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Kauai businesswoman sells handmade candles, soaps

  • COURTESY SHINIL CANDLE & SOAP
    Shinil Quilty shows off a tin of her Ohana Spirit soy-based fragrance candle.
  • COURTESY SHINIL CANDLE & SOAP
    Shinil Quilty makes her soaps using 100-percent extra virgin olive oil, and a process that takes eight weeks to complete. The soaps are safe for all skin types, including for babies. Customers have told her that her soap has helped to clear up their eczema.
  • COURTESY SHINIL CANDLE & SOAP
    Shinil Quilty makes her soaps using 100-percent extra virgin olive oil, and a process that takes eight weeks to complete. The soaps are safe for all skin types, including for babies. Customers have told her that her soap has helped to clear up their eczema.
  • COURTESY SHINIL CANDLE & SOAP
    Shinil Candle and Soap soy candle in a fragrance she titled "Hawaiian Kiss" a fragrance her website describes as an exotic mix of precious woods and vanilla notes highlighted by coconut and muguet.
  • COURTESY SHINIL CANDLE & SOAP
    Inspired by a farmers market vendor who allowed candle and soap maker Shinil Quilty to take a pineapple home and bring payment the following week. The fragrance begins with top notes of grapefruit, lemon, mandarin and green tomato leaf, followed by middle notes of jasmine and dry base notes of eucalyptus and woods, according to the company website.
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    Shinil Candle and Soap soy candle in Coconut fragrance
  • COURTESY SHINIL CANDLE & SOAP
    An array of covered tins containing Kauai-based Shinil Candle and Soap soy-based candles. Fragrances reflect tropical fruits and local inspirations such as Kauai Romance, Sun & Sea, Ohana Spirit and Rooster Dance.

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