News – H E L I A D E S

The Anti-Aging Advantage

Clothing is considered the first line of defense for sun protecting your skin, it provides immediate and long lasting sun coverage and it's not sti...

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Dear Parents 🦋

Regardless if you are a parent of a human or if yours has a tail, the essence of this letter holds true to all within our family and friend circles...

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How To Determine Your Fit For Sun Protection Gloves & Arm Sleeves

Here at H E L I A D E S, sun protection gloves and arm sleeves are part of our UV Sun Gauntlet Collection. They're made with a high stretch, UPF50+...

Collage of photos depicting UV sun gauntlet UPF sun protection hand glove in SANG-DE-BOEUF red, bolts of fabric, and inspecting finished goods at the factory

Inspection Line Reflections

I spent most of last week at our factory inspecting every single one of our new UV sun protection hand gloves and arm sleeves. Here are a few...

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Tips For Putting On Your UV Sun Gauntlets

Especially with a new product there's an opportunity to create purposeful design, and that is our objective with placing our trims in specific loc...

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What Is Good Value In Sun Protection Clothing

When it comes to sun protection clothing what is considered good value? Truly, best value is a relative term based on what's important to you. Per...

Our Skin Ages 7x Faster When We Eat Sugar

How is it possible that eating sugar could make our skin age 7x faster? Well, the culprit is fructose which is found in any form of sugar be it org...

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Introducing Our UV Sun Gauntlet Collection

Our sun gauntlets extend beyond the wrist and provide UPF 50+ sun protection by filtering out 98% of UV rays as soon as you put these on. We use a ...

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Disappointment.

Keeping it real here, hit a speed bump in the road. I want to share I had hopes to debut our UV Sun Gauntlet line for this Black Friday season, bu...

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Brain Workout Music (yes, it is a thing)

I believe sometimes we all need every little tool imaginable to make it through the week whether you run your own business, work for the boss, or ...

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Easy, Fast, Healthy Food Ideas

Tempt kids of any ages with this list of simple morning meal ideas to inspire you to prepare for your loved ones. These fast, healthy foods arrange...

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Polyphenols, polyphenols, polyphenols.

What is a polyphenol and would you eat them? Polyphenols help protect our skin from damage caused by sunlight - UVA and UVB sun damage. It's easier...

Image of designer, Sharone of HELIADES wearing a royal blue UPF sun protection UV sol Escape, in San Francisco, CA

DESIGNER'S STATEMENT

I started designing my own sun protection solutions with technical UV fabrics because I couldn't find anything on the market I'd consider wearing ...