Spa Ceylon’s Sleep Balm Wins Best Wellness Product at Pure Beauty Awards 2026 in London
The award-winning Sleep Intense Dream Balm. Product photograph: Spa Ceylon UK.
A Sri Lankan brand’s name was recognised at London’s Grosvenor House on 15 October, as Spa Ceylon Ayurveda’s Sleep Intense Dream Balm won the Judges’ Choice award for Best Wellness Product at the Pure Beauty Awards 2026. The distinction was selected by an independent panel of beauty industry experts, rather than through public voting.
The result puts a Sri Lankan luxury brand among the recognised names at a major international beauty awards programme, with the ceremony taking place in the UK and Spa Ceylon maintaining a UK-facing retail presence.
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> – Award: Best Wellness Product, Judges’ Choice, Pure Beauty Awards 2026
> – Ceremony: Grosvenor House, London, 15 October 2026
> – Winning product: Sleep Intense Dream Balm, featuring lavender, patchouli and ylang ylang
> – Brand: Spa Ceylon Ayurveda, founded in 2009 by brothers Shalin and Shiwantha Balasuriya
> – Competition: Nearly 500 entries across 21 categories; 25th anniversary year
A 25th anniversary awards programme
The Pure Beauty Awards 2026 marked the programme’s 25th anniversary. For this milestone year, the organisers brought the Pure Beauty Global Awards and Pure Beauty Awards UK together into one flagship event at Grosvenor House in London.
More than 300 people attended the ceremony, hosted by beauty journalist, brand founder and diversity advocate Ateh Jewel. The awards covered 21 categories, with nearly 500 entries submitted by both start-ups and established beauty companies.
The programme used two distinct routes to select winners. An independent panel of beauty industry experts chose the Judges’ Choice awards, while members of the public voted for the Readers’ Vote. The two results recognise different perspectives: professional assessment and consumer preference.
In the Best Wellness Product category, the Judges’ Choice went to Spa Ceylon Ayurveda’s Sleep Intense Dream Balm. Flourish Emporium’s Calm received the Readers’ Vote award.
The wider winners list shows the breadth of the competition. It includes established international names such as Shark, Jo Malone London, Laneige, Clinique and Elemis, alongside newer businesses and specialist brands. Spa Ceylon’s result is therefore a notable recognition in a crowded field, not simply a public popularity award, but a win selected by industry judges.
A Sri Lankan brand built around Ceylonese Ayurveda
Brothers Shalin and Shiwantha Balasuriya founded Spa Ceylon in 2009. The brand has developed its international identity around Ceylonese Ayurveda, drawing on Sri Lankan wellness traditions while presenting them through contemporary products and luxury experiences.
Ayurveda is a traditional system of wellbeing originating in South Asia. Spa Ceylon describes its approach as combining this heritage with modern scientific understanding and contemporary design. Its products take Sri Lankan ingredients and traditions into a global beauty and wellness market.
For readers in Britain, the achievement has a direct local connection. Spa Ceylon serves UK customers through its UK website, where its products and brand information are available. For many Sri Lankan families abroad, the brand is also familiar as a gift from home: a reminder of the island’s ingredients, wellness traditions and distinctive sense of place.
The winning Sleep Intense Dream Balm
The award-winning Sleep Intense Dream Balm is designed as part of a bedtime wind-down routine. Its aromatic blend includes lavender, patchouli and ylang ylang essential oils. The brand’s UK product information also lists neroli among its featured ingredients.
The balm draws on an Ayurvedic approach to relaxation and balance. It is intended to help create a calming sensory ritual before sleep. Aromatherapy, the use of aromatic plant oils as part of a sensory or relaxation routine, is one way the product brings fragrance into an everyday wellness practice.
Spa Ceylon’s directions suggest applying a small amount to the temples, behind the ears, the back of the neck and the inner wrists, then breathing in gently. This describes the product’s intended use; it should not be taken as a medical treatment or a guarantee of improved sleep.
The balm’s aromatic blend of lavender, patchouli and ylang ylang. AI-generated illustration.
Shalin Balasuriya on Sri Lankan brands competing globally
Shalin Balasuriya, Spa Ceylon co-founder and Certified Sleep Coach, said the award reflects the potential of Sri Lankan heritage and expertise to reach international customers.
> “Sri Lanka has an extraordinary wealth of knowledge, ingredients and heritage that can be translated into products with genuine global relevance. We have always believed that Sri Lankan brands can compete with the very best internationally. It is not simply about where we come from, but the quality, innovation and experiences we create. Recognition like this reinforces that belief.”
The statement captures an important point about the win. Spa Ceylon’s recognition came in a competitive category shared with products from different markets and company sizes. The Judges’ Choice highlights a product that brought together a recognisable Sri Lankan wellness identity and a contemporary consumer experience.
A meaningful milestone for Sri Lankan beauty products
For Sri Lankan brands, international recognition can help bring greater visibility to products shaped by the island’s knowledge, ingredients and creative industries. Spa Ceylon’s Judges’ Choice win is a specific achievement in that wider story: a Sri Lankan luxury wellness brand recognised by industry experts at a London awards programme with nearly 500 entries.
It also offers a point of pride for Sri Lankans living in the UK and elsewhere. Products associated with home and heritage are competing on quality and innovation in an international marketplace, not merely being noticed for their origin. Spa Ceylon’s UK retail presence gives diaspora customers an opportunity to find the brand locally while following its continued international progress.
The win adds a new chapter to the brand’s recognition overseas and brings Sri Lankan Ayurveda wellness into the spotlight at a significant UK industry event. Readers can explore the brand through Spa Ceylon UK and read about the awards process and full list of winners in the independent Cosmetics Business results report.
Editorial note: The Daily FT article linked below is an advertorial. The award category and winner have been independently checked against the Cosmetics Business winners list.
Original source: Daily Mirror report on Spa Ceylon’s Pure Beauty Awards 2026 win
Independent award verification: Cosmetics Business, Pure Beauty Awards 2026 winners
Additional coverage: Daily FT advertorial · eLanka Facebook post