The Botanic ritual
Used well, used often.
A few quiet notes before you begin — so the oil does what it was made to do, and nothing it wasn't.
Botanic batana oil is pressed from the fruit of the Mauritia flexuosa palm, harvested by hand along the riverbanks of Honduras. A single ingredient — cold-pressed, unfiltered, used by Miskito women for centuries to nourish hair from root to ends. Like anything rooted in tradition, it rewards a little patience on first meeting.
Step 01
Begin with a test.
A patch test is the simplest way to know your skin and the oil will get along. Choose somewhere private — behind the ear or the inside of the elbow. Apply a single drop, leave it untouched for twenty-four to forty-eight hours, and watch.
If your skin is quiet, you're ready. If it isn't, rinse with cool water and write to us — we'll help.
Step 02
The application.
Start with clean, towel-dried hair. Warm a small amount of oil between your palms — never in a microwave. Massage gently into the scalp, with focus where it's needed most, then draw the rest through to the ends.
Leave it for thirty minutes — or overnight under a silk cap, if you have the time. Rinse, shampoo, condition.
Step 03
Find the rhythm.
Once or twice a week is enough. The oil rewards consistency more than abundance — too much, too often, leaves residue rather than results.
Adjust to your hair, the climate, the season.
Considerations
A few quiet notes.
- For external use on hair and scalp only.
- Keep away from the eyes, the mouth, and broken skin. Should contact occur, rinse thoroughly with cool water.
- If you are pregnant, nursing, or under the care of a dermatologist, please consult them before introducing a new product.
- Store away from direct sunlight, ideally below 25°C.
- The oil is a living product. Settling, cloudiness in cold weather, and slight variations in colour or scent between batches are signs of the harvest, not of fault.
Mauritia flexuosa. Wild-harvested in Honduras. Cold-pressed. Nothing else added.