Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) announced the finalists for 2020 Beauty Awards in partnership with Gloss Angeles podcast hosts and beauty journalists, Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan via livestream. The awards continue to celebrate the most innovative and groundbreaking new products of the year and remain the industry’s highest honor.
Finalists from the 45 categories were selected from more than 1,200 entries, represented by hundreds of brands, and were selected by a vote of CEW members, all of whom are beauty industry professionals. These finalists will be reviewed CEW’s Board of Governors and select industry insiders to vote to determine the winners in each category, which will be revealed November 13 during a virtual Beauty Awards event.
"For nearly three decades, the CEW Beauty Awards continue to be the only beauty awards selected by beauty professionals - those who truly know the best in beauty," said Carlotta Jacobson, President of CEW. "These awards continue to guide consumers as they navigate the beauty space, discovering the most creative and innovative products, demonstrating the ongoing evolution of the industry."
The 2020 Beauty Awards finalists are:
General
CBD Beauty:
Briogeo Hair Care: B. Well 100mg CBD + Arnica Flower Soothing Skin & Scalp Oil
First Aid Beauty: Ultra Repair Oat & Hemp Seed Dry Oil
Josie Maran Cosmetics: Skin Dope Argan Oil + 100 mg CBD
Kiehl’s: Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil Herbal Concentrate
Saint Jane Beautty: Luxury Beauty Serum
St. Ives: Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil & Matcha Body Cream
Mission Based Brand:
Origins: Origins
Rahua by Amazon Beauty: Rahua
Unilever Personal Care NA: Dove
Urban Hydration: Urban Hydration
Bath and Body category
Prestige:
Algenist Skincare: GENIUS Liquid Collagen Hand Cream
First Aid Beauty: KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub with 10% AHA
Kopari Beauty: Coconut Melt Wipes
KORRES: Pure Greek Olive Oil Body Elixir
Moroccanoil: Body Polishing Scrub
Nécessaire: The Body Lotion
Mass:
Cake Beauty: The Cake Walk Rich + Reviving Foot Crème
Cetaphil: Intensive Healing Lotion with Ceramides
Dove: Lavender & Coconut Milk Whipped Body Cream
Eucerin: Roughness Relief Cream
Eucerin: Roughness Relief Cream
Palmer’s: Natural Vitamin E Concentrated Cream
SheaMoisture: Purple Rice Water Velvet Skin Body Lotion
Hair category
Hair Tools:
Amika: High Tide Deep Waver
Drybar: Baby Brush Crush Heated Straightening Brush
Drybar: Flat Mate Boar Bristle Brush
Revlon: Pro Collection Salon Long Lasting 1.25” Titanium Curling Iron
T3 Micro, Inc.: SinglePass Curl 1"
Tangle Teezer: The Ultimate Finisher
Hair style/Hair care:
Aveda: Rinseless Refresh Micellar Hair & Scalp Refresher
Briogeo Hair Care: Blossom & Bloom Ginseng + Biotin Volumizing Root Powder
Drybar: Jump Start Quick Dry Blowout Serum
Living Proof: Perfect hair Day Heat Styling Spray
My Black is Beautiful: Tangle Slayer Conditioning Cream Type 4
Oribe Hair Care: Curl Gelée for Shine & Definition
Hair shampoo/Hair conditioner:
Aveda: Sap Moss Weightless Hydration Shampoo
Briogeo Hair Care: Be Gentle, Be Kind Banana + Coconut Nourishing Superfood Shampoo
Living Proof: Perfect hair Day Triple Detox Shampoo
Oribe Hair Care: Moisture & Control Deep Treatment Masque
Pantene: Rose Water Sulfate-Free Restoring Moisture Milk
Hair Accessories:
Hair ADK: Lock Strips
Hidden Crown Hair: Hair Bungee Ponytail
