AG Care (AG Hair LTD) is a Canadian beauty company based in British Columbia, Canada.[1][2][3] It is the largest independent manufacturer of professional hair-care products in Canada.[2]
AG Care formulates and manufactures professional hair care products that are vegan, cruelty-free and made without drying sulfates, gluten, DEA, parabens, PABA or DMDMH.[4]
History
AG Care was founded in 1989, by Lotte Davis, a South African-born graphic designer and her husband John Davis, a hairdresser from Liverpool, in their North Vancouver basement.[3][5][6] The Davises began to formulate and manufacture their own professional hair care products, which they sold to salons directly beginning in 1990.[3][7] In 2001, AG Care products began selling to salons in the United States.[3] In 2022, AG Care launched new sustainable packaging made from aluminum and PCR bottles, and eliminated large-format plastic bottles in favour of refill pouches,[1] a shift towards sustainability and care for the environment.[8] Today, AG Care is available across Canada, the US and Australia in salons and retailers Ulta Beauty,[1] Chatters,[9] COBIA Beauty, Tommy Gun's Original Barbershop, and Price Attack.[10]
In 2008, Lotte Davis founded One Girl Can Society to help African girls obtain an education by building schools.[11][12][13] One Girl Can provides secondary, vocational, and university scholarships to eligible girls in Africa.[14][15] AG Care contributes annually through employee volunteering to in-kind and financial support to help educate girls and women in Africa.[8][16] Since its founding, proceeds from AG Care product sales have raised over $2.2 million[17] and built five schools in Sub-Saharan Africa.[18][19][20] In 2015, AG Care launched limited-edition packaging of its hairspray Firewall Argan Flat Iron Spray to raise funds for One Girl Can. 50 cents of each bottle sold goes to the foundation.[17][21][22]
AG Care was featured in Business Vancouver's list of top 100 biggest manufacturers in Metro Vancouver in 2016.[25] Since 2017, Deloitte named AG Care one of the best managed companies in Canada.[26][27][28][29]
