The Royal Kalahari Face Serum
People · Best Facial Care Product
Award-winning glow in a single drop.
For every skin type · dullness, dryness, uneven tone, fine lines
An extra 5% off for every two products in your bag, except gift sets.
- Free US shipping
- Handmade in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- Batches of 50 to 100, never more
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- People Best Facial Care Product
- Since 2007 A mother and son, three generations of soap-making
- 50–100 Bottles per batch, made by hand in Brooklyn
- Feels like
- Nourishing lightweight facial oil-serum. Dewy, hydrated, naturally luminous glow
- Smells like
- No added fragrance
- Also good for
- Neck and décolleté, Dry cuticles, Dry hair ends
- When
- Morning and night
- Made without
- Parabens, sulfates, phthalates, silicones, mineral oil, synthetic fragrance
The creation
Award-winning glow in a single drop.
Named Best Facial Care Product in People's Star Beauty Awards, our Royal Kalahari Face Serum is the formula our brand is known for.
It is a cold-pressed blend of botanical oils led by Kalahari Melon Seed Oil, a light, fast-absorbing oil rich in linoleic acid that helps skin hold moisture. Baobab and camellia seed oils cushion and soften dry skin, passion fruit seed oil helps skin look brighter and more even, and tamanu comforts skin that looks dry or stressed. Mongongo, monoi de Tahiti (coconut oil infused with tiare flowers), vitamin C and vitamin E complete it.
Warm four to six drops between your fingertips and press them into face and neck, morning and night. It sinks in without a greasy feel, leaving skin softer at once and, with daily use, looking smoother, brighter and more even.
No added fragrance. Made by hand in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in batches of 50 to 100.
- Size: 1 fl oz · 29.57 ml
- Scent: No added fragrance
- Suited to: Dry, Normal, Combination, Sensitive, Mature skin
- How to use: Cleanse and pat dry. Apply toner if you use one. Warm 4–6 drops between your fingertips and press gently into face and neck. Use morning and night. Follow with moisturizer if your skin is dry. In the daytime, finish with sunscreen.
- Made: By hand in small batches in Brooklyn, New York
- Deep, lasting hydration without a greasy feel
- Skin looks smoother and fine lines look softer
- A brighter, more even-looking tone
Full ingredient list
Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Citrullus Lanatus (Kalahari Melon) Seed Oil, Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil, Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Oil, Schinziophyton Rautanenii Kernel Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil & Gardenia Tahitensis Flower Extract, Vitamin C Complex, Passiflora Edulis Seed Oil, Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil, Tocopherol.
Our commitments
- Vegan
- Cruelty-free
- Paraben-free
- Sulfate-free
- Phthalate-free
- Silicone-free
- Mineral-oil-free
- No synthetic fragrance
- Small batch
- Handmade in Brooklyn
Delivery & returns
Free standard shipping on every US order.
Every product is made by hand in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in batches of 50 to 100, so we can't accept returns. If your order arrives damaged or incorrect, write to us within 7 days of delivery and we'll make it right.
What's inside
The oils that do the work
Kalahari Melon Seed Oil
Citrullus Lanatus
A light, fast-absorbing oil rich in linoleic acid that helps skin hold moisture.
From the seeds of the wild Kalahari melon, a desert fruit of southern Africa.
Baobab Seed Oil
Adansonia Digitata
Rich in fatty acids that cushion and soften dry skin.
From the seeds of the baobab, the “tree of life” of the African savanna.
Mongongo Oil
Schinziophyton Rautanenii Kernel Oil
A silky, dry-touch oil from the manketti nut that cushions skin and leaves it soft.
Manketti trees grow wild across Namibia, Botswana, Angola, Zambia and northern South Africa.
Passion Fruit Seed Oil
Passiflora Edulis
A light oil that helps skin look brighter and more even.
From the seeds of passion fruit, native to South America.
Tamanu Oil
Calophyllum Inophyllum
A rich traditional oil that comforts dry, stressed-looking skin.
From the nut of the tamanu tree, treasured across the South Pacific.
Camellia Seed Oil
Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil
A silky, quick-sinking oil from the tea camellia that leaves skin soft with a clean finish.
Seeds of the oil-tea camellia, grown in southern China and Japan.
Monoi de Tahiti
Cocos Nucifera Oil, Gardenia Tahitensis Flower Extract
Coconut oil steeped with tiare flowers; softens skin and lends a soft floral warmth.
A Polynesian tradition: tiare blossoms soaked in coconut oil.
Grapeseed Oil
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil
A light, silky oil that absorbs quickly and leaves no greasy feel.
Pressed from the seeds of wine grapes.
Star Beauty Award · Best Facial Care Product
The Royal Kalahari Face Serum
Winner of People's Star Beauty Award for Best Facial Care Product. Nine plant oils, led by cold-pressed Kalahari melon seed oil, for lasting hydration and a brighter, more even-looking tone.
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Your routine
How to use
- Cleanse Cleanse and pat dry. Apply toner if you use one.
- Warm drops Warm 4–6 drops between your fingertips.
- Press in Press gently into face and neck.
- Finish Follow with moisturizer if your skin is dry. In the daytime, finish with sunscreen.
- Press rather than rub, so the oils settle without dragging skin.
- Water-based layers go first; the serum is an oil, so it goes after them.
Good to know No added fragrance. It contains nut-derived oils (mongongo, tamanu, coconut), so patch test first if you have a tree-nut allergy.
- Cleanse Rose Face Wash Cream
- Mist Rose Petal Mist Face Toner
- Brighten Vitamin C Collagen Boosting Face Serum with Niacinamide · Best in the morning
- Nourish The Royal Kalahari Face Serum · 4–6 drops
- Eyes The Royal Kalahari Under Eye and Lip Serum Roller Oil
- Finish Your daily sunscreen
An extra 5% off for every two products in your bag, except gift sets.
- Cleanse Rose Face Wash Cream
- Mist Rose Petal Mist Face Toner
- Detox Detox Gel now with Kalahari Melon Seed Oil · A thin layer
- Nourish The Royal Kalahari Face Serum · 4–6 drops
- Eyes The Royal Kalahari Under Eye and Lip Serum Roller Oil
- Seal The Midnight Youth Potion Face Serum · The last step at night
An extra 5% off for every two products in your bag, except gift sets.
The story behind
Made by hand, in small batches, by a mother and son in Brooklyn
Marianella spent her childhood in her grandmother's kitchen in Venezuela, making soap and beauty products by hand, and years later the memory of those oils led her to Kalahari melon, which grows wild in the sands of southern Africa. She built our signature serum around it, adding baobab, camellia, passion fruit and tamanu, and her son David gave it the look it wears today.
We blend every bottle by hand in our Williamsburg workshop, in batches of 50 to 100, so each one is fresh. No harsh chemicals, no animal testing, and as little waste as we can manage. This is the formula People named Best Facial Care Product.
The perfect partner
Gel goes on after toner; the serum's oils follow and seal the water-based gel in.
Serum on face and neck, roller around the eyes and on the lips: they share nearly the same oils.
Serum by day, the Potion as your last evening step; both hold vitamin C.
Vitamin C serum first, since it is water-based; the Kalahari oils press over it.
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From the journal
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