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  • Eco-friendly

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!

  • Eco-friendly

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, 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.

  • 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.

  • Eco-friendly

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. 

  • Eco-friendly

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

This month, the Helios Team came across Zozef, a perky fisherman of Case Noyale.

  • See Mauritius differently

Thursday, 7 April, 2016

The Helios team switched track this week; we went cruising in the North this time.

  • See Mauritius differently

Thursday, 4 February, 2016

The team went exploring this week, ending up in the South, down Rochester Falls!