This rich but weightless oil serum repairs, strengthens, corrects uneven skin texture and visibly reduces discoloration, fine lines and wrinkles. Skin is immediately hydrated, smooth and supple, resulting in a glowing youthful appearance.

What It Is

2-in-1 nourishing moisturizer and powerfully active anti-aging serum.
Smoother, more even, radiant skin with regular use.
Repairs skin after exfoliation and daily exposure to environment

Desert Date Oil Serum combines the incredible moisturizing and barrier-repair benefits of desert date oil with potent anti-aging and soothing botanicals. To this favored oil of ancient Egyptian medicine we’ve added vegan bio-identical squalane to function as a cell turnover enhancer and carrier agent, ensuring this powerful formula is delivered deep into the dermal layers. The appearance of skin improves as rapidly as the first few days, with skin tone more even, skin becoming visibly firmer, and moisture content stabilizing at optimum levels for healthy radiance. All these wonderful benefits are packed into a rich but light formula that immediately leaves you glowing like the gods without excess shine or greasy residue.

Ingredients | Directions | Size

Ingredients

Desert Date Oil, Squalane, Aloe Vera Extract, Date Extract, Natural Bisabolol, Vitamin E, Frankincense Oil, Myrrh Oil, Chamomile Oil.

Directions

After cleansing skin, pat dry and apply 3 to 5 drops. Massage in circular motions and allow to absorb for 1 to 3 minutes before applying additional products. May be used as a moisturizer or under moisturizer.

Size

30mL

Uses In Egyptian History

Pressed from the date-like fruit of the thorny desert date tree (INCI: Balanites aegyptiaca)¹, desert date oil truly is liquid gold, with remarkable skin-changing benefits. This precious golden substance was used in ancient Egypt medicinally and cosmetically, and dried desert date pits have been found in pharaoh’s tombs dating back to at least the 12^th dynasty^3,5. Its value was appreciated by the ancient Egyptians from the time of the pyramid builders, and of the funerary jars found in King Tutankhamun’s tomb, it is very likely one of them contained this legendary oil.²

Desert date oil is listed as an ingredient in a poultice intended to reduce inflammation from a wound⁶ and an anti-aging recipe found in the Ebers papyrus (c. 1550 B.C.), one of the most important medical papyri from ancient Egypt, reads: “To expel wrinkles of the face: gum of frankincense, wax, fresh balanites (desert date) oil, rush-nut are ground fine, put in viscous fluid and applied to the face every day. Make it and thou shalt see.”⁸

The oil itself isn’t well known in the western world but has been valued by indigenous Africans for thousands of years and is a prized ingredient in local cosmetics.⁴ It has a rich texture but absorbs fully and without leaving a greasy shine on skin’s surface. The high essential fatty acid content makes it ideal for skin barrier repair, and its incredible stability and wide range of antimicrobial properties have traditionally made it a popular treatment for skin diseases.⁷

REFERENCES:

1. Manniche, L. (1999). Sacred Luxuries: Fragrance, Aromatherapy, and Cosmetics in Ancient Egypt. In Google Books. Cornell University Press. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ZCgVdm7UKhIC&oi=fnd&pg=PA10&dq=balanos+%2B+egypt&ots=eKKAUWIQX3&sig=FbKwM5pTHlJmuSz5erFoUQhfkTE#v=onepage&q=balanos%20&f=false

2. Hepper, F. N. (2009). Pharaoh’s flowers: the botanical treasures of Tutankhamun. In Hathi Trust. KWS Pub. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006839057

3. Metmuseum.Org (2020) Pit from a Balanites tree with a hole caused by a rodent ca. 2381–2323 B.C. Old Kingdom. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/547103

4. Council, N. R. (2008). Lost Crops of Africa: Volume III: Fruits. In www.nap.edu. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/11879/lost-crops-of-africa-volume-iii-fruits

5. Brooklyn Museum (1940). Glamour secrets of the ancient world. In https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/exhibitions/1665

6. Enna, S. J., & Norton, S. (2012). Herbal Supplements and the Brain: Understanding Their Health Benefits and Hazards. In Google Books. Pearson Education. https://books.google.com/

7. Mohamed Hussain, S. A., Velusamy, S., & Muthusamy, J. (2019). Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del. for dermatophytoses: Ascertaining the efficacy and mode of action through experimental and computational approaches. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 15, 100177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2019.100177

8. El-Kilany, E. (n.d.). (2017) Facial Cosmetics in Ancient Egypt. In Egyptian Journal for Tourism Studies. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/33510332/Facial_Cosmetics_in_Ancient_Egypt_By

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