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Cosmetic Executive Women (UK) Announces the Winners of The 2006 Beauty Awards

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LONDON, April 25/PRNewswire/ --

- The Beauty Oscars for The Best in Beauty

Cosmetic Executive Women UK (CEW UK) announced the winners of their first official Beauty Awards at the Royal Opera House in London today.
Recognised for product innovation and excellence in the industry, the winners each take home a "Beauty Oscar" for their mantelpiece.

CEW held a Product Demonstration Evening in February, where in excess of 300 members sampled over 100 luxurious beauty products from 50 leading brands and cast more than 2,900 votes for the best beauty products in each category.

Already a highly established award in the US for over 12 years, the CEW Beauty Awards aims to assist consumers, by selecting the best beauty products in the UK.

THE WINNERS ARE...

Classic Bodycare Product: Clarins UK Ltd - Body Treatment Oil
- Tonic

New Bodycare Product: Elizabeth Arden - Eight Hour Cream Intensive Moisturizing Hand Treatment

Classic Skincare Products: Clarins UK Ltd - Beauty Flash Balm

New Skincare Product: Chanel- Precision Hydramax + Serum

New Women's Fragrance: Coty Prestige - Lovely Sarah Jessica Parker

Innovative skincare product: Elemis Ltd - Pro-Collagen Wrinkle Smooth

New Suncare / Self Tan Product: Clarins UK Ltd - Radiance Plus Self Tanning Body Lotion

Classic makeup product: Chanel - Le Vernis Rouge Noir

New Makeup product: Pout - Bubble Gum Pout Plump

New Men's Fragrance: Parfums Christian Dior U.K. Ltd - Dior Homme

New men's grooming product: Elemis Ltd - Elemis S.O.S. Survival Cream

While the acceptance speeches did not reach Paltrow-esque proportions, the Awards Ceremony was a great success with over 250 industry professionals attending.

"We are thrilled with how well these awards have been accepted. The winning products have been chosen by the most knowledgeable women in the UK beauty industry, they know what makes a product great so there is no better endorsement than to win this award" said Caroline Neville, President of CEW (UK).

Mark Riches, managing director of World Duty Free and main sponsor added "We have a terrific cast of winners and are delighted for each of the brands. We will be supporting the ranges at our seven airports this summer and expect them to fly off the shelves".

The winning collection will be showcased by House of Fraser and Harrods.
Meg Gilmore, Marketing Director of House of Fraser added "I am so pleased that House of Fraser is involved with the CEW Beauty Awards. We will be bringing the winning products straight to the consumer through all 57 of our stores".

And one lucky winner commented "The awards ceremony was beautiful, these are the Oscars for the beauty industry so it is fitting Sarah Jessica won! We are so thrilled and it means so much to our brand" said Kirsty Dale of Coty Prestige.

More about CEW

Founded in America in 1954, in France in 1986 and the UK in 1992, CEW, a trade organisation with a charitable arm, has pursued a mission of nurturing and recognising top executive talent - and raising money for charity.

The 500 strong membership of CEW (UK) includes executive women in the cosmetic, fragrance and hairdressing industries and related fields such as advertising, public relations, product development, marketing, media, finance, sales, retail, management and design and packaging.

http://www.cewuk.co.uk