Kalahari Melon Seed Oil

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By offering you Kalahari melon seed oil, we are promoting fair trade and providing you with an oil with rare moisturising and balancing properties, which makes it an exceptional product.

An oil from the Kalahari Desert in Namibia

Kalahari melons, native to hot countries and arid lands, are wild-picked by the inhabitants of northern Namibia. Once the seeds have been harvested, they are cold-pressed to obtain a 100% pure and natural oil rich in active ingredients.

Fair trade

By purchasing this Kalahari melon seed oil directly from a Namibian producer, we support local production. The agricultural cooperative from which we buy this oil works with over 3,000 people, 95% of whom are women from marginalised rural areas in Northern Namibia. They harvest melon seeds and sell them to the Namibian oil producer. This trade guarantees them a permanent source of income, enabling them tosignificantly improve their living conditions.

A unique oil with rare virtues,

Kalahari melon seed oil is an original and rare oil particularly beneficial for maintaining skin hydration and regulating sebum production. Softening and nourishing, it is ideal for dehydrated and mature skin, but is also very popular for combination and oily skin due to its very pleasant, non-greasy texture. It is also renowned for giving a lovely glow to dark complexions.

The Kalahari is a very arid region straddling three countries: Namibia,South Africa and Botswana. This scrubby desert is still home to a population of 'Bushmen' , who were the first inhabitants ofSouthern Africa. The term Kalahari means 'place without water' in the local language. This extremely arid land is home to the Kalahari melon, ancestor of our watermelon. While the watermelon has a sweet red flesh, the Kalahari melon is distinguished by its rather bitter yellow/green flesh.

This fruit is very precious to the Bushmen, as the water it contains allows one survive for 6 weeks in the desert without any other source of water by pressing the pulp according to a specific ritual.

During this process, the melon seeds are set aside.

They are highly valued by local populations as a snack high in protein, and above all for their oil, reputed for its virtues and its culinary uses. Traditionally used in Africa as a nourishing skincare ingredient to protect the skin from the sun and ensure a flawless complexion, Kalahari melon seed oil is also used in soaps.

Today, it can be found in numerous cosmetic products due to its anti-ageing and restructuring benefits.