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Dan's hot picks from the 2021 Scandinavia Global Makeup Awards

2/9/2022

Dan's must-haves of award winning S-Beauty Brands

ounders Formula with the their marvallous Australian Botanicals Pro-Aging Treatment Concentrate Serum

BEST TONER GOLD WINNER was Bruns with their N°103b Green Mist Unscented

Eleni & Chris who were BEST CONDITIONER GOLD WINNER with their CurliMin Defining Conditioner

Hi again everyone,

Today I want to share some more information with you about last year’s winners at the Scandinavia Global Makeup Awards. Two of these brands are repeat winners while one is a brand new company that has made a huge impact on the industry!

Let’s start with BEST ANTI AGEING PRODUCT GOLD WINNER which was Founders Formula with the their marvallous Australian Botanicals Pro-Aging Treatment Concentrate Serum

Founder, Annie Holden launched the company last year after being inspired three years earlier after visiting the Cosmoprof beauty trade show in Bologna with her friend. Noticing that Australia was badly under-represented in the beauty world she made a decision to change that, especially as she knew that Australia’s plant-life is renowned for their active ingredients and their potential for skincare.

BEST TONER GOLD WINNER was Bruns with their N°103b Green Mist Unscented. This Swedish company was initially created by Johanna as a hairdressing salon. Later, another experienced hairdressing professional Cecila bought into the company. The duo wanted to make safe, natural hairdressing products and avoid the chemicals and their effects which they’d seen too much of over their careers. Their objective was to make hair products that were free of harmful chemicals and with help from Johanna’s 75 year-old father Per, an expert in the composition of raw materials, they created their first products

Then, we have Eleni & Chris who were BEST CONDITIONER GOLD WINNER with their CurliMin Defining Conditioner.

This brand is the result of a mother-daughter collaboration and despite having very different approaches, Inger Ellen and Christinah Nicolaisen share a strong drive to create the best products possible, taking great inspiration from the Scandinavian roots.

Whilst they differ in their background and approach, Inger Ellen and Christinah share an extraordinary level of drive, passion and creativity, rooted in and inspired by their Scandinavian home. The partnership of these women is founded in mutual respect of the strengths that they each bring to the creation of beauty products embodied by their unique spirit. The brand began in 2015 when the pair made the decision to use local ingredients, particularly berries to create a range of products. I have visited Scandinavia several times and I love how passionate the inhabitants are about their berries. Cloudberries in particular are particularly precious, almost impossible to find outside of Scandinavia and difficult to find even there. However, research and laboratory analysis showed that the cloudberry is full of vitamins as well as calcium and magnesium. This is a truly unique product and a wonderful example of Scandinavian Ingredients.

Thanks again for joining me as I learn more about the people and the stories behind last year’s winners. Each company has their own unique raison-d'etre yet we all share common ground with our love for good-quality beauty products. That’s one of the things that makes running these awards so rewarding and fun!

We cannot wait for the 2022 Scandinavia Global Makeup Awards, we just know that its going to be even bigger and better than previous years!

I’ll be back soon! Ciao for now!
Dan

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British Winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards

8/5/2021

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Rabot 1745 - winner in the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards

Sakrid frenzy face wash - Rabot 1745 - winner in the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards

baylis & harding goodness - Rabot 1745 - winner in the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards

delilah cosmetics - Rabot 1745 - winner in the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards

British winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards
- Rabot 1745, Sakrid, Baylis & Harding and Delilah Cosmetics.

Hi everyone,

Is it August already? Last week I shared the stories of some Australian and New Zealand winners of the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards. It was really fun getting to know the stories behind the brands a little better and I could really feel that sense of Australasia coming from the products and the back stories. Today however, I’m going to focus on some of the British winners. Maybe a little less exotic to me, however, whenever I meet new people here in Italy they gush when I tell them I’m from London.

Let's look at a few of the Gold Winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards! They include Rabot 1745, Sakrid, Baylis & Harding and Delilah Cosmetics.

