Drum roll, please! The 2021 GLAMOUR Wellness Power List Award winners are here and they all have the power to change your life for the better...
After a year that’s tested way more than just the limits of our Wi-Fi, wellness has taken on an even greater role in our health and wellbeing – delivering a much-needed feel-good factor and, let's be honest, some even more needed coping strategies for everyday life.
And that's exactly why we've chosen to celebrate the best-in-class health, fitness and wellness heroes out there, in GLAMOUR's first-ever Wellness Power List Awards.
The accolade-worthy products and brands that have the power to change our lives for the better, were nominated and shortlisted by the GLAMOUR team and a panel of 16 industry experts, renowned for their work and authority within the health, fitness and wellness spaces.
Our insiders include GP Dr Tosin Sotubo, founder of Mind Body Doctor, and Dr Hazel Wallace, author of the best-selling The Food Medic books, who shares her medical and nutritional smarts on Instagram. Celebrity PT Aimee Victoria Long and Clara Holmes, famous for her inspiring wheelchair fitness routines, sort out what really works when it comes to working out. Mental health nominations come from anxiety specialist Chloe Brotheridge; the world’s only comparison coach Lucy Sheridan; and body-positive activist Michelle Elman of @scarrednotscared. These are just some of the leading voices in sexual health, immunology, sleep, fertility and oral care, who contributed to these awards.
We covered it all, from the best workout wear and fitness tech to the best gut health immune boosters, mental health heroes, the self care saviours to chill with after a hard day, plus the sex tech and sleep aids – our team of experts hunted out the wellness stars to put to the vote.
Now, 288,435 votes by the GLAMOUR audience later, we finally have the winners – and there are some major brands and businesses among them.
So with a drum roll and scroll, meet the winners of the GLAMOUR Wellness Power List Awards 2021…
Best Workout Kit
Kettle Bells, from £20, Kettleboobs
Kettle… boobs? Not a typo, but the genius home workout kit that founders Jolene McAnuff and Danni Tabor conceived down the pub (don’t you love them already). Kettle bells – cast iron weights lifted during squats, lunges and deadlifts to challenge more muscles – are hand-painted with body-positive illustrations to create a workout aid that looks as good on the floor next to your monstera plant as it does building muscle. Stocks don’t swing around for long, so breast get a move on.
Nomination Shortlist
Yoga Mat, £55, Kin
Resistance Bands, from £13, Lilly Sabri of Lean With Lilly
Lonsdale Club Bag Boxing Mitts, £21.99, Lonsdale
Best Running Shoe
Asics’s Institute of Sports Science in Kobe, Japan, has been putting running shoes through their paces since 1990, engineering elite trainers that slice along pavements like a hangover through a pizza. What sets the Gel-Nimbus 22 apart is how it nails comfort. Your reward for turning off Netflix is lashings of gel cushioning to absorb impact, Asics’s patented light-and-springy FlyteFoam sole, plus arch support for stability. Call it your sole sister.
Nomination Shortlist
UA Hovr Machina Running Shoes, £140, Under Armour
Cloudflow, £130, On Running
Air Zoom Tempo Next%, £169.95, Nike
Best Fitness App
In the year of the living room athlete, Nike Training Club brought the gym home: 190 free workouts, each with crystal-clear instructions and guidance on form, plus optional get-off-your-ass reminder notifications. Our pick? The structured training plans, which span four to six weeks and bring noticeable improvement gains each week. There are even routines inspired by athletes, including gymnast Simone Biles.
Nomination Shortlist
Peloton, from £12.99 per month
Fiit, from £10 per month
ClassPass, free trial with subscriptions available starting at £25 p/m
Best Wearable Fitness Tracker
Watch Series 6, from £379, Apple
“I have used an Apple Watch for years, it’s become part of my day-to-day,” enthuses GLAMOUR expert panel member and celebrity PT Aimee Victoria Long. And with the Apple Watch being the only way to access Apple’s coveted new Fitness+ workout platform, 2021 has raised its wrist game even further. The Series 6 model gives detailed on-screen workout stats, such as BPM, distance and elevation, measures blood oxygen (a measure of how well your body delivers and absorbs oxygen) and plays music and podcasts to motivate your movement.
