-- When traveling in Central America or the Caribbean, you may find hair accessories, bracelets and trinkets made from tortoise shell. Often, tortoise shell accessories are made from synthetic ...

Slow and sure wins the fashion race. And this spring the gold medal winner is tortoise shell – the classic accessory with staying power. Tortoise-shell accouterments – hair combs, clips, barrettes, ...

Making decorative products from real tortoise shell — mainly produced from the hawksbill sea turtle — was banned in 1973. Today’s faux materials mimic the natural shell’s beautiful mottled browns and ...