The third annual BeautyMatter NEXT Awards honor the brands and businesses in the beauty ecosystem, raising the bar and defining the future of beauty. This year, we received nearly 500+ entries, each representing the best of what's next in beauty.

BeautyMatter announced the winners on stage at the NEXT Summit in Los Angeles, presenting monuments to recipients across 50+ categories. Winners offer a snapshot of where the beauty industry is heading and represent the largest multinationals to high-growth indies, retailers, agencies, service providers, and suppliers.

Hopefully, we've carved out a space merging innovation, impact, and design that creates a place to highlight everyone involved in bringing brands, products, and services to life for consumers.

"Our intention with the awards is to create a level playing field. We believe everyone should have a fair shake at winning industry awards. NEXT Awards are determined purely on the merit of the entry and judged on relevancy, impact, and innovation," said BeautyMatter founder and CEO Kelly Kovack. "At BeautyMatter, it's not a popularity contest, and you cannot buy your way to a win. BeautyMatter NEXT Awards are earned."

The spotlight for award programs is often focused on the finalists and winners, but our BeautyMatter NEXT Awards are only possible because of the generosity and dedication of our judges. These industry experts were handpicked from our community for their specific experience, deep category knowledge, and insatiable curiosity. Committed to transparency and impartiality, they made time in very busy schedules to review, assess, and test to determine the best in beauty for 2024. Thank you.

Meet The 2024 NEXT Award Winners

Visionaries

The person who has made an outstanding contribution to the business of beauty and has been a catalyst for the overall advancement of the industry—Person of The Year: Venette Ho, Managing Director and Head of Beauty and Personal Care, Raymond James

The person who has profoundly changed the business of beauty by bringing about positive change linked to equity, health, climate, or sustainability. Changemaker of the Year: Tarang Amin, Chairman & CEO, e.l.f. Beauty

The entrepreneur who has built a business that matters through inspired innovations, demonstrated vision, leadership, and success. Entrepreneur of the Year: Shai Eisenman, Founder & CEO, Bubble Skincare

The person who has made meaningful contributions to the business of beauty by pursuing and executing novel thinking, challenging the status quo, and moving the industry forward. Innovator of the Year: Sophie Bai, Founder & CEO, B.A.I. Biosciences

Agency

Recognizes agencies for developing and executing best-in-class communication strategies across media and content platforms. Best Public Relations Agency: J Group Media

Recognizes agencies responsible for crafting brand strategies and execution of design services. Best Design & Branding Agency: Front Row Group

Recognizes agencies that provide best-in-class strategic direction, creative design, and technical development for screen-based products and services. Best Digital Agency: Iced Media

Recognizes agencies responsible for developing social media strategies, campaign execution, content creation, and connecting influencers with brands. Best Social Media & Influencer Agency: Artisan Council and Song Candy Media

Design

Recognizes unique partnerships or collaborations between any two or more brands, businesses, individuals, or organizations. Best Collaboration: NEST New York x The Fifth Avenue Association x Scent Marketing Inc

Recognizes unique concept and execution tied to packaging design, including concept, componentry, material selection, and decoration for a finished product; can be a new-to-market brand or relaunch. Best Product Packaging Design (Brands): Cécred

Recognizes unique concept and execution tied to packaging design that address the full lifecycle of the product, carbon footprint, and material selection/reduction; can be a new-to-market brand or relaunch. Best Sustainable Packaging Design (Brands): Ayuna

Recognizes unique concept, design, and execution of an ad campaign incorporating print, TV, radio, out-of-home, or direct mail. Best Ad Campaign, Traditional Design: Luna Daily 

Recognizes unique concept, design, and execution of a physical space, such as a retail store, salon, or spa. Best Spatial Design: AIREM Aesthetic Spa

Recognizes design, content, strategy, and execution tied to brand identity, website, packaging design, etc. Can be a business at any stage. Best Brand Identity: Florasis and Artis

Impact

Companies involved in creating, marketing, and selling beauty and wellness products or services that implement initiatives that impact DEI or ESG. Best Impact Initiative: This is Beauty

Suppliers that provide goods or services to brands or retailers in the beauty and wellness sector that have rolled out initiatives that provide measurable impact on DEI or ESG. Best Supply Side Impact Initiative: Croda Beauty

Recognizes breakthroughs in the procurement and use of more sustainable materials, including new materials, improvements to conventional materials, improvements to sourcing practices, and novel uses of materials in challenging applications. Best Sourcing Breakthrough: Mustela Avocado Perseose

Marketing

Recognizes design, content, strategy, and execution tied to a product launch; can be a new-to-market brand or relaunch. Best Product Launch Campaign: Beekman 1802 Shine-Free Range

Recognizes design, content, strategy, and execution tied to a product category launch. Best New Category Launch: BYOMA Body

Recognizes the concept and execution of a live event as an extension of a brand or business. Best Live Event: SpaceNK A World of Fragrance

Recognizes the concept and execution of a digital event as an extension of a brand or business. Best Digital Event: Jason Wu Beauty NYFW TikTok Live Shopping

