In addition to a full schedule of educational sessions and a packed exhibition floor, the 70th edition of the NYSCC’s Supplier’s Day convention featured an extravagant evening celebrating the announcement of the eight finalists for the CEW Awards Ingredients and Formulation category.
As detailed on the organization’s website, for 30 years, the CEW Beauty Awards have served as the only honors determined by the collective industry to recognize the most outstanding products, tools, and brands in the beauty and personal care industries.
This year’s Awards include 40 categories across bath & body, fragrance, hair, skin care, makeup, wellness, and indie brands. Additionally, there is a committee voted category that includes the Sustainability Excellence Award (Sponsored by dsm-firmenich) and the Suppliers Award: Ingredients & Formulation (Sponsored by NYSCC). The Suppliers Award recognizes “natural and/or synthetic ingredients or formulations that demonstrate new technology and innovation,” according to the CEW Award website.
Event highlights & 2024 finalists
On the evening of May 1, the NYSCC celebrated “The Future of Beauty” at Lavan Midtown with a Met Gala-inspired event “filled with experiential art, Afro Latin culture and Modern History performances,” the event’s press release detailed. The highlight of the evening featured the announcement of the Award’s finalists, of which the winner will be announced at the CEW Beauty Awards Luncheon on November 21, 2024.
About the event, John Carola, Chair-Elect of the NYSCC shared that “last night was a culmination of 70 years of NYSCC: there was much to celebrate, and you can tell by the Suppliers Day Awards Night Committee, everything was on point and executed with precision. [NYSCC Chair] Amber delivered a great message regarding the ongoing growth of the NY Chapter of the Society of Cosmetics Chemists.”
This year’s Suppliers Award judges panel included the following: Toussaint Jordan, Edgewell Brand Manager, Product Marketing; Eileen Kim, CHANEL, Head of US Innovation and Research; Ron Robinson, BeautyStat.com, Founder, CEO; Tatyana Tabakman, Orveon Global, Technical Innovation Director; and Tao Zheng, PhD, MBA, The Estee Lauder Companies, Executive Director, Advanced Technologies – SPF & Makeup Innovation.
The Suppliers Award finalists are as follows:
- Bakuchiol Ester BCR – Bio Component Research
- CycloRetin – Clariant
- ETERWELL YOUTH – dsm-firmenich
- Vecollage Fortify L – Evonik Corporation
- Illuminyl 388 – Givaudan
- Corneopeptyl – Lucas Meyer Cosmetics
- EstoGel Green – Presperse Corporation
- SRHC Type XVII – Trautec
Last year’s finalists included submissions from BASF Corporation, Activen Cosmetics, Cambrium, Croda Inc., Givaudan, P2 Science, and Vantage Specialty Ingredients, Inc. The 2023 Award winner was Givaudan’s PrimalHyal Hydra[+], an ingredient which “marks a new generation of hyaluronic acid,” according to the CEW Awards website.
