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Free From Skincare Awards 2018: the testing, the judging, the shortlist!

Phew! At last! The announcement of the Shortlist for the 7th Free From Skincare Awards has just been made! It comes over four months after we opened for entry. Four months is, granted, a fairly long time, and we often…
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Developments in free from hair care

We were intrigued recently to learn of the development of a ‘Ribena’ hair dye, made from the skins of blackcurrants who’ve given up their juice to make the popular British cordial and would otherwise be disposed of. Read the Telegraph’s…
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FreeFrom Skincare Awards 2017: The Winners

Given that the decision last year to launch a new Lip Balms category for the 2017 Awards was, we thought, a little risky and experimental, it came as a surprise even to us that it transpired that the new category’s inaugural Gold…
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Testing and judging at the FreeFrom Skincare Awards 2017

Every year, to some degree, the Free From Skincare Awards is a bit of a numbers game. Here are 2017’s: 264 entries (just a few shy of 2016’s total), 120 brands (54 of them first-time entrants), 94 testers, 14 categories, 14…
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Welcoming NATorigin – our first sponsors for 2017!

We’re delighted to announced today that, for the sixth consecutive year, NATorigin are our first category sponsors for the annual national FreeFrom Skincare Awards. The hypoallergenic and ‘high tolerance’ cosmetics brand are again sponsoring Family Skincare – just one of thirteen categories open for sponsorship in 2017. “We’ve…
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An Absolute Champ!

They came … from Ireland; they saw … the Love Natural Love You Show, Janey Lee Grace, their fellow shortlisted candidates, and a lot more; they conquered …. the FreeFrom Skincare Awards! Many congratulations to the team from Kinvara Skincare – Fiona…
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