UPDATE: The CEW Beauty Awards 2022 Edit is now closed.

We’re celebrating the 2022 industry-led awards with an edit that reflects CEW’s initiative of celebrating excellence and product innovation within the beauty industry.

Our CEW Beauty Awards Edit is packed with widely recognised products from some of the leading beauty brands including a mix of the best in skincare, makeup, hair and body care, and wellbeing essentials.

We created a guide to give you some inspiration to help you make your selections. Keep reading to find out how you could curate your unique edit with a mix of the best in beauty. Plus, you can learn more about each product and their nominations.

Skin Prep Essentials Edit

About the edit:

If you love all things skincare then curating a Skin Prep Essentials Edit is perfect for you. Packed with the best products from some of the most recognised brands, this edit will help prep your skin for makeup or if you want to achieve a fresh bare-faced look. In this edit, you’ll find everything you need to create a full skincare routine.

Products included, their nomination & what makes them award-worthy:

Nominated for Best New Skin Prep – Prestige, Verso’s Cleansing Balm gently cleanses and exfoliates the skin without removing the skin’s natural oils.

Nominated for Best New Skin Prep – Mass, Byoma’s Creamy Jelly Cleanser is infused with a barrier boosting tri-ceramide complex to gently cleanse your skin and get rid of dirt and excess oil without disturbing your skin barrier.

Nominated for Best New Skin Prep – Prestige, the Pro-Collagen Marine Moisture Essence from Elemis boosts your skin’s moisture levels, re-energises the skin and smooths the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Nominated for Best New Skintellectual – Prestige, Decorte’s Liposome Advanced Repair Serum helps repair the skin and corrects skin issues.

Nominated for Best New Skin Prep – Prestige, Eve Lom’s Rescue Peel Pads features daily exfoliating pads packed with naturally derived AHA, BHA and PHA that exfoliates the skin to reveal a brighter and smoother complexion.

Nominated for Best New Mask – Mass, Ayumi’s Sandalwood & Pink Clay Face Mask draws out the skin’s impurities while boosting the skin’s hydration.

Bright & Healthy Skin Edit

About the edit:

The Bright & Healthy Skin Edit is filled with hydrating and brightening formulas that can help you achieve and maintain a fresh, bright and healthy complexion. If you want to treat your skin from the inside out, this edit also includes supplements from 111Skin that are formulated with a blend of vitamins, minerals and superfoods that offer anti-inflammatory benefits for a stressed-out complexion.

Products included, their nomination & what makes them award-worthy:

Nominated for Best New Skintellectual – Prestige, Keys Soulcare’s Let Me Glow Illuminating Serum contains skin-nourishing ingredients that hydrates and plumps the skin and promotes a radiant complexion.

Nominated for Best New Skintellectual – Prestige, Shiseido’s Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate features a double anti-ageing technology that defends your skin from environmental stressors and helps you achieve a healthy and younger-looking complexion.

Nominated for Best New Skintellectual – Prestige, Oodee’s Aurora Perfecting Serum boosts the skin’s natural ceramides while soothing the skin and reducing inflammation to reveal smooth, firm and glowing skin.

Nominated for Best New Beauty Supplement – Mass & Prestige, the Clarity Beauty Dose from 111Skin features a combination of zinc, vitamin C and a probiotic blend to help detoxify the gut and restore balance to the skin.

Nominated for Best New Skintellectual – Prestige, REN Clean Skincare’s Glow and Protect Serum is packed with antioxidants to protect your skin while brightening and evening out your complexion.

Nominated for Best New Targeted Skincare – Prestige, Murad’s Rapid Dark Spot Correcting Serum is a dark spot corrector that promotes skin cell turnover, brightens the skin and reduces the appearance of dark spots.

Makeup Staples Edit

About the edit:

Want to expand your makeup collection? You’ll love the Makeup Staples Edit, which is jam-packed with some of the most sought-after makeup products to complete your eye and lip makeup looks as well as multi-tasking products that double as a makeup primer or lip balm.

Products included, their nomination & what makes them award-worthy:

Nominated for Best New Eye Makeup – Mass, Lottie London’s Superfake Mascara features a long-wearing formula that lengthens your lashes and holds up to 12 hours.

Nominated for Best New Eye Makeup, Max Factor’s Divine Lashes Mascara provides your lashes with soft volume and its ultra-soft brush ensures an easy and clump-free application every time.

