Chamber welcomes Hippie Chic Cosmetics
(Courtesy photo) Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce officials welcome Hippie Chic Cosmetics to the organization with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Pictured, from left, are Ricci Witte, Kate McAlister, Phil Hough, Samantha Manley, Bob Witte, and Jessie, Sonya, Kami, Tristan, Geneva, Keivin, Jess, and Chad Bontrager.
SANDPOINT — Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce officials welcomed Hippie Chic Cosmetics to the organization with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.
Hippie Chic Cosmetics opened in 2011 by owner Jess Bontrager. Bontrager began creating products in her home, and then moved to a small space in the Cedar Street Bridge.
With the help of her husband (a wood worker and builder) and daughters, Hippie Chic Cosmetics opened a store front on First Avenue in Sandpoint last August.
Bontrager said her mission is simple: To offer everyone an all-natural cosmetics and skin care line.
The goal is to make everyone beautiful, which of course will make them happy, she said. Bontrager has a variety of natural products for customers’ skin ranging from skin care products like creamy face wash, toner, and face cream to natural and organic liquid and mineral foundations, bronzers, blushes, and eye colors. And to make your eyes pop — she suggests trying her natural and waterproof mascara.
In addition to an organic makeup line, Hippie Chic offers natural soaps, body oils, creams, deodorants, bug sprays, a line of baby products, and a men’s line.
The store is also filled with gifts and clothing that are made by area artists, and furniture and wood art made by Jess’s husband Chad. They also have The Healing Room, an infrared sauna that helps the body relax, detox, and ease aches and pains.
Hippie Chic Cosmetics is located at 119 N. First Ave. It is open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and can be found online at hippiechiccosmetics.com.