COCONET TV FEATURE – WOMAN OF THE PACIFIC: KEZIA SALANOA

How important is it to bring a Pasifika perspective to what you do? The world is moving at such a fast pace that now almost anything and everything goes, especially in the film industry. Cultural and gender diversity in film only became a huge deal a couple years ago because people actually started saying something…

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Smells like H O M E

As some of you may have noticed - we kinda fell off the grid for a little while. Delayed replies to emails, DMs or comments, the lack of social media posts, Le Petit café was closed... bref To tell you the truth, we were on the other side of the world celebrating our cousin's wedding.…

OBEDIENCE

Newsletter #TWO Aloha Family! I’ve been in Hawaii for a little over 2 weeks now and I’m really loving being back here. Still adjusting to everything and trying my best to get to know people on base. The January quarter is coming to an end and we will be welcoming our new students on the…

Chasing Dreams

Hey everyone.This post is a little bit different, not very "Mailelani" related, but Mailelani is a family business and I want to share what my sister Kezia is up to. The following two posts will be what Kezia and her journey (I will add a tab for her stories soon). enjoy! Hey friends! Thanks for…

Consistency is key

Do you know how slack I am?I started writing this post 2 weeks before the end of the yearand I still haven't finished it...I've decided to leave it as it is though so please bare with it 🙂 With the New Year only days away I noticed that there are a couple things I promised myself to achieve this year that never happened. I only had three resolutions for…

Sister x sister x sister

Don't our lashes look amazing? We'd like to take credit for it but we can't. Our girls at Lashfix Eyelash & Beauty Bar do an amazing job enhancing your natural beauty with the most natural looking eyelash extensions I have ever come across. We first met Venna and Ama (sisters and now co-workers) when they…

The Honey Man

Part of Mailelani's goal is to promote local, natural resources. One of our best sellers (locally) is our turmeric balm. Made of 100% beeswax from Samoa, we have had countless reviews and feedbacks on the amazing benefits the balm provides. Beeswax is a natural anti-inflammatory & antibacterial. It helps fight chapped skin and bacterial infections.…

An actual routine

As much as we love just using soap and water to clean our faces, we do have a fragrance free facial range for those who enjoy a routine 🙂 Ok - so when my dad first created this range I used it like any other facial range I had used before; scrubbed, rinsed, cleansed, toned,…

Feeling ‘meh…

Kezia has left for Hawai'i. She's going to study film at the University of the Nations for the next couple of months and I miss her a whole lot already ... As you can imagine, the last week has been a week of farewell parties, big dinners, desserts and late nights. I have been eating…

Coconut oil for oily skin?

This is a story I tell anyone that comes through the shop and says they want something for their face. This happened to me, I can't promise it'll work on all skin types, but it worked on mine 🙂 Skin. I never really paid attention to my skin. I didn't know there was such a…