invisibobble GmbH: Bunstar
invisibobble GmbH: Waver
slip silk pillowcase: Scrunchies
The Hair Edit: Grecian Garland Headband
Iconic beauty category
Prestige:
bareMinerals: Original Loose Powder Foundation
Clinique: Even Better™ Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 15
Laura Merier: Tinted Moisturizer Natural Skin Perfector Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen
Shiseido Americas: Eyelash Curler
Mass:
Aveeno: Daily Moisturizing Lotion
Bioré: Original Pore Strips
essie: wicked
Neutrogena: Makeup Remover Cleansing Towelettes
Olay: Regenerist Micro Sculpting Cream
Tweezerman: Slant Tweezer
Indie category
Indie makeup:
Beauty by Popsugar: Sweet STX Glossy Lip Color
Glamsquad: Morning Glow Radiant Face Primer
Huda Beauty: Mercury Retrograde
Kosas: 10-Second Eyeshadow
lilah b.: Lovingly LipTM Tinted Lip Oil
Patrick Ta Beauty: Major Glow Highlighting Mist
Indie hair:
Briogeo Hair Care: Color Me Brilliant mushroom + bamboo color protect primer
ColorProof Color Care Authority: SuperSheer Clean Shampoo
Prose: Hair Oil
Seen Hair Care: Skin-Caring Blow-Out Creme
Vegamour: GRO+ Advanced Hair Serum
Virtue Labs: Healing Oil
Indie brand:
Deciem: The Ordinary
Victoria Beckham Beauty
Indie skin care:
FaceGym: Spirulina Training Stick
Farmacy Beauty: Very Cherry Bright 15% Clean Vitamin C Serum with Acerola Cherry
Glossier Inc. Futuredew
Summer Fridays: CC Me
Youth To The People: Superberry Hydrate and Glow Dream Mask
Make-up category
Face product (prestige):
bareMinerals: Complexion Rescue Hydrating Foundation Stick SPF 25
Clinique: Even Better Refresh Hydrating and Repairing Makeup
Estée Lauder: Double Wear Radiant Concealer
Laura Mercier: Flawless Lumière Radiance-Perfecting Foundation
Shiseido Americas: Synchro Skin Self-Refreshing Foundation
Shiseido Americas: Synchro Skin Self-Refreshing Foundation
Too Faced Cosmetics: Born This Way Super Coverage Concealer
Face product (mass):
Burt’s Bees: Goodness Glows Tinted Moisturizer
Covergirl: TruBlend Undercover Concealer
e.l.f. cosmetics: 16 Hr Camo Concealer
Flower Beauty: Seal the Deal Luminizing Setting Spray
Neutrogena: Hydro Boost Illuminator
Ulta Beauty: Youthful Glow Primer
Lip product (prestige):
Becca Cosmetics: Ultimate Lipstick Love
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics: Crushed Liquid Lip
Buxom Cosmetics: Full Force Plumping Lipstick
Clinique: Even Better Pop Lip Colour Foundation
Estée Lauder: Pure Color Envy Kissable Lip Shine in Rebellious Rose
Lip product (mass):
Burt’s Bees: Matte Sticks
Covergirl: Exhibitionist 24HR Ultra Matte Lipstick
eos: Tinted Shea Lip Balm: Super Cashmere
Maybelline New York: SuperStay Ink Crayon
Neutrogena: Hydro Boost Illuminator
Neutrogena: Sheer Smooch Lip Oil
Eye product (prestige):
Benefit Cosmetics: Brow Styler
Dior Beauty: Diorshow Pump ’N’ Volume HD Mascara
Glossier Inc.: Brow Flick
IT Cosmetics: Lash Blowout Salon Volume Lift Mascara
Laura Mercier: Caviar Stick Eye Colour Chrome
Too Face Cosmetics: Damn Girl! Mascara
Eye product (mass):
Covergirl: Exhibitionist Uncensored Mascara
e.l.f. cosmetics: Wow Brow Gel
L’Oréal Paris: Infallible Flash Cat Eye Waterproof Brush Tip Liquid Eyeliner
Neutrogena: Precision Liquid Eyeliner
Pacifica Beauty: Highest Lash Chronic Volume Mascara
Physicians Formula: Eye Booster Waterproof Ultra Fine Liquid Eyeliner
Revlon: So Fierce Vinyl Eyeliner
Makeup tools:
beautyblender: BIG BOSS Powder Brush and Cooling Roller
