I have to admit, I love my job! At Malie, I get to blend and craft the most beautiful plants and ingredients to create beauty products! I think that beauty is not just about appearances but also about how we feel about ourselves. The products I create not only beautify your skin, but the aromas, textures and sensations of my products can also make you feel beautiful!

Here you will find beauty secrets and tips along with thoughts and inspirations. I also talk about new ingredients and products that Malie develops and how products come to be. For more, join us on Facebook too!

Aloha, Dana

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So, I realize it's a little early to start thinking of holiday shopping, but not for us! I'm so excited that I can't hold it in any longer! Malie is going to be offering mini soy candles in beautiful gold travel tins embossed with our lotus! These soy candles are perfect travel buddies so you can bring the ambiance of the islands with you where ever you go! Imagine yourself on Kalalau beach (on Kauai's famous Na Pali Coast) with a glass of wine and Malie candle! You can take them anywhere!

We've got a few other exciting ideas for 2011 - possibly a new aroma collection! This weekend is the Kauai Farm Bureau Fair and I'm going to go check out all the gorgeous flowers and plants for some inspiration! There's an orchid show featuring an amazing collection of some of Kauai's top orchid growers premier plants! These flowers are so beautiful and it is simply breathtaking to see the best of the best all together! Flowers in general are probably one of nature's best ways of showing off the complete spectrum of all the colors in the rainbow! Hawaii has such an impressive bounty of flowers - it's going to be hard to choose just one!

One of my favorite tricks is an organic mist in my car. When I'm out and about running errands, shopping or what ever, I love to spray the inside when I park, that way when I come back and open the door I'm greeted with a beautiful aroma! This can be especially nice if you've just come out of a crowded supermarket and are feeling a little worn out from your trip into the store!

I also am a big fan of spraying the mist just before I pick someone up. They always comment on how wonderful my car smells and just love the aroma! It's a nice way to greet someone.

One of my friends is absolutely in love with our organic mango nectar mist and this is what she has to say about it: "This scent is perfect. Everyday when I'm closing up my work room I spray it a couple times on my curtains. And so every morning... it's fresh and inviting!"

Malie's organic mist has so many uses! Many people use it as perfume or a room freshener spray (like in the bathroom!) and of course another wonderful use (and one of the originals) is to mist your linens before you drift into dreamland. Enjoy!

A few months ago Kalena, my Director of Sales, gave a pikake keiki plant (keiki is the Hawaiian word for child or offspring) to Lindsey, my Creative Director. This little plant had sprouted under Kalena's larger pikake and they dug it up and Lindsey took it home and nurtured it. It's only about 8 inches tall and now it has it's first flower! Above is a photo of the new bud, in a few days it will bloom.

Look at this beautiful flower! I wish you could smell the soft, sexy, tropical scent through the internet! This photo is of a pikake blossom in my Creative Director's garden this past weekend! And, it's organically grown! It is the season! I love summer time when all of Hawaii's bounty is in bloom! We picked this little flower and I just could not keep myself from smelling it over and over! The aroma is intoxicating! And I am so happy Malie's Pikake Collection is back! Our new Pikake products are organic and wonderful! We already sold out of our Island Ambiance Reed Diffusers! But don't fret, they'll be back in stock soon - in about a week or two! Happy Monday and have a beautiful day! ALOHA

To all of our faithful customers, I know you have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of our new organic pikake collection, and I am so happy to say that the wait is almost over! These beautiful pikake products will be available for purchase online, here at malie.com on July 22nd! And part of this collection introduces a brand new product - an organic pikake body polish!

Pikake is a beautiful, very small Hawaiian Jasmine flower. It was brought to Hawaii during the monarchy and loved by Hawaii's Crown Princess, Ka'iulani. The name "Pikake" is derived from "peacock" and was given by Princess Ka'iulani who loved both the bird and the flower.

Pikake is a very special flower in Hawaii. The young flower buds are delicate and prized for lei making and lei are worn for many special occasions, especially weddings. This flower also has natural aphrodisiac qualities, making it Hawaii's flower of LOVE.

Below is a photo of Princess Ka'iulani. Above shows our new pikake collection!

Today is Summer Solstice and sunlight has stretched to gracefully lend the Earth the longest day of the year! From today on, the days get shorter and the nights get longer (in the Northern Hemisphere).

This is a time when nature is abundant and flourishing. Beautiful, brilliant flowers are in bloom, trees are thriving, luscious green with new leaves. And the delicious, sweet fruits of summer are ripening (mmmmm, mango!).

