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Ancestica 100% Pure Unrefined Batana Oil
★★★★★ Loved for its texture and shine
A rich, unrefined ritual for scalp, strands, and intentional wash days. One ingredient, nothing added.
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Pure & unrefined · No fillers · Ships from the U.S.
100% pure unrefined batana oil, hand-pressed in La Mosquitia, Honduras. One ingredient, nothing added.
Deeply conditions dry, coarse, curly and color-treated hair. Softens frizz, restores shine and helps reduce breakage so hair holds onto its length and looks fuller over time.
Thick in the jar, it melts the moment it touches your hands. Use it as a pre-wash treatment, massage it into your scalp, or smooth a little onto your ends.
120ml / 4.1 oz. Cosmetic product. Results vary from person to person.
Warm. Massage. Restore.
It takes two minutes and it is genuinely nice to do.
Warm
Scoop a small amount and soften it between your palms until it turns to oil.
Massage
Work it into your scalp, then down through the mid lengths and ends.
Restore
Leave 30 to 60 minutes, or overnight for very dry hair, then wash as normal.
One ingredient. Generations of ritual.
Batana comes from the nut of the American oil palm, hand pressed by the Miskito people of La Mosquitia. It has been used there for hair and skin far longer than any of us have been selling it.
We keep ours unrefined, so it arrives thick, deep amber and warmly nutty. No silicones, no fillers, no fragrance added to cover anything up.
Softer, smoother, shinier-looking hair
Across every texture, from coils to silver curls.






Results vary from person to person. Cosmetic product.
What people say
“It melts right into my curls and they come out so much softer and more defined. Way less frizz, real shine.”
Ashley R.Verified buyer“My dry, colour-treated ends finally feel looked after. A tiny bit goes a long way.”
Jennifer K.Verified buyer“Thick in the jar, then it melts in your hands into a silky oil. Detangling is so easy now.”
Nicole H.Verified buyer