The Skincare Professionals Awards  

The competition for the professional products

The Skincare Professionals Awardsis open to companies that cater to professionals and has products designed for skin therapists to work with in treatments. Competing companies exhibit at Hud & Kosmetik and/or are Service Members of SHR.
A jury appointed by SHR consisting of authorized skin therapists tests the products and produces three nominees in each category, which are presented on SHR's social media. The winners in each category will be presented under Hud & Kosmetik.

This year's nominees have been announced:

The testing period is over and the jury's scores have been tallied. Now we can finally reveal the products that received the highest total points and are thus nominated for this year's awards ceremony in The Skincare Professionals Awards 2025!

The products are listed in no particular order within each category.

🔹 Category 1:The professional product of the year🔹 Category 2: Cleanser/exfoliation of the year

🔹 Category 3: Cream of the year

🔹 Category 4: Specialproduct of the year

🔹 Category 5: Eyeproduct of the year

🔹 Category 6: Bodyproduct of the year

🔹 Category 7: Makeup product of the year

🔹 Category 8: Beauty gadget of the year

Competitors in each category

The professional product of the year: means product that is only available as a treatment product.

Cleanser/exfoliation of the year: means product that cleanses and/or exfoliates the face.

Cream of the year: means product designed to moisturize the face. For example, day cream, night cream or 24h cream.

Specialproduct of the year:means products for special treatment of the face and/or décolleté, such as serums, masks and other products that are not represented in other categories.

Eyeproduct of the year: means product intended for the eye area. For example, cream, serum or mask.

Bodyproduct of the year: Means product used for the body, but also specific areas such as hand, foot, nails. For example: Peeling, cream, nail polish

Makeup product of the year: means product intended to provide colour and/or desired finish for the face or in some cases body (not body painting). For example: primer, foundation, eyeshadow, lipstick.

New in! Beauty gadget of the year: means 'simpler' tools that can both enhance the effect of the treatment and lead to additional sales.

Assessment criteria  

The products will be judged according to the following criteria: Presentation, feel, content, results, packaging and user-friendliness. Total scores are set from 1-5 per criteria and product according to how well it met the following criteria.

Presentation: Why is the product in the competition? What are the important ingredients and why? Maximum 5 points

Feel: means looking at the texture, scent, application and feel of the skin. Maximum 5 points

Content: means looking at the ingredients of the products in general, with a focus on the main ingredients. The competing companies send information about the main ingredients in the application. Maximum 5 points

Result: means looking at whether the product delivers what it promises, as well as giving the expected effect and results. Maximum 5 points

Packaging and user-friendliness: means looking at the product and the product's packaging (if applicable), design, function and whether good from an environmental perspective. Maximum 5 points

Total maximum points per product: 25 points

Competition rules

• All products will be launched during 2023 -2024
  (Exception category 8, Beauty Gadget of the Year)
  

• The company must be an exhibitor at Hud & Kosmetik 2025 or a Service member of SHR.

• The company must have a cabin assortment, i.e. professional products for a skin therapist to work with. The competing products do not have to be cabin products with the exception of category 1 which must be a treatment product.

• The Company must comply with the General and Special Terms and Conditions of Hud & Kosmetik (applies to exhibitors Hud & Kosmetik).

• The company must stand behind SHR's purpose, goals and ethical values.

• The products must comply with the provisions of the Cosmetics Regulation. (EC No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products)
  

• The supplier does not have the right to be a jury member. (Only equipment supplier excluded)
  

• A maximum of 5 products per category may be notified per brand.
  

• A product that has previously won may not compete again. If the product has only been nominated, it may compete again.
  

• The company must attach the notification with a short justification of about 100 words for each product. The information must be truthful.

• Products that do not meet the criteria will be rejected. Notified and submitted products will not be returned if they do not meet criteria or do not comply with current legislation.

• It is not permitted to influence the assessment in any way by influencing individual jury members.

• All nominees will have the opportunity to use our nomination logo for marketing purposes. Winners may use our Winner logo for marketing purposes.

• The winners will be presented during SPAwards, at Hud & Kosmetik.

• Participation will be invoiced after registration.

• SHR reserves the right to remove products that do not comply with the competition rules from the competition.

Contact SHR:
anna.olsson@shr.nu

The competition is organized by the SHR(Swedish Skin Therapists National Organization) CIDESCO section Sweden, the organization for well-trained skin therapists.
SHR is a non-profit association for Authorized Skin Therapists in Sweden.