Story | Leslie Yip
These products do not just make us look good. With their inspiring philanthropic initiatives, they do good in our world as well.
Sharing Is Not Boring
The Body Shop’s Share the Love Pouch comes with five products—Lemon Purifying Hand Wash (250 ml), Drops of Youth Liquid Peel (100 ml), Himalayan Charcoal Night Peel (30 ml), Avocado Body Butter (200 ml) and Satsuma Soap (100g), a value of $103 for only $45.
The Body Shop wants to recognize and support young people who are contributing to their communities to make the world a fairer, more wonderful place. This year, it continues to partner with its local Be Seen. Be Heard partner, Apathy is Boring, to help support youth activists across the country. During the Black Friday sales period, The Body Shop will donate $1, up to $25,000, for every Share the Love Pouch sold. Its donation will directly support youth activists and local grassroots campaigns across the country. For more information, visit apathyisboring.com.
Additionally, all of The Body Shop’s products are made or enriched with ingredients from its Community Fair Trade Partners.
Bee Good
Guerlain’s Advanced Youth Watery Oil contains powerful bee elements to enable skin to repair itself nine times faster. Skin is plumped up and appears visibly younger. The non-greasy formula is made from 95 per cent naturally-derived ingredients. Available in three sizes: 15 ml | $70, 30 ml | $132 and 50 ml| $194
Since the bee first landed on its iconic bee bottle, Guerlain has always had a special bond with the valuable insect. In the past years, there have been a number of meaningful partnerships and initiatives within the “Guerlain for Bees Conservation Program,” like becoming the patron of the Association of the Ouessant Island Brittany Black Bee Conservatory, building hive stocks across Europe and operating Bee School to build awareness about the role of bees and their protection among primary school children.
Its preservation commitment reached new heights with the celebration of the Women For Bees program in July 2021. The first European edition of this ground-breaking, five-year program was mentored by UNHCR Special Envoy and Guerlain muse Angelina Jolie, with future editions to take place in Cambodia and eastern Africa. For more information, visit https://en.unesco.org/themes/biodiversity/ women-for-bees.
Nourish And Flourish
Amika x HairToStay Soulfood Nourishing Mask is infused with sea buckthorn and formulated with jojoba seed oil, powerful antioxidants and vitamins. A clinical test shows that hair is seven times more moisturized and 87 per cent more repaired after one use. 500 ml | $63.
Amika has launched a limited-edition Soulfood Nourishing Mask to support HairToStay, its charity partner with an incredible mission. This non-profit organization aims to increase awareness and provide financial support to cancer patients for scalp-cooling technology—a treatment that can dramatically reduce chemotherapy-induced hair loss. This can help maintain a sense of normalcy and privacy in a patient’s life and help avoid the emotional damage that hair loss can often cause.
Four dollars from every purchase of Amika x HairToStay Soulfood Nourishing Mask will support HairToStay. For more information, visit hairtostay.org.
Beautiful Faces, Beautiful Futures
Tacha Limited Edition The Dewy Skin Cream is a rich, moisturizer with plumping hydration and anti-oxidant-packed Japanese purple rice for a dewy and healthy glow. Special 75 ml “Gratitude Size” | $82.
Since 2014, Tatcha has been supporting education equality in underserved communities worldwide through its partnership with Room to Read, a non-profit organization dedicated to help children develop literacy skills and a habit of reading. To date, the brand has funded close to 7 million days of school in Africa and Southeast Asia.
To commemorate this milestone, The Dewy Skin Cream now comes in a limited-edition jar that is adorned with wisteria, a Japanese symbol of kindness. These climbing botanicals thrive when they can twist their vines around a sturdy support, allowing cascades of purple petals to flourish, echoing the brand’s philanthropic goal. For more information, visit roomtoread.org.
Love Is A Garden
Jo Malone White Lilac & Rhubarb charity candle, 200g | $99.
Jo Malone London’s mission has always been to inspire, connect and uplift people through fragrance. The brand’s latest charity initiative is to support mental health resources for Canadians and has partnered with Progress Place, a recognized leader in psychosocial rehabilitation throughout Canada.
During this campaign, Jo Malone London will donate 70 per cent of the purchase price of the White Lilac & Rhubarb Charity Home Candle to fund an indoor all-season vertical garden. It is hoped that this therapeutic garden will allow clubhouse members to learn a new skill, as well as incorporate home-grown vegetables, fruits and herbs into the meals provided from the Café Unit, allowing for a farm-totable concept. progress place.org.
From 1% to 100%
Caudalie Premier Cru Anti-Aging Cream Moisturizer, powered by the new Caudalie x Harvard University Patented TET8™ Technology FR21/0493, targets eight signs of aging and can be refilled with a eco-friendly jar. 50 ml | $149, refill | $125.
Since the inception of Caudalie, founders Mathilde and Bertrand Thomas have sought to offset the company’s carbon footprint. Beginning in 2012, in partnership with “1% for the Planet,” Caudalie has contributed one per cent of its worldwide sales to organizations supporting global reforestation. Since then, the company has contributed to the planting of more than 10 million trees in eight countries. onepercentfortheplanet.org.
In 2021, the founders launched “100% Plastic Collect”, a Thailandbased project that aims to collect an equal amount of ocean plastics that are used by Caudalie annually. All waste collected is recycled and transformed into resources that support local infrastructures, giving new life to waste. Taking it further, Caudalie began to package all of its products in either recycled, recyclable or refillable materials.
Pink Power Continues
This year marks the third decade that Estée Lauder Companies has been supporting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). To celebrate this milestone, Estée Lauder is offering a six-piece commemorative 30th-anniversary Pink Ribbon Mini Lipstick Collection, which includes five Pure Colour Envy Sculpting Lipsticks in limited-edition shades and a pink mini-purse. The entire purchase price will be donated to BCRF, up to a maximum of $582,000, until June 2023, or while supplies last. Five mini-units each 1.2g | $48.
Many brands are dedicated supporters of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, launching special pink editions as part of the fundraising. Many of these initiatives are not limited to just the pink month, so it is worthwhile to continue your support. bcrf.org.
In support of The Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign, La Mer will donate 100 per cent of the purchase price of the speciallypackaged 15ml Crème de la Mer The Moisturizing Cream, to BCRF from October 2022 to June 2023, while supplies last and up to a maximum of $110,000. 15 ml | $135.
All net profits from the David Yurman X BCRF Collection pink rubber cable bracelet will be donated to BCRF until October 2023. $25.
