Why You'll Love Nilotica
Nilotica butter is cold-pressed from the nuts of the Nilotica tree (Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. nilotica), which grows wild in the Nile River valley in northern Uganda. A cousin of conventional West African shea, Nilotica differs in nearly everything that matters for your skin, much as two types of grapes grown in different geographic locations make very distinct wines.
LXMI exclusively formulates with ECOCERT® and USDA-certified-organic Nilotica Reserve™ — the best quality Ugandan Nilotica (pronounced NILE-ot-i-kah). Nilotica is underutilized in the cosmetic market despite its exceptional quality, due to sourcing challenges and costs. Nilotica is inherently rich in essential fatty acids, has a naturally rich vitamin and nutrient potency, and a luxurious texture. Nilotica nuts are harvested seasonally from Nilotica trees that take 20 years to mature.
The Hands That Harvest It
Every Nilotica nut we use is gathered by hand by women’s fair-trade cooperatives in northern Uganda, who earn at least three times the local living wage. That income travels far: women reinvest most of what they earn into their families’ health, education and well-being. It keeps the trees standing, too. Before there was a sustainable way to export Nilotica, many trees were cut down and sold as firewood for a dollar a day. Now a living tree is worth more than a felled one, giving communities financial incentive to protect them and the land around them.
This is Beauty with Humanity®, and when you care for your skin with Nilotica, you’re part of it.
Cold-Pressed Into a Soft Butter
Our Nilotica is cold-pressed into a soft butter (unlike most botanicals, which yield an oil). The microcrystals found in the Pure Nilotica Melt will dissolve on your skin, and show that the nuts were cold-pressed in temperate Uganda rather than in refrigerated lab conditions. Like imperfections in raw silk, they reflect the unprocessed nature of Nilotica Reserve™.
The Nutritional Profile of Nilotica
Essential Fatty Acids
Your body needs them but can't make them on its own. They're the building blocks of healthy cell membranes and critical components of your skin's lipid barrier, helping to prevent transepidermal water loss (TEWL).
Keeps skin hydrated, supple and youthful. Also helps skin stay calm and protected against dryness and everyday stressors.
Allantoin
Deeply soothing, it calms irritation and redness. It also softens keratin, the tough protein that binds dead cells to the skin’s surface, so they shed more easily and make way for fresh, new skin.
Helps skin hold on to moisture and strengthens its natural protection, for a smoother, softer and more radiant skin.
Vitamin A, E + K
A trio that works together. Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that shields skin from free-radical damage. Vitamin A supports the skin’s natural renewal and collagen, and vitamin K supports healthy circulation.
Skin looks firmer, more even-toned and luminous, with resilience and glow throughout your skin's healthspan.
Pure Nilotica Melt
Experience our reason for being in this single-ingredient skin savior, a nourishing, multi-purpose balm-to-oil you can use as an overnight mask, as a concentrated moisturizer, or throughout the day where needed.
