The Clean Beauty Awards are an annual celebration of some of the best and brightest in the green, clean, and natural beauty space. The awards are hosted by CertClean here in Toronto, but products and judges come from all over the world. This was my third year on the judging panel, and I’m so excited to share a little more about the experience now that the 2020 finalists have been revealed.
Over 370 products were entered for 2020, with the first round of judging taking place from August to December 2019. With up to 50 products in some categories, it’s impossible for each judge to try them all, so we were each sent a “jury box” of products in one or more categories, and after every product is tested and scored by several independent judges, the ones with the highest average scores are carried through to Round 2 as finalists.
For Round 1, I judged Face Wash, the perfect category for me since cleansers are one of my very favourite products to try out. Only one product from my jury box made it through as a finalist, but I still want to share my personal top three from those I tried.
