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We are incredibly proud as a business to have been recognized over the years for our award-winning products and to be celebrated for our efforts in sustainability. Here’s a round up of the product, range and brand awards we have won over the years: 2024 CEW Responsible Beauty Award 2024 - Our Pure Source Collagen Serum won the Responsible Beauty Award for Excellence and the Responsible Beauty Award for Innovation!    Pure Beauty Global Awards 2024 - Our Pure Source Collagen gummies won Best New Beauty Supplement 2024!    2022 Marie Claire Prix D'Excellence Awards 2022 - Best Sustainable British Beauty Brand, “Beauty Kitchen has always tackled sustainability in an authentic, innovative and collaborative way” - Marie Claire Marie Claire Sustainability Awards 2022 - Highly Commended for Best Sustainable Supplement Brand with Vitamin Kitchen CEW UK Beauty Awards 2022 - Best New Beauty Supplement Mass & Prestige for Vitamin Kitchen Hair Skin & Nails Beauty Shortlist Awards 2022 Editors Choice - Seahorse Plankton+ High Definition Facial Oil & Abyssinian Oil Night Halo Potent Sleep Mask Beauty Shortlist Awards 2022 Highly Commended - Seahorse Plankton+ Really Radiant Moisturiser, Seahorse Plankton+ Bright Eyes Probiotic Serum & Abyssinian Oil Hydra Intense Facial Oil Natural Health Awards 2022 - Highly Commended Natruline Natural Best Lip Balm Beauty Bible Awards 2022 - Best Facial Oil with Seahorse Plankton+ High Definition Facial Oil Beauty Bible Awards 2022 - Best Shampoo or Conditioner Bar with Intense Moisture Shampoo Bar 2021   Beauty Shortlist Awards 2021 - Best Probiotic Serum with Seahorse Plankton+ Bright Eyes Probiotic Serum & Best Intensive Therapy with Seahorse Plankton+ Ultra Restore Hand CreamBeauty Shortlist Awards 2021 - Abyssinian Oil Facial Cleansing Konjac Sponge & Seahorse Plankton+ 5 Minute Miracle Mask   Natural Health Beauty Awards 2021 - Sustainable Star Award CEW UK Beauty Awards 2021 - Responsible Beauty Award The Veggie Awards 2021 - Highly Commended for Seahorse Plankton+ 5 Minute Miracle Mask Free From Skincare Awards 2021 - Bronze Award for Best Hair Care with Intense Moisture Shampoo Bar & Silver Award for Best Soap Bar with Botanic Bliss Hand & Body Organic Soap

Ready for our new and exciting product drops? Say hello to the Seahorse Plankton + Super Soothing Toner and Seahorse Plankton + Facial Cleansing  Bar. If you’re new to our Seahorse Plankton range here’s what you need to know. Seahorse Plankton is a natural and sustainably sourced Microalgae that is renowned for protecting itself from environmental stresses by producing a unique and powerful blend of antioxidants, omega 3, lipids, and vitamins including A, D, E & K which work hard to deliver many beauty benefits. It  has also been clinically proven to increase collagen production, smooth the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and safeguard skin from pollution and daily aggressors. We combine this wonder ingredient with a whole host of other skin-loving, 100% natural ingredients like Sea Kelp, Angelica, Frankincense Gum Oil, and Blue Chamomile so your complexion has all the nutrients it needs for better skin health.  Thanks to the love Beauty Editors and customers have shown our Seahorse Plankton range, we’re now pleased to introduce two new additions to the line-up. Seahorse Plankton + Super Soothing Toner Making waves in the beauty world, our award-winning toner preps the skin after cleansing so you can get deeper absorption and effectiveness from your moisturisers and serums. Seahorse Plankton takes on a starring role and helps to balance and soothe the skin while the injection of Seaweed Extract boosts moisture levels so skin looks radiant and glowy. As we only use natural and sustainability-sourced ingredients, this is the perfect toner for all skin types and is a firm favourite for those with sensitive skin types as it helps to relieve irritations and redness. It’s no wonder that this has become one of our best-sellers. Seahorse Plankton + Facial Cleansing  Bar We’ve dubbed this as a ‘Spa in a Bar’ and for good reason. This concentrated soap-free cleanser is a luxurious solid bar/ foam hybrid. Simply, add warm water to create a luxurious foam that removes makeup and impurities while delivering a fresh spa-like aroma that indulges and soothes the senses. Featuring our signature Seahorse Plankton to calm irritated skin and moisturising Coconut Oil to cleanse and hydrate, this must-try cleansing bar deserves a special place in everyone’s skincare routine. Try it now and trust us, you won’t be disappointed. Shop our Seahorse Plankton Range here

