2026 Global Green Beauty Awards Results Announced
After months of entries, product testing and judging, the 2026 Global Green Beauty Awards results are finally here.
This has been our biggest year yet, with more than 800 products entered from beauty brands around the world. It is also our seventh year running the awards, and looking back at the products we were judging in 2020 compared with those arriving now, green beauty has changed enormously.
This year our judges tested everything from natural skincare and haircare to refillable fragrance, plastic-free products, supplements, organic beauty and sustainable packaging.
One thing we particularly noticed was how sophisticated the products have become. Green beauty is no longer simply about producing a natural face oil or swapping an ingredient. Some of this year's most interesting entries combined genuinely lovely formulas with much bigger stories around sourcing, certification, packaging and sustainability.And while green credentials are obviously important to these awards, the judges still need to love the product.
Among this year's natural beauty highlights was Botanica Nordica's I'm Unique Silky Facial Elixir, which received Gold for Best 100% Natural Product. Seadragon Organic's Oceanic Day Cream took Gold for Best 100% Natural Moisturiser or Balm, while The Organic Pharmacy's Carrot Butter Cleanser was awarded Gold for Best Natural Cleanser.
We also saw natural formulations performing strongly in categories that have traditionally been more difficult to formulate naturally. Kinvara Skincare's Active Rosehip Day Cream received Gold for Best Natural Day Cream, while MooGoo's Healthy Clear Zinc Sunscreen SPF 50 took Gold for Best Natural SPF Product Factor 50+.
Clean beauty was another busy area this year. QUO Beauty's Glassy Glaze Lipgloss received Gold for Best 'Clean' Beauty Product, Epicutis Lipid Serum took Gold for Best Clean Serum and COABE Hydra-Smooth Moisturiser received Gold for Best Clean Moisturiser.
We received products using refill systems, recycled materials, recyclable packs and formats designed to remove conventional packaging altogether. Nu Skin's Nutricentials Thirst Fix received Gold for Best Recyclable Packaging, Floral Street's Scentstick Refillable Solid Perfume took Gold for Best Re-Fillable Product and EarthlySafi's Rinse-Free Biodegradable Body Wipes received Gold for Best Plastic-Free Beauty Product.
For us, this was interesting because there clearly isn't one answer to sustainable beauty packaging. Different products present very different challenges, and brands are approaching them in increasingly inventive ways.
One of the things we were most excited about this year was the introduction of our new Best COSMOS Certified Beauty Product award, judged in collaboration with Soil Association Certification.
Soil Association Certification is a founding member of COSMOS and certifies beauty products to the international COSMOS standard. The standard sets requirements covering areas including ingredients, processing and packaging, giving consumers an independently verified way of identifying certified organic and natural cosmetics.
For this special category, judging was split equally between product efficacy and green credentials.
NOELIE's Scalp Stimulating & Purifying Shampoo took Gold, Rhug Wild Beauty's Protecting Day Cream with Blue Tansy Oil received Silver and LUUV Cosmetics' BioLift Exosome-Hyaluronic Serum received Bronze. Urban Veda's Radiance Body Oil for Dry, Dull Skin was Highly Commended.
Having Soil Association Certification involved in the judging was a really exciting addition for us this year, particularly as certification and clearer evidence behind environmental claims become more important within the beauty industry.
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from judging more than 800 entries this year is that there isn't one version of green beauty anymore.
We saw tiny independent businesses alongside established international beauty names. We saw traditional natural formulations alongside sophisticated serums, SPF, makeup, hair treatments and supplements. Some brands stood out for their ingredients, others for packaging, certification or the way their products are made.
Seven years after launching the Global Green Beauty Awards, that's what keeps the judging interesting. The industry keeps moving, and every year we see something we haven't seen before.
Congratulations to everyone recognised in the 2026 Global Green Beauty Awards, and thank you to every brand that trusted our judges with their products this year.
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