> Click here to view all Hawaiian Tropic products Hawaiian Tropic The Story Ron Rice, founder of Hawaiian Tropic®, sold his first bottle of Hawaiian Tropic® the same day America launched the first moon mission July 16, 1969. The first full trailer truckload of Hawaiian Tropic® product left the plant in 1974. That same year, during the oil crisis, huge tanks were installed at the plant to hold 120,000 gallons of oil. Hawaiian Tropic® pioneered the use and popularity of Aloe Vera Gel (lauded as nature's greatest healer) in cosmetics. Prior to automation, Hawaiian Tropic® Distributors would wait at the plant with blank checks made out to Ron ready to take as much product as he could possibly produce. Hawaiian Tropic was the first U.S. suncare company to: Promote rich, natural ingredients for moisturizing the skin. Use tropical coconut/banana fragrance in lotions and oils. Place higher than a 15 SPF in the U.S. mass market. Develop the children's market for suncare with the introduction of Baby Faces Sunblock. Introduce sunblocks without chemical sunscreens. Use bilingual packaging for foreign markets. Sell SPFs 30 and above in South America, Canada and Mexico. Develop new products uniquely for foreign markets. Be approved by the Canadian Cancer Society. Feature The Skin Cancer Foundation Seal Of Recommendation on packaging outside the U.S. To use designer fragrance in suncare. To incorporate Herbal Aromatherapy in formulations Hawaiian Tropic utilizes over 125 product formulations and over 400 different types of ingredients. *Terms and conditions apply.