- The spectacular fourth edition of the Beautyworld Middle East Awards took place on the evening of 29 October at Conrad Dubai as part of the region’s largest international beauty, hair, fragrance and wellbeing trade fair – Beautyworld Middle East
- Winners were awarded across 17 categories to honour the hard work, creativity, and dedication of brands and professionals who have made a significant impact in the region.
- Amongst the winners were Maria Dowling who picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award; Le Rouge Français who was celebrated as Conscious Brand of the Year for their Alizarine Lipstick; and GHD’s Chronos which won the title of Hair Styling Device of the Year.
Dubai, UAE: All eyes were on the Beautyworld Middle East 2024 Awards on Tuesday evening as winners in 17 categories were revealed. Shortlisted nominees were selected from over 600 nominations and deliberated over by an expert panel of judges from across the industry prior to a prestigious awards ceremony at Conrad Dubai.
Ravi Ramchandni, Show Manager at Beautyworld Middle East, said: “The Beautyworld Middle East Awards has evolved as an excellent showcase of established brands, emerging players and entrepreneurs in the Middle East hair, beauty and fragrance market. We are thrilled to acknowledge and celebrate those who are making a difference in our industry and are grateful to all our nominees, winners and guests for being part of such a wonderful evening.”
The hotly contested Conscious Brand of The Year was awarded to Le Rouge Français for their Alizarine Lipstick – an innovative and sustainable product which uses colours extracted from dye plants and is both organic and vegan certified. The product is also being showcased in the new Beauty Beginnings discovery zone at Beautyworld Middle East 2024.
Homegrown Brand of the Year was awarded to popular fragrance brand Kayali, which was founded by beauty mogul Mona Kattan in 2018 and is inspired by Middle Eastern heritage and the tradition of layering scents.
The Niche Fragrance of the Year award was given to Bohoboco’s Red Wine Brown Sugar – a unique unisex perfume with secrets notes of dry red wine, enriched with the aromas of wood and brown sugar. The brand, founded by Michael Gilbert Lach, is a story of freedom and an extension of the soul of its creator.
Nailcare was celebrated in the Nail Product of the Year category with L’Atelier Green Paris, a breathable, green and plant-based range of polishes, picking up top prize. Started by two sisters in Paris with a passion for sustainability and beauty, the brand offers the perfect blend of fashionable style and ethical consumption.
To reflect evolving consumer and industry trends, six new categories were added to this year’s awards: Male grooming product of the year; Personal care product of the year; Cosmetic product of the year; Skincare product of the year; Hair styling device of the year; and Hair product of the year.
The Snow Mushroom Ice to Gel De-Stress Hydrator by SKG Labs won Skincare Product of the Year thanks to its winning formula of ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, pentavitin and lipomoist. The product can be used at room temperature or applied straight from the freezer for an icy boost to tired, puffy skin and is garnering rave reviews.
Creative Director of her eponymous salon and dubbed as the Middle East’s ‘Queen of Colour’ Maria Dowling was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for her services to the hair industry. With a hugely successful career spanning over 30 years, Maria has been instrumental in creating a strong hair community in the UAE that fosters high standards and collaboration.
Maria’s colour specialist salon ‘Maria Dowling’ opened in Dubai in January 2022 and, aside from winning a plethora of regional awards for its brilliance, it has been featured in international publications such as Harper’s Bazaar US as one of the Top 10 salons in the world. Maria herself was named one of the Top 10 colourists in the world in the inaugural issue of Porter, Net a Porter’s revered magazine and has become a go-to expert in the industry for other stylists.
See the Beautyworld Middle East website for the full list of winners:
https://beautyworld-middle-east.ae.messefrankfurt.com/dubai/en/events/awards/finalists.html
To access the exhibitor’s digital press box, please use this link: https://beautyworld-middle-east.ae.messefrankfurt.com/dubai/en/press/dpb.html
To access the Beautyworld Middle East 2024 Image library, please use this LINK.
About Beautyworld Middle East
Beautyworld Middle East, taking place from 28-30 October 2024 at Dubai World Trade Centre, is the region’s largest trade fair for beauty, hair, fragrance and well-being. As one of the most influential and visited beauty trade shows in the world, the event offers over 65,000 trade visitors a convenient and engaging platform to meet with over 1,800 exhibitors from across 60 countries for three days of unrivalled business networking, sourcing and inspiration.
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Messe Frankfurt Middle East’s portfolio of exhibitions includes: Beautyworld Middle East, Beautyworld Saudi Arabia, Automechanika Dubai, Automechanika Riyadh, Intersec, Intersec Saudi Arabia, Gifts & Lifestyle Middle East, Logimotion, Light + Intelligent Building Middle East and Paperworld Middle East. In the 2023/24 event season, Messe Frankfurt Middle East exhibitions combined featured 6,324 exhibitors from over 60 countries and attracted 224,106 visitors from 156 countries.For more information, please visit our website.