Naked Bear Prickly Pear Oil
0.5 fl oz
$30.00
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Naked Bear Prickly Pear Oil
$30.00
Light, silky, and the most hard-won oil we bottle. Prickly Pear Face Oil is pure prickly pear seed oil and nothing else — no carrier, no filler, no blend. What's in the bottle is what came off the press.
Every prickly pear is packed with small, hard seeds, and those seeds are only a few percent oil. It takes roughly a ton of cactus fruit to press a single liter, which is why this is one of the most precious oils in skincare. What comes out is light, high in linoleic acid, and naturally rich in vitamin E.
WHAT IT'S LIKE
Light and velvety, with a faint green, nutty scent. It absorbs almost immediately and leaves skin soft, never slick. Skin looks brighter, smoother, and more rested.
BEST FOR
Skin that looks tired, dull, or dehydrated, and anyone who wants one oil that does a lot with very little. Good morning or night, good under makeup, good on combination skin that finds most oils too heavy.
HOW TO USE
Warm two or three drops in your palms. Press into clean, slightly damp skin morning or night. A little goes a long way — layer under moisturizer, or add a drop to whatever you already use.
WHAT'S IN IT
Opuntia Ficus-Indica 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.