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Canada's Best Beauty Brands
The nature in Canada is beautiful, and it makes even more beautiful products. These brands are some of the best undiscovered gems of the country. Read on to find your new sustainable, cruelty-free, and locallysourced favourites.
By Rebecca Kahn
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Eluo
The branding for Eluo is impeccable. Just look at the product photos in this article! The branding reflects the natural, botanical extracts, and essential oils that are used in small batches in Calgary, Alberta. Eluo means to cleanse and clean, and the brand is hoping to expand the act of doing so to become a ritual in itself, which makes sense when you realize you have to mix up the powder with water to activate it, prolonging the experience.
Standout Product: Forma Viridi ($45) I chose to try this one because I have oily but sensitive skin, so when this product promised to “balance” my skin, I was thrilled. Mixing it, the green tea makes a beautiful muted green mask that went on feeling cool and soft, leaving my face refreshed and reducing redness. I almost wish I did this ritualistic polish in the morning instead of at night because it left me feeling rejuvenated and awake.
Eminence Organic Skin Care
A Certified B Corporation®, Eminence loves the environment, which is proven by their harnessing wind and solar power energy to produce products in the laboratory, using recyclable packaging printed with vegetable-based inks, and committing to planting a tree for every product sold.
Standout Product: Facial Recovery Oil ($76 / 0.5 oz)
This product is nicknamed liquid gold for a very good reason. It’s made with iodynamic® ingredients from Demeter International Certified Biodynamic® farms, and your skin can tell. It somehow manages to both hydrate and purify at the same time, leaving my face looking and feeling amazing with half the steps.
The Ten Spot
Created in 2006, THE TEN SPOT® is the 'original anti spa® beauty bar'. In the bright and fun packaging, you’ll find the highest-quality products which bridge the gap between low-end beauty salon products and luxe spas, perfect for urban professionals. Their products are 100% plant-based and cruelty-, gluten-, alcohol-, and paraben-free. Not to mention, that they have a scrumptious 10spot® signature scent.
Standout Product: the scrub ($34) I love a good body scrub, and this one did not disappoint. While mixing it with water, it foams up while keeping its form, meaning that it can clean and slough away dead skin all at once. My skin feels wonderfully smooth and luxurious after use.
