Cheekbone Beauty

Mid-Range

Indigenous-owned, sustainability-led Canadian beauty.

Canada·Founded 2016·by Jenn Harper

Cheekbone Beauty was founded in 2016 by Jenn Harper, becoming the first Indigenous-owned and founded cosmetics company in Canada. Harper, who is Anishinaabe, started the brand after a vivid dream of Indigenous girls wearing colorful lip gloss — a moment she has cited as the trigger for confronting the near-total absence of Indigenous representation in the beauty industry and the legacy of residential schools her grandmother survived.

The line is fully cruelty-free, formulated for sensitive and mature skin, and packaged in refillable and recyclable cases — sustainability is positioned as inseparable from Indigenous values, not bolted on. Cheekbone donates 10% of profits to Indigenous youth education and has expanded from a digital-native DTC start into Sephora Canada, where it sits alongside legacy prestige brands. Hero products include the Sustain lipstick line, the SUSTAIN cream blush sticks, and the Complexion Stick foundation range, with shade development consultancy from Indigenous communities baked into the product development process.

Known For

Sustain refillable lipstickSUSTAIN cream blush stickComplexion Stick foundationFirst Indigenous-owned Canadian beauty brandRefillable, sustainable packaging

Flagship Products

  • Sustain Lipstick
  • SUSTAIN Cream Blush Stick
  • Complexion Stick
  • Warrior Woman Lip Pencil

Brand Philosophy

Indigenous-led beauty where representation, sustainability, and giving back to Indigenous youth (10% of profits) are inseparable from the product itself.

FAQ

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Public collaboration and press contact channels for Cheekbone Beauty. Researched from official brand sources — always confirm before sending.

JH
Press contact
Jenn Harper
Founder & CEO, Cheekbone Beauty
General inquiries
[email protected]
Creator & UGC collabs
[email protected]
Contact form
Open form
HQ address
St. Catharines, ON L2S 0B3, Canada
Sold at
Brand.comSephora CA

Brand operates from .com despite the .ca slug; cheekbonebeauty.ca had an expired cert at audit time. HQ: 47 Commerce Place Unit 3, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 0B3, Canada. No public press or collab email. Brand's contact page explicitly lists [email protected] as the inbox; CEO/founder Jenn Harper at [email protected] per public press-room citations. Media inquiries route through info@ per the published press releases on newswire.ca. Affiliate via Direct. Canadian customer service, M-F 9am-5pm ET Indigenous-founded indie; founder remains primary spokesperson and decision-maker. Note: previously captured pressEmail were CloudFlare-obfuscated "[email protected]" placeholders rather than real addresses; stripped pending re-research. Plain text on the brand's contact page, not CloudFlare-protected. Cheekbone Beauty is a small Indigenous-owned brand with no separate press email — [email protected] handles all inquiries including press. Founder Jenn Harper's personal email ([email protected]) appears in some third-party databases but is not published on the brand site. Press via Ashley Seale at Ruby Social Co. agency, confirmed in 2021 Sephora Canada launch press release. Founder Jenn Harper email confirmed on brand domain. Indigenous-owned Canadian brand.

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