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The Skincare Industry Never Made
I left the skincare industry the day I realised the products we were making weren’t something I’d ever use on my own skin.
Most people assume skincare is safe because the label looks clean. I know better, because I spent years inside FDA and TGA-regulated manufacturing, seeing exactly how products are made, tested and approved.
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I didn’t leave because I disliked the work. I left because the gap between what the industry says skincare is, and what it actually is… became impossible to ignore.
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Botanik by Jorji exists because I refused to keep accepting “good enough” as a standard.
The Chemist Behind Botanik by Jorji
I’m Jorji, and before creating this brand, I worked inside the real engine rooms of product manufacturing: FDA and TGA-regulated facilities producing pharmaceuticals, vaccines, over the counter products and cosmetics.
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I wasn’t just “in the industry.” I was the person testing batches, validating processes, improving formulas, and defending companies during audits - the work that ensures a product meets its manufacturing specifications and regulatory requirements.
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I know how products are manufactured behind closed doors, and I know exactly where standards quietly fall short.
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That experience shapes everything I make now.
When Good Intentions Meet Bad Chemistry
When I left the mainstream skincare industry, I assumed natural skincare would be better. Different ingredients. Cleaner labels. Less marketing fiction. ​Instead, I found a new problem: well-meaning people making products in their kitchens - overheating oils, oxidising botanicals, guessing temperatures, and calling it “clean beauty.” Pretty labels. Terrible chemistry.
And the truth is this: a badly made natural product can be just as problematic as a synthetic one.
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Natural ingredients are fragile. When you treat them incorrectly, you destroy the benefits they’re supposed to give you. That’s when it clicked for me: If I wanted skincare I could trust - skincare that was properly made - I’d have to create it myself.
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Botanik by Jorji was born out of frustration… and standards.
