Medik8, Neom and Glow For It among winners at CEW awards
CEW UK announced the winners of its 2026 Beauty Awards at The Londoner Hotel on Friday 19 June, where Neom Wellbeing was the strongest performer across 36 main categories and 12 Consumer Choice categories.
The ceremony, hosted by Dr Ateh Jewel, recognised brands across mass and prestige tiers in an awards programme now in its 21st year. The main CEW Beauty Awards are voted on by industry professionals from CEW's 10,500-strong membership, while the Consumer Choice Awards are voted on by UK consumers.
Neom Wellbeing collected five awards, spanning bodycare, home fragrance, electrical devices, wellbeing and brand equity. The wins were: Best New Body Product (Prestige) for its Pro-Vitamin D3 Dry Body Oil, Best New Home Fragrance for Squeeze The Day Reed Diffuser and Refill, Best New Electrical Appliance for Wellbeing Pod Mini+, Best New Wellbeing Product for Sleep Pen and Best Established Independent Beauty Brand.
Medik8, the clinical skincare brand built around its patented retinal stabilisation technology, won Best British Brand in the industry-voted awards and took the prestige Beauty Icon slot for Crystal Retinal, its vitamin A night serum. Charlotte Tilbury, meanwhile, dominated the consumer-voted side, winning Best British Brand, Beauty Icon for Hollywood Flawless Filter and Best New Skin Product for the brand's new Magic Cream.
CEW also introduced two categories this year. The Insiders' Choice award was created to honour indie brands redefining beauty, with entrants drawn from the Best Established and Best New Independent Beauty Brand shortlists. A curated panel of CEW members, including editors, journalists and broadcasters, selected Hildun Beauty as the winner.
The Best New Brand Activation award went to Elemis for its Skin Spa activation. The pop-up, which opened to the public in London in September 2025, marked the brand's role as official skincare partner to the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One team.
REHAB. picked up Best New Independent Beauty Brand alongside product wins for its Retreat Hand Wash and Hair Milk Conditioning Heat Protection Spray. Glow For It won twice in mass categories for Lash Recharge and Hair Growth Serum. The Inkey List's Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Body Stick took the Amazon Beauty Breakthrough Award, now in its fourth year. In the Responsible Beauty categories, Weleda's Skin Food won for Excellence and Infiniment Coty Paris' Encore Une Fois parfum won for Innovation.
The full list of winners is available on CEW's website.
