Exfoliating our body with normal or supposedly exfoliating soaps is not enough for us. Many soaps, despite being exfoliants, are not natural, which causes us to have an unfavorable reaction.

It is inevitable not to wear any accessory when wearing an outfit. Accessories like hats, jewelry, watches or belts can make any outfit look great. So do not make excuses to look good and stylish. Be creative and have fun with your accessories and highlight your style. 

Two of our friends from France visit our country, Ecuador. Carole has been working for approximately 4 years with the skills of her hands creating tagua jewelry.

To learn more about the characteristics, benefits and uses of this natural material we have made a list of ten truths set forth below:

So Theodore Roosevelt meets for first time the toquilla straw hats. On that occasion he was photographed wearing one and this image appeared in the New York Times, which gave these accessories international fame, but their origin was initially confused and recived the popular name “Panama Hat“, after the place in which they were sold, although its origin was actually Ecuadorian.

Before that first trip to the bead shop and bead online, it is important to understand beading tools and materials. As such, beading and jewelry-making has become an extremely popular hobby or home business for many inspired.

Tagua is the seed of the palm Phytelephas macrocarpa, this palm grows in the humid parts of the Ecuadorian jungle. Each mococha has between 15 and 20 tagua seeds. These seeds when exposed to the sun dry and their texture is hard. When it hardens its appearance is of ivory, but it is an ecological ivory.

Introducing tagua beads into the beading community has been a very hard task, very time consuming, it has been such a nice adventure. I’ve got to meet very nice people, customers that have become friends. Such a pleasant experience.