The Digital Beauty Awards present a total of 73 awards to companies and professionals in the cosmetics sector
The prizes Digital Beauty Awards, organised by Beauty Cluster Barcelona, held their fourth edition on 21 November at the Cinesa Diagonal cinemas in Barcelona. More than 1,200 entries had been submitted across the more than 20 categories open for competition.
To select the winners, an elite judging panel, comprising members of Beauty Cluster Barcelona and a select group of experts in digitalisation, e-commerce, marketing and communications within the beauty sector in Spain.
First of all, Marc Crous, president of the Beauty Cluster, welcomed everyone to the awards ceremony, congratulating the participating companies and encouraging them to continue working on digitalisation and e-commerce within the beauty sector in Spain. The Digital Beauty Awards were presented by Ivan Borrego, director of BCB and the DBA awards.
And the first awards to be presented were 4 honorary awards people with extensive professional experience in the sector:
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- Gema Herrerías: For their contribution to training and raising awareness of cosmetology, and for promoting the role of healthcare professionals on social media.
- Olga Tarín: For her contribution to raising awareness of beauty products and the beauty industry through journalistic rigour and honesty.
- César Tello and Adigital: For its contribution, through the Spanish Association for the Digital Economy, to promoting a human-centred and sustainable digitalisation.
- Camila Tomas: For his contribution to the digital transformation of the perfumery industry and to the promotion of digital innovation.
Digital Beauty Awards, the national awards for digitalisation and e-commerce in the cosmetics, perfumery and personal care sectors, have recognised a total of 73 companies, organisations and individuals from the digital beauty industry.
And these were the winners of the 4th edition of the DBA Awards:
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- Best skincare brand: 1st: Bioderma, 2nd: Gema Herrerías. 3rd: Foreo and MiiN Cosmetics.
- Best hair care brand: 1st Olistic, 2nd Lazartigue (by SVR), 3rd Skin Molecule X.
- Best perfume brand: 1st Jo Malone London, 2nd House of Helios, 3rd L’Oréal.
- Best professional beauty brand: 1st ghd, 2nd Anubis Cosmetics, 3rd MEDIK8.
- Best emerging brand: 1st Two Poles, 2nd Olistic, 3rd Skin Molecule X.
- Best digital marketing campaign: 1st Bella Aurora, 2nd Foreo, 3rd 3ina.
- Best digital marketing initiative: 1st Sephora, 2nd Cumlaude Lab, 3rd You Are The Princess and ScentXp (Puig).
- Best digital marketing agency in the beauty sector: 1st The Beauty Makers, 2nd Labelium España, 3rd Bemypartner.
- Best beauty e-commerce site: 1st Sephora, 2nd Perfume’s Club, 3rd Atida, Mifarma and Skinvity.
- Best new e-commerce launch: 1st MiiN Cosmetics, 2nd: Scentmate by dsm-firmenich, 3rd: LABEAU ORGANIC.
- Best new digital innovation in the sector: 1st Foreo, 2nd SkinScanner by NAOS, 3rd Scentmate by dsm-firmenich.
- Best Digital Executive: 1st: Sergi Parra | Sephora, 2nd: Raquel González | Pure Skincare, 3rd: Marta Moya | Mia Cosmetics and Gerardo Cañellas | Perfume’s Club.
- Best Technology Start-up: 1st vitaboost.ai, 2nd SKINVITY, 3rd ScentXp,
- Best digital transformation of a physical point of sale: 1st: Júlia Perfumery, 2nd: Adaequo, 3rd floor, Galileo Farma.
- Best app or digital platform: 1. Cantabria Labs, 2nd: Sephora, 3rd: Matilde by Intellico and Pierre Fabre SKIN & CANCER.
- Best digital transformation by a supplier in the sector: 1st Croda Ibérica, 2nd DKSH, 3rd Ricardo Molina (at Caldic Company).
- Best online training platform or initiative in the sector: 1st E-Beauty Business School, 2nd: Retail Excellence by Pierre Fabre Academy, 3rd: Laboratorios SVR.
- Best communicator in the sector: 1st Carmina Alfonso, 2nd Dr Pedro Catalá from Twelve Beauty, and 3rd Helena Rodero and Chen Yue,
- Best TikToker: 1st Lena de Pons, 2nd Helena Rodero, 3rd María Riballo.
- Best Instagrammer: 1st Anna Fuster, 2nd Mª Paz Pellús, 3rd Tamar Troncoso.
- Best influencer: 1st Helena Rodero, 2nd Nuclear Beauty, 3rd María Gallego Ruiz.
A long-standing relationship:
GTF M. Camps and Beauty Cluster Barcelona
Gabinete Técnico Farmacéutico M. Camps and its director, Mercè Camps, have maintained close ties with Beauty Cluster Barcelona and its director, Ivan Borrego, having been involved in the very founding of the cluster in 2014.
From our offices in c. Count of Salvatierra, and as active members of Barcelona Beauty Cluster, we have seen BCB come into being and, year on year, regularly welcome new members and expand the range of services available to its members, right up to the current financial year 2024.
Furthermore, over the years, GTF M. Camps has collaborated with the cluster by offering ad hoc training courses on the regulation of cosmetics and medical devices, as the regulations affecting our sector have been updated.
Finally, it is worth noting that the director of GTF, Mercè Camps, in a personal capacity, is a member of the BCB Advisory Committee -a team of BCB members who are recognised for their extensive experience in their field of work-, which provides technical advice to the cluster whenever a complex decision needs to be made.