The 2024 CEW Beauty Awards Finalists Revealed!

Beauty industry experts have selected this year's top picks from more than a thousand entries, creating an impressive list of finalists for the 2024 CEW Beauty Awards.

Last night, on the evening of September 19, attendees to CEW’s Beauty Expo learned firsthand who the finalists are to this year’s awards program. Held at The Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan, more than 1,000 industry insiders got to play, test out, and try the approximate 315 finalist products across 40 categories. In addition to revealing the finalists, the event featured many beauty activations, such as booths by CVS Pharmacy, US Soy, Evolus, and Drunk Elephant, where guests received beauty services, product demonstrations, and giveaways.

To keep the program relevant to beauty’s changing trends, new categories were added this year, including Home Scent, Gender Neutral Scent, Natural/Textured Hair Care Product, Indie Make-Up Product, and Indie Scent.

Sexual Wellness Finalist

plusOne® kegel trainer

plusOne - Kegel Trainer

A revolutionary pelvic floor training device to help strenghten muscles for bladder control, postnatal recovery, and improved sexual intimacy. Made with ultra smooth and flexible silicone for easy insertion and has an LED indicator light that illuminates to show the strength of each exercise, and 5 vibration settings.

Body Wash / Scrub Finalist

Byoma - Hydrating Body Wash

This hydrating, nutrient-rich and pH balanced body cleanser soothes with a prebiotic complex to balance the skin's microbiome. Calming beta glucan and barrier-firendly sqalene are also included in this creamy lathering wash.

Category sponsors include Raymond James for the Indie Category, dsm-firmenich for the Sustainability Excellence Award, and New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists for The Supplier’s Award: Ingredients & Formulation.

Voting for the program’s winners begins now and ends October 10 (links to product descriptions and images to inform votes are available on cew.org’s finalist pages).

After casting votes, the beauty industry is encouraged to purchase tickets to CEW’s Beauty Awards Luncheon on November 21st in NYC where this year’s winners will be announced. The program always sells out so buy tickets sooner rather than later.

Sponsors of the 2024 Beauty Awards include: Amazon Beauty, dsm-firmenich, Evolus, Raymond James, QVC, Nordstrom, CVS Pharmacy, Bazaarvoice, Drunk Elephant, US Soy, and Beauty Barrage. Event partners include New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists, PIMS, Cosmoprof North America, RPG, Circana, Consultancy Media, Spa Chicks on the Go, and Tonnie’s Minis.