By now, you know that the Allure Best of Beauty Awards bestow that instantly recognizable seal on the products that editors, makeup artists, hairstylists, and dermatologists agree are the cream (and serum) of the crop. Spotting that red circle while shopping feels like getting an instant and highly enthusiastic recommendation from your most beauty-savvy, ingredient-literate friend.
We’ve been bestowing Best of Beauty Awards for nearly three decades now, so repeat winners are inevitable, not because there’s a lack of competition in certain categories—trust us, there are plenty of amazing new launches that give more familiar products a run for their money. It’s just that some winners somehow manage to remain untouchable. And that’s why we’ve decided to salute them with a Hall of Fame—a designation given only to products that have won three or more Best of Beauty awards.
Does it mean that you shouldn’t even bother trying other products? Of course not—something else may work really well for you. But does it mean you must try them at least once if you haven’t already because hello, they are clearly awesome? Yes, yes, a thousand times, yes.
OK, so none of these products have won Best of Beauty Awards a thousand times, but that’s only because we didn’t get started until 1996. The fact that some of these tools and formulas have won three, four, even double-digit times is still incredibly impressive— even more so when you consider how many have won Readers’ Choice Awards, too.
Check them out below—and then find out for yourself why they keep conquering their categories.
Nars Powder Blush
Don’t call it a comeback! OK, call it a comeback. Nars Powder Blush has racked up numerous Best of Beauty Awards since the turn of the century, but their winning streak slowed in recent years as the blush competition thickened. We’re not saying that’s what prompted the brand to reformulate what is arguably its most famous product (even your grandma knows about Orgasm), but we’ve been so impressed with the newly talc-free, even more blendable, and conveniently refillable reimagining of Nars Blush that we couldn’t deny it its eighth red seal. “The new formula feels ever-so-slightly more velvety and deposits even more color with each swipe,” says senior editor Jesa Marie Calaor.
