In collaboration with the international agency Beautystreams, the best 2024 beauty products have been celebrated at Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna with industry top players among retailer, brand owner, buyers, and mayor newspaper journalists and content creators.
Cosmoprof & Cosmopack Awards 2024 highlighted products, formulations, packaging, design, technology, materials, and ingredients among the most innovative proposals at a global level, rewarding the research and the company investments. 2024 winners are the result of the know-how of more than 30 important personalities of the beauty industry from around the world. Among the 700 nominations presented by the exhibitors, for the first time a technical jury analysed the proposals and their value in terms of innovation, circularity, and appeal to the market, and selected the 51 finalists last February 29th. For winners a multidisciplinary jury merged with the technical jury, which expressed the preferences both online from March 6th to 15th, and on-site, with an exclusive appointment on March 20th.
The technical jury is composed of:
• John Morgan, Founder & CEO, Evoke Sustainable Packaging
• Benedetta Suardi, Scientific Director, Kiko SpA
• Fernanda Pigatto, Global Partnerships Director, Beautystreams
• Lan Vu, Founder/CEO, Beautystreams
• Michael Nolte, SVP Creative Director, Beautystreams
• Paulina Cacciapalle, Editor in Chief, Beautystreams
• Nina Jones, Executive Editor, Beautystreams
• Anne-Catherine Auvray, Executive Editor Products, Beautystreams
• Gabriella Baki, Director of Cosmetic Science and Formulation Design major Associate
• Professor, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | University of Toled
• Akshay Talati, Vice President Product Development, Goop
• Erik Frey, Founder / Principal – Green Saturdays
• Fabrizia Grimaldi, Entrepreneur – CEO and Founder Hormoon – FF Cosmetics Srl
• Xavier Caro, Senior Director for RD Packaging EMEA – Kenvue The 2024 multidisciplinary jury is composed of:
• Anna Blasco Salvat, VP Marketing, Artdeco Cosmetic
• Samir Srivastav, Chief Executive Officer, Looks Salons
• Galib Virani, Chief Executive Officer, SuperCosmetics
• Jeanne Drean, Beauty journalist, Madame Figaro
• Amy Helen Lawrenson, Beauty Editor, The Times
• Paula Barrado, Beauty Editor, El Economista
• Valentina Debernardi, Direttore, Harpers Bazar
• Anien Botha, Beauty Editor, Beauty South Africa
• Deanna Utroske, Founder BeautyInsights
• Simileoluwa Ademosu, Regional Sales Manager/ Certified Beauty Makeup Artist and SPMU Special
• Brooke Bergé, Division Manager Beauty Distribution – Ali Bin Ali Holding
• Vishal Das, Vice President Group Category – A Tata Company
• Kevin David, Director of Business Development – Front Row
• Abdul Majid Madi, CEO and Founder – District General Trading company Kuwait
• Angèle Miller, Founder Abundant by Design, Co Founder Inca Glow and Co Founder Creekside RnR
• LeAnn Bobitt, SVP Brand Strategy and Development – SalonCentric
• Chaiyapop Luarngjindarat, Head Of Marketing Beauty Department at Central Group – Central
• Ana Lucia Mendiola Iparraguirre, Gerente de Marca Propias – Supermercados Peruanos S.A.
• Elena Nunno, Global Strategic Marketing Manager of Cosmetics Segment – Merck KGaA, Darmstadt
• Amarjit Sahota, Founder – Ecovia Intelligence
• Otilia Beschea, Director of Innovation – Group Marcelle
• Nigel Lawmon, VP Global Merchandising, Haircare – Sephora
COSMOPACK AWARDS 2024 WINNERS
During the 2024 awards edition, Livio Beshir, actor, presenter, and television author, was accompanied on stage by Giulia Salemi, radio speaker and TV presenter of MTV Italia. Enrico Zannini, General Director of BolognaFiere Cosmoprof, presented the Life Achievement Award, the award assigned to the most influential personalities of the beauty universe, to Trevor Sorbie, a worldwide hairstyling icon, one of the protagonists of the most renown stages globally.
The winners of the different Cosmoprof and Cosmopack awards.
SKIN CARE FORMULA
Ancorotti Cosmetics (IT): The Globes – Gummy Soap
These single-use face cleansing gummies are solid soaps activated when applied to wet skin, transforming into rinse-off foam. Created from 99% natural ingredients, the soaps are presented in two different formulations – the orange gummy is infused with orange blossom floral water and an orange flower scent, while the yellow gummy contains an argan scent, helichrysum flower extract to combat the effects of environmental stress, and ginkgo biloba extract with antioxidant, sebum-regulating, and toning properties. The globes are hot-poured into a clamshell-like packaging, and heat sealed with an aluminum cover that’s designed so the two gummies can be opened on separate occasions. Among their eco-friendly ingredients is a mild, non-ionic surfactant made entirely from renewables; a polysaccharide produced by fermentation used as a film-forming agent; and a jellifying agent and natural polysaccharide for a rich, smooth texture.
MAKE-UP FORMULA
Omnicos Group (IT) – Cryolight
Cryolight is a hybrid powder with creamy, silky, and bouncy consistency, created via Omnicos Group’s patent pending nitrogen-boosted formulation process. The cold temperature of the liquid nitrogen results in the powder’s sensoriality, while using liquid nitrogen also saves energy in production, in contrast to energy-intensive baking processes, thus reducing carbon emissions and energy consumption. The powder contains a mix of emollient esters to offer a silky touch, while its combination of synthetic and natural waxes act as emollients and film-forming agents to provide structure and plasticity to the product. The formulation also encompasses a high concentration of different sized pearlescent pigments for luminosity, and two texturizing powders for a smooth application and blendability.
HAIR CARE FORMULA
Art Cosmetics (IT) – Unstoppable Brow & Hair Wax
This solid format is intended to style both hair and brows, offering control without feeling sticky or looking oily, all in a tactile, user-friendly format. Created as an egg-shaped, solid wax, the product glides on easily and can be used to set frizzy or flyaway hairs, or to fix unruly brows. The wax comes in a transparent version for an invisible, glossed finish, and in a pearlized version to provide an iridescent effect visible under lights, enhancing hair’s color and luminosity. The formula is waterless and contains over 85% natural origin ingredients. Composed of waxes with different melting points, the formula creates a spreadable yet long-lasting film, while a wax resin composite offers better adhesion, and castor seed oil cares for hair.