The Beauty Awards celebrates the latest and greatest products in UK retail beauty. Launched in 2001 by Beauty Magazine, the Awards was an industry-only event, bringing up to 250 people together each autumn. In 2016, the voting was opened to the UK public, a move that saw the Awards grow enormously. In 2019, The Beauty Awards became the proud recipient of the Best Awards Event by a Publisher at The AwardsAwards. In 2022, with ASOS, the global online fashion and Face+Body retailer, concluding 3 years as the overall partner, the programme reached new heights:
• The Shortlist and Winners Showcases respectively were distributed to over 300,000 ASOS customers along with Beauty Magazine readership.
• Over 450,000 votes were cast for the Shortlisted brands at ASOS.com
• The Winners were celebrated at Magazine London, with over 1000 people in attendance from our industry, the world of celebrity, and the national press. An estimated 23 million+ social media interactions took place in the 24 hours following this incredible evening of glitz and glamour.
• Winners received the amazing opportunity to pitch to ASOS beauty buying team.
The Beauty Awards is firmly established as the leading beauty event of the year - and a must-attend for the celebrity world too.
When products enter they agree to participate in an 8-month period of activity designed to maximise exposure for their product the further it progresses in the competition. There are costs associated with each stage of the programme, and upon entering brand owners agree to those costs, which are billed in stages based on the success of the product as it progresses through the programme.
Stage 1 - Entering
Each product undergoes rigorous testing by a minimum of three expert judges. The judges votes decide the shortlists.
Stage 2 - Shortlisting, Voting & Celebrating
Once entries close the voting platform launches, opening up voting to a global consumer base. Publicity for brands that make the shortlist (a maximum of 8 products per category) is huge.
Shortlisted brands also feature in Beauty Magazine Shortlist Showcase, distributed in print across the beauty retail sector as well as to 300,000 consumers in the UK. Brands encourage their fans, followers and customers to vote too.
Winners are announced at a glitzy and amazing awards ceremony and gala dinner. At the event, guests arrive to a sea of flashing lights as they walk the red carpet. Celebrity spotting is the order of the day, with paparazzi from all the major media outlets lined up to capture the best pictures. Following a cocktail reception, our celebrity hosts announce the winners. In 2022 AJ Odudu hosted, and previous hosts include amongst others the late (and very much missed) Caroline Flack, Amanda Holden, Peter Andre and Ferne McCann. The afterparty is great fun - rocking until 1am.
All guests depart clutching a Goody Bag, worth more than the price of their ticket!
Stage 3: Post-event promotion and pitching
Coverage on the night and immediately following the event is impressive, with social media going into overdrive. By combining activity by our media, third-party media, celebrities, brands and retailers, event amplification in 2022 was estimated to have captured over 92 million online eyeballs.
Once we have our Winners, Beauty Magazine publishes its special Winners' Showcase (print run 300,000), which is distributed to UK consumers.
All Winning and Highly Commended Products stay live at beauty-magazine.co.uk for 12 months in a specially flagged gallery.
The Beauty Awards has succeeded in bringing together the industry and its customers. The icing is the glitz of celeb and paparazzi, fuelling the excitement throughout for all participants. An innovative, rigorous and impactful programme, it provides unrivalled, cost-effective reach for beauty brands in this highly competitive sector. Take at look at the reach and impact of last year's awards here.
For more information about The Beauty Awards 2023, email beautyawards@1530.com
For more information about The Beauty Awards 2023, email beautyawards@1530.com or call on +44(0) 20 7534 7202.
For more information about The Beauty Awards 2023, email beautyawards@1530.com