Jeweler to display new wares at festival
Renee Rokero of R.Rokero Jewelry will be among the many Hawaii designers offering new collections during the 19th annual Made in Hawaii Festival opening Friday at Blaisdell Center. She will debut her Maile Leaf Collection at Booth 267 and offer pieces from her popular Cherry Blossom and Plumeria collections. Shoppers who mention the Star-Advertiser will receive a 10 percent discount.
The event runs 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is $4; keiki 6 and younger will be admitted free. Discount coupons are available at First Hawaiian Bank branches on Oahu. Visit www.madeinhawaiifestival.com.
Event aims to keep Swatches ticking
The Swatch Store in the Pualeilani Atrium Shops at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki will be hosting a Dr. Swatch event Friday through Aug. 25.
The event allows Swatch owners to bring in their watches for a free battery change, strap adjustment and buffing, all toward helping extend the life of the timepieces.
The resort is at 2424 Kalakaua Ave. and store hours are 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Call 923-3390.
UH students’ T-shirts go on sale
T-shirts designed by students Brigette Agustin and Avree Ito-Fujita, winners of the HI Pride Design Contest, are now available at University of Hawaii bookstores on select campuses and all Rainbowtique locations.
The shirts, available in men’s small to 3X sizes, are made of 100 percent cotton and sell for $14. Proceeds from sales help to support UH’s educational mission.
The two UH-Manoa students were named winners based on the number of "likes" their designs received on the Manoa bookstore’s Facebook page.
Agustin is a junior majoring in civil engineering. Her bold graphic of a "shaka" silhouette dotting the "i" in "Hi" was her way of representing her Maui and Hawaii island roots.
Ito-Fujita is a junior pursuing a major in creative media. Her design features an ukulele with the words "HI Pride" forming the head and tuning pegs, and the Hawaiian island chain outlining the body of the musical instrument.
Each won a semester’s worth of textbooks from the Manoa bookstore and a Rainbowtique gift certificate.
BEAUTY SPOT
Cosmetics maker will do its part to observe National Honeybee Day
LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics and HoneyLove are teaming up to celebrate National Honeybee Day Saturday, with in-store educational events at its boutiques nationwide, including the Ala Moana Center store, from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Since 2006, up to 50 percent of honeybee colonies have collapsed nationwide. Colony Collapse Disorder is catastrophic, not only for nature’s hardest little workers, but for humans as well. Bees pollinate 80 percent of the world’s plants. LUSH uses honey in many products, such as the Honey Bee Bath Bomb and Honey Waffle Soap, for its moisturizing and antiseptic properties.
Beekeepers worldwide — from Paris and London to Manhattan — recognize the advantage of pesticide-free city living and have begun to keep bees on the rooftops of hotels, apartment buildings, and in public parks and community gardens.
Even if you can’t stop by a LUSH store Saturday, you can still participate online to win a year’s membership to HoneyLove and a selection of honey-based LUSH products. To participate in the contest on Instagram and Twitter, snap a picture reflecting the impact of bees on your life, and tag it @iheartbees on Twitter or @honeyloveorg on Instagram, and @lushcosmetics, along with the hashtag #yaybees. Visit www.lush.com, or call 941-7400.
