Born and raised downunder, best friends, Melanie and Cara have called Hong Kong home for several years, after relocating from  the Gold Coast. We both worked in the cities thriving fashion industry for many years. And living the busy lifestyle of a typical Hong Kong city dweller, have noticed the need for some extra help when it comes to keeping fit and healthy.

After putting so much into researching methods for our own wellbeing, we wanted to share it to the greater Hong Kong community. We are now students at the school of Integrative Nutrition, and have created The Genie Concept! An easy and convenient detox solution that works. We love our shop, and are proud of the work we put in to the kitchen creating new and exciting things to share with you all. We are constantly buzzing and evolving with new ideas, so we love to hear feedback from you all on your experience with us. Enjoy!

Lots of love

The Genies xx

Cara Grogan

I’m pretty much a country girl at heart as I was born in a small country town called Mirboo North in Victoria Australia. As a kid I loved riding my motor bike and collecting all sorts of animals to play with. Snails being my favorite catch. Sometimes I would line the little guys up on my belly and let them have a race. I know strange child. I definitely loved to be surrounded by animals all the time and it seems to be something that I have carried on into my adult life. If you are ever around Central in Hong Kong you will most probably catch me walking my huge rescue dog Roxy around the streets while people run in fear.

I lived a pretty complicated childhood moving around Australia with my Dad before we settled on the Gold Coast, with my Mum. This is where I went to one high school ( I went to 6 primary schools) Living on the Gold Coast as a teenager was amazing. Surfing as a school sport, sunshine, the beach, amazing food, it was pretty much heaven. My mum is kind of a hippy so we were always trying all kinds of alternate eating ideas. Raw food one minute, juices and strange tasting supplements the next. All very strange to a teenager girl. Definitely took me some time to realize the hippies were on to something.

When I was growing up what I wanted to do when I left school was always changing. One minute I wanted to be a child psychiatrist, then an actress, a vet, own my own vegetarian cafe the list goes on. One thing I didn’t want to be was a model. My Nanna always wanted me to be a model but I was never interested. Even if I had wanted to be (which I didn’t) modeling, hosting and acting never really seemed like a real job that a little farm girl could get. With no complaints I fell into modeling (Nana would be so proud) I have travelled the world with both modeling and hosting and I’m still having an absolute blast doing so. Seems very surreal, and it is! Everyday I go to work I feel so lucky to be where I’ am, almost to a point I need to pinch myself sometimes. Ouch… I just did.

Something I have learnt thru my years that has stuck with me, I guess from all the influences in my life like my Nana, my hippy Mum, my Dad having cancer and my own heath issues and life in general is that you can have everything in your dreams but if you don’t have your health your pretty much screwed and if you don’t share your wealth and have a kind and empathetic heart karma will bite you in the ass! This is why I dreamed up Genie.

Melanie White

I am proud to say that I come from a land down under. I was lucky enough to live in both Sydney and the Gold Coast before fluttering my wings and landing on Hong Kong island. I grew up on the beach and love nothing more than the great outdoors. I am a total hippy and yoga junkie. Give me beach days, hikes, trees, grass, animals and sunsets.

Growing up in Australia, I played every kind of outdoor sport under the sun. I was always surrounded by healthy, fresh foods.. clean air and water, sunshine.. life doesn’t get much better than that. Living in Hong Kong over the past five years makes you realize how good we have it, and I miss it.

I moved to Hong Kong to pursue my career in fashion. I have worked my way up to being an international jet setter and swimwear specialist. Life over the past years has been busy, exciting, stressful and crazy to say the least. As I get older and my body’s ability to keep up becomes more difficult, I struggle to keep up with treating myself to the nutrients, exercise and time it needs.

This is where Genie comes in. I have always shared a passion for nutrition, and have now found myself back at school studying, alongside working on Genie. I hope we can take you all on this journey to health and wellness with us!

Namaste xx