Nomination Shortlist
Versa 3, £199.99, Fitbit
Venu, £329.99, Garmin
Xiaomi Mi Band 5, £39.95, Amazon
Best Activewear Brand
Now available in sizes 4 to 32, with sports bras up to 44G, Nike’s activewear is becoming ever more inclusive. 76% of its products use some recycled materials; online, you can shop by sustainability rating, with the most eco-friendly items detailing their carbon and waste reductions compared to conventional materials. Nike also champions women in sport. It designs the kit for 14 national women’s football teams and partners with Gurls Talk – the online support community created by supermodel and activist Adwoa Aboah – to provide grants for female-run projects that encourage teenage girls into sport.
Nomination Shortlist
Lululemon
Tala
Sweaty Betty
Best Massage Equipment
TriggerPoint Grid Foam Roller, £45.99, Amazon
The go-to of body-positive activist Michelle Elman – as well as thousands of you – TriggerPoint’s Grid Foam Roller is the closest thing you can get to a massage therapist’s knot-nixing hands. Yes, it’s legit: the tubular pattern recreates the sensation of fingers, while the flat section mimics a firm palm. Roll it under your calves, quads or back for an on-tap sports massage that releases grisly knots, loosens stiff muscles, increases circulation so that blood and oxygen can repair muscles, and improves flexibility. Magic wand or what?
Nomination Shortlist
Theragun Mini, £175, Therabody
MyoLite massage gun, £179, Myo Master
Yoga-Mad Vari-Massage Foam Roller, £32.99, Fitness-Mad at John Lewis
Best Digital Yoga Class
The antidote to every intimidating yoga class you’ve been too scared to join, Adriene Mishler’s gentle, enthusiastic, and free online classes just get it. Her YouTube channel has over 9 million subscribers, with relatable videos such as ‘Yoga for when you feel dead inside’ (yep, been there), ‘Yoga for back pain’ (hello, kitchen table as a hot-desk), plus a Yoga Quickies series for when you’re stiff AF but only have five minutes. Andshe’s joined by the cutest actual downward dog – her pup, Benji.
Nomination Shortlist
Steffy White Yoga, free
Glo Yoga And Meditation App, free, or exclusive access from £21.49 per month
Sarah Beth Yoga, free
Best Yogawear Brand
The most coveted name in sun salutations – just ask fitness pro Aimee Victoria Long and Mind Body Doctor founder, Dr Tosin Sotubo. Its USP? That’ll be the soft, body-supporting fabric. A high, wide waistband that doesn’t dig in. Plus, opaque materials that won’t turn your bum see-through during a forward bend (important). Lululemon has also promised to step up its inclusivity, with six styles available up to size 24 (Align Pant 7/8, Wunder Train 7/8, Fast & Free 7/8, Ready to Rulu Pant, Long Distance Short Sleeve, Define Jacket) and more to follow.
Nomination Shortlist
Oysho
Asos 4505
Girlfriend Collective
Best Workout Class
Fact: it’s impossible to be in a bad mood while doing one of Caleb Marshall’s high-energy, big-vibe, body-loving cardio dance routines. Combine three minutes of pop with a bucket of Caleb’s sass and you’ll be sweating, lip syncing to Katy Perry and, in his words, feeling AWE-SOME. His YouTube choreographies are designed for all coordination levels (phew), with over 3 million subscribers dancing their way fit. Essential for anyone who craves going out-out.
Nomination Shortlist
F45 Training (prices vary by location)
The Class, £30.17 per month
Blok TV, from £10 per month, Blok London
Best Fertility Tracker
Installed on the smartphones of 153 million women worldwide, Flo’s insight into menstrual cycles is second to none. You log data on over 70 symptoms, such as mood swings, tender breasts and acne, and Flo’s algorithm collates your experiences with evidence-based medical information to accurately predict your upcoming fertile days and your next period. Need to talk? Use the Secret Chats function to discuss intimate topics anonymously and candidly.
