Simply Orchidaceous

A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg
or Wordsmith, which we subscribe to.
orchidaceous PRONUNCIATION:(or-ki-DAY-shuhs)

This means of or relating to orchids. Second meaning "showy."

We absolutely could not resist. Our Orchid Vanilla is Simply Orchidaceous

Get Ready for the New Year

Now until January 6th, you can get a free hand sanitizer with the purchase of one of our wonderful hand soaps.

Undoubtedly yours has been used up by all the people you hosted over the holidays.

Happy 2011!

Pretty Plumeria Topped Our List This Christmas

At Christmas time again once again, our Plumeria line of lotion topped our list. Nipping at its heels were Fresh Pineapple Soap, Pikake Body Lotion, Naupaka Body Lotion, and Mango Coconut Lotion.

There is lots more to choose from, and we are introducing two more Lanikai Ts this year, plus a special T that will keep your little ones busy while you read romance novels on the beach. Seriously, we read that romance novels are popular with Kindle owners because no one can see the cover.

It's December 29th, we're approaching the last time any private person can use aerial fireworks so it ought to be nuts on New Year's Eve.

Obama Went to Island Snow

BECAUSE SHOREBREAK SHAVE ICE WAS TAKING A DAY OFF!

Kelsey's Been Sick Since Our Party

And Halley has only one eye.

Lauwa`i With Giant Pine Cone

Hanging gloriously from the ceiling at Baci Bistro during the Holiday Season.

"It's feeling an awful lot like Christmas ~ in Hawai`i Nei!"


EVERYONE WE KNOW, EVERYONE WE DON'T KNOW: HAVE A MERRY AND A HAPPY AND LET'S HAVE A LITTLE PEACE ON THIS PLANET FOR A CHANGE.

What Winter Looks Like In Hawai`i

This is why you don't want to be where you are. Unless you are in Hawai`i,
of course!

Born in Hawaii, Raised in Hawaii

Welcome Home President Obama. Thanks for visiting Kailua every year -- it truly is the most awesome place to stay.

He must have slept on the plane because he started the day with a work out at the Marine Corps Airbase.

Hope the weather holds and that you have a great time. You deserve it!

Three Beauties Show Their Christmas Goodies

Halley, Alana and Sami --- having fun and being beautiful at Baci Bistro!

New Lanikai Tees

New Lanikai Bath and Body t-shirts are in --- women's in turquoise, men's in a dark
navy blue : both feature the Mokuluas, the horizon and Lanikai's classic signature.

Pictured here are Erin and Emi -- Emi just got home from college for Christmas and
we're lucky to have her back while she is here! (sorry the pic's a bit fuzzy!)

We are hoping Mandi and Halley, off to the mainland for Christmas, will have a safe trip and a great holiday!

Hawai`i's First Dog

Pictured here is Hawai`i's Governor Neil Abercrombie, his wife Nancie Caraway, Hawai`i's Pet Nanny Tammy Kubo and Hawai`i's first dog.

It is unclear whether Kanoa and Bo, the nation's first dog, have planned a summit meeting while Bo is visiting the islands, but we do know that both of them have Hawai`i's favorite dog shampoo, Lanikai Poi Dog.

Hawai`i's Pet Nanny, Tammy Kubo is a great patron of Lanikai Bath and Body and is wonderful at spreading the good word about the store about town. Especially about Poi Dog.

A Bevy of Beauties

A beautiful bouquet. What more can we say???

Unfortunately, Brook slept through it all -- but at least she was smiling...

More Pictures of Our Party

We had the greatest time!

Veronica & Halley

More Celebration

We would just like to share the season with you! Hope you enjoy the pictures...

Mandi & Laurel ... sitting cheek to cheek.

Soap Fairies Celebrate The Season

Taking a moment off from the busy season at the store (thank you customers, online and in store!!!), we had our annual holiday celebration at Baci Bistro, one of Kailua's most popular restaurants. The folks who own it (Bill and Company) are genial beyond belief, and the food is reliably delicious.

Our choices ranged from clams on the half shell and gnocchi to chicken picatta and pasta with marinara and house-made sausage. Of course, we started with brushetta and those of us old enough to drink had red wine and a margarita or two. Finished it off with profiteroles and creme brulee, and the secret Santas whose giftees all knew who they were.

