Fabulous Beauty Awards 2024 winners revealed – and you could win EVERYTHING
THE Fabulous beauty team and our expert panel of judges have spent weeks testing thousands of products to determine which beauty buys are the very best.
We have cleansed, creamed, blushed and brushed our way through hundreds of products from well-known beauty juggernauts to groundbreaking newbies, and today we can finally reveal our winners!
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Enter our competition to win ALL the Fabulous Beauty Awards winners
Along with announcing all the award-winning products that we have loved testing over the last few weeks, we are giving you, our lovely readers, a chance to walk away with the entire lot.
Yes, five lucky readers will be able to snap up a whopping £4,000 worth of beauty products featured in our Fabulous Beauty Awards long list below.
If you want to enter to be in with a chance of winning this fantastic beauty haul, head to our Fabulous Beauty Awards competition page to enter before 11:59 pm on August 24, 2024.
Fabulous Beauty Awards 2024 Winners
Team Fabulous have spent months swatching, spritzing and sniffing the latest product launches to bring you the very best in beauty.
From our favourite foundation to an indulgent shower gel, here are all of the beauty products worthy of your wallet – and some will cost you less than a tenner.
MAKE-UP
Whether you prefer a dewy, full-glam or barely-there look, we all have different preferences when it comes to our make-up routines.
While no product is one-size-fits-all, and some cult products are polarising, we’ve whittled down the best of the bunch – and found something everyone will love.
Best Base Product
- Winner: Nars Cosmetics Light Reflecting Eye Brightener, £26 – buy here
- Runner-up: Huda Beauty Easy Bake And Snatch Pressed Powder, £32 – buy here
- Highly commended: Ilia Skin Rewind Complexion Stick, £48 – buy here
Best Blush
- Winner: ELF Cosmetics Camo Liquid Blush, £7 – buy here
- Runner-up: Ruby Hammer Cheek Colour, £24 – buy here
- Highly commended: Ateh Jewel Beauty Watson Watermelon, £25 – buy here
Best Bronzer
- Winner: Kosas Sun Show Glowy Baked Bronzer, £30 – buy here
- Runner-up: Reeson Beauty Bronzing Balm, £38 – buy here
- Highly commended: Natural Collection Bronzer, £3 – buy here
Best Brow Product
- Winner: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze Gel, £24 – buy here
- Runner-up: Olaplex Browbond Building Serum, £64 – buy here
- Highly commended: Benefit Precisely, My Brow Detailer Eyebrow Pencil, £22.50 – buy here
Best Eyeliner
- Winner: Sculpted By Aimee Easyglide Eyeliner, £19 – buy here
- Runner-up: Revlon Colorstay Micro Liquid Liner Blackout, £8.99 – buy here
- Highly commended: Victoria Beckham Beauty Satin Kajal Liner, £30 – buy here
Best Eyeshadow
- Winner: Bobbi Brown Dual-Ended Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick, £35 – buy here
- Runner-up: Too Faced Born This Way Mini Eye Shadow Palette, £30 – buy here
- Highly commended: Rimmel London Wonder’Last Shadow Stick, £8.99 – buy here
Best Lip Colour
- Winner: Maybelline Lifter Plump, £9.99 – buy here
- Runner-up: Mac Macximal Silky Matte Lipstick, £25 – buy here
- Highly commended: Merit Beauty Signature Lip Matte, £28 – buy here
Best Mascara
- Winner: Clinique High Impact Hifi Volume Mascara, £27 – buy here
- Runner-up: Vieve Modern Mascara, £23 – buy here
- Highly commended: Soap & Glory Thick & Fast Tubing Mascara, £11.99 – buy here
BODY
There’s been a surge of interest – and new product launches – in bodycare.
People are thinking about the skin below their chins more than ever, meaning product innovations are becoming increasingly advanced.
