneries, 55 Bermondsey St, London SE1 3XG, UK.