Our story.
High-performance organic skincare
Matinata means Mother Nature. Our name honours the botanical world at the heart of every formula.
A loyal customer. A promise to keep.
“For three years, Matinata was the skincare I kept coming back to. When I became its owner, my promise was simple: keep the formulas true.”
Created with purpose
Matinata began with Ivanka Ćosić-Prižmić’s belief that you should never have to choose between organic ingredients, visible results and skincare that feels beautiful to use.
Developed in Croatia over two years, in scientific partnership with Prof. Dr. Nina Kočevar Glavač of the University of Ljubljana, her formulas brought together certified organic botanicals, actives at effective concentrations and luxurious textures.
Every ingredient had a purpose. Every formula was made to be loved.
Powered by nature. Refined by science.
The science of botanicals is at the heart of every Matinata formula. Plants are not a garnish here — they are the active ingredients.
Each formula is built the way a scientist builds. A botanical is chosen for what it can prove, not for how it sounds: rosehip for its renewing lipids, hyaluronic acid in several molecular weights so hydration reaches different layers of the skin, sea buckthorn, Kakadu plum, rosemary leaf. Every ingredient earns its place.
Then comes the part no kitchen can do. The actives are combined at concentrations that do real work on skin, in textures designed to carry them where they are needed — and the independent CosmEthically ACTIVE certification verifies that what the label promises is truly in the bottle.
Nature provides the intelligence. Science makes it perform.
The scientist behind the formulas
When Ivanka set out to create Matinata, she turned to one of Europe's leading voices in natural cosmetic science. Prof. Dr. Nina Kočevar Glavač — a pharmacist and doctor of pharmaceutical sciences — teaches pharmacognosy, the science of medicinal plants, at the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Pharmacy, co-wrote and edited the award-winning scientific reference Modern Cosmetics: Ingredients of Natural Origin, and leads the expert group behind the CosmEthically ACTIVE certification. Over two years of scientific partnership, she and Ivanka shaped the six formulas Matinata still uses today.
Loved enough to carry it forward
Natalie met Ivanka at a women’s entrepreneurship programme in Spain. She tried Matinata and loved how her skin felt: soft, calm and balanced. For the next three years, she was simply a loyal customer.
An organic gardener with a deep love of plants, Natalie recognised the care behind the formulas. In her forties, she also wanted something personal: healthy, luminous skin and a daily ritual she enjoyed, without the pressure to keep changing herself.
When Ivanka was ready to entrust Matinata to someone new, Natalie wanted to protect the products she had come to love. In May 2026, she became its owner, carrying forward Ivanka’s work with a simple promise: to keep the formulas true.
The care continues
Today, Matinata’s six formulas are handcrafted in small batches in Croatia and housed in protective violet glass. Each can be enjoyed on its own or as part of a complete ritual.
Certified organic by ECOGEA — organic integrity at the heart of our formulas.
Certified CosmEthically ACTIVE — active ingredients at effective concentrations, not simply a name on the label.
From the first cleanse to the final touch of nourishment, Matinata brings together botanical care, cosmetic science and the pleasure of taking a moment for yourself.
Our values
Our values
Skin I Feel Best In® is more than a promise on a bottle. It is the standard every Matinata formula is measured against — here is what it means, and what we believe.
Skin I Feel Best In®
We want everyone to feel confident in their skin. Your skin is the largest organ of your body, and like every organ it needs nutrition. That is how we look at skincare: as skin nutrition, not a superficial quick fix.
We believe that over time, with the right nutrition, your skin can become healthy and balanced. A balanced microbiome, the right nutrients, and formulas the skin recognises as care — that is what healthy, calm, resilient skin is built on.
That feeling — skin you feel best in — is the mission behind everything we make.
Our approach
A complete ritual
If each formula is multi-beneficial and the ritual is complete, every step earns its place.
Small-batch craft
Handcrafted in small batches at a certified organic facility in Croatia, with attention to freshness, texture, aroma, and skin feel.
Protective packaging
Light-filtering violet glass that helps protect botanical oils, hydrosols, and actives.
Care with intention
Vegan friendly, cruelty-conscious choices — for anyone who wants organic they can trust and results they can feel.
Our certifications
ECOGEA Organic
Independent organic certification for cosmetics with clear rules for natural and organically farmed ingredients, and transparency on every label. Organic integrity you can read, not only a logo to trust at a glance.
Learn more at ECOGEA
CosmEthically ACTIVE
An independent certification for natural cosmetics confirming that the active ingredients are present at effective levels, not just listed on the label.
CosmEthically ACTIVE approved. Every Matinata formula is independently assessed against five principles:
- 01Nature first when choosing ingredients
- 02Actives used at concentrations that do real work on skin
- 03Only what's needed, with nothing added for show
- 04Kind to skin, formulated for high skin compatibility
- 05Ethical from start to finish, with no animal testing
Every Matinata formula is free from mineral oils, silicones, PEGs, parabens and synthetic fragrance, and is vegan friendly.
ECOGEA speaks to organic integrity. CosmEthically ACTIVE speaks to active performance. Side by side: certified organic skincare that is also intentionally potent — prestige care with proof you can explain.
Nature
We work with botanicals of known origin — cold-pressed plant oils, hydrosols and extracts, chosen for what they do and kept as close to nature as possible. Matinata is named for Mother Nature: mati, mother, and nata, nature. The natural world is not our marketing; it is our raw material.
Partnerships
We choose our partners the way we choose our ingredients: carefully. That means growers and suppliers who share our standards, a certified organic facility for production, and scientific guidance from Prof. Dr. Nina Kočevar Glavač of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Ljubljana, who helped develop our formulas.
Research
Our ingredient choices are grounded in science, not trends. Modern Cosmetics — Ingredients of Natural Origin, a scientific view, co-edited by Prof. Dr. Nina Kočevar Glavač, the scientist who helped develop our formulas — is the reference work behind every botanical we use.
Discover Modern CosmeticsSustainability & packaging
We never make more than we need, and we fill every formula into protective MIRON violet glass that helps shield the botanicals from light. Every formula is handcrafted in small batches in Croatia, with packaging chosen to protect what is inside rather than to impress from the shelf.
Supported by the European Union
The commercialisation of Matinata's line of six complementary organic face-care formulas was co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund, under the Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014–2020.
The project brought to market a line of innovative, complementary organic face-care products formulated to the ECOGEA organic standard. The products were designed to work together as a routine that can be adapted to each person's skin.
- Project: Line of innovative complementary organic face-care products with an individual approach to use
- Reference: KK.03.2.2.04.0089
- Total project value: HRK 1,506,236.50
- EU support: HRK 1,054,124.80
- Implementation period: 5 March 2019 – 5 August 2020
Confidence in your skin, nutrition instead of quick fixes, organic integrity, actives that work, and respect for nature — that is Matinata.
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