Nomination Shortlist
Clue Period Tracker app, free
Ava Fertility Tracker, £249
Kindara Fertility Tracking App, free
Best Pregnancy Supplement
Pregnacare Max, £19.45, Vitabiotics
Recommended by GP Dr Tosin Sotubo for its daily intake of important nutrients during pregnancy, it includes 400µg folic acid (the amount advised by the Department of Health) in a special, readily available form called L-Methylfolate. There’s also 10μg vitamin D, 500mg calcium for healthy bones and teeth, and 300mg Omega-3 DHA, which contributes to foetal brain and eye development. Think of it as an invisible support system for mummas and bubs.
Nomination Shortlist
Vital Essence 1 - First Trimester Vitamins & Minerals, £28.50, Zita West
Food-Grown Pregnancy Vitamins & Minerals, £34, Wild Nutrition
Pregnancy One-A-Day Tablets, £5.50, Seven Seas at Boots
Best Period Pants
Period stigma may be over (victory dance), now 2021 is the year of period sustainability – with Modibodi leading the movement away from throwaway tampons and pads to reusable pants we can wear month after month. Want the flow-down? Its multi-layered knicker is the ultimate do-gooder: the top layer nixes bacteria and pongs, the middle layer absorbs everything, while the fluid-proof bottom is your jeans’ bodyguard. Modibodi is available in six absorbencies, sizes 4 to 26, and in granny-pant-free styles – including a thong, seam-free, vegan and swimwear.
Nomination Shortlist
Hey Girls, from £13.95
Wuka, from £12
Flux Undies, from £16.95
Best Menstrual Health Brand
A winning brand with a winning story. After being deemed “unprofessional” by a male colleague when she used a hot water bottle at work to soothe crippling period cramps, Kru Patel knew she had to make a discrete, natural alternative to simply popping painkillers. BeYou is the result: period patches containing anti-inflammatory menthol and eucalyptus oil that stick to your body, invisible under clothes, and ease symptoms of endometriosis, PCOS and bloody awful cramps for up to 12 hours. A plaster for period pain = life-soother. The brand has grown to include wellness aids such as CBD Bath Bombs and a menstrual cup.
Best Sex Tech
Pebble Personal Massager, £10, My Viv at Boots
Nominated by GLAMOUR pro panellist Clara Holmes, this fantastic entry-level massager is from Ann Summers’ My Viv range (that’s My Very Important Vagina – because, yes, she is). Held in the palm of your hand, the Pebble’s curved tip cleverly targets its rumbles on your clitoris, nipples, or wherever else on your body that your imagination sends you. Don’t be fooled by its compact size: with 3 speeds and 7 pleasure-building pulse patterns, the Pebble packs a grunt. Better reschedule that Zoom.
Nomination Shortlist
Liberty, £89, Womanizer
The Surfer Personal Massager, £19.95, Smile Makers at Boots
Sona Sonic Clitoral Massager, £69, Lelo at Boots
Best Sexual Wellness Aid
Pelvic Floor Trainer, £169, Elvie
Awards are nothing new for Elvie – it’s scooped 11 of them, plus the approval of the NHS and GLAMOUR’s fertility expert, Emma Cannon. Pelvic floor problems affect a third of women, and although most of us have heard of exercises called Kegels, it’s really easy to do them wrong – pushing down instead of contracting upwards. Elvie is the form-perfecting PT for your floor: pop it inside your vagina, connect to the app, and complete games moving a gem up and down. Better pelvic floor strength means increased sensation during sex, stronger orgasms, and improved bladder control.
