Naked Bear Pracaxi Oil
0.5 fl oz
$16.00
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Naked Bear Pracaxi Oil
$16.00
Golden, rich, and a little unusual. Pracaxi Face Oil is pure pracaxi and nothing else — no carrier, no filler, no blend. What's in the bottle is what came off the press.
Pracaxi trees grow along the flooded riverbanks of the Amazon, where communities have used the oil from their seeds for generations — on hair to soften and detangle it, and on skin to fade the look of stretch marks and old marks. It carries one of the highest concentrations of behenic acid of any plant oil, which is what gives it that cushiony, conditioning feel.
WHAT IT'S LIKE
Rich going on, silky once it settles. It sinks in slower than a light oil but never sits greasy, with a mild, nutty scent. Skin looks smoother and more even; hair looks softer, with ends that behave.
A NOTE ON THE CLOUDINESS
Pracaxi is naturally high in fatty acids that firm up in the cold, so it can turn cloudy or thicken in the bottle. Warm it in your hands and it clears. That's not a flaw — it's what pure looks like.
BEST FOR
Skin with stretch marks, old marks, or uneven patches you're working on, and hair that's dry, frizzy, or split at the ends. Good at night, good on targeted spots, good on the ends of your hair.
HOW TO USE
For skin, warm two or three drops in your palms and massage into clean skin or specific areas, preferably at night. For hair, work one or two drops through damp or dry ends.
WHAT'S IN IT
Pentaclethra Macroloba Seed Oil. That's the whole list.
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.