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Our story.
“My deep love of nature, plants and gardening taught me to appreciate Matinata’s origins. My promise is to keep the formulas true.”
Meet Natalie
Natalie Boll did not set out to own a skincare company. She is a Canadian and British entrepreneur living in Mainz. She spent more than twenty years in film and television, then founded Tribela, a social platform designed to give young people a more intentional online space. Buying Matinata might look like a change of direction. In fact, it brought her back to what she has always cared about: nature, plants, how women feel in their own bodies, and the belief that new ideas should make the places we live better.
When she moved to Germany during Covid, Natalie spent several years close to the land. She grew and harvested her own food and became much more careful about what she brought into her home. She gardens organically and biodynamically, working with the seasons, the weather and what the soil gives, with as little outside input as possible. She believes people are here as gardeners, and that our real gift is to care for the land.
Like many women in their forties, she felt the pressure of ageing and of outside beauty standards. She wanted luminous, healthy skin without invasive treatments or harsh routines. She had tried plenty of prestige beauty, but much of that world didn't fit the way she wanted to live.
Where Matinata began
Matinata was created by Ivanka Ćosić-Prižmić, an engineer and bank executive. After a serious health diagnosis in her late thirties, she began looking closely at everything she put on her skin every day. As a customer, she saw an old trade-off. Conventional formulas had silky textures and visible results but ingredient lists she questioned, while many organic products felt heavy, greasy or unfinished. She set out to make skincare that was certified organic, used meaningful actives, performed visibly and felt as elegant as luxury care. That way, women would never have to choose between integrity and products they love to use.
Development began in Croatia with a formulator. Over about two years it was completed in scientific partnership with Prof. Dr. Nina Kočevar Glavač of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Ljubljana, who brought pharmaceutical and cosmetic-science rigour to the formulas. The commercial launch of Matinata's six organic face-care formulas was co-financed by the European Union under the Competitiveness and Cohesion Operational Programme.
How Natalie found it
Natalie and Ivanka met in San Sebastián, at The Break, an EU programme for women entrepreneurs. Natalie was there with Tribela and Ivanka with Matinata. When Natalie tried Ivanka's samples, she found something rare: a luxurious texture, and skin that felt balanced, soft and calm. She stopped looking for anything else. That feeling became Skin I Feel Best In®. For the next three years she was simply a loyal customer.
Ivanka hadn't lost faith in the formulas. For her, the mission had always been to create the products, and she had poured years into them. Growing the brand was a different chapter. At the same time she was caring for her elderly father, and she felt her work of creation was complete. She was getting ready to sell.
Natalie's first worry was not about business. It was about the formulas. She knew how carefully Ivanka had built them and how expensive the pure ingredients and specialist suppliers were. A new owner could easily cut costs by quietly changing the recipes. Natalie had long told herself that if Matinata were ever sold, she would buy it. In May 2026 she did, so she could look after the brand and keep it true to Ivanka's original formulas.
Matinata today
Today Matinata is a ritual of six formulas, made in small batches in Europe and filled into protective violet glass. It carries two seals that are often confused. ECOGEA certifies it as organic, covering the ingredients and how they are grown. CosmEthically ACTIVE is an independent certification for natural cosmetics confirming that the active ingredients are present at effective levels, not just listed on the label. Together they mean honest organic ingredients, actives at levels that work, and a luxury texture you look forward to using.
Tribela and Matinata share the same question: what happens when care is the design principle? Two women got there from different directions. The promise Natalie intends to keep is simple. You shouldn't have to choose between results and ingredients, nature and science, or the pleasure of luxury skincare and a more considered relationship with what you put on your skin.
What we stand for
Skin nutrition, organic integrity, actives that work, and respect for the nature our formulas come from — our values, and the certifications behind them, in full.
Read our values