beautyblender: Shadeshifter Wave
KKW Beauty: The Body Brush
Shiseido Americas: Hanatsubaki Hake Polishing Face Brush
simplehuman: sensor mirror hi-fi
Sonia Kashuk: Essential Collection Complete Makeup Brush Set
Men’s grooming category
18.21 Man Made: Wash in Spiced Vanilla Wash
Armani Men: Moisturizer Face and Eyes
Dove: Men+Care+Active+Fresh Body and Face Wash
Goodfellow & Co: No.05 Kelp + Sea Mineral Face Lotion
Lab Series Skincare for Men: Age Rescue Face Lotion
Old Spice: Moisturize with Shea Butter Body Wash
Nail category
10+ Free Chemistry: Clean Nail Color
butter London: Nail Scrubbers
essie: air dry
Kiss Products, Inc.: imPRESS Press-On Manicure
Paintbox: Like Spice Nail Lacquer
Sally Hansen: Good. Kind. Pure
Scent category
Woman’s scent (mass):
Adidas: sport UNLSH
Bath & Body Works: Gingham Eau De Parfum
EO Products: Love & Flowers Jasmine Sambac Essential Oil Perfume
Paris Hilton Fragrances: Electrify
Wild Spirit Fragrances: Rosy Glow Atomizer
Woman’s scent (prestige):
Aerin: Aegea Blossom Eau de Parfum
Dior Beauty: JOY Eau de Parfum Intense
Dolce & Gabban: The Only One
Donna Karan: Cashmere Mist The Mist
Michael Kors: Wonderlust Sublime Eau de Parfum
Tiffany Fragrances: Tiffany & Love Eau de Parfum for Her
Unisex fragrance :
Creed Strategic Imaging: Aventus Cologne
diptyque: Eau de Minthé Eau de Parfum
Gucci Fragrances: Mémoire d’une Odeur
Kilian: FUN THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN AFTER SUNSET
Maison Margiela Replica: Whispers in the Library
Nars Cosmetics: Audacious Fragrance
Men’s scent
Dior Beauty: Sauvage Parfum
Dolce & Gabbana: K
Dolce & Gabban: The Only One
Ermenegildo Zegna: Zegna Essenze Italian Bergamot
John Varvatos: JVxNJ Silver Edition
Molton Brown: Re-charge Black Pepper Eau de Parfum
Ralph Lauren Fragrances: Polo Blue Gold Blend
Skin care category
Lip treatment:
Aquaphor: Lip Repair Stick
ChapStick: Total Hydration Essential Oils
eos: Super Soft Shea Lip Balm: Strawberry Peach
Estée Lauder: Pure Color Envy Lip Repair Potion
Fresh: Sugar Mint Rush Freshening Lip Treatment
Moisturizer mass (face):
Aveeno: Clear Complexion Sheer Daily Moisturizer SPF 30
Burt’s Bees: Renewal Firming Moisturizing Cream
Honest Beauty: Hydrogel Cream
Neutrogena: Bright Boost Gel Cream
Olay: Retinol24 Night Moisturizer
Pixi Beauty Inc.: On-the-Glow
Sun Product:
Aveeno: Positively Mineral Sensitive Skin Face Milk Sunscreen SPF 40+
Coola: Full Spectrum 360° Mineral Sun Silk Crème Organic Sunscreen SPF 30
Coppertone: Glow
Lancôme: UV Expert Aquagel Defense SPF 50
Supergoop!: Poof Part Powder SPF 45
Cleanser and scrub:
bareMinerals: Poreless Clay Cleanser
Caudalie: Vinopure Pore Purifying Gel Cleanser
Drunk Elephant: Slaai Makeup Melting Butter Cleanser
Fresh: Sugar Strawberry Exfoliating Face Wash
goop: Goopglow Microderm Instant Glow Exfoliator
Olay: Scrubs Pore Perfecting Face Scrub With Vitamin C & Dragon Fruit
Moisturizer prestige (face):
bareMinerals: Poreless Oil Free Face Moisturizer
Clinique: Smart Clinical MD Multi-Dimensional Age Transformer Duo Resculpt + Revolumize
Drunk Elephant: Lala Retro Whipped Cream with Ceramides
La Mer: The Neck and Décolleté Concentrate
Shiseido Americas: Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Eye Cream
Supergoop!: Superscreen
Anti-aging (prestige):
Dior Beauty: Capture Youth Intense Rescue Age-Delay Revitalizing Oil-Serum
Drunk Elephant: A-Passioni Retinol Cream
Estée Lauder: Advanced Night Repair Intense Reset Concentrate