Best Bath Product
- Winner: Molton Brown Sunlit Clementine & Vetiver Bath & Shower Gel, £25 – buy here
- Runner-up: Sanctuary Spa Lily & Rose Natural Oils Ultra Rich Shower Oil, £9.50 – buy here
- Highly commended: Vieve Bath & Body Soak, £25 – buy here
Best Body Care Product
- Winner: Ren Clean Skincare Evercalm Barrier Support Body Balm, £35 – buy here
- Runner-up: Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Daily Hydrating Body Lotion, £27 – buy here
- Highly commended: Nécessaire The Body Retinol, £56 – buy here
Best Fake Tan
- Winner: Bondi Sands Technocolor 1 Hour Express Self Tanning Foam, £19.99 – buy here
- Runner-up: Bare By Vogue Clear Tan Water, £22.50 – buy here
- Highly commended: Iconic London Prep, Set, Tan Tanning Mousse, £24 – buy here
Best Nail Care
- Winner: Ruby Hammer Neon Nail Kit, £22 – buy here
- Runner-up: Mii Refine+Pamper Intensive Cuticle Cream, £15 – buy here
- Highly commended: Margaret Dabbs London Nail Strengthening Treatment, £16 – buy here
Best Nail Colour
- Winner: Dior Vernis, £29 – buy here
- Runner-up: Barry M Cosmetics Sheer Strength Hardening Nail Paint, £4.49 – buy here
- Highly commended: Nails Inc Mani Marker Nail Art Pen, £5 – buy here
Tech
Investing in a gadget is one of the smartest ways to level-up your beauty routine.
While they can be pricier than buying disposable products, an effective beauty tool can help speed up and even simplify your hair or skin routine. These are the gadgets we can’t live without…
Best beauty gadget
- Winner: Foreo UFO 3 LED, £289 – buy here
- Runner-up: Hello Klean Purifying Shower Head, £65 – buy here
- Highly commended: Omnilux Eye Brightener, £96.80 – buy here
Best Hair Tool
- Winner: Nicky Clarke Airstyle Pro Infrared & Ionic Hair Dryer & Styler, £249.99 – buy here
- Runner-up: GHD Chronos, £289 – buy here
- Highly commended: Mdlondon Wave, £125 – buy here
Skin
We’re more savvy about skincare than we’ve ever been, meaning we’re demanding more from our products and routines.
From sunscreen to lip care, we’ve searched high and low for the products that deliver results – and promise bang for your buck.
Best Body Sunscreen
- Winner: Garnier Ambre Solaire Ideal Bronze Milk-In-Spray SPF50, £7 – buy here
- Runner-up: Sol De Janeiro Rio Radiance Body Spray SPF50, £36 – buy here
- Highly commended: E45 Sun Body Spray SPF50, 14.99 – buy here
Best Face Sunscreen
- Winner: Trinny London See The Light, £45 – buy here
- Runner-up: Boots SPF+ Anti Pollution Daily Suncare Face Fluid SPF50+, £8 – buy here
- Highly commended: Supergoop! Every. Single. Face. Watery Lotion SPF50, £29 – buy here
Best Lip Care
- Winner: The Inkey List Tripeptide Plumping Lip Balm, £11 – buy here
- Runner-up: Tatcha The Kissu Lip Tint SPF25, £35 – buy here
- Highly commended: The Ordinary Squalane & Amino Acids Lip Balm, £8.50 – buy here
Best Skincare Brand
HAIR
Haircare no longer means just picking out a good shampoo and conditioner. Caring for our scalp is now just as high on the agenda, as are styling products that both nourish your hair and hold it in place.
Whether your hair is straight, curly, wavy, fine or thick, these are the haircare products we swear by.
Best Haircare Product
- Winner: Tresemmé Lamellar Shine Finishing Oil, £9.99 – buy here
- Runner-up: Living Proof Clarifying Detox Shampoo, £31 – buy here
- Highly commended: Garnier Ultimate Blends Hair Honey, £9.99 – buy here
Best Hairstyling Product
- Winner: Color Wow Dream Coat Extra Strength, £32 – buy here
- Runner-up: Bumble And Bumble. Thickening Dryspun Texture Spray Light, £31 – buy here
- Highly commended: Hershesons Almost Everything Cream, £69 – buy here
Best Scalp Product
- Winner: Living Proof Scalp Care Density Serum, £54 – buy here
- Runner-up: Charlotte Mensah Manketti Oil Salt Scrub, £60 – buy here
- Highly commended: Straand The Crown Fix Prebiotic Scalp Serum, £20 – buy here
BEST OF THE REST
From new beauty brands to viral products worth the hype, we’ve scoured the beauty industry for its top players.