Recognizes unique concept and its execution tied to the creation of a new content initiative by a brand or business to engage or communicate with its audience. Best Content Activation: IPSY Glam-o-Ween

Recognizes the building, nurturing, and activating of communities attached to brands or businesses. Best Community Engagement: Bubble Skincare

Recognizes strategy, initiative/activation, content creation, and execution tied to the use of social media. Best Use of Social Media: Patrick Ta Beauty Blush Finder Filter

Recognizes unique concept or initiative and its execution creating new experiences, services, and products in the metaverse/Web3. Best Metaverse Activation: NARS Power Players

Recognizes unique relationships, effective partnerships, or initiatives in the creator economy. Best Influencer Partnership: Hero Cosmetics Alix Earle

Recognizes strategy initiative/activation and execution tied to a performance marketing campaign. Best Performance Marketing Campaign: Olaplex OLADUPÉ

Retail

Recognizes unique concepts from design through execution for a short-term beauty or wellness pop-up retail concept. Best Pop-Up: Dr.Jart+ Skinnovation Station

Recognizes a stand-alone or chain concept providing beauty and/or wellness services and/or treatments. Best Service Provider: Townhouse Beauty Bar

Recognizes unique training, visual merchandising, activations, events, or activities carried out by brands to support brick-and-mortar retail partners. Best Retail Activation: Malin+Goetz Nolita Block Party

Solution Providers

Recognizes companies that provide technology to help beauty and wellness companies run their operations more efficiently. Best Technology Solution Provider: Revieve

Recognizes companies that provide third-party logistics services as outsourced services having to do with distribution, warehousing, and fulfillment. Best Logistics Solution: ILG

Recognizes companies that provide raw material ingredients used in formulating beauty and wellness products; may include active ingredient, flavor, or color suppliers. Best Ingredient Supplier: BASF

Recognizes companies that provide services related to the production, formulation, and filling of beauty and wellness products. Best Contract Manufacturer: Cosmetica Laboratories

Recognizes companies that create and manufacture packaging; may include componentry for primary and secondary packaging. Best Packaging Supplier: FusionPKG

Innovation

Recognizes innovation by a beauty brand stemming from creating a product/service, consumer engagement, marketing, or design; can be a new brand initiative from an existing brand or a new-to-market brand launch. Best Breakthrough Beauty Brand: Cécred

Recognizes innovation by a wellness brand stemming from creating a product/service, consumer engagement, marketing, or design; can be a new brand initiative from an existing brand or a new-to-market brand launch. Best Breakthrough Wellness Brand: Kintsugi Beauty

Recognizes the use of technology (app, platform, SaaS) by a brand or retailer to solve a pain point, create an experience, or provide transparency. Best Use of Technology (Brands): AIREM Aesthetic Spa

Recognizes the creation of a new ingredient/technology or innovative use of an existing ingredient/technology associated with the formulation of cosmetic products. Best Breakthrough Technology (Ingredient): Solabia USA Serenibiome

Recognizes the creation of technology (app, platform, SaaS) to enable the execution of omnichannel consumer experiences. Best Breakthrough Technology (Omnichannel): EveLab Insight 

Recognizes innovation by businesses that support brands or retailers and created a meaningful impact in the beauty ecosystem. Best Breakthrough Supplier: Debut

Recognizes the creation of a new technology or the innovative use of existing technology that created a material impact to a part of the beauty and wellness value chain. Best Breakthrough Technology (Supply Side): LUUM Precision Lash

Recognizes innovation by companies that created and manufactured packaging; may include componentry for primary and secondary packaging, GWPs, gift sets, or sampling. Best Breakthrough Packaging (Suppliers): ESSENTIA BEAUTY

Innovation Product

Recognizes innovation in a finished product launched to market related to either formulation, delivery system, new format type, use of technology, or sustainability.

Best Breakthrough Product (Bodycare): Tronque Scar Treatment

Best Breakthrough Product (Color Cosmetics): Haus Labs Glossy Blush Balm

Best Breakthrough Product (Fragrance): Amouage Guidance 

Best Breakthrough Product (Fragrance): Control & Chaos Candles

Best Breakthrough Product (Haircare): UZIMA UKUAJI Blooming Serum

Best Breakthrough Product (Hybrid) WONDERSKIN Lip Rehab Serum Oil

Best Breakthrough Product (Kids) YAWN 

Best Breakthrough Product (Tween) TALOMI Vita's 3-in-1 Makeup Stick 

Best Breakthrough Product (Men): Insanely Clean Instant Moisturizing Mist

Best Breakthrough Product (Personal Care): Touchland The Gentle Mist

Best Breakthrough Product (Skincare): Lion Pose Unspotted 4X Acid Jelly Night Serum

Best Breakthrough Product (Suncare): Lion Pose GHOST-BUSTER 100% Mineral Sunscreen SPF 42

Best Breakthrough Product (Devices): Robosculptor

Best Breakthrough Product (Wellness): Helight Sleep