A Makeup & Beauty Blog – Lipglossiping

When it comes to judging the merits of beauty products, opinions don’t come much more highly-regarded than those of the end-user themselves.  Which is why I like the QVC Customer Beauty Awards.  QVC shoppers are a real pro-active bunch, you only need to read the product reviews on the website and check out the forums to understand how much effort they invest in being part of the QVC “community”, they’re hardcore!

Returning for another year, the QVC Customer Beauty Awards have been gathering ratings and votes from this tight-knit community over the past month and last night, the results of the best available at the shopping channel were revealed.

Across a total of 12 categories… 48 beauty product nominees battled it out to be crowned the ultimate winners, and here they are:

Best Moisturiser – Elemis Pro Collagen Marine Cream
Best Facial Cleanser – Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish
Best Haircare Product – Philip Kingsley Elasticizer
Best Foundation – bareMinerals SPF 15 Foundation
Best Nailcare Product – Leighton Denny Crystal File Duo
Best Beauty Essential Product – L’Occitane Hand & Foot Care Duo
Best Anti-Ageing Product – Decleor Aromessence Iris
Best Make-Up Must-Have – bareMinerals Prime Time Foundation Primer
Best Summer Essential – Ultrasun Face 50+ Duo
Best Male Grooming Product – Liz Earle Men’s Face Scrub & Cleanse & Polish
Best Targeted Treatment – Gatineau Melatogenine Force Collagene Duo
Best Newcomer – Elemis Pro Collagen Cleansing Balm

All of these products are available to buy online at qvcuk.com

I was disappointed that the lovely Lipstick Queen Sinner range didn’t beat off the competition for best newcomer but the might of Elemis was just too strong!  Leighton Denny’s fabulous nail files triumphing over Seche Vite’s top coat made this SV dissident smile broadly but I was shocked that neither Emma Hardie nor Alpha-H picked up a win!

Did any of your favourites make the winner’s podium?

Forget your usual beauty awards that announce crap like roll-on foundations as being the best thing since airbrushing or Maybelline’s ‘no lash’ (you know the one) as the greatest mascara since falsies were invented.

The CEW (UK) Awards are the real deal and deserve the respect they’re granted within the industry.

Here are the winners for 2011…

Best New Bath and Body Product: Mass Market
Sanctuary Ultra Rich Body Butter (£10.20)

Best New Haircare/Styling/Colouring Product: Mass Market
Batiste Dry Shampoo Fresh (£2.25)

Best New Everyday Facial Skincare Product: Mass Market
Dr. Organic Rose Otto Facial Serum (£12.29)

Best New Skincare Treatment Product: Mass Market
Lanolips 101 Ointment (£11.00)

Best New Make-up Product: Mass Market
Rapidlash Eyelash Enhancing Serum (£40.84)

Best Classic Beauty Product: Mass Market
Bio-Oil (from £5.45)

Best New Men’s Grooming Product: Mass Market
Nivea For Men Q10 Revitalising Gel (£10.99)

Best New Brand: Mass Market
JOINT WINNERS: Lanolips & Dr. Organic

Best New Bath and Body Product: Prestige Market
Balance Me Rose Otto Body Wash (£12.25)

Best New Haircare/Styling Product: Prestige Market
Liz Earle Naturally Active Haircare Botanical Shine Shampoo (£7.65)

Best New Everyday Facial Skincare Product: Prestige Market
Clarins Multi Active Day Early Wrinkle Correction Cream (£38.00)

Best New Skincare Treatment Product: Prestige Market
Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Synchronized Complex (£35.00)

Best New Make-up Product – Face: Prestige Market
NARS Orgasm Illuminator (£21.50)

Best New Make-up Product Eyes or Lips: Prestige Market
Chanel Rouge Coco Hydrating Creme Lip Colour (£21.50)

Best Classic Beauty Product: Prestige Market
Eve Lom Cleanser (from £30.00)

Best New Woman’s Fragrance: Prestige Market
Chloe – Love, Chloe (from £38.50)

Best New Men’s Fragrance: Prestige Market
Chanel – Bleu de Chanel Eau de Toilette (from £42.89)

Best New Men’s Grooming Product: Prestige Market
Shiseido For Men Skin Empowering Cream (£85.00)

Best New Brand: Prestige Market
Emma Hardie Amazing Face (from £10)

