Hemp Works Blog

Funky Livity Hemp Bags & Accessories

Another arrival from the U.S.A., colorful, sturdy and multi-functional Livity Bags & Accessories! Besides their lovely hats & belts, Livity is famous for its sturdy Hemp Bags. Some highlights of what you can now find at our store:

- The Jah Sports Pack: these All-Over Prints back packs, make you happy packin' up for school, work, travels or a work out. Super strong hemp bags to carry all you might need.

- The heavy-weight Cargo Packs: the ultimate Backpacker Around The World bag, loads of storage space, many handy pockets on the outside and a removable hand bag in case you want to leave your big bag at the hostel and take a small bag into town.

- Grandfather Wallets in funky colors featuring many compartments for big bills, small change and a lot of credit cards. 

- And Funky belts to hold up your baggy jeans or accentuate your loose-fit dress.
All made from hemp, organic cotton and other sustainable materials. Gotta love it!

Magic from Dr. Bronners!

Finally at Hemp Works: the Magic Soap Collection from Dr. Bronners! Child-hood sentiment of Adam and many others, these soaps are renowned for their quality, versatility and eco-friendliness. Remember our sneak-peak blog from some time ago? To refresh your memory, here's why we are such big fans of The Bronners and so stoked to have their products at our store! 

• All Dr. Bronners Soap are completely Biodegradable and Vegetable-Based.
• They're Certified Organic and Certified Fair Trade.
• Dr. Bronners got fed up with all the companies pretending to be natural and organic, but are actually the opposite and started the Coming Clean Campaign. Praise!
• Their Magic Soaps have 18-in-1 Uses (like cleaning your teeth, doing the laundry, washing your dog and detoxifying your veggies & fruits).
• They don't contain Synthetic Foaming Agends, Thickeners or Preservatives.
• And the bottles are made of 100% Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic.

Hooray! Besides the Magic Liquid Soaps, we also offer the luscious organic Body Lotions, Shikakai Body Washes and Lip Balms at our store. Perfect as Christmas gifts or just as everyday special treats for yourself ;)

Check them out at our online store or drop by our store!

   

Benga & Skream DJ at Hemp Works

Benga & Skream the front men and shapers of the fastly rising musical style from London, Dubstep, came by the Hemp Works to play a little DJ set!!  Playing and producing since they were 14 years old they are the pioneers of this new global movement. Needless to say, with some huge fans at the Hemp Works we were stoked Benga, Skream and Gomes came by to drop some tunes and buy some new gear, while in Amsterdam playing the sold out Paradiso on the Oi/Mosh nite!! 

Kyteman hits Belgium!

This weekend Kyteman and his hip hop orchestra crossed borders to play at Antwerps' music/art/video festival "De Nachten". Our Belgian distributor, Hemp Made in Leuven, spotted him on TV giving an interview at De Laastse Show wearing our new HoodLamb Flat Cap! The Flat Cap is not available in stores yet, but Kytemans' new single "Sorry" is! Go this his website to buy it online and find out when and where you can see the show live. It's not to miss!

Meanwhile check out this interview and live performance of Sorry and have a relaxing Sunday Afternoon with some Kyteman sounds!

Sea Shepherd's Laurens get his new HoodLamb

Laurens de Groot, Holland's own crew member from Sea Sheperd picked up his new Arctic Canno HoodLamb at the Hemp Works in Amsterdam today! If you don't know him already check out this youtube video of Laurens to find out about the great work he is doing for the ocean and the protection of whales, which he dedicated his life to! Watch Whale Wars on Discovery Channel and check out www.seashepherd.org to learn more about what is happening on our oceans and what you can do to help.