Why do you love Maui Island Secret?
by Suzanne Clements on March 21, 2010
We want to hear from you. Tell us how you got to know Maui Island Secret, what your favorite products are and why you love them. Give us a shout back.
by Suzanne Clements on March 21, 2010
We want to hear from you. Tell us how you got to know Maui Island Secret, what your favorite products are and why you love them. Give us a shout back.
Comments
My group of friends and I have been using Maui Island Secret browning formula since the summer of 2003. We all get compliments regarding our tans and have gotten a lot of women addicted to the product. We have called in orders, ordered on-line, and I was lucky enough to visit Maui in 2007 and purchase it at one of the local grocery stores. It is by far the best tanning product available. Great moisturizer in the winter months as well! Would love to have an outlet here in Omaha. Your revenue would soar!
We visited Seal Beach, CA in 2007. We took a day and roadtriped down PCH wanting to go to San Diego, but ended up spending the whole day at Huntington Beach. It was the best day I have had. We laid out on the beach by the pier-all day! A surf shop there had the Browning Formula and we brought it home to North Carolina. My wife and I fight over it when we are out for the summer sun here. It is awesome and we are buying MORE.
I absolutely love what I affectionately call my “MIS System” which consists of the Tanning Salon Browning Formula (I live in Michigan, so a large part of the year is salon-only tanning & oily products will damage the acrylic on the tanning bed), the Original Browning Formula for outdoor or stand-up booth tanning, the After Sun Sealer, & the Burn to Brown Formula. Your products were originally recommended to me by a co-worker who’d been to Maui & I’ve used them ever since! Now I’ve recommended them to my Mom so, hopefully the Salon Browning Formula will be available again soon since she also lives in Michigan & I recommended my entire aforementioned “MIS System”, to her this week (she just got back from Maui & wants to keep her delicious tan), as I do to anyone who asks me about tanning, so I do hope that the Salon Browning Formula gets restocked VERY soon as that’s my #1 recommendation to anyone living in an area where salon/tanning bed tanning is a necessity & that was on both of our shopping lists for today. Thank you for making such amazing tanning products!!
LOVE the browning formula. Far superior to any other browning agent I’ve tried. The consistency is great, the fragrance and the outcome!! Have been looking all over for it of late, and have decided to order online!!
I absolutely love the browning formula!! My friend brought it back to me in 2003 and I ordered it by the 6 pack! We have a home in Cabo San Lucas and everbody uses it and loves it!! We just recently went down to find the last bottle with just enough for the trip!! Thank you for putting out a great product! Don’t know what I would do without it!!
I have bought the product and loved it on line. I am going to maui in a few months and was wondering where do i buy it on the island.
Thanks
While spending a fun weekend on Sanibel Island in Florida we needed to shop at the grocery for a few things. I wanted a quality suntan lotion of some sort and decided to try your Secret Browning Formula. I have a good base tan on my fair skin and I didn’t really think I could get any browner than I already was! But…after two short afternoons of about an hour and a half each…I am truly a bronzed goddess!!! Thank you so much for the great product. I will use it whenever I want a rich, deep tan!
We visited Oahu for our 20th anniversary in 2007. I found your product and fell in love with the fragrance. What was better was the tan that I got while there. My daughter used something else and she got nowhere near as dark as I did and suffered a sunburn, and she is naturally darker skinned than I am. My husband loves the coffee and I have been ordering that for him since our visit. I use MIS exclusively for all my tanning needs, indoor and outdoor. I also have recommended it to many friends who were sold the first time they used it too! Awesome product! Wouldn’t tan without it!
Please don’t discontinue the Hawaiian Sunlight hair product! My daughter brought it back from her honeymoon and we are both avid users now. We get just the right lightening in the summer and lots of good conditioning! Hope it’s available again soon! Thanks.
I have been using your products for many years as well, though I believe my first purchase was from the Big Island, and since via the Internet.
