Ximenia oil

Ximenia has a long history of traditional use among women in Southern Africa, who used Ximenia oil to moisture, soften, and revitalise their skin and condition their hair.

The fatty Ximenia oil has great skin benefits. It moisturizes all skin types and is known to calm down acne-prone skin and repair damaged skin. Because of its special very oily acid and its antioxidant activity, Ximenia is ideal for the aging skin and a perfect ingredient for anti-aging crèmes. The highly cell renewing effect delays the appearance of wrinkles.

Ximenia oil is also a great hair conditioner, and its softening and deeply hydrating properties make it a very popular ingredient for haircare products. Like all our oils the fact it is all natural means the scalp won’t absorb any harmful chemicals.

Our Ximenia oil can also be used in culinary products, the oil has a rich flavour and contains high volumes of unsaturated fats.

Mongongo oil

Mongongo oil (also known as Manketti oil) has been used for centuries by many African tribes as an excellent protectant for skin and hair.

Mongongo contains high levels of Vitamine E, which combined with the fruits rare acid and powerful antioxidants, helps to protect, restructure, and rejuvenate the skin. As such it helps against premature aging and wrinkles, and because of its composition Mongongo oil perfectly suits all skin types. More importantly, a lot of people use Mongongo oil against different forms of eczema.

The oil is not only good for the skin, the fast-absorbing oil contributes to restoring dry, fragile, and damaged hair. Mongongo is an edible oil with a very faint nutty aroma, which makes it a very nutritious and stable culinary oil.

Marula oil

Southern African women have known about the benefits of Marula oil for a long time, and it has been used across Africa as a highly nutritious culinary and cosmetic oil. The fruit which turns yellow when ripe is incredibly rich in vitamin C, containing 8 times more of it than an orange.

Marula oil is a perfect to naturally soften, nourish and revitalise the skin, and it is known to facilitate the wound healing, repair skin damage caused by pollutants, eliminate harmful bacteria, and reduce the appearance of blemishes, scars and wrinkles.

It is also very efficient to soften and reduce itch caused by eczema or dry skin, and the anti-microbial properties make Marula a good oil to reduce acne-prone skin, redness and other irritations.

Since Marula oil is the richest plant source of Omega-9 fatty acids, it protects the scalp against harmful bacteria and inflammation and cleans and freshen the scalp. It also strengthens the hair and promotes hair growth.

Moringa oil

Over the last decade Moringa products have become increasingly popular for overall health and wellbeing. Moringa is extremely rich in phytonutrients, which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits which can have a great impact on your overall health.

The composition of Moringa, with powerful antioxidants and Vitamine E, makes its oil a great moisturizer and very beneficial for the dry and sensitive skin. The oil is great for supporting the skin barrier, and because of its cleansing and emollient properties it also works well to heal minor cuts, burns, and scrapes. Being a great skin purifier, it makes the skin glow naturally.

Many users indicate that the use of Moringa oil normalised their skin, making it less oily and less prone to breakouts and redness. The smell is also particularly nice.

Numerous hair care brands indicated Moringa oil gives a reparative property to styling products, which makes the hair stronger and protect it from damaging effects from sun rays and protect against colour depleting.

Kalahari watermelon seed oil

The Kalahari melon trees are able to survive very harsh drought deserts of Southern Africa, and thrive in (semi) arid areas. The seeds of the melons provide a rich golden oil, which was historically used as a moisturizer to protect the skin against the sun. Being rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and proteins, Kalahari watermelon seed oil is very good for skin and hair care.

In addition, Omega 6 and 9 fatty acids hydrate and regenerate the skin leading to a vibrant glowing skin. The oil strengthens the hair and gives it a natural sparkle, smoothness and glow, and is also known to stimulate hair growth.

Kalahari melon contains high amounts of Vitamine E, which reduces the appearance of wrinkles and dark circles around the eyes.