With a staggering 1150 products on the short list, picking ELLE's 100 best beauty buys for 2012 was no easy task.

We enlisted the help of four of our favourite and most trusted industry experts: ELLE’s own beauty columnist, make-up artist Lisa Eldridge; celebrity hairstylist Luke Hersheson; cosmetic dermatologist Dr Sam Bunting; and beauty blogger Tanya Burr.

And of course we couldn't have done it without you: thousands of ELLE readers took part in a survey to help us find out what really works in bathrooms and on dressing tables around the country.

All the winning products are in a bumper ELLE Beauty Awards 2012 special featured in the November issue, on sale on Wednesday, and from next week and throughout the month of October we will reveal all the 100 winners online so you can click to buy.

In the meantime keep up with all the latest beauty awards news at @ELLEUK and @ELLEBEAUTYTEAM - and don’t forget #ELLEbeautyawards