In Hawaii, we are fortunate that Winter still flourishes with life and greenery and, yes, even floral wonders. However, Summer is the time when nature is at her peak of abundance and today, the sun's power is most potent. We focus on the pleasures of the warm season, and honoring the solstice can remind us just how precious each day is, because it brings acknowledgement that from tomorrow on, each day that passes becomes shorter and shorter.

For centuries, the journey of the sun through the solar cycle has guided the planting, growing, and harvesting times - as it still does today. The sun, and the abundance it brings affects each and every one of us, and today we take some time to enjoy and appreciate it. Watch the sun set today and honor the life it brings!

We have been working so hard over here at Malie to get you new products! Our organic pikake collection will be launched next month but in the meantime, here's a little pikake teaser with our organic luxe butter soaps!

These new soaps are simply beautiful! If you love our mango butter bun, you'll fall head-over-heels for our new luxe butter soaps. These soaps are what you've all been asking for! A mango butter bun that cleanses!

Moisturizing, organic Luxe Butter Soaps containing the wonderfully therapeutic and aromatic scents of our signature Hawaiian Hydrosols as well as nourishing and hydrating mango and cocoa butters! This high quality soap is made through a cold process, taking weeks to cure, thus protecting the butter ingredients for their benefits to the skin while creating a hard long lasting soap.

Check them out by clicking here!

Our luxe butter soaps have cured and they're on they're packaged and ready for a photoshoot! Next week they'll be available for purchase!

"May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii

Garlands of flowers ev'rywhere

All of the colors in the rainbow

Maidens with blossoms in their hair

Flowers that mean we should be happy

Throwing aside a load of care

Oh, May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii

Lei Day is happy day out there"

~ Red Hawke, 1928, "May Day is Lei Day in Hawai'i"

It's a song, a custom and a day full of festivities! In Hawaii on the first of May, everyone wears flowers, schools stage pageants, contests are held for the most beautiful lei, a Queen is crowned, hula competitions are held and the flowers of Hawaii are honored.

This past Saturday was May Day and it reminded me of the beautiful Plumeria lei watercolor art Malie is using on the packaging for our organic Plumeria collection! The beautiful aromas and colors of all the amazing flowers used in Hawaiian leis today are a reminder to us how special all the Hawaiian ingredients we use are. The month of May is a celebration of flowers! And I think I'm going to celebrate with our jasmine rose, beautify organic spa ritual!

Happy Aloha Friday! An organic mango nectar soy candle is burning on my desk right now and I am loving the aroma so much that I decided I had to write about it! Our clean burning soy candles are simply amazing! The aroma has transformed the ambiance of my office and if I close my eyes I'm whisked away to the beach! I happen to be in Hawaii, but for all of you that aren't, pick up one of our soy candles and let your mind bring you here! They are one of our most popular items and also make an excellent gift!

Our much anticipated Organic Pikake collection is moving into production and should be launching in July! I'm so excited! The aroma is intoxicating and the packaging is beautiful! Hawaii's flower of love - Pikake is such a romantic aroma!

Today I was at the Natural Products Expo West in Los Angeles, California! It is an exciting time for Hawaiian Coffee Fruit and KonaRed! And I'm so excited to present natural anti-aging products! You've got to check out this amazing fruit! Click here to learn more about Hawaiian Coffee Fruit and the beautiful Malie products made from it, offered right here at malie.com!

I'm so excited! Our new Anti-Aging Collection Powered by Hawaiian Coffee Fruit Extract is almost ready to ship! Using the intelligence and power of nature, this effective and potent formula helps reverse the signs of aging! Nourish, revive and polish your skin with the most powerful antioxidants in the world. The super nutrients in Hawaiian Coffee Fruit Extract repair and protect skin while minimizing visible signs of aging by preventing free radicals from causing cell damage, neutralizing inflammation, repairing cells and increasing firmness while reducing lines and wrinkles. Available at spas and boutiques internationally in about a week! If you're in Hawaii, be sure to visit the spa at the Halekulani in Waikiki or the new St. Regis in Princeville, Kauai!

Aloha and mahalo to all of you for your business and support in 2009! A new year is upon us and 2010 is going to be an exciting year - starting with the launch of Malie's Organic Anti-Aging Facial Collection Powered with Hawaiian Coffee Fruit Extract launching at the end of January! May this new year be one of joy, abundance, good-will, peaceful awakenings and graceful journeys. Let's all look forward to continued growth in 2010! Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! (Happy New Year!) (PS - sign up to receive our email newsletter and be the first to know when our Organic Anti-Aging Firming Elasticity Cream - the first in the collection - is available!)