Nomination Shortlist
Organic Water Based Personal Lubricant, £5.99, Yes WB at Superdrug
Sexual self-care app, from £12.99 per month, Ferly
Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski, £13.69, Amazon
Best Women’s Health Supplement
Wellwoman Multi-Vitamin Gummies, £15.95, Vitabiotics
GLAMOUR expert panellist and GP Dr Tosin Sotubo is a fan of this 22-nutrient supplement, which reads like a checklist of good stuff to support frazzled bodies. It includes iron and vitamins C and B12 to bolster energy levels, while evening primrose, starflower oils and vitamin B6 regulate hormonal activity. There’s also 400µg folic acid, 10 µg vitamin D and biotin, niacin (vitamin B3), riboflavin (vitamin B2) and zinc for healthy skin. Best bit: it’s chewable and suitable for vegans.
Nomination Shorlist
Multi-Vitamin Elite, from £70, Thorne
The Smart Supplement, from £30 per month, Heights
Premtis High Strength Multivitamin, £11.50, Nature's Best
Best Gut Health Supplement
Good Gut Live Friendly Bacteria + Women’s Health Support, £11, Boots
The 17.5 billion biotic cultures in this bloat-soothing supplement don’t just calm your gut, they can help prevent uncomfortable flare-ups in your vaginal region, too, such as infections like bacterial vaginosis. The fairy godmother inside the capsules is a probiotic strain called lactobacillus gasseri, which comes from a family of ‘good’ bacteria naturally found in your digestive and urinary tracts. There’s also cranberry extract, and it’s vegan-friendly, making it especially easy to stomach.
Nomination Shortlist
Live & Active Bacteria, from £52 per month, Symprove
Probiotics For Every Day, £10.50, Optibac at Waitrose
Debloat+, £45, The Nue Co
Best Wellness Beauty Supplement
Perfectil Original Triple Active, £6.50, Vitabiotics at Boots
For hair with the swish factor and nails that have a life of their own, Perfectil remains the beauty cabinet essential. How does it do it? Riboflavin (vitamin B2) and biotin aid glowy, well-behaved skin, while minerals zinc and selenium work to strengthen hair and nails. The vegetarian-friendly formula also has vitamins C and D, folic acid, iron and grape seed extract. The results? Thicker hair, which spends more time on your head than in your hairbrush, longer eyelashes, and more resilient nails. So, even if your Hinge date flakes on you, your manicure won’t.
Nominations Shortlist
Morning & Night Female Supplements, from £65 per month, Lumity
Hair, Skin & Nails Supplement, £31, Superfood LX
Pure Collagen Capsules, £19.95, Proto-col
Best Health Drink
Almond Drink, £2.49, Rude Health
Sales of Rude Health’s awesome alt milks have grown 120% over the past three years, proving that dairy-free doesn’t have to mean flavour-free. Its organic Almond Drink is made from crushed almonds, spring water and rice – the latter giving it a hint of natural sweetness without the need to whack extra additives in. Splash it in your coffee, drink neat, or add to a banana smoothie for a creamy, nutty kick.
Nominations Shortlist
Kombucha, £29.99 for pack of 24, Remedy Drinks
Clean Energy, from £18.98 for pack of 16, Virtue Drinks at Amazon
Yoni Moon Milk, £18, Glow Bar
Best Food Delivery Kit
Personalised Food Box, from £29.99, Hello Fresh
Nothing derails attempted adulting like pasta and pesto for the third night running. Hello Fresh is like Nigella skills in a box – simply pick from 35 weekly recipes; ingredients then arrive pre-measured, ready for you to nail the prep steps like someone who’s earned a chef’s hat. You can opt for vegetarian or dishes done in 20 minutes, then choose your multitasking level – grade one (can cook while watching Bridgerton – even the juicy scenes) to three (devices away). There’s even the option to add dessert and brunch for the morning after.
Nominations Shortlist
Healthy Recipe Box, from £6, Mindful Chef
Veg Box, from £10.99, Oddbox
Six-Meal Box, from £40.50, Allplants
Best Adaptogen/Nootropics Range
The Focus Capsules, £18.95, Innermost
One of the hottest buzzwords in wellness 2021, you already know nootropics – substances that boost brain function, such as memory, focus or mood – from your morning coffee. Caffeine is the original name in nootropics! Adaptogens have a similar role, but they’re usually herbs that specialise in stress-relief. Based on this science, The Focus Capsules are a one-stop shop to your brain’s best self. They contain Siberian ginseng to reduce fatigue; the amino acid, L-Tyrosine, which calms your body’s stress response; plus, CDP-Choline for concentration. GLAMOUR panel member GP Tosin Sotubo approves – and so do you.
