The Zoe Report

3.29.2024

November 2022

The 2022 TZR Beauty Awards: The High/Low

Shimmering glosses, high-tech serums, masks that heal frazzled strands — the beauty industry doesn’t sleep when it comes to churning out new innovations. But with each new holy-grail discovery that changes our lives for the better, there are a slew of others that overpromise and underdeliver. For this year’s TZR Beauty Awards: The High/Low, we tasked our team of editors and staffers to test, swatch, and swipe hundreds of new launches across skin, hair, makeup, and body categories in order to spotlight the products that live up to their claims. Our expectations were astronomically high, and all of the winners we selected exceeded them when it came to efficacy, formulation, and payoff. In true High/Low fashion, you’ll find two winners for every category — one over $20 and one under $20 — and you can trust that both options will elevate your beauty routine, no matter your budget. We hope you discover a new favorite (or two, or three).

Team TZR

Top Video Credits: Calle Del Mar top, Lady Grey earrings, Wing + Weft gloves. Find Me Now dress, Faris earrings. Abercrombie & Fitch bodysuit, Dinosaur Designs earrings. Faris ear cuff, The M Jewelers earrings.

Models: Tsheca White & Rae Rodriguez

Director of Photography: Clarence Fuller

Stylist: Stephanie Sanchez

Hair: Junya Nakashima

Makeup: Frankie Boyd

Manicure: Eri Handa

Associate Creative Director, Video: Samuel Schultz

Photo Director: Alex Pollack

Executive Beauty Director: Faith Xue

VP Creative, Video: Lauren Sofair

SVP Fashion: Tiffany Reid

SVP Creative: Karen Hibbert