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Are You Still Looking For The Best Body Butter from Hawaii?

Are You Still Looking For The Best Body Butter from Hawaii?

Do you know what Body Butter is? Body butter products from Hawaii are deeply hydrating skin moisturizers, containing concentrated vegetable oils li...

Top 5 Kukui Nut Oil Benefits

The Kukui nut oil benefits were first discovered many years ago. The famous Kukui nut tree - otherwise known as the candlenut tree - is not only th...

What’s In A Spa Gift Set? Some Hawaii Spa Gift Set Ideas For You!

Were you thinking of making your own spa kit with your favorite products for an indulgent spa day? Or perhaps you want to make a spa gift set to se...

Benefits of Using a Plumeria Lotion from Hawaii

Plumeria lotions from Hawaii are skincare products containing the symbolic lei flower of the Hawaiian islands. The flower is also known as Frangipa...

Benefits of Lavender and the Best Hawaiian Lavender Products

What pops into your mind when you see or hear the word lavender? More likely, you imagine plants with tiny light-purplish flowers growing in a fiel...

Hawaiian Skincare: Healing Oils for Skin Used By Island Essence

If you're the type to have oily skin, you might think that face and body oils might make things worse for your skin. But that's not the case. Inste...

Top 3 Reasons to Keep Using a Hand Sanitizer!

Since the pandemic started, there has been a demand for sanitizing products, including hand sanitizers. Although nothing beats water and soap in th...

Plumeria Skin Care - A Quick Guide To the Benefits and Uses of Plumeria

You may already be familiar with plumeria, especially since it is Hawaii’s most iconic symbol used for leis. You can put it on your hair for adornm...

A Sad Love Story (Naupaka/Ocean Passion!)

My father was a diver who used his Hawaiian spear gun (aka: three prong; Hawaiian sling) to bring back fish for our family meals. On occasion, he’...

Heaven Is Real And It’s The Garden Of Eden On Maui

One of the attractions along the famed Road to Hana attractions, in between Mile Marker 10 and 11, is the Garden of Eden Arboretum and Botanical Ga...

Best Body Care Products from Hawaii for Summer 2021!

Ready for Summer yet? Summer 2020 may have been the biggest bummer of all summers, but it seems like the season is making a comeback in 2021. You c...

Island Essence: Offering Sustainable Skincare Products from Hawaii

Sustainability is the new trend in today's beauty scene. Climate change and environmental damage have loomed over us for decades now. Many scientis...

Dry Skin: Possible Causes and Treatments

Did you know that lack of moisture causes dry skin? The general treatment for people with dry skin is using the best body lotion on a regular basis...