Perfect 10

Check out the season’s hottest shades and how to keep your manicure looking fresh for weeks! Fall’s top nail trends include dark twists on French manicures, reverse French tips, nude and pale colors, black reds, metallics and textured designs. But… More >

Stayin’ Revived

These stimulating spa treatments should help banish jet lag in no time. From fatigue to loss of concentration and sluggishness, it’s hard to enjoy your vacation when you’re suffering from jet lag. In addition to compromised mental and motor skills,… More >

Bronze Ambition

Even the fairest of the fair can faux a perfect tan! Here are products for any skin tone. There’s a reason why people set a goal of returning from Hawai‘i sporting a darker shade of skin. First, there are the… More >

Beauty Call

Pretty up with a look that’ll last all day. Fall is on its way, but here in Hawai‘i, it may feel more like an endless summer. With the sun and blue skies above, the heat may still be on—good for… More >

After-Sun Smarts

In the height of summer, the beaches of Waikiki look as if it’s covered in a quilted blanket of various skin shades—from tan to bronze to pink! For beach bunnies, it’s the color pink—the telltale sign of a wicked sunburn—that… More >

Pretty, Quick!

So much to see, so little time? With the right products, you can get gorgeous in an instant. Why waste a minute of your precious downtime doing tedious things like going through your full makeup routine, when you could be… More >

It Takes Two

Indulge in a tandem spa treatment. Hawai‘i remains one of the romance capitals of the world, with 82 percent of visitors choosing the islands as a marriage or honeymoon destination. With that in mind, even when it comes to the… More >

Body Talk

No one ever gives you lessons in walking. One day, your year-old self just gets up and goes. Then one day, decades later, the result of your improper gait is a sore back, neck pain and aching muscles. For me,… More >

The Golden Standard

Among Hawai‘i’s most-sought after souvenirs is the perfect gold tan. Before heading to the beach, be warned that one marker of a “tourist” is the pink-and-white striped flesh of the sunburned. Because of our prime equatorial position (which concentrates the… More >

Island Beauty Blooms at DFS

One might assume that visitors to Hawai‘i would opt for a “natural look” in cosmetics while enjoying their jaunt to the islands. But, according to Betsey Lum, merchandise manager for the 19,000 sq. ft. Beauty World at Duty Free Shops,… More >

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