Free From Skincare Awards Categories — 2021

1. Family Skincare
   Products for babies, toddlers, children, teenagers and expectant or new mums, including but not limited to baby washes, nappy balms, cradle cap oils, stretchmark creams, nipple balms, kids’ lotions, teenage products, and other skincare products aimed at the family market or suitable for all the family.
2. Men’s Grooming
   Products for any part of the body, either unisex or targeted at men / within a male grooming range, including but not limited to face / body washes, face / body creams, shaving creams / gels, deodorants, haircare products and after-shave lotions.
3. Hair Care
   Shampoos and shampoo bars, conditioners and conditioner bars, hair gels, hair treatment serums, hair colours and other hair care products.
4. Body Care (‘Leave On’)
   Creams, gels or balms for use on the body, including body creams, moisturisers, lotions and tanning products.
5. Body & Bath Oils 
   All oils for the body — bath oils, massage oils, moisturising body oils.
6. Body Care (‘Rinse Off’)
   Cleaning skincare products for the body, such as body scrubs and shower gels.
7. Eye Care
   Eye creams, eye gels, eye liners, eyelash oils, eyeshadows, eyebrow products, mascaras.
8. Hand, Foot and Nail Care
   Hand washes, liquid hand soaps, hand creams, foot creams, foot scrubs, nail polish removers, nail varnish and cuticle care products.
9. Soap Bars
   Bars of soap, for face and/or body.
10. Lip Care
    Any products for lips, including lipstick, lip balms / moisturising or protecting products for the lips, lip scrubs, and products for chapped lips.
11. Toners, Mists and Waters
    Facial toners, micellar waters, facial mists, facial spritzes and flower waters.
12. Face Care (‘Leave On’)
    Creams and balms for use on the face, including anti-ageing creams, night or day creams, all-purpose moisturisers, water-containing serums, plus tinted moisturisers, facial make-up such as blusher or foundation.
13. Face Oils (‘Leave On’)
    100% liquid oil blends or oil-based and water-free serums for the face.
14. Face Care (‘Rinse Off’)
    Facial cleaning products such as masks, cleansers, cleansing oils, washes, scrubs, and make-up removal wipes, which are applied and then removed or washed off from the face.
15. Deodorants
    Under-arm deodorants.
16. Problem Skin 
    Any skincare product suitable for consumers with eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, acne, rosacea or other allergic, sensitive or problem skin condition (chafing, sores, tattoos, itching, dry skin etc).

Special Awards

* Free From Achievement Award
Brands may enter this additional Award with any of the products they submit in any of the categories 1–16 above. This special Award celebrates products with particularly strong free from or ‘hypoallergenic’ qualities — which are perhaps very low in or free from preservatives, food allergens and fragrances — or meet a particular need in skincare for consumers with skin allergies or ultra-sensitive skin, or who have to avoid multiple ingredients.

* Best Free From Skincare Brand Award
Brands entering this Award will be judged on many qualities — their brand ethos, the breadth of products, ‘free from’ qualities, web and social media presence, performance of submitted products, eco / green / sustainability attributes, and any others applicable to the whole brand.

* Best Overall Free From Skincare Product
The overall ‘winner of winners’ and champion of the Free From Skincare Awards 2021 will be selected by a specially selected judging panel from the Gold winners of the product categories (1–16) above.