I was able to accomplish this, and bring all the hikashop components front end, such as adding and editing products, coupons, etc.
I think this is in an upcoming update and testing is going on right now, so my solution may be redundant, but if anyone would like me to post what I did then I can.
I wanted my client to be able to add and edit products, badges, etc, but the goal was to keep them away from the joomla back-end as it is not novice friendly and I wanted my client to feel that their website was very intuitive and user friendly.
Even though it took me a long time to figure out a solution, the actual solution is quite simple and easy to replicate.