Meet Eighth Day – the co-operative making sustainable beauty accessible to students
This independent shop offers the Northwest’s largest selection of vegan, organic and Fairtrade goodies, meaning you no longer have to hunt for sustainable options or spend excessive amounts on online deliveries.
In the heart of the bustling student quarter on Oxford Road, a very different kind of venue has taken root: An independently owned, eco-friendly food shop and cafe.
Despite an emphasis on the importance of veganism and sustainability in the modern era, this way of living is not always the most accessible or affordable.
But that might be about to change.
Enter Eighth Day – a venue that’s striving to bring an eco-friendly lifestyle to the forefront of Manchester.
This independent shop offers the largest selection of vegan, organic and Fairtrade goodies in the North West, meaning you no longer have to hunt for sustainable options or spend excessive amounts on online deliveries.
Their range includes a variety of food, zero-waste products, herbal supplements, and natural cosmetics; they even offer vegan alcohol to enjoy at student parties or evening meals.
Eighth Day originally opened in the 70s as a clothing store and craft exchange but transitioned into a wholefood shop as both customer and staff interests in vegetarianism grew.
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One of their newest additions to their extensive range of products is natural, sustainable beauty products, which have risen to attention in 2020.
Eighth Day are also stockists of cosmetic brand Lamazuna – who offer zero-waste, vegan and cruelty-free bodycare products.
Their eco-friendly take on essential items like shampoo, conditioner, facial cleanser and toothpaste are free from packaging and toxins that can hurt the environment, meaning you can now extend your sustainable lifestyle into your beauty routine.
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There’s also sustainable feminine hygiene products for sale – including menstrual cups and reusable tampons, which massively helps to reduce plastic waste whilst providing a sustainable (and student budget-friendly) solution to period problems.
Sustainable, eco-friendly beauty products are still a new phenomenon that are difficult to track down without paying an arm and a leg for, but Eighth Day are successfully bringing these within reach and budget of Manchester’s students.
There’s a vegetarian café on site, too – serving freshly made healthy meals and cakes for you to indulge in.
Takeout is available if eating-out isn’t your thing during the pandemic – and the café will be going 100% plant based on October 5.
— On The Eighth Day Cafe & Shop (@EighthDayVeg) August 14, 2020
Eighth Day can be found at 111 Oxford Road and is open from 9:30am – 5:30pm every Monday ’til Saturday.
You can also order any of their products and meals for delivery or collection from their website.
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Manchester City finally release special Year of the Horse collection for Lunar celebrations
Danny Jones
Manchester City have officially launched their new ‘Year of the Horse’ kit, along with several other items in their latest lifestyle range.
The collection, which has been released as part of the Lunar New Year Celebrations, was leaked online in late 2025 before being officially teased earlier this year, but now Man City have fully unveiled the limited edition clothing items.
It follows the commercial success of their previous Chinese New Year-inspired kits and wider fashion lines over the last few seasons.
For anyone not up to speed on their Zodiac calendar knowledge, 2026 is officially (you guessed it) the year of the horse, hence this choice for the new ‘Capsule Collection’.
“Set in earthy, neutral tones, the limited-edition Year of the Horse Capsule Collection captures both the stillness of vintage Chinese portraiture and the motion of a team in full stride.”
Revolving around a grey and almost beige colour palette, the full drop includes a new pre-match ‘Anthem’ jacket, a dark graphic design tee, a baseball cap, as well as a soft horse plushie.
The focal point, however, is obviously the jersey itself – though it remains to be confirmed whether or not the special seasonal strip will be worn in any games this campaign as other one-off/special limited edition shirts have been in the past.
The price points range from £15 for the soft toy to £90 for the adult shirt, with the aforementioned Puma KING Anthem zip-up jacket already available in six colours.
What do you make of the latest lifestyle collection, Blues?
Somewhat fittingly, the Year of the Horse and other items finally debuted on the same day that their local rivals across the other side of town, Manchester United, released some new threads of their own: the second Adidas x The Stone Roses collection.
As for this years Lunar celebrations, the official plans for here in Manchester city centre have now been revealed. You can find out more down below.
Manchester United officially launch second Adidas fashion collab with The Stone Roses
Danny Jones
After several weeks of teasers, the latest fashion collab between Adidas, Manchester United and The Stone Roses has officially revealed.
We have no doubt this one will be lapped up just as quickly as the first.
Following images of the new Stone Roses x Man United kit and the focal point of this new collection being leaked online earlier this month, the second drop by Adidas has now been unveiled in full.
Releasing another stylistic video to the tune of the legendary Manc band’s famous anthem, ‘I Wanna Be Adored’, players both past and present from the men’s and women’s team star in the launch video.
As you can see, not only did the players get involved with the shoot as expected, but the clip also includes a snippet of archive footage featuring a young Ian Brown in a short but profound talking head.
The Stone Roses frontman, and indeed other members of the band, have never made their love of United a secret – none more so than the late, great Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield – and the supporters have also shared plenty of it back.
Be it through ‘This Is The One’ being chosen by Gary Neville as the official walk-out song at Old Trafford and various chants sung to Stone Roses tunes, to the previous collab back in February 2024, the two iconic cultural brands pretty much go hand in hand.
Besides the next multi-coloured paint-splashed shirt, which leaked first, as well as a new bucket hat (again, very era appropriate), there are scarves, a graphic design t-shirt, two sets of shorts and even two different pairs of shoes.
Images of the white Stone Roses trainers also popped up in leaks across various Man United fan accounts on social media, but few had seen the black ZX 600 Adidas trainers until now.
What do you make of the latest batch of lifestyle fashion from the club?
Meanwhile, with just days left in the transfer window, it remains to be seen whether new interim manager Michael Carrick will be rewarded for his first two wins against the top two in the league with any reinforcements before the end of January – but there are some rumblings…
Daisy Bradbury -
2nd October 2020 
