Combat against aging while smelling great with Duchess Marden products
A dash of pure rose water, a sprinkle of jojoba beads and a squirt of palm fruit. What sound like cool cocktail ingredients are actually elements in Duchess Marden creams, cleansers, serums and exfoliants. All of these plant-based products are anti-aging and free of parabens and chemical preservatives. Find your summer beauty kit at Whole Foods.—Jennifer Patterson
By Véronique Darwin
Check out Vancouver’s newest big-box shopping hot spot, located between two of the new Canada Line SkyTrain stations
The new Canada Line SkyTrain. Photo by KK Law
FASHION FINDS
Brand-name labels for a fraction of the price fill the racks at Winners. Stock is updated weekly, so you never know what’s in store. Sharing the space is HomeSense, selling unique items for the home and fun holiday decorations. Danish lingerie shop Change offers professional bra fittings and carries both comfortable and sexy underthings. Lululemon’s design store Lululab highlights in-store designers and sells a local must-have: yoga pants.
EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS
Need a pharmacy or a photo developer? Head to London Drugs for these and more, such as magazines, toiletries and local coffee chain Caffé Artigiano. Best Buy has
Try the Sumac Ridge sparkler, Tribute
everything electronic, including cameras, DVDs, laptops and iPods. In search of home hardware, outdoor gear or even batteries? Visit Canadian Tire or Home Depot.
TOP TASTES
Whole Foods Market, the massive natural and organic grocery store, curbs hunger cravings with a hot-food buffet, salad bar, brick-oven pizza slices and fresh-made burritos. Still feeling peckish? Head to Falafel Plus for organic, house-made falafels. At the nearby BC Liquor Store, pick up a bottle of Jackson Triggs Esprit or Sumac Ridge Tribute sparkling wine (pictured); proceeds support Canadian Olympic athletes.
Take the new Canada Line SkyTrain to the Olympic Village Station or the Broadway-City Hall Station, or walk south from downtown over the Cambie Street Bridge.
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