FOUNDING STORY

A Family Affair...

OSKIA's founder, Georgie Cleeve (ex food editor and skincare therapist), was inspired to create a nutritional, MSM-based, natural skincare range having seen the benefits of MSM first-hand through her father's business, which produces natural nutritional supplements and which introduced MSM into Europe as a joint supplement over twenty five years ago. Not only did she see the miraculous results in those that benefited from her father’s products, but first-hand too - having had numerous knee operations due to damaged cartilage, Georgie was advised not to play sport again. However, having been put on a course of MSM by her father, her damaged cartilage strengthened more than any specialist thought possible, and since then she has competed in numerous triathlons and spent a season as a ski instructor. But what she hadn’t expected was the remarkable response to the MSM that her skin showed....her early age eczema disappeared, and the seed of an idea about an MSM-based skincare range was planted.

Working as Deputy Wine & Food Editor for House & Garden Magazine, Conde Nast, for four years, Georgie also became fascinated with the obvious health benefits of organic food and the connection between nutrition and skin health. So the idea of linking MSM with a nutritionally-designed natural range of products steadily began to grow.

Also frustrated at the lack of  honesty in terms of ‘pricing’ and in the use of the word ‘natural’, both of which appeared to be used as nothing more than mere marketing ploys, she started researching skin care and therapeutic, natural ingredients and OSKIA came to life after four years of extensive research and product development by herself and an internationally recognised cosmetic chemist, Dr Colette Haydon, as well as a team of nutritionists and skincare specialists. After several years of advising and assisting Georgie and developing his knowledge of skincare, Georgie's husband, ex-lawyer George, joined the business in early 2009.

All OSKIA products are carefully manufactured using only the very best, active ingredients at the OSKIA factory in the rolling Welsh hills outside Monmouth.

We very much hope you enjoy the products!

Georgie & George