Description

Here is a story that is exotic, unique and truly full of adventure. Your skin and hair will appreciate the uniqueness of this nourishing pure Mongongo/Manketti oil.

• It is stable and will hold on while it continues to nourish your beauty because it is part of a ritual known to legends. Your skin and hair will feel moisturized and protected.
• It is exceptionally high in linoleic acid and contains alpha-linolenic acid, oleic acid, vitamins, and minerals.
• It has anti-aging, antioxidant, and soothing properties. Its high fatty acids make the surface of the hair smooth, adding to the shine and ease of combing.

It will not disappoint, take a dare and add it to your beauty ritual.

For: Body & Hair. Can be used on face too sparingly.

Best For: Dry skin, fizzy brittle hair with split ends.

Detailed Description

This rare oil is cold pressed from the nut of delicious mongongo nuts in Southern Africa where the nuts have been used for centuries owing to high nutritious value and stability. Its exotic story and rareness add some adventure to any beauty ritual.

African women in communities where it is found, often use it as traditional skin, hair and lip balm, skin rub and to cool and soothe after being in sun.

• The exotic deep nourishing mongongo oil cleanses, moisturizes, and soothes irritated and dry skin. It reduces itching and soothes the skin, promoting a healthier glow.

• It is exceptionally high in linoleic acid and also contains alpha-linolenic acid, oleic acid, vitamins, and minerals which are known to have anti-aging, antioxidant, and soothing properties.

• Mongongo oil is high fatty acids which are known to make the surface of the hair smooth, adding to the shine and ease of combing.

Mongongo oil is both nourishing and protecting and will leave your skin healthy and glowing. Imagine an African adventure, nature at its best.

Wild harvesting of mongongo is helping women financially in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa

Click here for a story of change.

Highlighted Ingredients 

• Schinziophyton Rautanenii Kernel Oil

Fun Facts:
Elephants love to eat the Mongongo nuts

‘recovered from elephant dung’

The elephants eat the fruits greedily and it is much easier to let the elephants do the job of picking;

The seed will not germinate until it has spent a week inside the elephant, and

The elephant enjoys the fruit but his digestive mechanism does not affect the extremely hard shell and the nut inside. The natives of Rhodesia, therefore, follow the elephant, recover the hard-shelled nuts where they have been dropped, clean and dry them, then crack the extremely hard shell, and find the contents perfectly delicious.”
— Edwin A. Menninger, ‘Edible Nuts of the World’

Application

Skin: Apply small amounts onto the skin after a bath or shower and massage until absorbed.

Hair Conditioning: Mix the desired amount of oil with some warm water. Apply to freshly washed hair and massage onto hair and scalp for about five minutes. Rinse and dry hair.

After hair is dry, apply some on your palm and rub to warm the oil. Then apply on your hair for shine and to reduce frizz. It’s great for curly hair!

Store in cool, dry place. Close bottle tightly after each use

Do not apply to broken skin. For external use only.

*Conduct a patch test before applying in case you are allergic.

Ingredients

Highlighted Ingredients

Complete List of Ingredients

Schinziophyton Rautanenii Kernel Oil, Tocopherol

Ingredient Attributes

Organic, Cold Pressed, Empower Women

Ingredient source

Zimbabwe and Namibia

Fun Facts:
Elephants love to eat the Mongongo nuts

‘recovered from elephant dung’

The elephants eat the fruits greedily and it is much easier to let the elephants do the job of picking;

The seed will not germinate until it has spent a week inside the elephant, and

The elephant enjoys the fruit but his digestive mechanism does not affect the extremely hard shell and the nut inside. The natives of Rhodesia, therefore, follow the elephant, recover the hard-shelled nuts where they have been dropped, clean and dry them, then crack the extremely hard shell, and find the contents perfectly delicious.”
— Edwin A. Menninger, ‘Edible Nuts of the World’