Shine Foundation is an organization that makes dreams come true for youth living with disabilities. For 14 year old Scarlette who was born blind, that dream was to have a makeover so the whole world could see her rock’n roll personality. 

But while this firecracker got her makeover, something else was brought to light: A severe lack of accessible beauty products for the blind and low vision community.  For Scarlette to do her own make up and to express herself on her own terms, something would have to change.

So we partnered with Cheekbone Beauty, an indigenous, woman-owned beauty brand to create the first ever tactile makeup palette designed specifically for the blind and low vision community.. We called it Scarlette’s Palette. 

Accessibility informed every aspect of the design, incorporating tactile navigation, raised ridges, touch-based product identification and a QR code audio guide. Not only could Scarlette now do her make up independently, her original dream impacted her whole community and the beauty industry. 

ECD Patrice Pollack

ACD Art Nicole Nyholt

ACD Copy Aidan Johnston