BEST ALOE VERA PRODUCT GOLD WINNER
Rabot 1745 - Aloe Vera Shower Gel

There is a fascinating story behind Rabot Beauty. The Rabot Estate on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia has been the home of cacao farming for over 250 years but had fallen into disrepair until 2006 when it was discovered by Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris. With help from the local community they have brought the land back to its former beauty and it is now the home of Hotel Chocolat.

Their Aloe Vera shower gel contains real Aloe Vera and Cacao Seed Butter. Everything starts and finishes with the cacao. On the Rabot estate in Soufrière, the team lovingly tend the cacao, from seedling to bean. Skin is left moisturised and beautifully cleansed, and who can resist the chocolatey aroma from the cacao seed butter. We love the fact that Hotel Chocolat has branched into the realms of beauty with their Rabot 1745 range.

BEST VEGAN SKINCARE PRODUCT GOLD WINNER
Sakrid - Superfood Frenzy Organic Face Wash

Sakrid Co-founder, Natalie says that the brand was conceived while her mother had breast cancer. Becoming much more aware of the ingredients of products, Natalie realised that they had been unknowingly exposing themselves to a lot of potentially harmful ingredients and chemicals which were common among beauty products, even ones which advertised themselves as ‘natural’. Natalie now considers it her mission to take harmful ingredients out of everyday life for herself, her family and for anyone else who wants to know more about truly natural products.

BEST VEGAN BODY PRODUCT GOLD WINNER
Baylis & Harding - Goodness Oud, Cedar & Amber Natural Body Wash

Baylis & Harding have a strong ethos regarding kindness to animals and boast certification from PETA and The Vegan Society. The products are not tested on animals and are all Vegan-friendly with the exception of one hand wash which contains honey extract. They also proudly declare that all their products are free of microbeads which threaten our oceans and have adopted the Plastic Pact policies for their packaging to reduce negative effects on the environment.

BEST VEGAN MAKEUP PRODUCT WINNER
Delilah Cosmetics - Pure Light illuminating Powder

Delilah is also PETA certified and strongly believes in rejecting any markets which demand animal testing. In fact, they are so committed to these values that there is not a trace of animal products not only in their ingredients but also in the packaging and even in their hardware like brushes. This has been a core value since their beginnings in 2014. They also avoid using Parabens in their products since they feel not enough is known about them yet to make an informed decision.

There we have four fantastic British Brands which are clearly genuinely committed to green beauty and have a host of admirable values which really make their way into the essence of the brand and the products. Why not read the full list of winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards and all the information on each brand in our free e-magazine Global Makeup Magazine here.

Thanks again for reading!

Ciao for now!

Dan

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5 AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND WINNERS IN THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

8/3/2021

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AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND AWARD WINNING BEAUTY BRANDS FROM THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

P'URE PAPAYACARE - GOLD WINNER IN THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

FOUNDERS FORMULA - GOLD WINNER IN THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

SENSORI+ GOLD WINNER IN THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

THREE WARRIORS - GOLD WINNER IN THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

TE WAI - GOLD WINNER IN THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

Hi again everybody,

As you know, the 2021 Global Green Awards are an international affair, the clue is the name, right? Even so, we were delighted to have had so many winners from Australia and New Zealand; today I’d like to take a closer look at what makes those brands tick!

First of all we have P’URE Papayacare who won two GOLD awards. They were judged to be number one in the BEST NATURAL BEAUTY PRODUCT category for their P’URE Papayacare Skin Food and also took GOLD for BEST NATURAL BODY PRODUCT with their P'URE Payacare Papaya Renew Cream.

This wonderful New Zealand brand was started by a group of Naturopaths (I love this word!!!) who had a brand ethos of being Natural By Nature. They strictly use food grade ingredients and are passionate about avoiding any kind of ingredient which could be harmful, especially chemical ingredients. As the name implies, they use Papaya ingredients due to their vitamins, minerals and healthy enzymes.

