The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) and NYKAA, one of India’s leading omnichannel beauty and lifestyle retailers, announce the winners of the 2023 BEAUTY&YOU Awards in India. Created by ELC’s New Incubation Ventures (NIV) and launched in partnership with NYKAA, BEAUTY&YOU India is an awards program launched in July 2022, with an aim to discover, spotlight, and propel the next generation of Indian-focused beauty founders, innovators, and creatives.
 
The twenty-seven finalists presented to a jury of leading industry experts including Katrina Kaif, Actor and Co-Founder, Kay Beauty; Bhumi Pednekar, Actor, Investor, Climate Warrior & UNDP Ambassador; Prudvi Kaka, Chief Scientific Officer, DECIEM; Deepica Mutyala, Founder & CEO, Live Tinted; Gaurav Gupta, Couturier, Artist & Designer; Masaba Gupta, Designer, Actor & Founder, HOUSE OF MASABA and LOVECHILD BY MASABA; Anaita Shroff Adajania, CEO, Style Cell; as well as leaders from ELC, NYKAA, Intercos, and Peak XV Partners. The finalists represent a variety of concepts ranging from breakthrough product innovation to re-imagining fragrance and skin care rituals. 

Pic: 2023 BEAUTY&YOU Winners: Giti Datt, Jean-Christophe Bonnafous, Rhea Goenka, Hetali Kamdar, Shreyansh Chauhan, Anousha Chauhan, Rupesh Pawar, Dr. Avani Mainkar, Priya Minhas, Khanak Gupta and Shara Ticku.

The winners, listed below, were announced at an awards evening at Snowball Studios, Mumbai, on November 2, 2023. Winners for the Breakthrough, Create, Grow, Imagine, and Impact categories were independently chosen by the panel of judges through a competitive judging process. Winners for the Community category were determined via an independent voting process on www.beautyandyouawards.com and an analysis of social engagement.