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Well over 300 entries, from around 170 entrants, in 15 countries — that’s the final tally for this, the tenth Free From Skincare Awards! All of those entrants (albeit not every one of their entries) have been showcased on our…
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It seems like only yesterday we were unveiling the opening of the inaugural Free From Gift Awards — although it was almost three months ago — and yet earlier this week we found ourselves very busy on Twitter, announcing the full…
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Every year, some potential entrants to our Free From Skincare Awards, which open in January / February and have been running since 2012, look to enter gift sets, collection boxes, trial packs, perhaps a few attractive selections of soaps, or…
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So. First there was The Testing — and we told you all about that right here. Then came The Shortlist — likewise right here. But then … It was The Judging! Judging the Free From Skincare Awards 2020 was a…
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To describe a 200-strong roll call of skincare products as a shortlist is perhaps stretching the definition of ‘short’ somewhat, but if you can forgive and overlook that, you’ll find plenty of interesting and innovative cosmetics in the Shortlist for the…
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It has been an unusual Free From Skincare Awards, this year. We weren’t surprised that entries were slightly down on 2019, given that the coronavirus pandemic was beginning to take hold during the early entry period, and naturally many of…
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Earlier this year, Weleda won the 2019 Free From Skincare Award with their Skin Food Body Butter. Last month, Award Administrator Kirsty Mawhinney took a road trip to visit the Weleda offices in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, to present the team with…
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Well, it’s all over for another year, folks … The Free From Skincare Awards results for 2019 were announced last week, during a very busy Tuesday, live via our Twitter account, for the very first time running as a standalone…
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300 entries have been whittled down to the just over 200 highly performing products which make up the complete 2019 Free From Skincare Awards Shortlist. Whittling down, believe you me, is no easy job, and for that we’ve primarily got our…
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There is new guidance coming into effect for cosmetics in the EU from July 2019 concerning ‘free from’ claims. You can see it here, in Annex III of this Technical Document on Cosmetic Claims from the Sub Working Group on Claims,…
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