Meanwhile, Australia’s Founders Formula took home Gold for BEST VEGAN SKINCARE PRODUCT for their Phyto-A+ Australian Native Tobacco Serum. Founded by anthropologist Dr Annie Holden who used her scientific knowledge to identify that Australian plants have some amazing properties which they have evolved due to the isolated nature of the country and these powerful adaptations to living in the extreme Australian climate mean they can be excellent ingredients for the skin. Even more interestingly, there are still thousands of plants which are yet to be studied so there is potential for even more exciting news in the future. Definitely a company to keep an eye on!

Editor’s Choice Gold Winner at the Global Green Awards was TE WAI ~ 'The Water' from New Zealand. Founders Brooke & Carrick Graham spent 3 years doing their research before providing us with an incredible hydrating fine-mist face spray that they feel does justice to New Zealand’s breathtaking natural beauty and wild freshness. Experienced travelers, Brooke & Carrick clearly have huge pride in their homeland and a strong desire to promote it to the rest of the world. With TE WAI they have created a product which really makes anyone who uses it feel the desire to visit New Zealand!

GOLD WINNER for MOST INNOVATIVE 'GREEN' PRODUCT went to Sensori FRESHIELD™ Mask Sanitiser Byron Bay Breeze 2481. A Brilliant idea, especially in these covid times, where the product sanitises your face mask, and also helps provide a fresh scent and prevent mask acne!

SENSORI+ was created by three very different individuals with three very different expertise yet a shared passion for wellbeing and sustainability. They state their raison d’etre is to “anticipate and provide the latest wellbeing solutions whilst being the positive force behind the evolutionary changes across the community”.

Finally, Australian brand Three Warriors won Gold for BEST CLEAN BEAUTY PRODUCT with their Face Tan Aqua Mist. Once again Three Warriors have a great back story behind the product. Founder Corbin Halliday openly admits not being too concerned about the ingredients used in skin products or indeed in food before falling seriously ill, realising how many toxins were in everyday products and completely reevaluating lifestyle choices. Consequently, Three Warriors are strongly committed to using natural products and providing a safe and healthy alternative to tanning!

I must say I’ve absolutely loved sharing a little bit of background on these Australian and New Zealand companies and wish I could have written more but I do encourage you to visit their websites for a more thorough review of their great stories and admirable business practices!

Until next time, ciao for now!

Dan

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Italian winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards

7/16/2021

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UOGA UOGA - WINNER IN THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

LIOLA WINNER IN THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

Hi again everyone,

In this blog we will continue to look at winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards. Today, we’ll focus on some of the Italian brands who have been recognised for the quality of their products and their commitment towards natural beauty and green beauty.

As you may know, while the other members of the Global Makeup Awards are based in London, I live in Italy so this really is a fun topic for me to write about!

Let’s first take a look at the Rossano Ferretti Dolce Satin Glow Booster which was awarded Gold for Best Cruelty-Free Beauty Product.

Now, as you probably already know, I love a good back-story! Who doesn’t? Well Rossano’s is wonderful and I’ll try to briefly summarise it here although you really should visit the website for the full story. Born in a tiny village near Parma in Northern Italy, Rossina had hairdressing in his blood, his grandfather was a barber who would visit clients by riding about oh his little Lambretta! Rossano had a passion for hair design and architecture and soon after completing his studies (in hairdressing, naturally) he moved to London to further his knowledge, despite not speaking a word of English! Eventually, he travelled the world and learned several languages in his pursuit for knowledge around hair design and later opened his first salon in Parma. He is now hugely influential and very well respected globally for his expertise and contributions to the hair industry,

The Gold Winner for Best 100% natural product was Uoga Uoga for their Magic Wand . Launched in 2010 after initially making masks just for themselves and then for friends and family. The company's belief is that natural cosmetics should be affordable and replace every-day cosmetics. In 2015 they were awarded COSMOS Natural certification for some products and they are steadily adding this to all their range.Uoga Uoga are also serious about not testing on animals, using environmentally-friendly packaging and making sure production processes follow an environmental management plan!

