They say Vancouver women have good skin because of the misty rain that leaves our faces supple and youthful.

Fact or fiction, when the weather takes a turn for the better, trust your visage to the new line of organic skin care products Belmondo, created by a Vancouver esthetician with family roots in Italy.

Belmondo (meaning beautiful world) uses wild crafted plants and herbs to create products like The Rain face cleanser ($26) with lavender, apple cider vinegar and rose, that instantly dissolves makeup and city grime and leaves the skin supple and fragrant. The After the Rain toner ($26) gives that dewy feel to the skin, like being caught in a Vancouver downpour.

No umbrella required. —SB

Order at www.belmondo.ca

The fastest way to a man’s heart may be through his stomach, but making your way there needn’t require any baking.

Just have a jar of Farm House Fresh’s Whoopie Cream on hand. With the smooth consistency of whipped cream, the shea butter blend smells like the yummiest vanilla velvet cake. Loaded with vitamin E, jojoba and soybean oils to quench the thirstiest winter skin too.

This cream takes the cake.

$33 at Beautymark, 103-1120 Hamilton St., Vancouver, 604-642-2294, www.beautymark.ca