Beauty Industry Awards: market-leading winners across ingredients and indie beauty announced

The awards ceremony took place in Amsterdam, alongside the ongoing in-cosmetics Global industry trade show, and gathered leading figures from across the industry.

Here, we recap on our finalists for each of our nine categories, and reveal the winners.

Best Skin Care Ingredient:​​

• PhytoSpherix - Mirexus Inc
• Revivyl - Givaudan Active Beauty
• Vetivyne - Givaudan Active Beauty

Winner: Revivyl - Givaudan Active Beauty.

Revivyl is a skin renewal accelerator that works with the microflora of the skin, tapping into the rising trend for microbiome related skin care.

Best Color Cosmetics Ingredient:​​

• Celus-Bi Feel - Roelmi HPC
• Megassane - Givaudan Active Beauty
• PHY Surface Treated Pigments - Sensient Cosmetic Technologies

Winner: PHY Surface Treated Pigments - Sensient Cosmetic Technologies.

PHY allows for superior water dispersion for pigments.

Best Sensory Ingredient:​​

• HIPEgel Aqua C - Alchemy Ingredients Ltd.
• LUMISENS CV10 AS - Sensient Cosmetic Technologies
• Velvesil E-Gel PMF emulsion - Momentive Performance Materials

Winner: Velvesil E-Gel PMF emulsion - Momentive Performance Materials.

This emulsion is a unique silicone crosspolymer network that can help deliver consumer perceivable emollient and cushioning feel to a range of personal care applications.

Best Hair Care Ingredient:​ ​

• Greyverse - IFF Lucas Meyer Cosmetics
• ResistHyal - Givaudan Active Beauty
• SymHair Restore - Symrise

Winner: Greyverse - IFF Lucas Meyer Cosmetics

A peptide that decreases the overall whiteness of hair and also acts to darken grey hair.

Best Use of an Ingredient in a Finished Product:​​

• Pili and Elemi Oils - Pili Naturals Corp.
• SIRTALICE - Lipotrue
• UCHUVA extract - Yanbal Cll

Winner: UCHUVA extract - Yanbal Cll

An anti ageing ingredient that carries out epigenetic reversing of ageing signs and requires very low use levels.

Best Indie Beauty Brand:​​

• ARgENTRUM Apothecary
• Cotarde
• Luxe Botanics

Winner: Cotarde

Best Indie Color Cosmetic:​​

• Conceal & Define Concealer - Revolution Beauty
• INIKA Organic Vegan Long Lash Mascara - INIKA Organic
• Sport Make Up All In One TerracotaFPS30 FPUVA10 - Apoteka Industria e Comercio

Winner: INIKA Organic

Best Indie Skin Care:​​

• All Natural Goat Milk Soap - Peninsula Dairy Farms W.L.L.
• KIGELIA Clarifying Serum - Luxe Botanics
• CAMU Brightening Serum - Luxe Botanics

Winner: KIGELIA Clarifying Serum - Luxe Botanics

Best Indie Hair Care:​​

• Kavita Straightening Without Iron - StarBrands
• Prose - Prose Hair
• Zaol Doctor's Order Expert Synergy Booster - Zaol Co. Ltd

Winner: Prose - Prose Hair

Congratulations to all our winners and well done to all our finalists, all of whom have proven their world-class beauty expertise.

We look forward to welcoming the next batch of new and innovative thinkers, products, ingredients and brands to the Beauty Industry Awards 2019.