WWD 2011 Beauty Inc Awards

On December 8, the 10th annual WWD Beauty Inc Awards breakfast was held. The emotional moment was hit early in the program when William Lauder, executive chairman of the Estée Lauder Cos., Inc., accepted the first Corporate Social Responsibility Award on behalf of his recently deceased mother, Evelyn Lauder. After he spoke, the crowd stood to acknowledge her contributions to the industry and the breast cancer awareness campaign she held dear. Evelyn Lauder was awarded the Corporate Social Responsibility Award posthumously.

Here's a partial list of the award winners, starting with the Product of the Year Awards.

Mass Color Cosmetics: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure
Prestige Color Cosmetics: Dior Addict Lipstick
Mass Skin Care: Physicians Formula Skin Care
Prestige Skin Care: Lancôme Visionnaire Advanced Skin Corrector
Mass Hair Care: Clairol Nice 'n Easy Color Blend Foam
Prestige Hair Care: Bumble and Bumble The Straight Line
Mass Fragrance: Avon (for Outspoken Intense by Fergie)
Prestige Fragrance: Justin Bieber Someday

The Prestige Brand of the Year was awarded to Estée Lauder, while Maybelline took home honors for the Mass Brand of the Year. Newcomer of the Year awards went to Julia Goldin, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Revlon, in the mass category and Alexander Bolen, CEO of Oscar de la Renta, in the prestige category.

The Eco Awareness Award went to Pantene for the Natural Fusion line. P&G has had a corporate-wide effort in sustainability, which it launched in its beauty business.

Tom Ford Beauty won the Prestige Launch of the Year Award - no wonder! Surprisingly (to me), the mass Launch of the Year Award went to Selma Hayek for Nuance.

Retailer of the Year awards went to Duane Reed (mass), Macy's (prestige), and Sephora (specialty). Birchbox won the Prestige Digital Innovator Award, while Neutrogena won in the mass category.

Fittingly, Peter Philips, Global Creative Director for Makeup of Chanel, won the Creative Influencer of the Year Award. WWD noted that many credit him with single-handedly bringing lipstick back with the launch of Rouge Coco. That launch was rivaled only by the launch of Rouge Coco Shine - also his.

Finally, Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, the honorary chairman of L'Oreal, received the Visionary Award, which recognized his leadership in building L'Oreal into a global powerhouse during his 18-year run as CEO. Ever humble, he said term "visionary" made him uncomfortable. He prefers to be remembered as a "brave soldier."

What do you think? Were these awards spot-on? I'll confess that one of them left me baffled. Can you guess?

Illustration courtesy of WWD

Cosmetics Executive Women Names Best Beauty Products of 2011

Yesterday, the beauty industry celebrated its finest, as Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) recognized the most innovative beauty products of the year at the 17^th Annual CEW Beauty Awards. The winning products spanned 26 categories, including cosmetics, hair care, skin care, sun care, and more. I showed you the finalists not too long ago. Today, I can tell you about the winners, the 2011 Beauty Oscars.

The CEW Beauty Awards is the only awards program where the winners are determined exclusively by more than 4,000 beauty insiders and professionals working in the beauty industry. The CEW Beauty Awards signify the industry’s highest recognition for manufacturers and brands, as well as a trusted guide to the most innovative new products for consumers.

Without further ado, the 2011 winners!

