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Buying Guides
- Best Metals for Hawaiian Jewelry: 4 Honest Picks — The best metal for Hawaiian jewelry depends on wear and budget.
- Hawaiian Bracelet Size Guide: Measure It Right — For a rigid Hawaiian bangle, fold your thumb into your palm and measure snugly around the widest part of your hand across the knuckles.
- Hawaiian Necklace Buying Guide: Motifs and Materials — Choose a Hawaiian necklace by verifying the motif, metal, dimensions, construction, and seller policies in that order.
- Maile Jewelry Buying Guide: What the Leaf Should Look Like — Choose maile jewelry by checking whether the maker can explain the leaf or vine reference, then verify the exact metal, dimensions, weight, construction,…
Jewelry Care
- How to Clean Hawaiian Jewelry Without Damage — Clean Hawaiian jewelry only after identifying its metal, plating, stones, pearls, enamel, and attachment methods.
Motifs & Culture
- Maile Jewelry Meaning: The Plant Behind the Design — In Hawaiian, maile names a fragrant indigenous plant in the genus Alyxia whose leaves are used for lei.
- Maile Lei Meaning: The Plant, Gift, and Occasion — A maile lei brings a fragrant plant into a Hawaiian practice of making, giving, and marking important occasions.