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.