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Vancouver: Chantecaille helps cure our French envy
French women seem to have it all: elegance, effortless style, the ability to eat pan au chocolat, brie and crème fraiche and never gain a pound. Sigh.
Here to solve some of our envy is luxury cosmetics and skin care brand Chantecaille, which just debuted at Vancouver’s Holt Renfrew (737 Dunsmuir St., 604-681-3121, holtrenfrew.com). They may be New York based, but their soul–and founder, Sylvie Chantecaille–is French.
Highly concentrated with natural botanicals, this vegan-friendly line makes serious skincare based on biotechnology, Chinese medicine, aromatherapy and European flower pharmacology. Our pick is their Rice and Geranium Foaming Cleanser ($62), which uses antioxidants from soybeans, olives and green tea leaves to help restore damaged skin.
The company also puts their money where their eco mouth is: Proceeds from their specially created La Baleine and Bengali collections, which include highlighters, eye shadows and bronzers, support preservation efforts.
By Alexandra Leier
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