Granpowder BBP-700 from Grant Industries Inc. has won the CEW Beauty Creators Award—Suppliers: Ingredients & Formulation. The honor was announced during the NYSCC Education & Awards Night Ceremony at HK Hall in New York City, which was part of New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists (NYSCC) Suppliers’ Day Week of Beauty.
 
This CEW Beauty Creators Award category, sponsored by NYSCC, recognizes the role that ingredients, formulation and new technology plays in successful beauty and personal care product launches.  

Grant was one of eight finalists 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 Estée Lauder Companies.    

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 skin care.” 
 
• “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.”
 
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+
 
All finalist submissions are displayed in product showcases for NYSCC Suppliers’ Day 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 in all categories on December 1.