Here Are the Submission Guidelines for Our 2019 Healthy Beauty Awards
Get excited: It’s almost time for the annual SELF Healthy Beauty Awards! Over the next few months, #TeamSELF will be testing makeup, hair-care, body-care, and skin-care products to find the best of the best that help us look good and feel great.
Beauty is an integral part of wellness, whether as a means of self-expression, a way to perform self care, or as a tool to help improve your health, and the right products can be a big help. That's why our goal for this year's Healthy Beauty Awards is for it to be an authoritative resource where people with specific health concerns can find exactly what they need (like products that work on sensitive skin, solutions for a dry scalp, or products that help with hyperpigmentation). Since we're doing things a bit differently this year, we wanted to give you the rundown on the type of products we're looking to test.
Keep reading for our 2019 beauty categories below. If you'd like to submit products for any of these categories, please follow these submission guidelines:
To submit a product for eligibility, email info to selfbeautyawards@condenast.com, and someone from #TeamSELF will reach out with next steps. Within your email, please include:
A press release or info sheet about the product
The category you're submitting for (you may submit one product to multiple categories)
The ingredients list of the product (a photo of the ingredients panel on the product or product box is fine as long as all ingredients are clearly visible)
High-res photos of the product (white background preferred)
New products and existing products with new formulations must have launched between June 2018 and May 2019 to qualify (products available for pre-order online as of May 2019 are eligible).
Send product submissions (a minimum of five samples per product category) by March 22, 2019 only after you've received a reply from us; we will provide you with all address details when we respond to your email.
Products eligible for submission:
Makeup products for sensitive skin and eyes: Makeup that has been formulated to be gentle on sensitive skin or around sensitive or dry eyes, including eyeliner, false eyelashes, mascara, primers, foundations, concealers, eyebrow products, and setting powders and sprays.
Makeup products for oily/acne-prone skin: Makeup that has been formulated for oily or acne-prone skin, including mattifying primers, non-comedogenic/non-acnegenic foundations and concealers, BB and CC creams, eyebrow products, and setting powders and sprays.
Makeup products for dry skin: Makeup that has been formulated to work on dry skin, including primers, foundations, concealers, BB and CC creams, eyebrow products, and setting powders and hydrating sprays.
Makeup products for scars, discoloration, and body-focused repetitive behaviors: Makeup that helps conceal areas on your skin, eyebrows, or hair (if desired), including color-correcting primers, foundations, concealers, and eyebrow products.
Hair-care products for thinning hair: Products formulated to provide solutions for people with thinning hair, including shampoos, leave-in conditioners, and deep conditioners/hair masks. Product categories include options for all hair types, including natural and curly hair.
Hair-care products for dry hair and scalp: Products formulated to provide solutions for dry hair and scalp, including shampoos, leave-in conditioners, and deep conditioners/hair masks. Product categories include options for all hair types, including natural and curly hair.
Hair-care products for oily hair and scalp: Products formulated to provide solutions for oily hair and scalp, including dandruff and other specially formulated shampoos, leave-in conditioners, and deep conditioners/hair masks. Product categories include options for all hair types, including natural and curly hair.
Skin-care products for sensitive skin and eyes: Products formulated to be gentle on sensitive skin or around sensitive eyes (including on people with psoriasis, eczema, reactive skin, and dry eye), including cleansers, facial mist, makeup remover, moisturizers, exfoliants, masks, lip balms, lip scrubs/masks, serums, and sunscreens.
Skin-care products for oily or acne-prone skin: Products formulated to provide solutions for oily or acne-prone skin, including cleansers, moisturizers, exfoliants, masks, makeup remover, lip balms, lip scrubs/masks, serums, and sunscreen.
Skin-care products for dry skin: Products formulated to provide solutions for dry skin, including masks, cleansers, makeup remover, facial mist, moisturizers, exfoliants, masks, lip balms, lip scrubs/masks, serums, and sunscreen.
Skin-care products for combination skin: Products formulated to work with combination skin, including cleansers, makeup remover, facial mist, moisturizers, exfoliants, masks, lip balms, lip scrubs/masks, serums, and sunscreen.
Skin-care products for scars and discoloration Products formulated to provide solutions for improving the appearance of scars, discoloration, and hyperpigmentation, including serums, masks, and peels.
Body products for all skin types: Products you use on your body, including sunscreen, deodorant, body wash, lip balm, lotion, oil, and CBD cream/oil.
Changes to 2019's categories:
This year, we've eliminated the following product categories: Beauty tools (including for makeup, hair care, and skin care), lipsticks, highlighters, blushes, fragrances, and eyeshadow/eyeshadow palettes. Please do not submit products within these categories.
Questions? Email selfbeautyawards@condenast.com with “2019 Healthy Beauty Awards” in the subject line, and we’ll get back to you ASAP. Thanks and good luck!
Editor's Note: This category list is subject to change. If you have a product you'd like us to consider for the awards, feel free to send us an email at selfbeautyawards@condenast.com.
