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Glossed Over
Cheekbone Beauty
Over 100 Indigenous communities in Canada STILL don't have clean drinking water.
Yet this issue continues to be ignored because for most Canadians, that water will never touch their lips.
Working with Cheekbone Beauty, we created a lip gloss collection made with contaminated water from real Indigenous communities.


Made with lead-contaminated water from Cowichan Tribes of B.C.

Made with mercury-contaminated water from Grassy Narrows, ON

Made with E. Coli-contaminated water from Neskantaga, ON



Agency: Sid Lee
Executive Creative Director: Jeffrey Da Silva
Creative Director: Matt Fraracci
Copywriter: Peter Sreckovic
Art Director(s): Raine Calucag, Sammy Lo
Designer: Matthew Beaubien
ONE SHOW: Bronze - Health & Wellness: Product
ONE SHOW: Merit - Health & Wellness: Promotional Items
ONE SHOW: Shortlist X 5
ADCC AWARDS: Silver - Public Service, Non-Traditional
ADCC AWARDS: Silver - Physical Items
ADCC AWARDS: Silver - Influencer
ADCC AWARDS: Bronze - Promo, Single
ADCC AWARDS: Bronze - Stunt, Event
MARKETING AWARDS: Gold - Health & Beauty ​​
MARKETING AWARDS: Silver - Best in Collateral
MARKETING AWARDS: Silver - Community Building
ATOMIC AWARDS: Silver - Atomic Diversity
ATOMIC AWARDS: Silver - Atomic IP
ATOMIC AWARDS: Bronze - Atomic Sustainability
ATOMIC AWARDS: Bronze - Atomic Cause & Action
CMA: Silver - PR, Social Causes
STRATEGY AWARDS: Silver: DEI Strategy
COMMUNICATION ARTS: Winner - Advertising
APPLIED ARTS: Winner - Cause-related Advertising
APPLIED ARTS: Winner - Promotional Collateral
APPLIED ARTS: Winner - Consumer DM/Collateral
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