# Kalahari Melon Seed Oil

> Vivid golden oil from wild-harvested Kalahari melon seeds, cold-pressed by a women's cooperative in Namibia: almost instantly absorbed, light rather than greasy, and long-keeping without the refrigerator.

Price: 13.00 USD · in stock

## About
The phone rings, the typing stops, and you put a single golden drop at the base of each fingernail and rub it in while you talk. Kalahari melon seed oil sinks in almost instantly, which makes it an oil for the small pauses of a day, and a light moisturizer for hot summers that cannot bear anything heavy or greasy.It is pressed from the seeds of Citrullus lanatus, the wild watermelon, also called ootanga, wild-harvested and Fair Trade produced in Namibia, where people depend on the melons for food as well as for their bountiful oil. A women's cooperative cold-presses and filters it. Rich in omega-6 fatty acids, comparable to evening primrose oil, it also carries vitamin E, sterols and gamma-tocopherols, and it is very resistant to oxidation.DetailsBotanical name: Citrullus lanatusAlso called: ootanga, wild watermelon oilOrigin: Namibia, wild-harvested, Fair TradeMethod: cold-pressed and filteredShelf life: at least 3 to 4 years at cool room temperature, no refrigeration neededHow to useUse it as a light moisturizer for skin and hair, or as a cuticle oil, a drop at the base of each nail. It has no slip, so it will not work as a massage oil.A golden drop from the desert, for the small pauses of your day.