• Bath and Body Mass: Olay Total Effects 7-in-1 Advanced Anti-Aging Body Wash Deep Penetrating Moisture
• Bath and Body Prestige: Fresh Brown Sugar Hand Cream (a Fresh product won this category last year)
• Eco Beauty Award: Yves Rocher Culture Bio
  
• Acne Treatment: Zeno Corporation Heat Treat Blemish Prevention Treatment
• Anti-Aging Mass: AVEENO Ageless Vitality Elasticity Recharging System–Day SPF 30
• Anti-Aging Prestige and Prestige Product: Clinique Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector
• Cleanser & Scrub: Shiseido White Lucent Brightening Cleansing Foam (Shiseido won in the cleanser category last year)
• Eye Treatment Mass: RoC Brilliance Eye Beautifier
• Eye Treatment Prestige: Shiseido Future Solution LX Eye and Lip Contour Regenerating Cream
• Moisturizer Mass: Olay Regenerist Night Resurfacing Elixir
• Moisturizer Prestige: Lancôme Génifique Repair Youth Activating Night Cream
• Hair Care Product: Bumble and bumble Mending Masque
• Hair Coloring Product: Samy Fat Foam Hair Color
  
• Hair Styling Product: Ojon Volumizing Brush-On Mousse
  
• Indie Beauty Award: blow, the new york blow dry bar, Blow, The New York Blow Dry Bar
• Makeup Eye Product Mass: COVERGIRL Liquilineblast Eye Liner (COVERGIRL won in this category last year)
  
• Makeup Eye Product Prestige: Dior Beauty Diorshow Maximizer
• Makeup Face Product Mass: mark. Touch & Glow Shimmer Cream Cubes All Over Face Palette
• Makeup Face Product Prestige: Clinique Redness Solutions Makeup SPF 15 with Probiotic Technology (Clinique won in this category last year)
  
• Makeup Lip Product Mass: L'Oréal Paris Infallible Le Rouge
• Makeup Lip Product Prestige: Fresh Sugar Plum Tinted Lip Treatment SPF 15
• Men's Grooming: Gillette Fusion ProSeries Thermal Scrub
• Men's Scent: Chanel Bleu de Chanel
• Women's Scent Mass: Coty Beauty Beyoncé Heat
• Women's Scent Prestige: Gucci Fragrances Guilty
• Sun Product: Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protection Lotion SPF 60
• First Annual Best Seller Award: Maybelline Falsies Volum’Express

To see information about each award-winning product, go to this CEW link and click the hyperlink for each product that interests you.

Photo courtesy of CEW

Cosmetic Executive Women Finalists for the 2011 CEW Beauty Awards

Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) announced the Finalists for the 2011 CEW Beauty Awards, the industry’s highest honor. Now in its 17^th year, the CEW Beauty Awards celebrate the most innovative products of the year. The finalists were chosen from more than 600 products from nearly 350 top brands.

The CEW Beauty Awards program is the only program in which the finalists are chosen exclusively by beauty insiders. The roster of finalists, voted on by more than 4,000 professionals in the field, has become the beauty consumers’ most coveted shopping list. “Due to the vast amount of beauty products on the market, it’s difficult for consumers to determine which products they need. Each year, CEW members select the best products from over 600 submissions,” said Carlotta Jacobson, President of CEW.

The CEW Board of Governors will vote on the 139 finalists to determine the winners across 26 categories. The winners will be announced at the CEW Beauty Awards Luncheon on Friday, May 20, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. This marks the first year for the CEW Eco Beauty Award. The new award is a response to the growing importance of products’ environmental impact on the planet. The award recognizes products or product lines that have specifically moved towards the goal of sustainability. Ten finalists, from more than 40 entrants, have been vetted by the global organization, The Natural Step. A special Eco Beauty Voting Committee will vote on the winner, which will be revealed at the luncheon.

I left the men's products off this list. For the complete list of 2011 CEW Beauty Award Finalists, you can visit this link. What's cool at the finalist site: you can click on the link for each finalist and read about the product and why it's innovative.

