6 Skincare Brands Formulated With Homegrown Canadian Ingredients

Founder Céline Tadrissi was inspired by the Canadian wilderness to create her skincare line, and takes pains to source ingredients—like their proprietary Céla Complex, a blend of six Canadian botanical extracts—wherever possible. Look out for snow algae (the stuff responsible for all those pretty pictures of pink snow you may have peeped on Instagram) in products like their Essential Face Mist, sourced from the Canadian Arctic.

Talk about out of this world ingredients: the clay in this detoxifying mask from Canadian brand Consonant Skincare is sourced from a 215 million year old asteroid collision site in central Quebec (now a reservoir that can be seen from space). Mineral-rich Manicouagan Clay is known to have anti-inflammatory properties, while drawing out dirt, debris and dead skin cells.

Founder Graydon Moffatt started this plant-based line with the intention of delivering safe, shelf-stable, high-quality products to Canadians without compromising on natural derivations. These mask-scrub capsules get their superpower from Canadian glacial clay, which puts thousands of years of mineralization to work to nourish skin.

Toronto-based Province Apothecary sources their ingredients from all over the Canadian map—literally—to support local farmers and deliver powerful skincare solutions to customers without requiring ingredients shipped over from the other side of the globe. This eczema balm is made with oatmeal sourced from Saskatchewan oats to calm inflammation. Founder Julie Clark is an eczema sufferer herself, and was inspired to create the line in her search for natural solutions.

This dreamy family-owned and operated lavender farm in Sainte-Eustache, Quebec turns out a wide range of lavender-based solutions, from household cleaning products to anti-bacterial gels and more. Their skincare line harnesses the soothing power of lavender—all grown at the farm, which is also open for visits—which adds an aromatherapy element to this oil cleanser.

The flagship product from this recently-launched Canadian brand is made up of 100% Abyssinian oil from Prince Edward Island. Full of antioxidants, vitamins, fatty acids and minerals, the power of this super-ingredient lies in how it soaks into the skin without leaving a greasy finish.