The ultimate Editors’ Choice winners in the Glamour Beauty and Wellness Awards 2024
Nothing excites the GLAMOUR beauty team more than products that push the boundaries for scientific breakthroughs and performance. But when it comes to Editors’ Choice, it’s not solely about shiny new drops. It’s about products that wear the superhero cape in their category because they leave us feeling good, inside and out.
To find this year’s Editors’ Choice winners, we have spent months swatching, slathering, spritzing and checking our temperatures (more on that later). We have also looked at the ingredients, mood-boosting benefits and philosophies behind each entry.
As well as bringing you skincare that makes a visible difference; indulgent body care; must-have makeup; soon-to-be-cult perfumes; inventive tools; and hair heroes; this year, we also wanted to acknowledge our increasingly health-conscious lifestyles by championing a wellness category.
We have put more than 200 products, across seven categories, through their paces, judging them against strict criteria – efficacy, innovation, inclusivity and sustainability – to bring you the best in beauty and wellness right now.
Discover all the Editors’ Choice winners the GLAMOUR team couldn’t get enough of – there really is something for every beauty fan.
Best body product
2024 has been the year of the body care boom. Active-based formulas that quench the skin below the jawline have topped our wish lists as our self-care rituals became more results-driven, with body lotions, serums and butters rivalling skincare in terms of tech and ingredients.
If you’re a skincare junkie, you’ll already be familiar with lactic acid and niacinamide from your face serums. Both can be found in Byoma’s velvety Brightening Body Lotion, which gently exfoliates limbs while staying true to the brand’s philosophy of keeping the moisture barrier strong. We were impressed by both the luminous sheen it imparted and its skin-softening prowess.
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Tan-Luxe x Paris Hilton The Future Airbrush 360 Self-Tan Mist
Best makeup product
The appeal of multitasking skincare/makeup hybrids shows no signs of slowing down. ‘Skindations’ – a portmanteau of skincare and foundation – in particular, are having a moment for those who want a sheer veil of colour and nourishment. Sculpted By Aimee’s HydraTint Moisturising Tinted Serum comes in 20 shades, each offering more pigment payoff than a tinted moisturiser while improving skin texture with ingredients such as hyaluronic acid and ceramides to lock in moisture.
Aside from the lit-from-within finish, what really swung our vote was the brand’s ReSculpted scheme. Simply send back five empties and Sculpted By Aimee will reward your account with 200 points (the equivalent of £20) to put towards your next purchase.
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Vieve Skin Nova Instant Radiance Primer
Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint
Best skin product
Born backstage 11 years ago, Charlotte Tilbury has used her Magic Cream on countless model and celebrity faces (think Bella Hadid and Kate Moss, to name but a few) to instantly plump up parched skin, boost luminosity and create a silky base for foundation.
But there’s another reason one is sold every minute worldwide: its effective roster of ingredients. We were won over by the blend of hyaluronic acid, shea butter and camellia oil, which wraps your skin in a velvety blanket of hydration; this moisturiser also gives you the benefits of plumping peptides, skin-brightening vitamin C and aloe vera to soothe away redness. Plus, the pot is endlessly refillable. Magic, indeed.
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Bubble First Class Oil Cleanser
La Roche-Posay Mela B3 Serum Intensive Anti-Dark Spots Concentrate
Best hair product
Not content with having an industry-breaking beauty line, 2024 saw Rihanna explode onto the hair scene with a nine-piece collection.
Despite the playful, tongue-in-cheek name, there is serious science behind The Comeback Kid, a damage-repair treatment that can be rinsed after five minutes or combed through and left on all day. Think a powerhouse blend of Barbados gooseberry, upcycled jackfruit extract, hydrolysed vegetable protein, antioxidant green tea and amino acids.
After just one use, hair felt softer, with an injection of moisture. But the real standout? The warm, amber floral fragrance that is catnip for hair wash day and for anyone who happens to sidle up to you afterwards. This is Rihanna we’re talking about after all, the celebrity many have namechecked as the best-smelling woman on earth.
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Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Advanced Clean Dry Shampoo
Best fragrance
The mark of a cult fragrance is a juice that has stood the test of time so far. But, occasionally, viewing the formula through a modern lens – and then subtly tweaking it – crystallises a perfume’s enduring popularity.
This is precisely what Dior, or more specifically Francis Kurkdjian, Parfum Dior’s creative director, has achieved with the crowd-pleasing Miss Dior.
First created in honour of Christian Dior’s younger sister, Catherine, the original Miss Dior scent had a distinct chypre character. It has undergone several reinterpretations since it was introduced in 1947, but this year, Dior welcomed its most game-changing to date.
The new, heady EDP is still centred around jasmine – but a distinguished variety with a fruity, rosy character. A bright, nose-twitching snap of mandarin sits on top, while warm, woody notes linger close to the skin in the dry down for a scent that is feminine without being saccharine. It causes you to daydream, it gives you a boost of confidence and, all importantly, it makes you smile with every spritz.
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Best tool
The Shark FlexStyle is a masterclass in more is more. While it is no light investment, with a simple swap of attachment, one tool effectively becomes your hairdryer, hot brush, curler and straightener.
The FlexStyle boasts intuitive design and uses air jet technology (in three heat and three speed settings) for less heat damage than traditional styling methods. For us, the fact that this was a quick and easy way to achieve ample body for bouncy, supermodel waves and a salon-worthy blowout was the cherry on top.
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Ziip Halo Facial Toning Device
Tweezerman ProMaster Lash Curler
Best wellesss
The only FDA-Cleared birth control app, Natural Cycles is an innovative algorithm powered by your body temperature.
In practice, this translates to using a measuring device – either the Apple Watch, Oura Ring or the brand’s NC° Thermometer – to take your temperature immediately on waking (your basal body temperature rises by 0.2-0.45°C after ovulation, say the brand). When synced to the app, Natural Cycles then reveals your fertility status and cycle trends.
While no method of birth control is 100% bullet-proof, Natural Cycles claims to be 93% effective. If you’re looking for a non-hormonal, non-invasive way to take charge of your birth control and fertility, this is both simple to use and science-backed.
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