Nominations Shortlist
Nootro-Focus, £65, The Nue Co.
Edge Focus Supplement, £24.99, Neubria
Edge Advanced Nootroptic Complex, £19, Form Nutrition
Best Self-Test Kit
Ancestry + Traits Service, £79, 23andme
One swift saliva sample and 23andMe’s lab can pinpoint exactly where in the world your DNA is from, plot your family tree for eight generations and give ridiculously fascinating facts, such as how likely you are to have cheek dimples, hate coriander or be a night owl. Very cool. Results appear online in six to eight weeks; to learn about your genetic risk of certain health conditions, such as having selected variants of the BRCA1/BRCA2 gene linked to breast cancer, simply upgrade to the Health + Ancestry Service.
Nominations Shortlist
Personalised online health assessment, free; blood test from £69, Thriva
Vital DNA Test, from £199, Circle DNA
Listen To Your Gut Microbiome Test, £149, Atlas Biomed
Best Meditation Aid
Headspace app, £9.99 per month
Almost a third of you swear by the Headspace meditation app, as well as seven members of GLAMOUR’s wellbeing panel, including psychologist Dr Sophie Mort and sleep specialist Kathryn Pinkham. Headspace breaks down the basics of mind-wandering into bitesize tutorials that even the most easily distracted (or sceptical!) can nail. Once you’ve got the foundation sorted, there are mindfulness exercises for stress, sleep and self-esteem. And science says it works: Headspace is involved in over 65 research studies to validate its work.
Nominations Shortlist
Calm app, £28.99 per year
Happy Not Perfect: Daily Boost app, from £9.49 per month
2 Headband (Biofeedback Meditations), £239.99, Muse
Best Stress Relief Aid
Rescue Remedy Dropper, £10, Bach at Boots
The healthier version of the hipflask (still NSFW, even when working from home), this drop-on-your-tongue emergency aid has been soothing stress levels since Dr Edward Bach developed the blend back in the 1930s. What’s in the handbag/desk drawer/glovebox essential? Only good stuff: a 100% natural blend of spring water and five flower extracts, including cherry plum and rock rose, which bolster your ability to cope with stress or bad news. Perfect for a pandemic, basically.
Nominations Shortlist
Acupressure Mat, £70, Bed of Nails at Cult Beauty
Stress Check Breathe In Roller-ball, £16, This Works at John Lewis
Anxiety + Stress Formula Tablets, £29.99, JS Health
Best Anxiety Aid
Colorfy: Art Colouring Game app, free
With all the mindfulness benefits of a colouring-in book – minus the need for any materials – Colorfy’s fun designs bring mental escapism whether you’re anxious on-the-move or ruminating in bed. GP Tosin Sotubo and PT Aimee Victoria Long are fans, as well as 25 million users. It’s more than a pretty picture: Researchers at the University of the West of England in Bristol found that 20 minutes of colouring made participants feel calmer and more contented.
Nominations Shortlist
Dare Break Free From Anxiety app, free, with in-app purchases
The Anxiety Solution: Calmer You, free, or unlimited, £35.99
Anxiety & Depression app, free, Sanvello
Best CBD Hero
CBD Oil Drops With Vitamin D, £34.99, Goodbody Wellness
Confused how to weed through the mountain of CBD (cannabidiol) products on the market? Start here: an introductory-level 5% concentration, refreshing peppermint taste (use the syringe provided to pop the perfect dose under your tongue), and with the bonus of vitamin D for a resilient immune system and bone health. It’s THC-free – that’s the intoxicating component of cannabis that’s illegal in the UK – lab-tested (Goodbody Wellness has a research partnership with King’s College London), and suitable for vegans. Effects can include relief from pain and inflammation, reduced anxiety and sounder sleep.