Bath and Body Mass Market
AVEENO Positively Nourishing Smoothing Body Wash
Burt's Bees Cranberry & Pomegranate Sugar Scrub
Dove Gofresh Revive Beauty Body Wash with NutriumMoisture
Eucerin Daily Skin Balance Skin-Fortifying Hand Cream
Olay Total Effects 7-in-1 Advanced Anti-Aging Body Wash Deep Penetrating Moisture

Bath and Body Prestige
Fresh Brown Sugar Hand Cream
Kiehl's Creme de Corps Soy Milk and Honey Whipped Body Butter
Laura Mercier Fresh Fig Soufflé Body Crème
Origins All-Purpose High-Elevation Cream Dry Skin Relief
philosophy Be Somebody Water Lily Hot Salt, Tub and Shower Scrub

Acne Treatment
Bliss No 'Zit' Sherlock Correcting Serum
CLEAN & CLEAR Advantage 2-in-1 Acne & Mark Eraser Kit
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Trifix Acne Clearing Lotion
mark Break Out Plan Anti-Acne Gel Lotion
Neutrogena Rapid Clear Sore Pimple Gel
Zeno Corporation Heat Treat Blemish Prevention Treatment

Anti-Aging Mass Market
AVEENO Ageless Vitality Elasticity Recharging System–Day SPF 30
Avon Anew Clinical Luminosity Pro Brightening Serum
La Roche Posay Redermic [+] Intensive Daily Anti-Wrinkle Firming Fill-In Care
Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Serum
Yes To Blueberries Intensive Skin Repair Serum

Anti-Aging Prestige
Clinique Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector
DDF Revolve 400X Micro-Polishing System
Kiehl's Since 1851 Midnight Recovery Concentrate
Origins Brighter By Nature High-Potency Brightening Peel with Fruit Acids
Shiseido Cosmetics America Bio-Performance Super Corrective Serum

Cleanser & Scrub
Fresh Soy Face Exfoliant
Neutrogena Deep Clean Long-Lasting Shine Control Daily Scrub
Olay Professional Pro-X Exfoliating Renewal Cleanser
Origins Zero Oil Deep Pore Cleanser with Saw Palmetto and Mint
Shiseido Cosmetics America White Lucent Brightening Cleansing Foam

Eye Treatment Mass Market
Avon Anew Reversalist Illuminating Eye System
Grassroots Research Labs Triple Mushroom Intensive Anti-Wrinkle Eye Cream with Wild Ginseng Root
RoC Brilliance Eye Beautifier
Vichy Aqualia Antiox Anti-Fatigue Eye Stick
Yes To Blueberries Eye Firming Treatment

Eye Treatment Prestige
Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Synchronized Complex
KORRES North America Quercetin & Oak AntiAging & AntiWrinkle Eye Cream
Lancôme Rénergie Lift Volumetry Eye Volumetric Lifting and Reshaping Cream
Origins Starting Over Age-erasing Eye Cream with Mimosa
Shiseido Cosmetics America Future Solution LX Eye and Lip Contour Regenerating Cream

Moisturizer Mass Market
Avon Anew Reversalist Day Cream SPF 25
Garnier Nutritioniste Moisture Rescue Refreshing Gel-Cream
GoodSkin Labs Filextra Facial Revolumizing Treatment with Collagen
Neutrogena Healthy Defense Liquid Moisturizer SPF 50 with Helioplex
Olay Regenerist Night Resurfacing Elixir

Moisturizer Prestige
Darphin Hydraskin Essential
Lancôme Génifique Repair Youth Activating Night Cream
Origins VitaZing SPF 15 Energy-Boosting Moisturizer with Mangosteen
philosophy Miracle Worker Miraculous Anti-Aging Moisturizer
SK-II Melting Rich Cream

Hair Care Product
Aveda Damage Remedy Daily Hair Repair
AVEENO Nourish + Shine Shampoo
Avon Advance Techniques Frizz Control Lotus Shield
Bumble and bumble Mending Masque
Pantene Pro-V Medium-Thick Hair Solutions Frizzy to Smooth Shampoo

Hair Coloring Product
Clairol Professional Liquicolor Permanente
Garnier Herbashine Color Crème with Bamboo Extract
L'Oréal Paris Root Rescue 10 Minute Root Coloring Kit
Samy Fat Foam Hair Color
Zotos International Age Beautiful Anti-Aging Haircolor