Glow Recipe: Pineapple-C Bright Serum
La Mer: The Concentrate
Philosophy: ultimate miracle worker fix facial serum roller uplift & firm
Anti-aging (mass):
Burt’s Bees: Renewal Intensive Firming Serum
L’Oréal Paris: Revitalift Derm Intensives 1-% Pure Glycolic Acid Serum
Neutrogena: Bright Boost Illuminating Serum
No7: Laboratories Firming Booster Serum
Olay: Regenerist Retinol24 Night Serum
Vichy Laboratoires: LiftActiv Peptide-C Anti-Aging Ampoules
Skin care tools:
Clarisonic: Sonic Exfoliator
Foreo: Luna 3
La Roche-Posay: My Skin Track PoreScan
NuFACE: Fix Line Smoothing Device
Rodan + Fields: Pore Cleansing MD System
Tweezerman: Clear Skin Microderm Tool
Eye treatment:
Clinique: Moisture Surge Eye 96-Hour Hydro-Filler Concentrate
First Aid Beauty: FAB Skin Lab Retinol Eye Cream with Triple Hyaluronic Acid
Fresh: Black Tea Firming Eye Serum
Glamglow: Brighteyes Illuminating Anti Fatigue Eye Treatment
Glow Recipe: Avocado Melt Retinol Eye Sleeping Mask
Shiseido Americas: Benefiance Wrinkle Soothing Eye Cream
Acne treatment:
Differin: Differin Dark Spot Correcting Serum
La Roche-Posay: Effaclar Adapalene Gel 0.1% Acne Treatment
Murad: InvisiScar Resurfacing Treatment
Rodan + Fields: Spotless Acne Clearing Treatment
Rodan + Fields: Unblemish Dual Intensive Acne Treatment
Sephora Collection: Glow Peel Pads
TULA Probiotic Skincare
Face masks:
First Aid Beauty: FAB Pharma Arnica Relief & Rescue Mask
Fresh: Rose Deep Hydration Sleeping Mask
Glamglow: Youthmud Glow Stimulating Treatment
Glow Recipe: Avocado Melt Retinol Sleeping Mask
Kiehl’s: Avocado Nourishing Hydrating Mask
Summer Fridays: R+R Mask
Ingredients and formulation supplier
Ashland Inc.: mineral-based sun stick SPF 50
BASF Corporation: Rambuvital - Organic rambutan fruit seed extract protects scalp and hair
Cargill Beauty: FiberDesign Sensation
Croda Inc: Solaveil XTP-2
Elementis Speciality: Bentone Luxe Natural Formulation Enabler
Grant Industries Inc.: Gransense TC-8X
Sustainability excellence
Aether Beauty
Klorane
Korres
Wellness category
Aromatherapy:
Aromatherapy Associates: Deep Relax Sleep Mist
Bath & Body Works: Aromatherapy Stress Relief Eucalyptus & Spearmint Moisturizing Body Wash
Cannafloria Essentials: Be Clear Inhalation Pouch
Helias Oils: Energy Essential Oil Blend
This Work Products Ltd: Morning Expert Wake Up Drops
Ulta Beauty: Essential Oil Goodnight, Sleep Tight
Beauty Wellness Supplements:
Briogeo Hair Care: B. Well Vegan Omega 3, 6, 9 + Biotin Supplements for Healthy Hair
Hum Nutrition Inc.: Skin Heroes Pre + Probiotic
Juice Beauty: Prebiotix Antioxidant Beauty Boost
Klorane: KERATINcaps Hair and Nails Dietary Supplement
Moon Juice: SuperHair
Pacifica Beauty: #No Filter Beauty Gummies
Sexual Wellness Product:
Coconu: Oil-Based Lubricangt
Kopari Beauty: Love Melt
Mustela: Nursing Comfort Balm
Nécessaire: The Sex Gel
Rosebud Woman: Honor Everyday Balm
Rising influencers
Julia Havens @jujhavens
Rahel Brhane @rahelbrhane_
Kam @kameronlester
Ohuprettythings @ohuprettythings
Whitney Madueke @whitneymadueke
Marylia Scott @maryliascott
The 2020 CEW Beauty Awards are sponsored by Firmenich, QVC, Arcade Beauty, Voyant Beauty, Beauty Inc, Financo, CVS Pharmacy, Satisfyer, YouCam Makeup, RPG, Sheencolor USA, Nielsen, Anisa Beauty, Rpr Marketing Communications, MaCher, Cosmoprof North America, NYSCC, P&G Beauty, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Consultancy Media, Suite K, PIMS, WWD, Preen.Me, NPD Group and Ernst & Young.