My favorites are the Browning Creame w/SPF 5 and the After Tan Sealer, though I have just ordered some other products to sample. Not only have I found the tan and moisturizing great from the Browning Creame & Sealer, I love the scent, AND the products do not break out my hyper-allergic skin, and the scent is wonderful, but not overpowering where it could trigger migraine headaches, which is pretty unique in my many years of experience in seeking good products. I am not fair-skinned nor dark, but my skin will not tolerate many products, natural or otherwise, and to prevent migranes, the scent must be subtle – Maui accommodates all of that, where few products do.
Despite the above, I love the scent of the two products I mentioned, and was disappointed the SPF 8 did not have the same scent – it was too strong and I couldn’t use it. I’d like to see that scent become the signature scent of the Maui Island Secret products so we can all expect the same wonderful experience in each product (sensitive skin can expect similar success with each), and we can have the Island Experience, wherever we use them.
I was interested to try your bath and body line when I ordered this time, but nothing was in stock. I would like to request email notification when it becomes available for purchase.
Also, there were several references on this blog to tanning oil, and I have no idea what this product is, and I did not see it on the site. Spray-on products (especially dry oils or gels) are much easier to apply effectively, and is an improvement I would welcome. Can the Browning Creame be converted to a similarly effective spray-on oil?
A high SPF lip balm (w/the Maui Island scent) would be a great product, along with travel-sized options of the others in a similar high quality container, but 3oz (empty or pre-filled) that your customers could use to carry their Maui Island products onboard aircraft when going on vacation or take on a short trip.
I recommend a build-it-yourself “travel kit,” with 3oz bottles (for lotion, spray-on products, etc. that are replicas of your larger bottles w/labels, where we could purchase the tanning product(s) of our choice, the after tan cream and/or burn to brown, shampoo, conditioner and/or sun product for hair and lip balm w/SPF – everything a traveler would need for a sunny vacation. If you market these in a TSA-approved sized see-through durable bag that lays flat (same dimensions in length and width, except deeper than a quart baggie) and allow your customers to pick the products they want in bottles they can fill and refill easily with bigger verions of the products, that could add a whole new dimension to your line and fill a great hole in the market. I travel with a bag like this and it fits a ton of stuff, and have no problems – it zips around the side and front sections and the cover lifts up for full access. This way, other necessary products like toothpaste can be added.
Most of us travel to get some sun, and having products in 3oz versions of your current high-quality bottles available for those who carry-on or take weekend trips to the beach would be invaluable to spontaneous and experienced travelers.
I wish you luck. I love the products I’ve used, and will be testing several more soon, which I hope to love equally well.
I do agree your customers have come to count on the three-for-one deal, so you should come up with some sort of incentive for repeat customers if you can’t financially justify that particular package. Examples that appeal to me are a free travel-size product/bottle consistent w/a purchased product, samples of new products (like a lip balm w/SPF), discounts/benefits for orders that exceed a certain amount, enabling customers to create an account and rewarding repeat customers who build points based on money spent, after which you send something to them when their orders exceed a particular threshold. I’m sure you’ll think of something that will satisfy your loyal customers, while keeping your business profitable.
I request to be notified when the bath and body products are back in stock. The Web site is better, but when you’re out of something, I think customers should have the option to advance order it w/a date estimate of availability and receive it once in stock. We should at least request notification once a product is back in stock.
Allowing us to order in advance will provide you with the benefit of the advance sale income, and assure us we will get our product (happier customer) and prevent the inconvenience of forcing busy people to stalk your website in hopes it’s back in stock.
Finally, if you plan to go out of business (I and many others hope not), please notify me so I can stock up.
Thank you for the opportunity to give feedback,
Allison
(I have lived all over the US, and travel regularly w/my carry-on as often as I can.)
I went to Maui 4 years ago and bought a bottle of the browning formula and burn to brown. Being fair skinned, I was willing to try anything. After my first use of the browning formula I thought I was going to be miserable. I was as red as a lobster, but the burn to brown does wonders. For the 1st time in my life I actually had a tan! Now I use it every summer…I love it! Thank you so much!!! Don’t stop making this product1!!