Nominations Shortlist
(5%) CBD Oil Drops, £46, Kloris
Ultra Pure CBD Spearmint Fast Absorbing Oil Spray, £45.99, Pureis
Natural CBD Oil, from £45, Zoetic
Best Aromatherapy Range
Wellbeing Essential Oil Blends Collection, £60, Neom Organics
Anxiety coach Chloe Brotheridge and immunology expert Dr Jenna Macciochi love the wellbeing benefits of Neom Organics' 100% natural, essential oil fragrances, and you voted in agreement. Find them in the calming candles that make stress do one, shower gels that perk up 7am wake-ups, perfumes that lift grumpy moods and their essential oil collection. In aromatherapy, essential oils activate smell receptors in your nose that send messages through your nervous system to emotional areas of the brain, such as the limbic system. It means you can breathe yourself snoozier (calming lavender), alert (energising lemon and basil) or focused (concentration-cranking hibiscus). We’re fan-girling over here.
Nominations Shortlist
Aromatherapy Associates
DoTerra
Tisserand
Best Ayurvedic Range
Ayurveda – meaning life (“ayur”) and science (“veda”) – was developed 5,000 years ago in India, rooted in the idea that mind, body and spirit heal as one. SkinYoga’s products embody this philosophy and prioritise a less-is-more approach. Its founders, sisters Radhika, Jagriti and Deepika Choudhary, grew up on a farm in India and only realised the lack of natural skincare when they moved countries to study. So, they made their own. SkinYoga’s body scrubs, foot soaks, face masks and hair and body oils are all based on ancient recipes, using a maximum of four ingredients.
Nominations Shortlist
Mauli
Urban Veda
Samaya
Best Bath & Shower Hero
Mindful Bathing Salts, £7.99, Westlab Salts
A bathtub staple for its spa scent and knack for quietening your mind’s inner chatter – just ask GLAMOUR’s body confidence cheerleader, Michelle Elman. Himalayan and Epsom salts – a magnesium compound that heals and eases inflammation – are paired with relaxing geranium and bergamot oils to revitalise weary muscles, add silkiness to skin, and induce an out-for-the-count sleep. Added CBD maximises calmness, leaving you so chilled that you’ll have trouble leaving the tub.
Nominations Shortlist
Forest Therapy Bath And Shower Oil, £49, Aromatherapy Associates
Geranium Leaf Body Cleanser, £20, Aēsop
Pure Epsom Salt Soaking Solution, £7.99, Dr Teal’s at Boots
Best Pillow Spray
Deep Sleep Pillow Spray, £19.50, This Works
There’s a reason why This Works has its name – its products do exactly that. In user tests, 89% of people fell asleep faster than normal after spritzing their pillows before bed, and 98% woke up feeling more refreshed. GLAMOUR’s expert panel are fans, too, with psychologist Dr Sophie Mort, PT Eryn Barber and life coach Michelle Elman all joining the slumber party. The magic ingre-ZZZ-ients? Calming lavender, vetivert and camomile. Lightly mist your PJs, too, for an extra nudge towards drift off.
Nominations Shortlist
Perfect Night’s Sleep Pillow Mist, £20, Neom Organics
Deep Relax Sleep Mist, £28, Aromatherapy Associates
B Silent Night-Time Pillow Mist, £20, Bamford
Best Sleep Tech
Bodyclock Spark 100, £79, Lumie
For anyone who needs several cycles of 'snooze' to get up (guilty face), Lumie’s clever lighting stops you hating your alarm ringtone for life. Over 30 minutes, it recreates a sunrise that stimulates the hormones that give us get up and go, while suppressing groggy melatonin. At night, use it to read in bed without receiving blue-light frequencies that make the body alert. A 30-minute sunset then signals slumber-time. GLAMOUR panellist and sleep physiologist Stephanie Romiszewski is a fan, as is the GB swimming team, who use it to get up for crazy-o’clock training sessions.
