FAQ for the Global Makeup Awards and Global Green Beauty Awards

What regions do the Global Makeup Awards cover?

The 2020 Global Makeup Awards are now open to four regions:

• UK
• ASIA (postponed until 2021 due to coronavirus)
• USA
• Scandinavia

Your brand needs to be available to buy in that country for you to enter the awards.  One brand can enter all four regions as long as their beauty products are available to purchase in all four regions.

Are the Global Green Beauty Awards open to all countries.
Yes, the Global Green Beauty Awards are open to all countries in one annual event.

How to choose what region to enter 

 - For UK awards - products entered must be available to purchase for people in the UK whether online or in store
 - For USA awards - products entered must be available to purchase for people in the USA whether online or in store
 - For ASIA awards - products entered must be available to purchase for people in Asia whether online or in store
  For Scandinavia awards - products entered must be available to purchase for people in Scandinavia whether online or in store

Does my brands product have to be launched after a certain date?

For the Global Green Beauty Awards, there are no launch date requirements.

However, for all regions of the Global Makeup Awards - products must be launched after January 2018 unless they are a brand category.  See below

Price of entry?
It costs £100 to enter one product for one category.
Or, we have a special discount of £600 to enter 6-10 products for unlimited relevant categories.

How do I pay?
You can pay online with a debit, credit card or apple pay when you have added the products to your basket via 'Enter Awards' at the top of the webpage.

If you need to pay by Bank Transfer and invoice, please just email editor@globalmakeupawards.com.  If you are an American company you can pay by wire to our American bank account, please just ask for the details

How many product samples?
We need 6 product samples for every product entered.  Product miniatures are accepted. If you are entering the same product in two different categories, we only require 6 x samples.

Where can I find the dates of the awards, when are they announced?
The dates for every region are at the top of the webpage under 'Awards Dates.'  You can find award opening dates, closing dates, deadline for samples being sent and when they will be announced

Where are the awards announced?
Awards are announced online via the ' winners' tab at the top of the webpage.  Brands who have won will be emailed to inform them of their win.  If you have not won you will not be emailed?

How do I receive my winners badge and certificate?
Winners will be sent the online winners badge soon after the awards have been announced by email.  To receive a certificate copy please email editor@globalmakeupawards.com requesting one with your address.  It will be posted for free 2-3 weeks after the awards are announced.

Usage rights for winners badge
You can use your winners badge online, TV, in print and on products and their packaging in perpetuity. 

How do I receive a perspex trophy?
A perspex trophy needs to be paid for separately at the cost of £150 for one trophy displaying one win.  Therefore, if you won two awards these would need to be printed on two seperate trophies at a cost of £150 per trophy.  Once you have been informed of your win you will be asked if you would like to purchase one, but please note there is a deadline for ordering it. 

How do I enter?
Enter via clicking 'enter awards' at the top of the page.  Add a category to your cart and write the name of the product you are entering.  You will need to send 6 product samples for every product entered.  To enter more than one product add different categories yo your cart.

How are winners chosen?
Products are judged by a panel of 6 judges from the beauty industry.  To keep the awards fair we do not disclose their identity.  Products are judged on their product efficacy. 

Who are the judges?
​We keep the identities of the judges private to keep the awards fair and not biased.

How do I guarantee a win?
There is no way to guarantee a win in the awards as the products are judged solely and independently by the judges with the judging criteria being product efficacy.
Tips - entering more products for different categories will increase the exposure of your products to the judges and mean that your product has more opportunities to win.  However, we cannot guarantee any wins in the Global Makeup Awards or the Global Green Beauty Awards. If the product is not judged by the judges as a gold, silver or bronze winner, then unfortunately you have not won. It is therefore important that you enter a competitive product which has excellent results and is likely to impress the judges.

How do I enter Editor's Choice Award?
Any brand who enters a product into the Global Makeup Awards or Global Green Beauty Awards is automatically entered into the Editor's Choice Award.  Here the favourites of the Editor are announced and could be products that haven't won a specific category which they entered for.

I'm a blogger, can I enter?
Unfortunately we do not have categories relevant for beauty bloggers yet.  For the moment the Global Makeup Awards and the Global Green Beauty Awards,  we are only open for brands with products.