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From our family ritual to yours

SKINHUT APOTHECARY

SKINHUT Apothecary, Our Story

Proudly female led and independently-owned, Skinhut Apothecary was built by three women, one family and a shared standard of excellence. Our founder’s face-forward life in beauty shaped a discerning eye. Tina Motiani understood performance, texture and finish at a professional level. But she also understood that true luxury is restraint: fewer ingredients, better chosen. Every oil, soap, body formulation, gourmand fragrance was tested, refined, and reformulated until it met a personal benchmark. As a result, each formula is deliberate and each ingredient earns its place. She’s ensured there’s nothing more than what your skin truly needs in our 25 skincare and cosmetics products.

OUR VALUES

We sought the essential in our work with skin. By women for women, we understand.

In an era of busy timelines, excess beauty rituals and countless routines, we offer simplicity and goodness in our natural-supported skin and body care range. When you dedicate those few moments to tending to your skin, it’s a form of devotion to yourself; an act of indulgent self-love that we believe everyone deserves. We have committed ourselves to delivering luxurious, conscientiously crafted products to make those few moments truly decadent. That’s effortless makeup removal, quick replenishing moisture, simple paths to memory by fragrance…

We’ve thought it through so you don’t have to. There’s no compromises. Nothing unnecessary.

Meet our Team

Skincare was never just part of Tina’s routine, it was part of her identity. A professional media career as a model, actress and makeup artist deepened her interest in quality skincare which ultimately expanded across countless clients as an owner of multiple salons. One thing became most apparent to her. Most products were either overcomplicated or underdelivered. Skinhut Apothecary was born in her kitchen during those reflective times of quarantine. She was driven by a desire to create what she couldn’t find: premium formulations rooted in simplicity. As she immersed herself in cosmetic science, she became devoted to essential ingredients, naturally derived wherever possible, and the art of relentless refinement until each product felt worthy of her own shelf. What started as small, hand-poured batches has evolved into something far greater. Today, alongside expert cosmetic chemists and professional laboratories, that original kitchen vision has scaled into meticulous manufacturing without ever losing her original intent. Seeing Skinhut move from her hands to others and watching it earn a place in their daily rituals, is what keeps Tina’s journey personal. What began as a personal standard for self-care has encompassed Tina as she leads her teams to expand, create and thrive in business about care. Yet at its heart, Skinhut Apothecary remains what it was from day one… intentional, considered and created with much of her devotion.

Tina Motiani

Founder

At 17, Kia didn’t plan on becoming a Founder. She simply wanted to help her mother as she dove headfirst into creating a home-made skincare line. Shoulder to shoulder with Tina, she stood in that kitchen helping mix natural body butters, testing textures, and brainstorming scent combinations. What started as “helping out” quickly turned into something more. As a brainiac partial to information rabbit holes and history, Kia began researching skincare ingredients and studying branding trends. Refining her own instinct, she helped evolve the ageless appeal of their product line with a youth-forward range designed for real routines and real skin. Similar in many ways to her mother with a bottomless appetite for newer, better and improved ideas, she’s still elbow deep in the business at 23. Having taught herself social media marketing, Kia’s the creative force behind the brand’s voice, digital presence, and product innovation. A daughter supporting her mother has grown into a powerful family business to create skincare that also speaks to her generation. Their business reflects the optimum best of them, experience and energy.

Kia Motiani

Co-Founder

As the niece of the brand’s formulation expert, Urvi saw beautiful recipes and luxuriated over the stunning products that resulted. While she admired the artistry, she quickly recognized her best contribution to the family brand was to maximize it as a scalable opportunity. Years of career-driven experience honed her sharp instinct for strategy and command of business. In short time, she brought strategic clarity and operational discipline to Skinhut Apothecary, transforming handcrafted creations into a structured, growth-oriented company. Her commercial insight, from financial planning across long-term brand positioning, had her establish robust systems, supply chains, compliance, allowing Tina and Kia’s research and creativity to flourish. She readily agrees that by optimizing each of their strengths the trio bring together innovation, logistical knowledge and creative vision. Practical yet forward-thinking, Urvi continues to focus on the details bringing momentum to the company. She ensures every launch, partnership and expansion move, stays true to Tina’s original motivations while steering it confidently toward sustained global growth.

Urvi Patel