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THE 2021 AWARD WINNERS
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Our Interns’ Top Product Picks
A Letter From Our Editors
Team Her Campus
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CHECK OUT THE WINNERS
Hey besties! Welcome to the third annual College Beauty Awards.
The HC Edit Team has spent the last year curating a list of beauty brands college students love, so you don’t have to. We tested over 1000 products from 250 brands, scoured reviews, and polled our community members, all to uncover your must-have products and what matters most to you.
Here's what we discovered: Affordable pricing tends to be the number one factor you consider, but you'll put your money where your mouth is when it counts. Brands with clean, sustainable, cruelty-free and giveback initiatives are worth the higher cost, as are Black and women-owned brands. You know your purchase power, and you'll wield it with purpose.
In 2021, we’ve been intentional about highlighting brands that fit the categories you care about most. Throughout our awards, you’ll see six seals appear across the majority of winners, highlighting brands that are cruelty-free (red), have sustainable initiatives (green), identify as clean (blue), have long-term giveback programs (orange) or are 100% Black (purple) or woman (pink) founded, owned, or led. We’ve also chosen a few different products for each product type because we know options matter to you.
From new brands to the old reliables, let this year's College Beauty Awards serve as the directory to the companies that embody what you stand for and the products that truly make a difference.
Love,
Editor: Sammi Burke • Designer: Addie Abujade
© Her Campus Media 2021
Meguire's Pick
Physicians Formula
Butter Believe It! Skin Mist
Dory's Pick
Wildling
Facial Gua Sha
Maeve's Pick
Level Naturals
Aromatherapy Shower Bomb
Carol's Pick
masque BAR
Green Tea Sheet Mask
Julianna's Pick
Aforé Beauty
CBD Effusive
Averee's Pick
The Route
The Party Peel
Eboni's Pick
Billie
Super Salve
Our Interns' Top Product Picks
Team Her Campus