Best New Certified Organic Skincare Product: Mass or Prestige Market
Balance Me Super Oil With Juniper and Bergamot (£20.00)

Best New Self Tan or Suncare Product: Mass or Prestige Market
Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream Sun Defence for Face SPF50 (£15.00)

Best British Brand: Mass or Prestige Market
Liz Earle Naturally Active Skincare

Best New Hand or Nail Product: Mass or Prestige Market
All for Eve Swarovski Crystal Nail File (£12.95)

Best Iconic Beauty Product: Mass or Prestige Market
Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant (£25.00)

Predictably, I’m delighted to see Lanolips do so well (both as a product and a brand) but a few other personal favs include the Liz Earle Naturally Active Haircare Botanical Shine Shampoo and Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream Sun Defence for Face SPF50 – both of which have been previously reviewed on the blog if you’re interested in discovering what (I think) makes them so good!

Keep an eye out for the finalist and winner seals on the products, shelves and websites to discover the CEW favs!

You can also read more about CEW and the awards by clicking through to this Superdrug page which goes into greater details about the processes behind the esteemed recommendations.

Did any of your favourites make the cut?

…were held earlier in the week at a swanky ‘do’ in London.

Attended by some of the country’s best journalists and writers, the awards recognise the work that UK beauty journalists do to educate and inform their readers through intelligent articles on skincare and beauty.

So, quite frankly… I have no idea how I managed to bag one.

I was awarded Best Beauty Blogger at the ceremony and will even get a trophy to proudly display next to my computer… or yano, in everyone’s face.  Repeatedly.

The Best Beauty Blogger category was introduced to the award line up for the first time this year and despite my jokes and general awkwardness, I really am very happy, proud and thankful to have been selected as the inaugural winner by the panel of judges.

I’d also like to give a shout-out to runner-up SCforM who writes a great grooming blog you should be following here.

Thanks for the support, banter and patience you guys show me as I bumble my way through this blogging thing, you make it so much fun.  Now I’m off to tell my husband that I shall henceforth answer only to the title of ‘award-winning’ wife.  What?

The annual CEW Beauty Awards were held today, and the brands/products coming out on top this year were…

Mass Categories:

Best New Bath & Body Product
All for Eve Body Butter

Best New Haircare/Styling/Colouring Product
Batiste Coloured Dry Shampoo

Best New Everyday Skincare Product
Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Skin Therapy Oil
tied with
Steamcream

Best New Skincare Treatment Product
GoodSkin Labs Lumecin Overnight Brightening Gluco -Protein Treatment

Best New Self Tan or Sun Care Product
St Tropez Wash Off Instant Glow Body Lotion

Best New Make-up Product
All for Eve Lipstick

Best Classic Beauty Product
Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Reconstructor

Best New Men’s Grooming Product
A’kin pureMAN Calming After Shave Balm

Best New Brand
All for Eve

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Prestige Categories

Best New Bath and Body Product
Liz Earle Naturally Active Skincare Superskin Body Cream

Best New Haircare/Styling Product
Ojon Restorative Hair Treatment

Best New Everyday Skincare Product
Liz Earle Naturally Active Skincare Superskin Moisturiser

Best New Skincare Treatment Product
Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex

Best New Certified Organic Skincare Product
Balance Me Super Moisturising Hand Cream

Best New Self Tan or Sun Care Product
St Tropez Everyday Mousse

Best New Make-up Product
Diorskin Nude Natural Glow Hydrating Make-up

Best Classic Beauty Product
Liz Earle Naturally Active Skincare Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser

Best New Women’s Celebrity Fragrance
Crabtree & Evelyn India Hicks Island Night

Best New Women’s Fragrance
Marc Jacobs LOLA

Best New Men’s Fragrance
Gucci by Gucci pour Homme

Best New Men’s Grooming Product
Clinique Skin Supplies for Men Age Defense for Eyes

Best New Brand
Dolce & Gabbana the make up

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Mass or Prestige Categories

Best New Hand and Nail Care Product
All for Eve Hand Cream

Best New Salon Professional Haircare Product
Kérastase Sublimateur Jour

Best British Brand
Elemis

Best Iconic Beauty Product
Clarins Beauty Flash Balm

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Any surprising stand outs there for you?  How much stock do you put in the results of industry awards like these and are there any new products that you think you’ll be trying thanks to the CEW seal of approval?