Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 11, 1 Nowemapa 2017 — HAWAIIAN THINGS WE aloha [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAWAIIAN THINGS WE aloha

if you're on the hunt for unioue gifts this holiday season, the office of HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS ENCOURAGES YOU TO KĀKO'o 'ōIHANA 'ōIWI, SUPPŌRT HAWAIIAN BUSINESSES AS YŌU DO YOUR SHOPPING. THIS NOVEMBER, oha IS CONTINUING ITS ANNUAL TRADITION OF PROVIDING FREE ADVERTISING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN~OWNED BUSINESSES - AND WE ALSO FOUND A FEW ITEMS WE ALOHA TO PROVIDE SOME INSPIRATION.

new hawaiian music "I Ke KōA Ke Au" by Keauhou www.keauhouband.com/shop Keauhou has released "I Ke Kō A Ke Au," a follow-up to last year's debut album, whieh earned the trio nine Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards. The new release features seven originals and "renewed gems" and draws on the talents of Keali'i Reichel, Jeff Au Hoy, Halehaku Seabury-Akaka, Frank Ka'iuokalani Damas and Les Ceballos. You ean buy both Keauhou albums on their website for $15.99 eaeh.

gourmet sea salt Salty Wahine saltywahine.com (808) 378-4089 Salty Wahine offers a variety of gourmet seasonings, including Hawaiian sea salts with names like Hot Lava, Kiawe Smoke and Black Lava. The company also has a sweet side, offering eane sugar in flavors like lychee, lilikoi and coconut. A single packet of salt or sugar will cost you less $10 and the website offers gift sets for those who can't choose just one.

pu'ula'au remedies The Lotus Blossom in You thelotusblossominyou.com This Wāiaole-based company features a lā'au lapa'au product line with pu'ulā'au remedies for the face, herbal salves and sprays, and 'ohana remedies: Lako - Body Butter; La'a - Elevate Oil; Kohe - Sacred Oil; Mani - Pē Powder; Ola - Salve and a Mamalama postpartum care package. HANU, a tincture for throat and lungs is one of the most popular Pu'ulā 'au Remedies. Prices start at $13.50.

handcraft soap company Wewiha Soap Company www.wehiwasoaps.com Handcrafted in Hawai'i, Wehiwa Soap Company creates luxurious soaps that are both beneficial for your skin and relaxing using ingredients like activated charcoal, sweet almond oil, kamani and kukui nut oil, lavender and loeal honey and beeswax. A variety of soaps, scrubs, skin creams and lotions are available for under $20 apieee on Wewiha's website. Also available at No'eau Designers at Ka Makana Ali'i Shopping Center, a store featuring a variety of Native Hawaiian-made products.

promote restful sleep Makana Esthetics Wellness Academy Makanaacademy.com ln addition to spa services, Makana Esthetics offers self-care products, such as the Maka Hiamoe Hawaiian salt soak, whieh blends sweet Hawaiian orange and pure sandalwood essential oils with salt. A tablespoon of the mixture and a warm bath will pave the way for a restful sleep.

thoughtful reading Life of the Land: Articulations of a Native Writer By Dana Naone Hall 'Ai Pōhaku Press, distributed through www. uhpress.hawaii.edu Native Hawaiian activist and poet Dana Naone Hall's new volume from 'Ai Pōhaku Press contains three decades of essays, poetry and other writings, as well as testimony, interviews and puhlie talks to explore the relationship Hawaiians have with the 'āina, including rights to traditional lands and burial preservation. Order the book through the University of Hawai'i Press for $26.

* specialty gifts r Ku'ono Wai Wai Gift Shop at Waimea Valley www.waimeavalley.net The botanical garden's gift shop features a wide array of products made in Hawai'i, including spices from Hanapēpē, Kaua'i; earrings by Solomone Jewel and Leighton Lam; prints from loeal artists and photographers Clark Little, Celeste Holmes and Kim Taylor Reece; 'ukulele; Hawaiian blown glass and lndigenous Soap Company products.