(New York, NY, November 2021) — Granpowder BBP-700 from Grant Industries Inc. was announced as a winner of a prestigious CEW Beauty Creators Awards at the NYSCC Education & Awards Night Ceremony at HK Hall in New York City. In advance of the CEW Beauty Creators Awards event on December 1st, Grant’s Granpowder BBP-700 was named the winner in a specialty category for Supplier’s: Ingredients & Formulation during the NYSCC Suppliers’ Day Week of Beauty.
This CEW Beauty Creators Award category, sponsored by New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists (NYSCC), recognizes the role that ingredients, formulation and new technology plays in successful beauty and personal care product launches.
Grant was one of eight finalist that were selected from more than 40 submissions that were reviewed and voted upon by a curated panel of judges that included leading beauty and personal care brands including members of the NYSCC Scientific Advisory Committee. The judges were: Eileen Kim, Head of US Innovation and Research Prospective Team, Chanel; Geraldine Molina, Head of R&I, Glossier; Ron Robinson, Founder/CEO, BeautyStat.com; Mike Wong, VP Technical Services, H2O+; and Tao Zheng, Director, Advanced Technologies/Material Science, The Estee Lauder Companies.
The other CEW Supplier Award finalists were: Actera Ingredients for FOLLICIN; BASF Corporation for PeptAIde™ 4.0; Eastman Chemical Company for Eastman GEM™ retinyl sunflowerate; EverCare for Mineral Body SPF 50 Sunscreen; Geltor, Inc.for HumaColl21®; MANA for Clean Screen Mineral Serum SPF 50; and SurfactGreen for CosmeGreen ES1822+
Comments from the panel of Judges on why Grant’s Granpowder BBP-700 was selected as the winner, include: “This is an answer to many needs that the cosmetic scientists need today to address the replacement of synthetic powders.” “BBP-700 is a great soft focus material, texturizer, and can be used in all categories of makeup and skincare.” “Created with an innovative bio-fermentation process and an amino acid derivative, it is a good alternative to some microplastic powder.” “Bio based, biodegradable, and highly functional, this powder has blown my socks off.”
At NYSCC Suppliers’ Day, November 11th, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, all the finalists submissions will be displayed in Product Showcases for attendees to learn more about how these new ingredients and formulations address an immediate need in the industry and the movement for clean chemistry and sustainability in beauty and personal care product.
Grant’s Granpowder BBP-700 will also be acknowledged at the virtual reveal of the 2021 CEW Beauty Creators Awards winners in all categories on December 1st.