Nominations Shortlist
Tide Sleep Sounds app, free & Tide Plus, £12.99 per month, Tide
V6 Wireless Headband Headphones, approx £65, SleepPhones
Sleep Well, Live Better Online Course, £225, The Insomnia Clinic
Best Bedding
Weighted Blanket, from £109.99, Mela Comfort
Imagine a night-long hug, minus any fidgeting or snoring, and this is the scrummy feeling of Mela Comfort’s weighted blanket. As recommended by life coach and self-esteem queen Michelle Elman, the tiny glass quartz pellets inside the blanket mould to your body shape, while the puppy-soft quilt gives perma-snuggles – creating a sense of security that calms anyone who has trouble sleeping, or who suffers from PTSD or nervous disorders. Blanket weights start from 5.5kg (aim for 8-12% of your body weight); the gentle pressure has been found to ease tension and reduce stress by 30%.
Nomation Shortlist
Satin Pillowcase, £15, Kitsch at Cult Beauty
Silk Pillowcase, from £80, Slip Silk
Anti-Allergy Bedding, from £19, Silentnight
Best Bed Kit
The Topper Memory Foam Bamboo Mattress Topper, from £99.95, Panda
Your bed, but better – thanks to 5cm of bamboo and body-cradling memory foam. GLAMOUR’s fertility expert Emma Cannon is impressed (and she knows a thing or two about what goes on in the sack). The perks? Bamboo is naturally antibacterial, making the topper suitable for anyone with eczema, sensitive skin or dust-mite allergies. There’s cooling gel to prevent overheating. Plus, one hell of a lot of sink-in comfort, which can relieve neck and back pain and give your bog-standard IKEA bed the feel of a five-star hotel.
Nomination Shortlist
The Simba Hybrid Mattress, from £426.75, Simba
Activsleep Geltex Pocket 2800 Eurotop Mattress, from £599, Sealy at Beds 4 U Direct
Emma Original Mattress, from £329, Emma Mattress
Best Toothbrush
Genius X Black Electric Toothbrush, £100, Oral-B at Boots
Toothbrushing is the latest area to get an AI makeover, with the Genius X biofeedback app aiming to overcome the problem of 80% of us missing at least one part of our mouth when we clean. Oral-B’s brush tracks exactly where you have (and haven’t) covered, providing a personalised brushing score based on how long you brush for, whether you press too hard, and the thoroughness of your brushing coverage. Weirdly competitive.
Nomination Shortlist
Sonicare DiamondClean Electric Toothbrush, £99.99, Philips
Issa 2 Sensitive Electric Toothbrush, £149, Foreo
Bamboo Charcoal Toothbrush, £4, Colgate at Boots
Best Dental Hygiene Range
Peppermint Mouthwash, £4.50, Waken Care
Modernising the mouthwash scene once dominated by blow-your-mouth-off alcohol-based formulas, Waken helps care for your mouth instead of just killing things in it. They contain natural botanical extracts and teeth-strengthening sodium fluoride, ditch the alcohol, are vegan-friendly, and swap ugly plastic packaging for sleek aluminium. There’s even a stainless-steel mouthwash measuring cup that you can pop in the dishwasher.
Nomination Shortlist
Dental Floss Spearmint, £4.90, GeorganicsOriginal Toothpaste Tabs, £6.95, Pärla
Complete Protection Toothpaste, £4.80, Zendium
Best Teeth Whitener
3D White Luxe Perfection Whitening Toothpaste, £5, Oral-B at Boots
The quickest step to stain gains, this enamel-safe formula uses dissolving microbeads to remove stains from the teeth’s surface – creating a brighter, lighter appearance after just three days. OK, it won’t quite get you to Hollywood levels of luminosity, but you can expect full-mouth freshness that’s as close to a post-dentist feel as you’re ever likely to get at home.
