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HEROES Think the best beauty brands are French or Korean? Here are 10 incredible companies that have been proudly created within our borders. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEOFFREY ROSS
1 | BITE BEAUTY
3 | Consonant Skincare
Looking for an all-natural lipstick that’s made in Canada? Try Bite Beauty. Founder Susanne Langmuir wanted to guarantee what she was putting on her lips (and ingesting) wasn’t harmful, so she created a range of all-natural colour cosmetics made in small batches in Bite’s Toronto factory. The bottom line? The colour you swipe on is as good as it looks.
The award-winning skin-care products from Consonant Skincare really work—which was part of the goal for Toronto founder Bill Baker from the get-go. “We wanted Consonant to be a brand you can trust,” says Baker, “so everything is as high quality as we can possibly make it. We’ve formulated our products to be high performance.”
Bite Beauty Multistick in Gelato, $28, and Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Crème Lip Gloss in Rose Pearl, $25, sephora.ca.
4 | Peoni
2 | PROVINCE APOTHECARY Founder Julie Clark uses homegrown ingredients as inspiration; her products include beeswax from Alberta, essential oils from Quebec and clay from British Columbia. “My focus is Fair Trade, sustainability and Canadian ingredients,” says Clark, who hails from Toronto. “What we can’t find here, we supplement, but I love having that personal relationship with our local suppliers.” Province Apothecary West Coast Sea Salt Soap, $14 each, and Province Apothecary Moisturizing Cleanser + Make-Up Remover, $20, provinceapothecary.com.
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Consonant Skincare Come Clean 100% Natural Bamboo Cleansing Cloths, $9 per pack of 10, consonantskincare.com.
Jennifer Brodeur is the brain behind Peoni, a new plant-based skin-care line based in Montreal. Though this four-piece range launched last November, it has already made it onto the most coveted list: Oprah’s Favorite Things. The endorsement is no surprise; Brodeur has been treating Oprah’s skin for almost five years. Free of mineral oil, parabens, dyes and toxins, this clean collection is packed with white peony root, a powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. Peoni L’extrait, $225, jbskinguru.com.
