Sometimes You Feel Like a Kukui Nut

Dress your wrists with and drape your neck with the trendiest and most outstanding of summer jewels. These jewels won't cost you a mint, and the options seem to be endless. Necklaces are casual, light as air, and easy to wear. They are impossible to miss when worn, and especially when worn by you!

Lumbang seed jewelry comes in the coolest, fashionable colors and shine like nobody's business. Perfect to take along on your summer getaway! Wear your Kukuis paired with those summer weight jeans, flirty mini, perfect little shorts, or your bikini and sandals?.You've got the idea now!

You may have seen a certain blonde celeb wearing a lengthy lei of Kukui nuts in black, no doubt spurring on the possibility of wearing one yourself. You, however, can choose anything from orange, to cream, to red, turquoise, tiger striped, classic brown, or a mixture of hand-painted nuts. The long, satin ribboned, single tone necklace is the most common, but you can decide on shorter pieces, or a bracelet instead.

Would you like to know a few Kukui nut, aka Lumbang nut, facts? Originally, the trees came from Southeast Asia and made their way via Polynesians to the Hawiian islands. For years, Polynesians would light oil from inside Kukui nuts to make candlelight. Kukui nuts = candlenuts! Due to moisturizing properties, Kukui nut oil was instrumental for generations of skin and hair care. Even today, we are still using shampoos and moisturizers with this versatile oil too! Hawaiians have dubbed the Kukui tree as the state tree for Hawaii.

So the Kukui nuts you're wearing are just the empty shells- they've done double duty! Your nuts have been polished to shine their brightest and placed on sweet ribbons. Some have been dyed, others painted, and then at times paired with other natural components (like pig skins) to make a work of art for you to wear. Take a look around online or at your vacation spot this season for some Kukui nut jewelry. Be sure to take your pick!

Robert Carney is ! publishe r and owner of Old Crappy Tee. To stay informed on the latest t-shirt fashions, visit http://www.oldcrappytee.com.