FAQs

The Clean Beauty Awards is open to all beauty brands regardless of location, as long as the products comply with the Awards standards and belong in any of the 25 categories. You can be based anywhere in the world. However, note that you will be responsible for shipping the products to the judging panel (and any associated customs/duties).

Yes! The Award is not limited to brands and products with the CertClean seal of approval; please ensure, however, the products meet the Award Standards.

Super Early Bird Registration: October 4 to 10 | $129 USD/product entry, Early Bird Registration: October 11 to 24 | $149 USD/product entry, and Regular Registration is October 25 to November 3 | $199 USD/product entry.

As many as you want! You can enter one product or 10 products - this is up to you. Just note that the registration fee is on a product-basis and you are responsible for all fees related to shipping the product (ie. customs/duties). This year, all the judges are based in North America — so do include the shipping costs when you determine the number of products you enter. Last year, brands entered an average of 2.7 products.

Visit Eligibility & Categories for the full list of product categories: https://www.cleanbeautyawards.com/eligibility/

Unfortunately, a kit or any bundle of products would not fit into any category. Multi-product kits are currently not eligible to enter the Awards. You are welcome to enter each unit in their respective categories.

The esteemed judging panel consists of 100+ green beauty/living advocates, experts and influencers.

The judging criteria includes: product performance, ease of use and user experience

The judging panel consists of 100+ green beauty advocates and enthusiasts based all over the world. For each entry, you will be sending 3 units to the judges. The names and addresses of the judges will be shared after the call for entries close.

Brands are responsible for all customs/duties for products shipped to the judges.

First, Create an Account. Then, Complete your profile and pay the Registration Fees. Next, ship your products to the assigned judges. Wait for the judging panel to submit their reviews and scores. Finally, learn about the results & celebrate the Finalists/Winners!

The judging criteria includes: ease of use and user experience (along with product performance). This means, ensure that the size or packaging does not negatively impact any of the aforementioned criteria.

We encourage the judging panel to share their honest review on social media and we encourage the brands to engage with our judging panel.

Oh shucks. Please send Marie (info@certclean.com) a note. If possible, re-do what you were trying to do but before pressing the button (ie. before you get the error message), take a screen shot. Share this screen shot with us - this helps us provide support in a timely manner.

We encourage the brands to engage with all the #cleanbeautyawards content on social media — this is when judges share their honest reviews, where we publish blog content based on the participants (like this post about the FaceOils that participated in the Awards https://www.cleanbeautyawards.com/blog/22-amazing-face-oils-for-every-skin-type and this post about the 37 face serums for every skin type https://www.cleanbeautyawards.com/blog/serums-for-literally-every-skin-type) and share content about the participants on social media as well.

• Call for Entries • Brands register and enter their products in the Awards programme online - enter here. When call for entries is over, the brands will ship one unit of each product to the selected judges. • Judging the Products • Judging is done by an external panel of green beauty experts/advocates who will rank each product (up to 7) based on performance within the same category (ie. 7 face serums) on efficacy and performance. Scores are then compiled and averaged to determine the top performing products in each category. While judges work hard to test each product, we introduce the participating products to our health conscious community - on our website, blog, social media and mailing list. • Celebrate the Winners • Winners are declared! Proudly boast your huge win and be celebrated by a community of health conscious shoppers and clean beauty advocates! Finalists and winners use the badges on products, packaging, web pages and marketing materials to both consumers and retailers to distinguish themselves as trailblazers in the clean beauty sector.

The announcement of winners is on March 20, 2024

There will be a press release announcing the Winners as well as an online Awards ceremony. The list of Finalists/Winners will also be featured in the 2024 Shopping Guide and there will extensive content marketing opportunities. The panel of 150+ clean beauty advocates will be celebrating with all of you as well!