Liola Cosmetics Moisturising light face cream with anti ageing action took Silver for Best 90% natural product. Liola Cosmetics was founded by a small team of experts with the objective of creating an Italian brand of excellence and making exclusively 100% Made in Italy products. Their large production site is eco-friendly and they recycle 99% of the water which they use while minimizing co2 emissions
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Papavero Siero Contorno Occhi Anti-age took Silver for Best Organic Anti-Ageing Product .This company was started by a Sardinian couple, Leyla and Alessandro, both experts in e-commerce. Disappointed with the range of eco-friendly cosmetics products which were on offer and wanted to create something which matched their own standards and needs. This brand also proudly boasts packaging, ingredients and fragrances which are exclusively Made in Italy.

So, there you have a little info on the backgrounds of some of our 2021 Green Beauty Awards winners. These companies are all obviously dedicated to creating great products which are environmentally friendly. I’ve really enjoyed learning more about their backstories and hope you’ll check out not only their products but their websites to learn more!

Thanks for reading and ciao a tutti!

Dan

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Hair and Body category winners - Ayumi, Creightons, & Other Stories, FFS and St Moriz

5/25/2021

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Some more winners from our beauty awards.... including Ayumi, Creightons, & Other Stories, FFS and St. Moriz

Hi Everyone,

In today’s blog let’s take a better look at winners from our hair and body categories in the UK 2021 Global Makeup Awards!

Gold Winner of the Best Shampoo award was Ayumi with their super Moringa & Neem Shampoo. This product beat a lot of strong competition thanks to its natural ingredients including Argan Oil and Moringa Seed Oil which keep hair moisturized and nourished while removing grease and cleaning beautifully.

Founded around 10 years ago by Sheilesh Shah (also known as Shi) who had already amassed a wealth of knowledge around plant and herbal based remedies from his father who used natural ingredients to provide traditional indian remedies to heal his patients. Ayumi are certified by PETA, Vegan Skincare and Cruelty Free International

& Other Stories is a company which began when a few creative types found each other, each with thousands of different ideas but the shared dream to provide freedom of expression to women via a single brand. They now have ateliers in Stockholm, Los Angeles and Paris. & Other Stories were worthy winners of our Best Shower Product Gold Award for their Lärkstaden Shower Oil. This shower oil is registered by the Vegan Society and the bottle is made with recycled PCR plastic.

Best Hair Masque/ Treatment Gold Award Winner went to Creightons Pro-Keratin Repairing Deep Treatment Masque. This fantastic masque revitalises dry and damaged hair through its intensive moisturising and strengthening properties. Cruelty-free and with natural actives, this once a week treatment is also formulated with Keratin to give hair more shine and make it more manageable.

Professionally formulated with Keratin to intensively care for dry, damaged hair. Use once a week to strengthen and repair, leaving hair soft, shiny and more manageable.

In our BEST FAKE TAN category, we had two joint winners for gold! They were FFS Self-Tanning Mousse and St Moriz Spray tan in a can.

FFS Managing Director Liz Needham states that although they are a small company, they like to aim big! They also do not compromise on their strong values, sourcing their products locally wherever possible, making a genuine effort to become carbon-neutral and working on a 100% cruelty-free basis. Also vegan friendly, this amazing mousse dries quickly and hydrates the skin giving a beautiful, healthy glow.

St. Moriz Clear Spray Tan in a Can is a hassle-free, easy way to get a gorgeous glow and is really easy to use! Another plus is that it doesn’t leave marks on clothes or bedding. The 360° spray means it can be applied in all directions, even upside down, making this a very handy piece of kit and the results are incredible!

Founded in 2007 by a team of self-confessed self tan addicts, St Moriz are dedicated to the cause of improving tanning products! Mot only that, their products are clean, vegan-friendly, non-toxic and cruelty free.

Thanks to all these gold winners for their brilliant products and their obvious passion for what they do! It meant for so many great entries for Body and Hair categories in the 2021 Global Makeup Awards. We appreciate it and love seeing so many game-changing new products by different brands in our UK Beauty Awards!

Ps - did you know that the entries close soon for the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards? Be sure to enter your green and clean brand by 30th May!

Until next time!
Daniel and the team at the Global Makeup Awards

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Entries close for the UK 2021 Global Makeup Awards in 2 weeks!