In total, there are now 800 B Corp certified businesses within the UK and over 5,000 around the globe. We happen to be amongst the top 5% as a Best for the World! Being a B Corp certified business means that we are meeting the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. Our B Corp certification has gone from strength to strength, from increasing our score in 2021 so that we became the highest scoring B Corp in the European beauty industry, to being announced as a Best for the World B Corp in Community. This year, we have done it again! Community Impact Area B Corp has evaluated our engagement with and impact on the communities we operate with including diversity, equity and inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. Community is at the heart of Beauty Kitchen, whether that’s on a local, national, or global level. These are just a few examples of how we have earned the honour of Best for the World in this impact area: Championing our reusable or compostable packaging that gives customers easy access to the circular economy ‘Beauty that Gives Back’ - for every sale, Beauty Kitchen donates 2% of sales revenue (instead of profit) to sustainable charity partners Home-grown focus: products are manufactured in the UK, travel less and have a reduced carbon footprint We are a female led business that helps build a sustainable ecosystem by creating jobs in local communities We are incredibly proud of how we contribute to charitable organisations as a team too! Here are a few highlights: In Kind Direct: we have donated over £200K worth of product through In Kind Direct to help 869 charitable organisations including those that support education, youth care, emergency relief, schools, and family welfare The Seahorse Trust: we have supported their Studland Seahorse Project, focused on Studland Bay in Dorset, now a Marine Conservation Zone which will ensure that the existing laws will be enforced to protect and improve the habitat for species like Spiny seahorses Plastic Soup Foundation: we are proud to be a Gold Business Angel for Plastic Soup Foundation meaning that we pursue an active policy to reduce the use of single use plastic and try to prevent leakage to the environment Eco Soap Bank: we have helped to provide soap and hygiene education to the developing world, and so far, have donated the equivalent of 3.5K soap bars! The NHS: we worked double time to produce 50K units of hand sanitiser in refillable, reusable bottles and donated over 230K units of our beauty products to organisations such as The NHS and the London Ambulance Service Earthly: we have partnered with Earthly (another B Corp) as part of their reforestation project in Madagascar, and so far, we have help to plant over 5K mangrove trees We couldn’t be prouder to be named a B Corp Best for the World yet again, and we fully understand that our work doesn’t stop here. We will always strive to do the best we can to benefit people, communities, and the planet - this is our promise to you!

It's official, we have been awarded the Marie Claire UK Prix D’Excellence Award 2022 for British Winner in Sustainability! We are so proud to be amongst the crème de la crème of beauty including Dior, Guerlain, Lancome, Chanel, Drunk Elephant, Gucci, Neal's Yard Remedies to name a few.

We recently announced that we had become THE highest scoring B Corp certified business in the UK Beauty Industry since our recertification score had grown from 89.3 to 139.8 - thanks to how we prioritise balancing purpose with profit. Today, B Corp released their Best For The World 2021 list...and we are on it as Best For The World in Community! Today there are more than 4,000 Certified B Corporations across 77 countries and 153 industries, unified by one common goal: transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet.   Every year, B Lab recognises the top-performing B Corps creating the greatest impact through their businesses across their five impact areas including: community, customers, environment, governance, and workers. These businesses are leading the way as more businesses continue to join the movement that is transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet.  We are pleased to let you know that Beauty Kitchen are amongst the top 5% of B Corps in the world for Community! B Corps meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. Community is at the heart of Beauty Kitchen, and there are so many aspects to this on a local and national level, and why we have earned the honour of Best For The World in this impact area. For example: Pioneering our reusable packaging & Return•Refill•Repeat programme that gives customers easy access to the circular economy ‘Beauty that Gives Back’ - for every sale, Beauty Kitchen donates 2% of sales revenue (instead of profit) to sustainable charity partners (e.g. Plastic Soup Foundation, The Seahorse Trust, In Kind Direct)  Home-grown focus: products are made in the UK, travel less and have a reduced carbon footprint We are a female led business that helps build a sustainable ecosystem by creating jobs in local communities "The community initiative that we are most proud of is giving people access to the circular economy through our Return•Refill•Repeat programme. This is about reusable packaging for consumer products, including Beauty Kitchen products. This provides economic and social advantages of course, but it also brings the community together through supply chain with diversity and inclusion in mind too. Community is important in many ways to every business. " - Jo Chidley, Founder of Beauty Kitchen. This is a big moment for us and the Beauty Kitchen team and we can't wait to keep improving and continuing to grow as a sustainable community! To find out more, head to the rankings methodology for B Corp here.  

