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FLOW YOGA The benefits of yoga go beyond stress reduction and mindfulness - it can also help your menstrual cycle and boost fertility. HER Yoga Practice is the first in the city to offer fertility and hormone yoga therapy. These specialised, and often personalised, classes guide yogis through gentle movements and hatha postures that focus on stimulation of the endocrine glands as a way to help balance hormones. Perfect for anyone experiencing irregular periods, PMS, fertility challenges, or if you’re just looking to reconnect your body with its cycles. HER Yoga is currently offering a 12-class package at $2,280 for any first-time students. heryogapractice.com.

ECO 101 Fast fashion? We don’t know her. Fashionable Futures is a newly launched online programme based in Hong Kong working to educate new and seasoned professionals alike about fashion sustainability. Founded by industry professionals Kate PadgetKoh and Kanch Porta Panjabi, this seven-week programme gives anyone from aspiring designers to business leaders an intro to best sustainable practices. The course costs US$2,000, and teaches key skills and strategies like how to create a sustainable supply chain, monitor your environmental impacts, and build a roadmap for your green fashion brand. Looks like green is on trend for 2020! fashionablefutures.com

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MAKE-UPCYCLING Hate to chuck out barely used foundations and lipsticks? Looking for cosmetics and beauty products at lower prices without adding more waste to the environment? Glambot is here to solve those problems by breathing new life into previously loved beauty products. The US-based online platform pays people for their new or used, non-expired products, which are put through a thorough cleaning process involving alcohol and light therapy in their lab, then resold on the website. There’s a wide variety of beauty brands, everything from Anastasia to YSL, and Glambot offers free shipping to Hong Kong for orders over US$100. glambot.com

HERE’S JONNY! Vegan sex is now apparently a thing, thanks to eco-conscious brand Jonny and their all-natural latex condoms. Most prophylactics usually contain casein, which is derived from milk, as a way to keep the latex lubricated. Removing animal derivatives out of the equation, as well as minimising their eco-footprint, Jonny has designed a condom made up of natural rubber latex with cornstarch for dusting and silicone oil for lubricating. It’s kinder on our bodies and for the environment. Even the bags each Jonny pack comes with are biodegradable, with the exception of individual foil wrappers. These vegan rubbers ($40 for three) are available from local zero waste platform Live Zero. livezero.hk

Healthy Vacations City life grinding you down? Put your health front and

centre at a wellness retreat -

we’ve rounded up our faves in our first ever Wellness Retreat Guide!

Skin-Friendly Hand Sanitisers Cleanliness is next to godliness, but dry skin isn’t cute. Check out our roundup of gentle germ-killers on p.32.

Stockpiling Supplies seem to have stabilised, and we’re

crossing our fingers the

Toilet Paper Panic of 2020 will subside, too.

Face Mask Breath There’s no masking

this inconvenient truth. Stock up on breath mints to avoid your own stale coffee breath.

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