This year’s much anticipated new Top 25 Who’s Who in Natural Beauty has been revealed – at last! The list is published every autumn in the UK’s leading natural & organic beauty, food & wellness publication Natural Products News.
I’m thrilled to be on this important list again as we watch the fast-growing momentum of this sector with consumers embracing, believing in and buying organic beauty, food and health products more now than ever before.
NPN’s Matt Chittock (who also joins our planet-positive 2021 Beauty Shortlist Awards Panel for the first time – entry deadline 6 November) catches up with the industry change-makers of the year, listed below.
For the full 2020 Top 25 lineup, scroll down for the brand new listing which includes Natural Beauty & Wellness Industry luminaries Lorraine Dallmeier, CEO of Formula Botanica, Weleda UK’s MD Jayn Sterland and The Soil Association’s Georgia Barnes.
MATT CHITTOCK reports:
“This year the global pandemic has transformed our sector, maybe forever. But it’s also heightened the possibilities of natural beauty products.
“Lockdown has inspired more consumers to take a long, hard look at the contents of their bathroom cabinets. And many have discovered that organic and natural formulations don’t just deepen the self-care rituals so essential for wellbeing in 2020 – they also had time to research how they’re better for people and the planet too.
“Meet our industry’s pick of the people who are leading this seismic change in thinking. This year’s results cover every facet of our dynamic sector, from brand owners to formulators and educators to campaigners. Remember, whoever they are, they’re all here for one reason – you voted for them.
“We hope you’ll join us in raising a virtual glass to some of the planet’s true natural and organic pioneers.
The 2020 Who’s Who in Natural Beauty TOP 25 List
- THE NATURAL LEADER: Lorraine Dallmeier, CEO, Formula Botanica
- THE WELEDA WONDER WOMAN: Jayn Sterland, MD, Weleda UK
- THE DYNAMIC DUO: Alex and Kim Barani, co-founders, Kinetic
- THE NATURAL POWER COUPLE: Jo and Stuart Chidley, co-founders, Beauty Kitchen
- THE PLAYFUL SKINCARE PIONEER: May Lindstrom, founder, May Lindstrom Skin
- THE CLEAN BEAUTY COMMUNICATOR: Helen Yeardsley, beauty industry expert, Y Consultancy
- THE INSTA-READY INFLUENCER: Ailish Lucas, founder, The Glow Getter Collective
- THE TRUE BELIEVER: Emma Thornton, founder TRUE Skincare
- THE CHEMIST TURNED CHANGE-MAKER: Mark Smith, director general, NATRUE
- THE CLEAN BEAUTY CREATIVES: Elsie Rutterford and Dominika Minarovic, co-founders, BYBI Beauty
- THE NEW FACE OF ORGANIC BEAUTY: Alex Nicolaou, co-founder, NINI Organics
- THE ETHICAL EVANGELIST: Fiona Klonarides, founder, The Beauty Shortlist
- THE CHEMISTRY CONSULTANT: Dr Barbara Olioso, founder, The Green Chemist Consultancy
- THE VERACIOUS VEGAN: Victoria Wood, founder, Greener Beauty
- THE ORGANIC INSIDER: Georgia Barnes, head of business development for non-food, Soil Association
- THE DIGITAL ENTREPRENEUR: Ben Wigley, co-founder, Big Green Smile
- THE ANTI-PLASTIC PIONEER: Madhuri Prabhakar, project leader, Beat the Microbead
- THE HAIR APPARENT: Tabitha James Kraan, founder, Tabitha James Kraan Hair Organics
- THE GLOW-UP GO TO: Mel Jenkinson, founder, Glow Organic
- THE IMPERFECTLY NATURAL ADVOCATE: Janey Lee Grace, marketing guru, presenter and author
- SAYING ‘TA-TA’ TO TOXIC INGREDIENTS: Tata Harper, CEO, Tata Harper Skincare
- THE PEOPLE PERSON: Charlotte Vøhtz, CEO, Green People
- THE MAKE-UP MAVEN: Lou Dartford, make-up artist
- THE RETAIL REVOLUTIONARY: Sonia White, CEO, LoveLula
- THR AROMATHERAPY ARTIST: Lissa Basso, founder, Inner Senses
- RISING STAR: Zaffrin O’Sullivan, co-founder, Five Dot Botanics
Well done all! Full article HERE