Last year when I was geeking out to Green Beaver’s Alain Ménard about the brand’s Après Ski Winter Lip Balm, a satisfyingly emollient 100% natural chapped-lips saviour, I thought, “a tinted lip balm from Green Beaver would be nice.” Well, actually, I got all up in Alain’s face about it — he took it well.
And nice is right. Lightly scented with natural cranberry, and silky smooth with Vitamin E, sunflower-seed oil and Canadian-grown carrot and cranberry-seed extracts, Green Beaver Organic Lip Shimmer conditions without stickiness, and leaves a natural-looking hint of colour. It hits stores within the next couple of weeks.
Made at Green Beaver’s new certified-organic production facilities in Hawkesbury, Ontario, the lip shimmer is vegan and certified as an organic cosmetic by EcoCert. A touch of mica adds a subtle shimmer. (Ménard found out the hard way that mica can travel like glitter. After the first attempt to put it into to the lip balm mix, the company designated a special, separate room for the mica-portion of the formulation process in order to keep the shimmer from getting into areas it didn’t belong.)
Green Beaver Organic Lip Shimmer ($5.99 each) comes in six sheer shades, Passion, Bordeaux, Mocha, Amour, Rose and Lustre (clear). I’m already fond of Passion, a rosy hue that would look pretty on cheeks…
Green Beaver body care is available at a variety of health food stores across Canada and Well.ca (free shipping in Canada). Image courtesy of Green Beaver Company.
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First of all, it has to be said that Alain Menard is the nicest guy in the beauty biz, hands down. He’s also smart – SO clever to make a tinted version of this. I’m a big fan of the original and always carry it in my purse.
It’s true — Alain is so great! He’s such a wealth of enthusiastic knowledge. I did an ingredients piece for Cosmetics on lavender; it became one of my favourite stories because he gave me such great, interesting information, the kind of fun details you only get from people who are geeky-enthusiastic about the subject. I’m addicted to the original lip balm, too, and recommend it all the time. Clearly I was excited about this tinted balm because I didn’t even wait for it to hit counter before geeking about it!
Dear Alain Menard
Could you please contact us, Linda or Bernard Lynch, concerning a temporary stay in Toronto?
Sincerely,
Linda Lynch
e-mail: bernielyn@xplornet.ca
Telephone: 613-933-4318
Hi Linda, you might have more success contacting Alain directly through the Green Beaver website.
Cheers!