Every year, we look forward to the CEW Beauty Awards - THE biggest awards in the beauty industry (think the Oscars of the beauty industry) - and this has been the most exciting to date. That’s because we’ve scooped up the Responsible Beauty Award for our best-selling, collagen boosting Seahorse Plankton+ range! Now in its 16th year, the CEW awards recognise outstanding product innovation and creativity within the beauty and personal care industry. Over 1,000 CEW members, consisting of beauty professionals and experts, vote for their ‘best in class’ tried and tested products...we are incredibly delighted to be recognised as their Responsible Beauty Winner as a beauty business that has significantly moved towards the goal of improved sustainability.  “This is wonderful news! Our motto: ‘Effective, Natural, Sustainable’ seeps into every aspect of Beauty Kitchen and the products we create - it’s a rule of thumb that we never stray from. For me, our products are perfect examples of where nature and science come together to create truly effective products that just so happen to be sustainable.” - Jo Chidley, Founder of Beauty Kitchen. What is Seahorse Plankton+? This range is packed full of our super advanced blend of scientifically proven microalgae that: Helps boost collagen levels in 24 hours Helps reduce the appearance of fine, dry lines and wrinkles Shields skin from daily pollution Helps reduce the appearance of dark spots Leaves skin looking and feeling more youthful and radiant Why is it "Responsible Beauty"?We exist to create the most effective, natural, and sustainable beauty products on the planet, designing products with purpose. Our three sustainability pillars ensure that we push the boundaries and create change that the whole beauty industry can benefit from.  Our Seahorse Plankton+ skincare is a leading example of how beauty can be a force for good, and here’s why: Regenerative Ingredients - our key ingredients in the Seahorse Plankton+ range are a potent blend of micro-algae and seaweed; scientifically proven to boost collagen levels, even skin tone & protect skin from daily pollution Certified Sustainably Sourced - the seaweed we use is hand-harvested by royal decree & rather than source the micro-algae from the sea, we grow it in baths to conserve the oceans’ resources - it’s also carbon positive, generating electricity which we give back to the grid Certified Cruelty Free, Microplastic Free & Vegan - we are proud to be Leaping Bunny Approved by Cruelty Free International & the entire Seahorse Plankton+ range is also certified by The Vegan Society. Our entire product portfolio is registered as microplastic free by the Plastic Soup Foundation too! Circular Packaging - over 95% of beauty packaging is thrown out after just one use, and just 9% of plastic gets recycled globally…beauty packaging has a huge environmental footprint so we’ve revolutionised ours to help reduce carbon footprints & plastic consumption. Made from glass & aluminum bottles/jars are a circular & durable meaning we can keep reusing them - and if they happened to become damaged for some reason…these materials are widely & easily recycled! Return•Refill•Repeat Packaging - we re-launched the Seahorse Plankton+ range in 2019, moving from pre-recycled plastic packaging to reusable packaging part of our Return•Refill•Repeat programme where we was and reuse returned packaging (either via free post or to 800+ Holland & Barrett stores across the UK Re-purposing Waste Materials - the sustainability of our packaging doesn’t stop at the bottle or jar either – it goes right down to our labels, FSC certified product boxes & repurposed cardboard in our deliveries, so that we are not contributing to deforestation. Our labels are made from “rock paper” using waste limestone, and we’ve signed the Canopy Pack4Good policy, so all our cartons and outer packaging are made using FSC certified sources Social Impact - We are now the highest scoring B Corp certified business in the UK beauty industry meaning we are committed to using our business as a force for good. We all want beauty products that work for us, but it’s even better when they work for the planet too. Beauty that Gives Back - with B Corp principles at heart, we give 2% of our sales (not profits) to charitable organisations such as The Seahorse Trust & Plastic Soup Foundation Driving change - the beauty industry plays a big part in plastic pollution & marine debris, which is why we feel responsible that change has to start with beauty brands which is why we support Plastic Soup Foundation with their mission to clean up oceans & campaign for microplastics to be banned. Collaboration is the most effective way to may to create change!    

On January 28th 2021, Natural Health Magazine hosted their 15th annual Beauty Awards hosted by the wonderful Lisa Snowden!"This has been a trailblazing year by anyone's standards!" - Lisa SnowdenAlongside the biggest brands in natural beauty, the awards celebrated the products, innovations & achievements that are shaping the world of natural beauty and wellness throughout the year. More than 800 different products were submitted for the 38 awards categories that are recognised globally. You wouldn't believe the excitement that the whole Beauty Kitchen team felt when were awarded TWO awards that night! 1. WINNERS of the best Shampoo & Conditioner with our Organic Vegan Aloe Shampoo & Conditioner 2. WINNERS of the Best Sustainable Brand!Watch the full ceremony hereThank you to everyone involved & to those who voted us as your winners!

Earlier this week, we announced something hugely special to us on our social media.    Recently, The Scottish Government asked us if we could help with any critical supplies for the NHS, Social Care and other front-line services. After just 3 weeks the entire Beauty Kitchen team has been working double time on this and we are now delighted to say that we are officially supplying the Scottish Government with 50,000 units of hand sanitiser in refillable, reusable bottles!   "As a B Corp certified business, sustainability and giving back are at the core of everything we do. When The Scottish Government asked us if we could help with any critical supplies for the NHS, we worked double time to make this happen. Not only have we provided an effective solution for them, but one that is also sustainable and included in our Return · Refill · Repeat programme."   “...We want to pass on a massive thank you to all our supply partners & everyone involved in the creation of the hand sanitiser within such a short space of time. The current situation we are in is a complicated one of course, but we’re incredibly proud of how everyone has come together to support one another.” – Jo Chidley, Founder of Beauty Kitchen. Determined to provide support in multiple ways, we are donating over 230,000 units of our beauty products to the NHS and charities including In Kind Direct, London Ambulance Service. The products donated include a mix of full-sized products as well as sample size hand cream sachets, a hygienic way of caring for the hands of our NHS staff. We are in this together!