Nominated for Best New Eye Makeup – Prestige, the Stack Mascara from MAC features a clump-resistant technology and adds volume and length to your lashes.

Nominated for Best Beauty Icon – Prestige, the HydraBoost Lip Lover Lipstick from Mii Cosmetics features an innovative lipstick formula that delivers highly pigmented colour while containing hyaluronic acid to hydrate and plump your lips.

Nominated for Best New Targeted Skincare – Mass, Dr.PawPaw’s Original Balm is the perfect multi-purpose balm that you can use as a makeup primer. You can also use it on your body or to tame frizz or add texture to your hair.

Nominated for Best New Skintellectual, Dr Lipp’s BFF Balm can also be used as a makeup primer or as a moisturising balm to rebalance and hydrate your skin.

Hair, Body & Wellbeing Essentials Edit

About the edit:

This edit is filled with hair, body and wellbeing essentials from recognised and approved beauty brands. From self-tanning creams, thickening shampoos and indulgent body fragrances to innovative face masks, cooling serums and a new tool for fresher breath, this edit ticks all the boxes when it comes to the best in hair and body care and wellbeing.

You can switch between Yardley London’s body spray and Medeau’s unisex fragrance, depending on your scent preferences.

Products included, their nomination & what makes them award-worthy:

Nominated for Best Sun Care or Self Tan – Mass & Prestige, Gatineau’s Golden Glow Gradual Tan gives you a natural, sun-kissed glow and keeps your skin hydrated.

Nominated for Best New Hair Product – Prestige, Absolute Collagen’s Thickening Shampoo is formulated with a unique collagen complex formula that strengthens, thickens and nourishes your tresses.

Nominated for Best British Brand – Mass & Prestige, Yardley London’s Freesia & Bergamot Body Spray features an energising and uplifting floral fragrance.

Nominated for The Responsible Beauty Award, Medeau’s Cedar Noir is a unisex, sophisticated fragrance that exudes an edgy and cool scent.

Nominated for Best New Targeted Skincare – Prestige, the Divine Glow Self-Heating Face Mask from Sensory Retreats is a gold-foiled, self-heating face mask that utilises thermotherapy technology to boost the skin’s circulation, leaving you with a healthy glow.

Nominated for Best New Wellbeing Product – Mass & Prestige, PRAI Beauty’s MenoGlow Hot Flush Cool Fix Serum is a refreshing serum that instantly cools down your skin and reduces signs of ageing.

Nominated for Best New Beauty Tool or Accessory – Mass & Prestige, Urban Veda’s My Tongue Cleanser promotes a healthier mouth and gastrointestinal tract that decongests your tongue and freshens your breath.

Beauty Icons Edit

About the edit:

An edit filled with some of the most iconic beauty brands and widely recognised products. The Beauty Icons Edit includes some real gems and cult products that are on everyone’s list, and are worth adding to your radar.

If you’re looking to add a new dry shampoo to your hair care routine, you can’t go wrong with Batiste’s Dry Shampoo. Opt for their Green Tea & Chamomile version if you prefer a light scent.

Products included, their nomination & what makes them award-worthy:

Nominated for Best Beauty Icon – Mass, the Original Lipstick Top Coat from Lipcote & Co is perfect for layering over your lipstick to help your lip makeup last longer.

Nominated for Best British Brand, Batiste’s Dry Shampoo Original Classic Fresh is an iconic dry shampoo with a classic fresh scent with zesty lemon and fresh floral notes.

Nominated for Best New Hair Product – Mass, Batiste’s Naturally Dry Shampoo Green Tea & Chamomile refreshes your tresses in between washes and gets rid of excess oil.

Nominated for Best Beauty Icon – Mass, the Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant from Paula’s Choice is a gentle exfoliant that gets rid of dead skin cell buildup and treats breakouts.

Nominated for Best Beauty Icon – Prestige, the Orgasm Blush from NARS imparts a natural, healthy-looking glow to your complexion with a gorgeous pop of colour.

Nominated for Best Beauty Icon – Prestige, By Terry’s Hyaluronic Hydra-Powder instantly mattifies your skin, minimises your pores, blurs imperfections and evens out your skin tone — it does all of this without drying out your skin!

Nominated for Best Beauty Icon – Mass, Dr. PawPaw’s Overnight Lip Mask is the perfect addition to your nighttime routine to deeply nourish your lips overnight and smooth fine lines.

Make your best in class beauty selections now and create your CEW Beauty Awards Edit.


Written by: Romy Rose Reyes