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Friday, 16 September, 2022
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HELIOS EYEWEAR | MADE IN MAURITIUS
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- The brand
Monday, 18 July, 2022
Revolutionizing the optical industry in the Indian Ocean, it is no wonder why Helios Eyewear picked the cultural heritage building, Les Arcades Currimjee to launch its first store open every day of the week!
- The brand
Thursday, 19 May, 2022
As human beings, we love our comfort and having the freedom to choose something for ourselves. Let’s be honest, it is one of the BEST feelings that one can experience in life. Blessed with a pair of eyes, we often take them for granted.
- The brand
Friday, 21 January, 2022
The Helios Eyewear shop in Chemin Vingt Pieds, Grand Bay closed its doors since Monday 10th January. But, we reopened on Friday 14th January 2022, in a new store at the Quartier des Serres in Mapou. Still in the north of the island, this new shop replaces the old store to improve on customer experience.
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Monday, 20 December, 2021
As a continuum to the Friendly Thursday movement started in 2019, the team decided to take it one step further by extending it to the Green.Positive Week. The Green.Positive Week started on the day of our Friendly Thursday, Thursday 25th November, and was on until Thursday 2nd December, both online and in our St Pierre and Grand Bay shops.
- The brand
Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
Discover the different traits of each team member through the eyes of other colleagues. We surely had a good laugh reading this and hope you will too!
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Monday, 26 July, 2021
Helios Eyewear is certainly a brand that provides internationally recognized qualitative polarized sunglasses, 100% UV protected sunglasses and optical frames; but this does not mean that they are immune to a scratch or two. Any eyewear, from any brand has to be cared for to increase its product lifespan so that you can keep your favorite pair for years to come. Realistically, nothing lasts forever without a bit of maintenance.
- The brand
Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
You may think that since it is not sunny and hot outside, there is no need to wear sunglasses, but that is a common misconception. Below are 6 reasons why Polarized Sunglasses should be worn in Winter. Your eyes are a very sensitive organ that needs protection against nature’s elements the whole year round. This is why 100% UV-protected sunglasses with polarization are great.
- The brand
Monday, 31 May, 2021
The brand has grown a lot over the past 10 years. We started the adventure with our sunglasses collection in 2010 in our showroom within our factory, Plastinax Eyewear.
- The brand
Monday, 10 May, 2021
Living on a paradise island has its perks, but we are often constantly face to face with the tropical sunlight. The brightness and the glare affect our eyesight and causes us to strain our eyes.
- The brand
Thursday, 22 April, 2021
Do you find it difficult to find the perfect eyewear for you? Well, maybe it’s because you currently do not know which type of eyewear (wayfarer, aviator, cat eye, etc.) is the best suited to your face shape (oval, round, square, etc.)! To help you out in choosing your perfect pair, below is the type of eyewear corresponding to your face shape and why.
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Friday, 27 November, 2020
Toujours à la recherche de nouvelles matières plus respectueuse de l’environnement...
- The brand
Saturday, 10 October, 2020
Yes… It’s 10 years now that Helios Eyewear grows within the Mauritian landscape. A local brand that is authentic and engaged while it forms part of the Mauritian wardrobe.
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Monday, 2 December, 2019
Ok, so yes, we do have a lot of fun and we are pretty much a young and wild team but when it comes to the environment and our planet
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Thursday, 28 November, 2019
With the campaign already launched, the summer collection on its’ way and the holiday season approaching, we felt that we had to deal with this excessive and unnecessary consumption habits encouraged disproportionally with events like the Black Friday.
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Thursday, 15 August, 2019
At the end of 2018 and beginning of 2019, we started providing frames made out handmade bamboo, injected wooden fibres and injected coconut fibres; this was just the beginning of the Green collection… From there came the initiative of ‘Plant a Tree and Care for Humanity’.
- Live new adventures
Monday, 28 August, 2017
To achieve this beautiful day with our Partner Otelair, Oliver, Jordan and the rest of the team went to Albion to climb the steep cliffs. This activity was announced as being quite harder than canyoning, but everyone’s managed to go up the cliffs.
- Live new adventures
Saturday, 15 July, 2017
Climbing the steeper slopes was tiresome after the effort made but it was worth it. They faced a natural artwork of rocky hills that met the skies and a view filled with colors so lavish that they took some time to capture the moment before heading home with a heavy heart…
- Live new adventures
Thursday, 25 May, 2017
Just outside of the lagoon of Grand Baie, the Seabob team, along with Jordan Joumon, brand ambassador, await in their boat. One by one, the Seabobs – powerful underwater seatoys – are dropped into the crystal clear ocean with resounding plunks.
- Live new adventures
Tuesday, 4 April, 2017
Hop with Jordan Joumon, brand ambassador, onto Born to Fly’s seaplane and glide above the endless beaches of the West coast and the wild South.
- Live new adventures
Friday, 10 March, 2017
Rendez vous in the private reserve of Wolmar on the west coast of the island: Jordan and friends are perched on Fatbikes and are ready to ride into the reserve. After an introductory talk from the guide – who explains how the reserve used to be part of the volcanic area of Mauritius underwater – the group sets off down sandy lanes.
- Live new adventures
Thursday, 26 January, 2017
We swam after them for an hour. As our heads splashed out of the water and we saw their tails disappear, we were once again reminded of the beauty of the ocean and that it was not first and foremost ours, but theirs. The ones that lived in it.
- See Mauritius differently
Thursday, 11 August, 2016
Helios went strolling through the Mariannes, perched on high grounds and offering a stunning view of the pineapple fields that seem to roll right to the foot of the mountains. We came across a pineapple seller, one of the inhabitants of the area, living in front of the Chateau de Villebague.
- See Mauritius differently
Friday, 3 June, 2016
Hey oui vous l’avez deviné, nous sommes bien à la baie de Tamarin, la BASE des surfeurs et sportifs mauriciens en tout genre. C’est dans une atmosphère particulière que Navin prend plaisir à travailler tous les jours. Il détient une roulotte sous les filaos et est fier de «moi mo donn bon manze tradisyonel a bann surfers, zenfan, turis…».
- See Mauritius differently
Friday, 29 April, 2016
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Thursday, 7 April, 2016
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Friday, 11 March, 2016
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Thursday, 4 February, 2016