3/1/2021

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UK 2021 Global Makeup Awards - the UK's biggest beauty awards

Wow. It's been an exhilarating start to the year with our UK Beauty Awards. As part of a Global beauty awards group, we work through the year providing the following 5 awards:

UK Global Makeup Awards (our local beauty awards for new trends.)
ASIA Global Makeup Awards (perfect for the Asian beauty award market, and also includes New Zealand and Australia beauty awards.)
USA Global Makeup Awards (for the American Beauty Award market - a very interesting concept as USA Beauty Awards is not such a recognised concept compared to the other geographical markets - especially the UK where Beauty Awards are huge!)
Scandinavia Global Makeup Awards
and last but not least, the Global Green Beauty Awards (our biggest green and clean beauty awards which opens from mid March.)

The 2021 UK Global Makeup Awards is drawing to a close with entries closing in two weeks, on 15th March 2021. Immediately after, the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards open. It has been exhilarating for the UK market, as after the success of last year, which was our biggest year to date, who knew what the future would hold for 2021 which sees the UK reeling from the effects of its biggest recesion to date due to the coronavirus outbreak. The beauty industry was particularly hard hit, as the high street was closed, and with many people who had lost their jobs, there was less to spend on high end beauty items. On the other hand, self-care has never been so important - and home hair kits and home spa products have seen a rise.

Our beauty predictions for 2021 from what we've seen so far is a leap towards more affordable and more eco beauty goods that you can use at home. Unfortunately, we've also seen a lot of famous beauty houses collapse. Victoria Beckham Beauty has closed its London store. Other colour cosmetics brands have taken a hit, as with social venues and work places being closed people just don't need it. Overwhelmingly, we have seen an increased demand for skincare haircare, wellness and of course sanitization. We have seen many beauty brands bring out hand sanitisers and hand creams and soaps in a reaction against the COVID19 pandemic. In fact at the start of the pandemic, you couldn't find hand soap or hand sanitiser for love nor money in any supermarket or pharmacy. OUr UK 2021 Global Makeup Awards responded to this with the following new categories:

Best New Health and Wellness Product
Best New Hand Cream
Best Soap Bar
Best Liquid Soap
Best Hand Sanitiser

After a year of meticulously washing and scrubbing our hands - we are all desperate for new finds in these categories which look after our hands and care for them.

All of your beauty predictions with be proven (or otherwise!) in our winners list in April's Global Makeup Magazine. There are still two weeks left to enter our UK beauty awards, and if you have an ASIAN beauty brand you can enter our Asia beauty Awards the 2021 ASIA Global Makeup Awards until April.

Speak soon

the GMA team

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Dan's hot picks from the 2021 Scandinavia Global Makeup Awards

Dan's must-haves of award winning S-Beauty Brands

British Winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards

British winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards
- Rabot 1745, Sakrid, Baylis & Harding and Delilah Cosmetics.

5 AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND WINNERS IN THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND AWARD WINNING BEAUTY BRANDS FROM THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

Italian winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards

Hair and Body category winners - Ayumi, Creightons, & Other Stories, FFS and St Moriz

Some more winners from our beauty awards.... including Ayumi, Creightons, & Other Stories, FFS and St. Moriz

Entries close for the UK 2021 Global Makeup Awards in 2 weeks!

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Dan's hot picks from the 2021 Scandinavia Global Makeup Awards

Dan's must-haves of award winning S-Beauty Brands

British Winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards

British winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards ​- Rabot 1745, Sakrid, Baylis & Harding and Delilah Cosmetics.

5 AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND WINNERS IN THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND AWARD WINNING BEAUTY BRANDS FROM THE 2021 GLOBAL GREEN BEAUTY AWARDS

Italian winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards

Hair and Body category winners - Ayumi, Creightons, & Other Stories, FFS and St Moriz

Some more winners from our beauty awards.... including Ayumi, Creightons, & Other Stories, FFS and St. Moriz

Entries close for the UK 2021 Global Makeup Awards in 2 weeks!

Danny's updates on the beauty awards

Submit Press Release?

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British winners from the 2021 Global Green Beauty Awards
- Rabot 1745, Sakrid, Baylis & Harding and Delilah Cosmetics.