Nomination Shortlist
Teeth Whitening System Strips, £40, Spotlight Oral Care at Boots
Zoom! Teeth Whitening Treatment, from £200, Philips
Teeth Whitening Kit, £59.99, HiSmile
Eco Cleaning Hero
There’s nothing like a year of at-home lockdowns to get your brain thinking dirty – by which we mean actual dirt, obvs. With cleaning elevated to an Instagrammable art, Method is the green queen of your home and your home screen, with plant-based formulas that kick grime’s ass in a planet-friendly way. The products are all non-toxic, with no animal testing or by-products, and the bottles in its core cleaning range use 100% recycled plastic. The smells read like a cocktail list: eucalyptus mint bathroom cleaner, orange yuzu anti-bac and pink grapefruit multi-surface cleaner.
Nomination Shortlist
Ecover
Kinn Living
Laundry Egg, £9.99, Ecoegg
Home Wellness Device
Pure Humidify+Cool, £599, Dyson
Aesthetic doctor and health enthusiast Dr Maryam Zamani recommends Dyson’s triple-threat purifier, humidifier and fan for its wizardry with air quality. Prone to sneezing or dry eyes? Asthma flare-ups? Simply want to know what’s going into your lungs? Dyson’s app analyses the air in your home, from temperature to air quality, then it gets to work. The filtration system captures 99.95% of allergen and pollutant particles, it re-circulates air for freshness, automatically maintains an ideal air moisture level and exposes all water droplets to UV light to kill bacteria. Spenny, yes, but a breath of fresh air – literally.
Nomination Shortlist
Blue Pure 411 Air Purifier, £129, Blueair at Argos
Lighting Starter Kit E27, £69.99, Philips Hue
Body+ Body Composition Wi-Fi Scale, £89.95, Withings
Vacuum Cleaner
V11 Absolute Vacuum, £599.99, Dyson
Once you’ve used Dyson’s cordless V11 you’ll feel like you’ve gone from a landline to a mobile. The vacuum’s six-layer filtration system traps 99.97% of particles and expels cleaner air into your home – which is just one reason why NHS medical doctor Dr Hazel Wallace rates it. Its hefty power will suck up everything in its path (expect to find every lost earring stud from the past five years) and lasts an hour per charge. Sadly, it means your excuses for not doing the vacuuming are on borrowed time.
Nomination Shortlist
Triflex HX1 Power SMUL5, £499, Miele
Roomba 606 Vacuuming Robot, £249.99, iRobot
Henry Allergy, £199.99, Henry
Air Diffusing Kit
Wellbeing Pod Essential Oil Diffuser, £90, Neom
Five GLAMOUR panellists agreed on their love for this scent-emitting wonder that makes a room smell like a spa in minutes, and you wholeheartedly voted in agreement. Fill the diffuser with 100ml water and up to 10 drops of essential oil; once activated, a fine mist humidifies and fragrances the air around you. It’s perfect for a home upgrade that puts self-care at the forefront, whether you want to destress your WFH set-up, create a Zen vibe for a yoga YouTube class or wind-down before bed.
Nomination Shortlist
Electronic Diffuser, £65, The White Company
Jade Vine Mini Fragrance Sticks, £19.50, Rituals
Peach Pink Essential Oil Electric Aroma Diffuser, £45, Oliver Bonas
Sustainability Initiative
Chilly's – reusable, stainless-steel water bottles, from £20
Pioneering the “refill revolution”, James Butterfield and Tim Bouscarle created Chilly’s to cancel single-use plastic water bottles. Performance was key – flasks that kept cold drinks icy for 24 hours, and hot drinks steamy for up to 12. Plus, designs that you genuinely wanted to be seen using – just one reason why PT Aimee Victoria Long uses Chilly’s when she needs hydration on-the-job. Chilly’s now partners with a number of charities, such as City To Sea’s Refill campaign to reduce ocean plastic pollution. For every Refill x Chilly’s Bottle purchased, they give £10 to City to Sea. Cheers to that.
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Who Gives A Crap – zero-plastic toilet paper that donates 50% of profits to build toilets in the developing world
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