About us

 

We're devoted to creating high-quality skincare products which will help you achieve healthy skin stress-free!

 

FISIKA skincare line is seriously eco-friendly, with no fake promises, and combines our passion for health and wellness with our commitment as women to making this world a slightly better place. Inspired by our grandmother’s recipes in soap making and kitchen counter cosmetics, we launched our sustainable business in 2010, in a small village, in Chania of Crete island. Through our family’s need for gentle, harmless and effective ways to help the skin, we combined the heritage from our grandmas, the mother's passion for creating and the daughter's vision in clear design. Thus, FISIKA -which stands for Greek Φυσικά, and translates to ‘in a natural manner’ -was born.

We invite you to join us as we make healthy skin in sustainable ways a priority. Every one of us, with our existence, through our choices, can help ourselves, our family and the world around us.

 

An organic garden and a kitchen to create real, yummy food for your skin!

 

 

 

 

FISIKA formulas are all designed and created exclusively in our small homey kitchen, with beautiful materials hailing from our home landscape of Crete. We use only the purest, most potent, food-grade ingredients, that we either grow in our organic garden or hand-select and responsibly source from local farmers. These ingredients are mostly organic non-comedogenic oils, fair trade exotic kinds of butter, vitamin and antioxidant-rich plant extracts. So yummy and so important! What is also important is the fact that we do not use any Sulfates, Parabens, Phthalates, synthetic preservatives, perfumes and colourants, or other unnecessary ingredients, that are usually known as skin irritants. This way, we can proudly promise our products will never harm either you or the environment!

 

Did you know that in spring, we keep ourselves busy gardening? We grow flowers like Lavender and Calendula to use in our botanical extracts, and hand-collect wildflowers like native  Chamomile and St John’s wort, while safeguarding their ecosystem, on unsprayed olive orchards of the island. When working with local farmers and women’s associations, we always seek qualitative and whenever possible organic-only crops. We can proudly say that these acts enhance the amount of vegetation on this planet, improving the ecology by increasing homes for insects and microorganisms that are essential for Nature. This means FISIKA products are ecological and bee-friendly!

 

 
 

 

Our lab is where all the magic & chemistry happen!

 
 

Our laboratory is the room where all the real magic happens! In this clean, well-lighted space we get to create our healthy products from scratch, using sustainable, zero waste and human-friendly manufacturing methods. To make the soap, we use the cold process of saponification, which largely maintains the exceptional properties of the organic olive oil and the other natural materials we’ve chosen. This also ensures that the natural glycerine created will be maintained inside each soap bar, thus adding greatly to the moisturising benefits of the soap which will clean and soften our skin without stripping away the beneficial natural oils.

We also create Massage oils with cold-pressed oils, using no heat, and Skin Creams which like all our products, are produced in small batches, numbered and controlled, to provide you with a jar of incomparable freshness and excellent quality every time!

 

We do produce in compliance with all laws and regulations according to the European Commission for Cosmetics. We keep Safety Assessments conducted by authorised Laboratories of Analysis and Control, and our workshop’s authorised Chemist, to ensure the safety of all our products! Our lab has adopted a Quality Management System for the purpose of the effective and efficient use of its resources.

The production, packaging and distribution of our products are established according to the ISO 22716 with the Guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practices, to ensure the reproducibility and the quality of our products. Our company also holds a Production Licence from the Greek Drug Administration (EOF Licence number 86601), and our cosmetic products are registered at the Cosmetic Products Notification Portal (CPNP). We are committed to continual improvement, meeting our customers’ requirements, ensuring a competent workforce to deliver quality results!

 

Meet the team!

 

 

Filio

Founder, Laboratory Manager

Hi, I’m Filio! Over the last 15 years, I have been pouring my heart and soul into one thing: creating a lifestyle that allows me to spend more time focusing on the things I love (my family, travelling, gardening, swimming, reading, and the list goes on). I still remember vividly the days I spent next to my grandmother, learning the craft of soap making. And then in my own kitchen, I would mix olive oil with harvests from my garden and the plants that grew wild in the forest, blended with local honey, clays, and salts. My friends went crazy over these “potions” and this added a new dimension of play into the pursuit of my career which has been an exciting and constructive roller coaster.

I had started as a clay artisan, making and selling my own goods on Samothrace island, then I had pursued my studies and a part-time job as a costume designer in Athens and Crete. It was in the ’90s that I rooted myself in this beautiful island for good. I devoted 20 years to teaching the English language to young children, while spending my free time mostly in the kitchen and the garden, reviving my grandma’s crafts. Over the years, my knowledge, experience, and passion evolved and took on a new focus. I quit my job and founded FISIKA along with my daughter, pursuing additional training in plant medicine and Agriculture, while also doing voluntary work in local Environment & Animal Welfare groups.

 

 

Maria

Co-founder, Communications & Marketing Manager

Hey! I’m Maria. I was born in Chania, spent my childhood daydreaming under the olive trees, and feeling the sunshine tingling my skin. Dancing and drawing had been my means of expression as early as the age of 4. But my secret skill had always been cooking, especially desserts -when my mother’s kitchen was not covered in jars with plant extracts, it was covered in my chocolate drips- which led me to study to be a Pastry Chef while working as a sales assistant. Soon, I got really passionate about writing and graphic design so I got determined to combine both of those with a career that would allow me to have flexibility and creativity, and a decent income.

I came to realize that the products my mother had been creating in her kitchen inspired playfulness, over-the-top self-indulgence, and loving care for one’s skin and general wellbeing. I wanted to make that available to more people, using honest words and clear marketing methods. From the day we launched FISIKA, I got to also practice photography which I found very fulfilling, and to meet and aid people of all ages, from all around the world. That last one was no convenient job for an introvert as I was, but hey, I do my best! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

 

Leo

PR Manager

 

Woof! I’m Léon – it’s from Leonidas, or if I may say …from Lion since I look like one- and I rule this place. I’m the employee of the month, every month because I’m sweet, I’m fluffy and you can’t resist me! Sometimes I’m loud, but don’t be alarmed, I’m just greeting you in doggish. By the way, I love treats but my mom Filio says I’m on a diet, so sneak them quietly!

 

Let us be friends!

Find us on Instagram and Facebook, tag your photos with @fisikashop, #myFISIKA and share your thoughts with us!
 
 
 

 

 

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