Island Soap & Candle Works

I have been planning to stop in here since my last trip to Hawaii and made some time on my way out today. The owners are really helpful and friendly. If the site is locked, wait a second! They may be inside. Their products are so beautiful and fragrant. It was a little hard to tell through my mask, but my hotel room smells amazing! I picked up bath salt, soap, and lip balm for myself and as gifts. The pikaki scent is gorgeous, and unique. The shea nutter handcream was nice and moisturizing after a day of washing my hands! Looking forward to trying my new products.

Went here to pick up some Christmas gifts. I have zero knowledge about this stuff. Girl working barely acknowledged us and kept going about her business. Walked around and picked a bunch of things. When it came time to ring up the purchase she took almost 5 minutes. Didn't seem knowledgeable about the various products or the different specials. She didn't know what soap was what. Well I'm not in a rush but if you're working in a specialty shop like this better know your products.Ended up spending about $90. Had no idea this handmade stuff was so expensive but happy to support local business. Would have given 5 stars if service was better.

OPEN and taking phone and online orders! See website for SPECIAL OFFERS! Ship or schedule a pick up for orders placed!

This is a unique and fun store. But be careful if you have allergies. Prepare to get wrecked if you over indulge in smelling. The artsy soap baker it's friendly and explains the different soap s making processes. Great gift store. And you can choose the fragrance for you soap. I had to hold back, cause they have all types of soap scents.Gonna get my family their favorite scents soap for Christmas. And you can combine fragrances. I have to return and take a picture of all the different fragrances . The even have some Halloween soaps. So for Christmas, you can decorate the heck out of your bathroom. And feel the air in Hawaii with pine soap! Well maybe not but you get the idea. Five stars cause this novelty stores is also useful.

Such a cool place! I was running out of my organic/vegan soap bar, so I decided to venture down to Ward Center since I always like trying different brands. This place has a HUGE selection of natural made soap bars. The woman at the shop was very helpful and pointed out the chart that showed which ones were best for sensitive skin, acne-prone, aromatheraphy, essential oils and more that I can't remember!The coolest part is that you can see them make the soap bars right there in the store. Next to it is a huge shelf where the soaps are drying out/hardening. She told me is takes like 27 days or something for the bar to be completely ready. Talk about home-made! I bought the honey-almond oatmeal bar. I got the large bar and was around $6. So far the bar makes my skin feel healthy and not dry. There's definitely a difference you can feel when you switch from the big name industry soaps to small business vegan soap bars. Places like this make me never want to go back to the detergent bars I used to use. The cool thing about the oatmeal bar is that is works like an exfoliator, since there are oatmeal pieces in it that peek through the surface when you slather it on. I also just got their chapstick. It goes on smooth and it actually makes your lips stay moisterized for a long period. I'm not too crazy about the scents though----a little too citrusy for me. I wish they would make a coconut, Pikake or hibiscus. They also have candles and lotions there too. I believe you can order their products on their website and they'll ship to you.

This store carries tons of soaps made right in store. The staff is very knowledgeable about the ingredients that go into the soap and can tell you which soap is best for what skin. The scents have a range of island fresh and local to herbal and medicinal. They also have a small section of glycerin soap, aroma bath salts, and candles.Really great gift for someone or treat for yourself.:D

Located at Ward Centers, the one with the most stores attached, across from Buca Di Beppo, one level. I'm a big fan of Bubble Shack and Lush, so I was not in the market for soaps or lotions. I was interested in the bath salts, though. There were so many that really smelled so good, especially the tropical scents. I smelled all the ones that I thought would not irritate my allergies. I settled on one scent, a small packet for $5.00. Everything is nicely arranged. People passing by might think that the aromas might smell a bit overwhelming, but I thought it was less so, than say, passing a Crabtree & Evelyn store, or a Abercrombie & Fitch store. If you want a special gift for people on your list, this is the place to buy it; candles, lotions, bath salts, and soaps, all made in Hawaii. Upon entering the store, I got the skinny on the company and the store (this is a factory, too, where they make the items right here). The two ladies working there were nice. It's always so funny, to hear at checkout, "just this one, today?" I say it's funny to hear, because we do quite a bit of shopping when we visit the island. (to illustrate, We had to rearrange our biggest piece of luggage, and it just made the 50 pound limit, at 49.5 pounds).

Tired of giving mac nuts and kona coffee to out of town friends and family? Thinking of giving someone a gift made locally?Are you in the Ward area and just want to spend some money on cute lil things?ISLAND SOAP & CANDLE WORKS is your place! I've started coming here to get soaps, lip balm and lotions as gifts for my friends and family when I received one as a gift. Their product is made locally (actually in the store!) and smell amazing. They come packaged as a gift set or you hand pick what you want. I usually go for the small or large soaps. I've used their soaps as air freshener for closets and drawers.Can't go wrong with these...everyone's gotta keep their hands clean!

I never actually came to this place, but I got candles from this place as a gift and they are GREAAAAAT!!!!!I know my candles and they have great non-drip, sweet scented beeswax candles. They also have a great selection of soaps and beauty products.

This factory retail shop is open now (under COVID19 restrictions). I love their soaps, the aroma of soaps are relaxing my mind and their soaps made my skin moist!I buy their candles for special occasions. I bought a pineapple candles and several scented tea candles last year. I brought them to my husband's grave in Helsinki. His sister loved the smell of pineapple. We put the candle directly on the ground. The candle made the area like Hawaii! This year I got plumeria candle in monkey pod to take to Helsinki. I also got coffee lip balm for his sister and passion lip balm for his niece. His sister loves coffee, so I'm sure she love it! Being in this shop is like aroma therapy. I took #4 bus to Nuuanu, I got off on Bethel st near Beretania