Hair Styling Product
Aveda Control Force Firm Hold Hair Spray
blow, the new york blow dry bar Blow Out Spray
Frederic Fekkai Essential Shea Tame and Style Pot de Crème
Living Proof Full Thickening Mousse
Ojon Volumizing Brush-On Mousse

Eye Makeup Mass Market
COVERGIRL Liquilineblast Eye Liner
FLIRT! It Curl Lash Curling Mascara
L'Oréal Paris Double Extend Lash Boosting Serum
Maybelline Falsies by Volum’Express
Rimmel Lash Accelerator

Eye Makeup Prestige
Bare Escentuals Buxom Stay-There Eyeshadow
Dior Beauty Diorshow Maximizer
Lancôme Définicils Precious Cells High Definition Amplifying Mascara
MAC Cosmetics Haute & Naughty Lash
YSL Beauté Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils Noir Radical

Face Product Mass Market
COVERGIRL Simply Ageless Serum Primer
L'Oréal Paris Studio Secrets Professional Magic Perfecting Base
mark Touch & Glow Shimmer Cream Cubes All Over Face Palette
Neutrogena Cosmetics SkinClearing Mineral Powder
Sonia Kashuk for Target® Perfecting Luminous Foundation

Face Product Prestige
Bare Escentuals BareMinerals Mineral Veil SPF 25
Clinique Redness Solutions Makeup SPF 15 with Probiotic Technology
Lancôme Teint Miracle Lit-from-Within Makeup
MAC Cosmetics Pro Longwear SPF 10 Foundation
NARS Cosmetics Orgasm Illuminator

Lip Product Mass Market
COVERGIRL Lip Perfection Lipstick
L'Oréal Paris Infallible Le Rouge
mark Gloss Gorgeous Stay On Lip Stain
Pixi Lip & Line
Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain by ColorStay

Lip Product Prestige
Chanel USA Rouge Coco Hydrating Crème Lip Colour
Estée Lauder Pure Color Gloss
Fresh Sugar Plum Tinted Lip Treatment SPF 15
MAC Cosmetics Pro Longwear Lipcrème
Tom Ford Beauty Private Blend Lip Color Collection

Women's Scent Mass Market
American Beauty True Delight Perfume Spray
Avon Outspoken by Fergie
Coty Beauty Beyoncé Heat
P&G Prestige Christina Aguilera
PUIG USA S by Shakira

Women's Scent Prestige
Anthropologie Happ & Stahns Perfumers 1842 Rosa Alba Eau de Parfum
Bond No. 9 New York High Line
Chanel USA Chance Eau Tendre
Coach Poppy Fragrance
Gucci Fragrances Guilty
Narciso Rodriguez Parfums For Her Eau de Parfum Intense

Sun Product
AVEENO Positively Ageless Sunblock Lotion with Enviroblock SPF 70
Coppertone Oil Free Foaming Lotion
La Roche Posay Anthelios 45 Ultra Light Sunscreen Fluid for Body
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Liquid Daily Sunblock Lotion SPF 55
Shiseido Cosmetics America Ultimate Sun Protection Lotion SPF 60

Indie Beauty Award
Barista Bath and Body
blow, the new york blow dry bar
First Aid Beauty LLC
JOON Skincare
Tata Harper

Eco Beauty Award
Alterna Bamboo Smooth
Amala Rejuvenate Collection
Aveda Men Pure-Formance Family
Jurlique Purely Age-Defying
Pomega, Inc. Healing Cream
Sophyto Organic Skincare
Super by Dr. Nicholas Perricone
The Body Shop Rainforest Hair Care Collection
Vapour Organic Beauty
Yves Rocher North America Inc Culture Bio

What do you think? I see some of my favorite brands here. I'm glad they are getting the recognition.

Logo courtesy of CEW; Photos courtesy of Fresh, AVEENO, and Shiseido