I have been a long time user since I visited Hawaii. Are there any speciald going on? I
normally buy two bottles and got one free.
Glad I looked this up. I recently ran out of the bottle that we bought of the Burn to Brown when I was in Maui with my family YEARS ago. The bottle lasted forever, and never seemed to lose its ability to get rid of burns quickly. I will be ordering more. I burn quickly, and never brown, and this is the only stuff that I have found that makes the burns I do get any better.
My daughter and I purchased the Browning Formula on a trip to Oahu in 2004. It’s the best we have ever used and we love the smell. I hope you never stop making the product and we will now be ordering it over the internet since we live in Minnesota and not sure where I could ever find it here.
Janet Miles, Mn.
I love your maui island browning formula! I can’t wait until I can try the shampoo, conditioner & body wash, when will it be available on line??
I have been using Maui Island Secret products since ’02 and I love them! The tan sealer is fantastic, I like the scent and the non-greasy feel…most of all I love that it works! I love the aloe gel and the browning formula too!
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we visited maui in 2006 and bought your browning formula and cream to bring home…one word “fantastic”! we have purchased every summer online since ‘06 and we also use your cream spf 8 and 15. the browning formula is extrodinary and makes your tan gorgeous. my family won’t go out in the sun without your wonderful products..thanks for continuing!
I discovered the tanning oil and the burn to brown formula on my first trip to Hawaii. The burn to brown formula truly turns a sunburn into a beautiful tan! Thank you for continuing to produce and distribute this product. Vickie
Idaho
I first found out about your product when on Oahu in 2004, I also got engaged on this trip. I found it in an little store there and fell in love with it. i love the smell and the non-sticky non-greasy feel. The after tan lotion is amazing. I use it year round. On my honeymoon in 2005 we purchased more, I ran out a while back but a I couldn’t find it anywhere. I was very sad about it until on an off change i searched it today and the site popped up!! Needless to say I am very happy and ordering several bottles. THANK YOU for such a fantastic product!
Jo-Ann Dallas TX
I love this product. I first found it in 2001 on my first trip to the islands. I have been using it since. I always buy several bottles of the oil when I am on the islands. I am in Maui now and have now tried the tan sealer and I love it as well. I will be ordering refills of that lotion so I can use it all year long. Love all of the products that I have tried. Keep up the good work.
I have used all of your products fro the past 5 years when we vacationed on Maui in 2005. A year later we moved to Oahu and continue to use all of your products. Wish I could find them in local stores on Oahu but will continue to order on line. I amin the sun daily just about every day of the year either running, swimming or just relaxing. I have not burned while using your products. My skin doesn’t dry out or flake. I love the after sun sealer and the shower gel. Please make a browning formula higher than SP
F 5 and also SPF of 30 – 45. Thanks and please reconsider the bulk order discount. Mahalo
I feel in love with Maui Island Browning Creme SPF 5 when I visited Maui three years ago. I live in Alberta, Canada where the it is dry and cold in the winter and dry and warm in the summer. I use the Browning Creme in the winter as a daily moisturizer, under my makeup and in the summer on it own. I love it, my skin is soft and smooth. I even use it on my face. No more dry skin. Thank you so much
We have been fortunate enough to visit Hawaii – Maui in particular – the last 7 years. On our last trip, I got a little burnt and used the Burn to Brown Formula which I found incredibly soothing, as did my husband. Once the burn receded into a tan, we both used the Tan Sealer with great success. On returning home I usually start peeling within hours of being exposed to this very dry northern climate. But I have been back since May 18 and so far my tan is intact and there hasn’t been a single peel. I am recommending your product to all my friends! Aloha, and MAHALO! :-)
We found Burn to Brown at a drug store in Hawaii and the name sounded way more promising to our red bodies than Burn to Peel, our usual cycle, so we gave it a go. It really helped our entire family and it’s so much more effective than any other aloe product we’ve tried. It really delivers everything it claims.
I’d love to see a product with some serious SPF in your line. 45 would be a nice start, but at the very least, 30.