Best Cult Product
- Winner: No7 Future Renew Damage Reversal Serum, £42.95 – buy here
- Runner-up: Clarins Lip Comfort Oil, £25 – buy here
- Highly commended: Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum, £65 – buy here
Best Menopause Beauty Product
- Winner: Olay Collagen Peptide Menopause Max Serum, £44 – buy here
- Runner-up: Dove Pro Age Lotion, £5.69 – buy here
- Highly commended: Charles Worthington Menoplex Healthy Scalp Serum, £12.99 – buy here
Best Beauty Innovation
- Winner: Dyson Airstrait Straightener, £449.99 – buy here
- Runner-up: Trinny London Elevator, £68 – buy here
- Highly commended: Marc Jacobs Daisy Drops, £28 – buy here
Best Budget Product
- Winner: L’Oréal Paris Panorama Mascara, £13 – buy here
- Runner-up: Sali Hughes X Revolution Skin Ringlight Illuminating Eye Balm, £10 – buy here
- Highly commended: Isle Of Paradise Gradual Tan, £9.99 – buy here
Best Supplement
- Winner: Vida Glow Collagen Liquid Advance, £40 – buy here
- Runner-up: Dose By VH Liposomal Vitamin C, £35 – buy here
- Highly commended: Advanced Nutrition Programme Skin Moisture IQ, £81 – buy here
Best Viral Beauty Product
- Winner: Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint, £49 – buy here
- Runner-up: Nyx Professional Makeup Fat Oil Lip Drip, £7.99 – buy here
- Highly commended: Hair Proud Glass Hair Heat Activated Smoothing Shine Spray, £8.95 – buy here
Best Men’s Grooming Product
- Winner: Super Facialist Age Defence Serum For Men, £16 – buy here
- Runner-up: L’Oréal Men Expert Hydra Energetic Vitamin C Shot Serum, £16.99 – buy here
- Highly commended: Thayers pH Balancing Daily Cleanser, £11.99 – buy here
Editor’s Pick
- Winner: Elizabeth Arden Retinol + HPR Ceramide Capsules Rapid Skin Renewing Serum, £51 – buy here
- Runner-up: Charlotte Tilbury Unreal Skin Sheer Glow Tint Hydrating Foundation Stick, £35 – buy here
- Highly commended: Eylure Underlash Salon Lash Extension Kit, £20 – buy here
Best Celebrity Brand
- Winner: Rare Beauty
- Runner-up: Cosmoss
- Highly commended: Fenty Beauty
Best Independent Brand
- Winner: Arkive
- Runner-up: Floral Street
- Highly commended: Mantle
Best New Brand
- Winner: Relevant
- Runner-up: Clean Curls
- Highly commended: Joonbyrd
Best Premium Brand
- Winner: Lancôme
- Runner-up: Charlotte Tilbury
- Highly commended: Elemis
Best Sustainable Brand
- Winner: Origins
- Runner-up: L’Occitane
- Highly commended: Davines
Best Teen-Friendly Brand
- Winner: Indu
- Runner-up: ELF Cosmetics
- Highly commended: Bubble Skincare
Best Retailer
- Winner: Boots
- Runner-up: Space NK
- Highly commended: Superdrug
Best Online Retailer
- Winner: Look Fantastic
- Runner-up: Sephora
- Highly commended: Marks & Spencer
Fragrance
Perfume is deeply personal and subjective, meaning crowning the best is no mean feat.
However, we’ve called on our expert panel to pick out the EDPs with the best staying power, complexity and value for money – these are the perfumes we’ll be spritzing on repeat this year.
Best Female Fragrance
- Winner: Narciso Rodriguez For Her, £92 for 50ml EDP – buy here
- Runner-up: Prada Paradoxe Intense, £97 for 50ml EDP – buy here
- Highly commended: Coach Love, £56 for 50ml EDP – buy here
Best Male Fragrance
- Winner: Givenchy Beauty Gentleman Society Extreme, £85 for 60ml EDP – buy here
- Runner-up: Rabanne Phantom Parfum, £76 for 50ml EDP – buy here
- Highly commended: Montblanc Explorer Platinum, £38 for 30ml EDP – buy here
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Meet the Fabulous Beauty Award Judges
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Ruby Hammer, Beauty entrepreneur.
Ruby’s career began on the shop floor in Harrods, where a chance encounter led to being invited to work as assistant to a leading makeup artist.
