Traditional period products create tons of waste worldwide – go green with our list of eco-friendly and sustainable period products instead!

Navigating life in Hong Kong means knowing how to stay cool and odour-free, especially in hot and humid weather. Here are our picks of the best natural deodorants in Hong Kong.

Allklear is a food-tech company that uses aerospace technology to make healthy food products. Not only this, their products are plant-based and sustainable, making them good for you and the planet!

We all scream for ice cream! Or do we? On a sweltering summer day, nothing beats a heat busting ice cream, but did you know that around 70% of the world’s population is lactose intolerant? In Asia, this jumps to around 90%! Thankfully, brands are starting to catch on by ditching traditional dairy ice creams […]

Cocoparadise was championing healthy desserts before the healthy eating movement took off. Concepts like using natural ingredients and ditching refined sugars and preservatives have been part of the brand’s essence since the beginning, so Cocoparadise founder Valerie Chiu knows a thing or two about how to indulge guilt-free. Valerie shared with us her insights on […]

8 Weeks  8 Challenges  8 Giveaways  Click here to enter week 2 and find out more now! Welcome to our second “challenge” on how you can take small and intentional steps towards a greener future. Enter above to be in with a chance of winning a huge gift box of the best healthy snacks from our […]

The new Netflix documentary SEASPIRACY has left viewers shell-shocked (check out our Green Tomato’s review by Patrick Lee). Not only is commercial fishing gear contributing to plastic pollution (46% of ocean plastic consists of fishing nets), but fishing is also devastating marine ecosystems: millions of marine creatures like sharks, whales, dolphins and sea turtles, which […]

At 8Shades, we believe that sustainability and wellness are a match made in heaven. That’s why we are hyped up about cold showers, which are not only remarkably eco-friendly, but a gateway to some serious wellness benefits.  Cold showers aren’t just a new age woo-woo brought to you by homeopathic hippies. There’s widespread consensus among […]

Most women menstruate for an average of forty years, approximately 2,400 days over the course of a lifetime!  In honor of menstrual hygiene day this May 28th, we are shining a light on the social and cultural beliefs surrounding menstruation, alongside some of the issues around mainstream period products. Even though menstruation is a natural […]

With kombucha and apple cider vinegar gaining popularity over the past few years in the health sphere, the spotlight has been shone on fermentation. However, fermented foods have been part of our diets for centuries, and were initially produced as a way to preserve foods, improve flavour and eliminate food toxins. Today, more people are […]