Naked Bear Monoi Oil
0.5 fl oz
$14.00
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Naked Bear Monoi Oil
$14.00
Pale gold and gently floral. Monoi Oil is tiare flowers steeped in coconut oil until the oil takes on their scent — a recipe from French Polynesia, made the same way for generations.
Tiare (Gardenia taitensis) is picked as a closed bud and left to soak in the oil, which draws the flower's scent into every drop. Polynesians have long smoothed monoi over skin and hair against salt water and wind.
WHAT IT'S LIKE
Silky and rich, with a soft floral scent that stays with you. Skin looks smooth and glossy; hair looks softer and shinier without looking weighed down.
A NOTE ON THE TEMPERATURE
Coconut oil turns solid below about 76°F, so on a cool day your monoi may look cloudy or set up in the bottle. Hold it in your hands or run the bottle under warm water and it melts right back. That's not a flaw — it's what real coconut oil does.
BEST FOR
Dry skin on the body, sun-and-salt hair, and anyone who likes a little scent in their routine. Good after a shower, good on the ends of your hair, good on elbows, knees, and heels.
HOW TO USE
Warm the bottle until the oil runs clear. Smooth a few drops over damp skin after a shower, or work one or two through the ends of your hair. It's coconut-based and richer than our face oils, so we recommend it for body and hair rather than face.
WHAT'S IN IT
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Gardenia Taitensis Flower. That's the whole list.
Contains coconut. Patch test before first use. For external use only.
One ingredient
Ximenia seed oil, undiluted. No carrier, no fragrance, no added vitamin E.
Genuinely rare
Ximenynic acid, a long-chain fatty acid found in almost no other plant oil.
Wild-harvested
Hand-gathered from wild trees, under Namibia's benefit-sharing arrangements.
Why you haven't seen it before
There simply isn't much of it.
Most oils on a shelf come from plantations. Ximenia doesn't. There are no ximenia farms, no predictable yield, and no way to scale the harvest beyond what the wild trees give in a given year.
That's the whole reason it stays obscure while argan and marula went global. It isn't a marketing angle — it's a supply constraint, and it's why we bottle it in half ounces rather than pretending otherwise.
Ximenia is oleic-rich, which makes it one of the richer oils we sell. Most people are fine with it, but if your skin runs oily or breaks out easily, a linoleic-rich oil suits better — Kalahari Melon Seed Oil or Prickly Pear.
Faintly nutty, close to almond. That’s the seed itself; nothing is added. It fades within a minute or two on skin.
Ximenia is a fruit-seed oil, not a true tree nut, despite the almond-like smell. It contains no nut, soy, sesame, or coconut. As with any new oil, patch test first.
Yes, and it’s one of the better ones for it. A drop or two through the ends of damp hair, or a few drops massaged into the scalp before you wash.
Skin feels softer the same night. Anything you’d actually see — texture, the look of dryness — takes a few weeks of steady use.
Around 18 to 24 months sealed, about 12 once opened. It’s far steadier than our omega-3-rich oils. Keep it capped and out of direct sun; if it ever smells sharp or crayon-like rather than faintly nutty, it’s past it.
Both. Light enough for the face, rich enough to be worth it on elbows, shins, and hands.
What's in it
Ximenia Americana Seed Oil.
One ingredient, undiluted — the same oil whether you buy it here or in the Namibia Collection. Patch test before first use. Keep away from eyes. For external use only.
If it's not for you
We offer a 30-day return window for all unused products.
Simply contact us and we'll process your return.