Roll up for the biggest event in the beauty
calendar: the annual CEW Awards
Take a good look at the products on your
dressing table. What’s really doing the job? What’s worth all that hard-earned
cash? Chances are, there are barely-touched jars of moisturizer in the back row
and cakey foundations that make your skin look older than it really s. if you
need a beauty overhaul, your shopping list begins here. These products have
been selected by the prestigious Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) UK committee,
who each year hunt down the most exceptional skin, hair and body treats. More
than 900 experts, including beauty editors and salon therapists, trial over 300
products and vote for the ones that really go the extra mile. Now in its 20th
year, CEW has introduced two new categories: Most Revolutionary Beauty Product
Of The Last 20 Years and Eco Beauty Award. Read on, because your beauty routine
is about to get an upgrade.
1. Best new high-street make-up product: eyes or lips
Bourjois
intense eye shadow, $10.49.
These little pots of prettiness are
affordable and easy to apply, with a true colour transfer, a generous quantity
and a good selection of shades to pick and mix from.
2. Best new high-street everyday facial skincare product
Olay
Regenerist Night Renewal Elixir, $44.99.
This de-ageing night serum contains
glycolic acid – a veritable miracle ingredient. It purposefully lowers the
skin’s pH, which makes cells work extra hard to ‘normalise’ again, thus giving
your skin a toning workout for a younger and more energized complexion.
3. Best new luxury make-up product: eyes or lips
Chanel
Illusion D’ombre Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow, $33.75
This spongy-yet-creamy eyeshadow is
decadence in a chic applicator brush to produce an intense line or sexy smudge.
4. Best new high-street make-up product: face
Bourjois
Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation, $16.49
‘Instant perk’ products are few and far
between, but this glowy, sheer-coverage foundation contains an anti-fatigue
formula of power-berry extracts that really brightens you up (plus the fruit
scent is sunshine in a bottle).
5. Best British brand
Molton
Brown, From $16.5
Molton
Brown is one of the most-loved beauty brands in the country
Worthy of its own Jubilee street party,
Molton Brown is one of the most-loved beauty brands in the country, thanks to
an enormous collection of ultra-luxurious gifts and products. There are
candles, bath essences, travel minis and body treats galore, plus a fantastic
new skincare range that’s definitely worth trying.
6. Best new luxury everyday facial skincare product
Eve
Lom Eye Cream, $72
A game-changing product that, once tried,
you won’t be able to do without. This do-it-all eye cream de-puffs, brightens
and moisturizes, and it also contains long-term, line-smoothing peptides.
7. Best new high-street bath and body product
Burt’s
Bees Honey & Shea Sugar Scrub, $19.49
Shake off a bad night’s sleep with a
full-body, invigorating once-over, using this delicious honey-scented scrub.
The ground almonds give the perfect texture to slough, not scratch, the skin,
while also stimulating circulation.
8. The eco beauty award (sponsored by Givaudan)
Weleda
Pomegranate Firming Night Cream, $32.93
The pomegranate wins a gold medal for
superfood of the century, thanks to its anti-oxidant properties, which prevent
and repair skin ageing. This range offers all the goodness and, with
use-everywhere products, the whole body benefits. The entire brand is 100
percent biodynamic and natural, hence its place at the top of the eco charts.