So gifts were very appropriate, and here is Erin -- due in late March-- with Lanikai's third baby. We love our soap fairies, one and all.

A Sign in Our Store?

We hope it's much more than that. If we could wish for anything, and wish we do, it would be for peace ... peace in our hearts, peace between families, peace between friends and enemies, peace on this planet.

How far we have come and how little progress we have made. Pray for peace, think about peace ... do whatever it is that you do... and as Tiny Tim said "God bless us,
everyone."

OMG! One Contest Too Far?

We just found out about it because of the alert anchors on the Today Show --- but it turns out that the BIG EVENT was on October 10. A pageant for women over 60. Imagine
that! It was won by Dr. Kimberly Moore of the Virgin Islands (anybody see any irony in that?).

Anyway, there is no prize money (what!!!) but she will get to travel the U.S. to "show what older women can do."Well, we at Lanikai Bath and Body wish Dr. Moore the best of travels... and we are not surprised that senior women get 0% of what men might be paid for the same thing.

Dr. Moore -- if you come to Hawai`i, call us: you have the run of the store, and your beauty will be enhanced by out tropical scents, our yummy scrubs, and our soothing salts.

Pretty Fights Winter Colds

Even here we get "winter" (okay, so slap us silly) colds ... so it is always good to have a Lanikai Bath and Body sanitizer in your pocket or purse to use after greeting
germ-y friends (or strangers).

Still Looking for Sunshine in Kailua

But our rain is better than Chicago's snow!

A tropical rainstorm greeted Michelle, the kids and Bo (the dog) when they arrived on
O'ahu on Saturday. Still raining, but the sun will be out to greet the President when he arrives on Wednesday (so we are told).

Welcome, Welcome --- BIG ALOHA --- to our first family. So glad they keep choosing
Kailua.

Sunshine Please!

It's still raining in Kailua. But we have SUNNY Tees that make the perfect Hawaiian gift. Sunny yellow Naupaka Flower tees. Light and comfy and of course the color of our Kailua Sunshine!

Pouring Rain in Kailua Today

The rain is coming down heavily, reminiscent of four years ago when we had forty days and forty nights of bad weather. But this rain will go away, we're told, by the weekend.
Unlike the mainland, where we have friends and family who are adding to their Snuggie collection. The highest temp we read on the weather channel's map is 55. Except for here in Hawai`i where 55 counts as cold beyond belief.

Despite the rain we are warm and cozy, and wishing everyone on our list could be too.
Winter time is time for body butters, peppermint foot scrubs, bath salts and scrubs.
The soap fairies are waiting for your order -- and will wrap with aloha!
Alana and Sami send a Hawaiian hello.

Santa Says...

The best Christmas presents you can find -- from stocking stuffers to under-the-tree luxuries -- are at Lanikai Bath and Body.

Send some Hawai`i to friends on the mainland, or a reminder of what we all love best -- from plumeria to puakenikeni -- to folks here in Hawai`i.

Mele Kalikimaka!

Kelsey's First Day

Meet our newest soap fairy, Kelsey, pictured here with Veronica who, though very young, is one of our oldest soap fairies -- time in grade as they say in the military, after Alana and Veronica's sister Mandi.

Home of Bill Clinton?

or just a sign in our store?

Beautiful Window

Decorating for holidays ~ we want Lanikai Bath & Body to be as subtle and contemporary as today's Hawai`i.

We're not sure if you've noticed, but the (formerly Lanikai-green) Naupaka blossom on the window is now seasonal-red.

We're playing Christmas music now, too, and complimentary gift wrapping for all.

Celebrating the Season

Gloria and Brook, owners of Lanikai Bath and Body, want to wish everyone --here in Kailua, on the mainland, around the world -- whether customers or not -- a very happy holiday season and an amazing, surprising, beautiful 2011.

Peace, Love & Lanikai!

Christmas at the Store

Modest decorations, but beautiful nonetheless.

Celebrating a sophisticated Christmas at Lanikai Bath and Body.

Tonight Shorebreak Santa will drive up in his shave ice truck and mix grown up shaved ice, while Bonnie Madigan at Under Hula Moon will be serving martinis.