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September 2008 - Sleek.look Wins Glamour Glammy Beauty Award Fourth Year In A Row

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For the FOURTH YEAR in a row, Sleek.look Shampoo and Conditioner have won Glamour Magazine's Glammy beauty award in the prestige category for Favorite Shampoo/Favorite Conditioner.


September 2008 - Health Names Amplify Among "The Best Beauty Buys of the Year"

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Health Beauty Editor Colleen Sullivan offered readers her favorite beauty picks to start the year off right. Included in her list of "The Best Beauty Buys of the Year" - Amplify ThickLift Liquid Volumizer.

5 Million readers will see Amplify in the January issue of Health available on newsstands now.


September 2008 - Biolage Makes Real Simple "The Top 20: Beauty Buys"

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Real Simple offered its 6.5M readers editor picks and reader favorites for best buys for home, fashion, cooking, health and beauty. Named among the Top 20 Beauty Buys - Biolage hydrathérapie ULTRA-Hydrating Balm.

The January issue of Real Simple featuring Biolage is on newsstands now.


April 2008 - MEN AND WOMEN AGREE: BIOLAGE WINS "BEST SHAMPOO"

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Biolage scalpthérapie Cooling Mint Shampoo was a clear winner in the "Best Shampoo" category taking home both a Self 2008 Healthy Beauty Award and a Men's Health 2008 Grooming Award.


December 2007 - VAVOOM WINS AGAIN

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In honor of 2007's truly breakthrough beauty products, Redbook editors present their favorites in the December issue. It's no surprise that Vavoom Gold Heat Iron-In Volume was featured among "The Best Beauty Booty of 2007", winning the RedbookMVP (Most Valuable Product) Award.

More than 25 Million women will see Vavoom and the complete list of winners in the December issue - on newsstands now.

Congratulations Vavoom!

And kudos to the entire Matrix Team for the record 44 beauty awards our products have won this year!


October 2007 - MATRIX MEN WINS ESQUIRE GROOMING AWARD

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From hundreds of products submitted, tried and tested only 14 are able to call themselves winners and “worth your money” according to experts at Esquire. Included amoung the elite - Matrix Men Form Putty which took home the Grooming Award for Best Hair Paste. According to experts at Esquire, “This putty emulsifies easily, holds strong and never leaves a sticky residue”.


October 2007 - BIOLAGE RECEIVES COSMOGIRL'S KISS OF APPROVAL AWARD

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On Sept 20th, CosmoGIRL and keynote speaker Tim Gunn hosted their 2007 Kiss of Approval Beauty Awards in honor of this year’s winners. Biolage hydrathérapie Conditioning Balm received a Reader's Kiss of Approval for Richest Conditioner and voted as one of the best products of the year.
In addition, Matrix won a "Celeb" Kiss Of Approval Award (additional awards were given out such as: Editor's Kiss, Reader Kiss etc). The reader ballot is an open ballot (blank line) where readers, in the May issue or online, fill in their favorite products. And when asked, 90% of CosmoGIRL readers said they are more likely to try or buy another product from a Kiss of Approval winning brand.


October 2007 - BIOLAGE WIN NATURAL HEALTH AWARD

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Every year Natural Health editors, a panel of dermatologists and more than 700 readers test hundreds of products to determine which are the safest and most effective in their category. This year Biolage volumathérapie Bodifying Crème Gel took home the award in the hairstyling category.


October 2007 - MATRIX TAKES HOME 20 BEAUTY LAUNCHPAD READER'S CHOICE AWARDS
Beauty Launchpad asked readers to choose their favorite products and the simple answer was anything Matrix. This year Matrix had 20 wins in 32 categories, including Favorite Styling Aid – Vavoom Gold Heat; Favorite Shampoo for Curly Hair – Curl.life; Favorite Smoothing/Straightening Styling Product- Sleek.look; and Favorite Shampoo and Conditioner for Fine Hair – Amplify. A complete list of winners will be featured in the December issue of Beauty Launchpad.


September 2007 - Top Magazines Vote Amplify Stylers 'The Best of Beauty'


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On September 17, Allure Magazine - the beauty authority - held their annual Best of Beauty awards in Manhattan. The editors' top pick for Best Wave Enhancer - NEW Amplify Full Body Texturizer, which "endows waves with easygoing volume and piecey texture that usually can only be found at the beach". Allure editors tested more than 2000 products and picked 187 winners across all categories: hair, nail, fragrance, body, base, lips, eyes, and skin.

The October Best of Beauty issue hits newsstands September 18th. This one issue alone historically sells 57 million products each year to American women who are perpetually in a search for honest information on what truly works. Last but not least - the 400 industry influencers in attendance went home with Vavoom Gold Heat products in their gift bag.

Also on newsstands September 18th: More Magazine's October Best of Beauty issue - the best product for the over-40 set, chosen by experts in the field. For the hair category, 5 top over-40 hairdressers chose their favorite products. Top again was Amplify - this time the NEW ThickLift Liquid Volumizer. According to judge Kim Serratore, the stylist for CBS This Morning, "This leave-in gel is great for the new cut my over-40 clients want most: the short, sexy Ellen Barkin bob. It gives you tons of body but no sticky residue."

Congratulations Matrix!