A few short years later, Ruby was a leading makeup artist, breaking boundaries as one of the first makeup artists of colour to feature regularly on British TV.
Her business brains led her to introduce some of the world’s most recognisable global beauty brands to the UK, before she launched makeup brand Ruby & Millie with friend Millie Kendall OBE in 1998.
Ruby’s most recent success is her signature capsule collection of beauty essentials, Ruby Hammer Beauty
In 2007 Ruby received an MBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to the cosmetics industry.
Ruby’s most recent success is her signature capsule collection of beauty essentials, Ruby Hammer Beauty.
Sinead McIntyre, Fabulous Editor-in-chief
As Editor-in-Chief of Fabulous magazine since 2015, and Features director for almost ten years, Sinead has witnessed the biggest moments in beauty for over two decades.
Sinead has witnessed the biggest moments in beauty for over two decades
Mum to teenage twins, she’s just as in touch with the wants of Gen Z as her own mid-life beauty needs, giving her a unique perspective (and a pair of in-house guinea pigs) to determine the best beauty products for all ages, especially the time-poor!
You can think of her as a far less scary Miranda Priestly.
Tara Ledden, Fabulous Beauty editor
Having spent the best part of a decade as a beauty journalist, Tara has tried tens of thousands of beauty products, including most of the cult classics we know today, and can pick out a winning product long before it hits shelves.
Tara has tried tens of thousands of beauty products, including most of the cult classics we know today, and can pick out a winning product long before it hits shelves.
Tara joined Fabulous as Beauty Assistant in 2018 and has been heading up the beauty team since 2021, winning multiple industry awards for her journalism along the way.
With a roster of industry experts, from dermatologists, make-up artists, formulators and brand founders, on speed dial, she sees straight through sleek packaging and fancy promises, ensuring every product she recommends is worth the time and money.
Mira Parmar, Make-up artist
Mira is a freelance Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist based in London.
Her work takes her to destinations around the world including New York, South Africa, India, Thailand and Dubai to name a few.
Mira has a renowned reputation and an impressive client list that spans the beauty, fashion, advertising, celebrity, editorial, film and music industries
She is a perfectionist and takes great pride in her work.
Mira has a renowned reputation and an impressive client list that spans the beauty, fashion, advertising, celebrity, editorial, film and music industries.
She is also a tutor at Delamar Academy, helping to teach the next generation of make-up artists their craft.
Some of her clients include Joanna Lumley, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Sony, Panasonic, Vogue, LUX, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, Cara Delevingne, Suki Waterhouse, Prima, Marie Claire and more.
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Mia Lyndon, Fabulous Beauty writer
Mia first joined the Fabulous Beauty team whilst still at university – spending more time swatching eyeshadow than writing her dissertation.
Now Beauty Writer, she tests hundreds of beauty products, has a diary full of upcoming launches, and predicts the beauty trends that are about to be everywhere.
As the youngest member of Fabulous, Mia has a unique perspective on what makes Gen-Z tick – important, considering they’re the biggest beauty spenders globally.
As the youngest member of Fabulous, Mia has a unique perspective on what makes Gen-Z tick – important, considering they’re the biggest beauty spenders globally
She’s not afraid to get in front of the camera and is constantly reviewing new products, distilling her thoughts into videos for the Fabulous social channels and beyond.
She knows her kabuki from her spoolie, can draw winged eyeliner in the dark (seriously), and can weigh in on just about any product you throw her way.
Sarah-Jane Crawford, Hair expert
You’ll probably recognise Sarah-Jane from the TV, and if not there, then definitely the radio, thanks to her appearances on MTV, E4, Hits Radio, BBC Radio 1Xtra, E! Network, ITV2 and Channel 4.
After becoming a TV presenter in her mid-20s, she believed it was an unspoken rule to wear her hair “long” and “straight”, particularly on camera, and she’d chemically straightened her hair for almost a decade.
After finding many products on the market didn’t meet her expectations, Sarah-Jane set about creating her own hair care brand Clean Curls – what she doesn’t know about hair isn’t worth knowing
Fast forward to 2020, when all the salons were closed in lockdown, and Sarah-Jane finally began to embrace her natural curls.
After finding many products on the market didn’t meet her expectations, Sarah-Jane set about creating her own hair care brand Clean Curls – what she doesn’t know about hair isn’t worth knowing!
