New Gift Shop opens in Ottawa
Ottawa, ON – If you’ve happened by any craft show recently, or negotiated your way down Somerset from Rochester to Preston, you’ll probably have noticed a fragrance to the air that wasn’t there before. It’s all thanks to Purple Urchin (P.U.!), a new little shop that sells locally-made soaps, lotions, scrubs and more.
Co-owned by Sarah Stewart and Rebecca Pereira, this new venture is all set to ensure that Ottawans have an eco-friendly, non-chemical-based alternative to Dove and Old Spice (no word yet on whether they’ve found the local version of the Old Spice guy, though). Their products, which use ingredients like actual brown sugar, coffee and lavender, are the real deal: what you see is what you get. The hardest part comes when choosing which scent to go with for your daily latherings – luckily, Sarah and Beck are on hand to help decide which product will work best with any skin needs, especially in this dry winter season.
