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by Staff
September 28, 20123 min to read
Get an inside look at some of the hottest spa products on the market today! Each year, new beauty and wellness products are evaluated at the EX*TRACTS show, with awards given in five different categories. Criteria for each award includes innovative design, creative use of materials/construction and use of new materials/technology. Here are the winners!
The winners and finalists were:
Best of Show:
Danielle and Company, from Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, for its Organic Soap Garden, an all-in-one sustainable gift that comes complete with organic soil and a biodegradable planter and saucer, made from grain and rice by-products and filled with organic soaps and body washes.
Bath & Body Category:
Winner: Honeycat Cosmetics, from New York, for its Chick of the Sea/Foaming Crystals, presented in recyclable sardine cans. The skin-softening bath crystals are available in chocolate and mint flavors and provide foam for the duration of a bath.
Finalist: Do Not Disturb, Inc., from Alpharetta, Georgia, for its foaming bath salts.
Finalist: Tact Beauty Care, from New York, for Discover the World Brazil, a cocoa body scrub.
Beauty Accessory Category:
Winner: Tassi by Whats Hot! Inc., from Woodbury, New York, a patented product that makes it easy keep hair away from the face while washing, showering, bathing and applying make-up. The terry cloth headband, designed with a wider back to hold without flattening hair, is available in 12 colors.
Finalist: Oka B, from Buford, Georgia, for its Caroline shoe, made with proprietary Microplast technology.
Finalist: Honeycat Cosmetics, from New York, for its Oops! Pack.
Cosmetic & Fragrance Category:
Winner: Joya by A Candle in the Wind, from New York, for its Perfume in Porcelain, a scented candle and fragrance diffuser collection in porcelain vessels with illustrated motifs. The fragrance blends are exquisite, while the porcelain pieces are non-porous, stable conductors of heat.
Finalist: Mommy Makeup, from New York, for its Any Wear Crème.
Finalist: THE BALM, from San Francisco, for its Two-Timer Mascara.
Natural/Organic Category:
Winner: European Soaps, Ltd., from Seattle, Washington, for its Bite Be Gone, a dual action product with mosquito repellant cream to prevent bites and an after bite balm to relieve itching.
Finalist: Sonoma Lavender, from Santa Rosa, California, for its lavender heated spa collection in recycled cotton.
Finalist: The Kala Corporation, from Cranston, Rhode Island, for its "Mama Coco" lip balms.
Packaging Category:
Winner: THE BALM, from San Francisco, for its Read My Lips Lipstick, featuring a creamy formula packed with vitamin A, E, olive oil and jojoba. The lipsticks - named after newspaper sections - are discreetly packaged in newspaper print tubes, and are 100% recyclable.
Finalist: Nature's Essence, from South San Francisco, California, for its Bamboo Collection, packaged in a reusable gift box.
Finalist: Sohum Cosmetics, from Melbourne, Australia, for its Parade Perfumed Candle.
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