As a researcher and holistic health specialist I began to re-evaluate my wellness and beauty regime on my journey to motherhood.

It was then I understood the true impact of what one puts on and in their body and how it would echo for generations through my children.

I began seeking the missing link in feeling confident about the products I was using - knowing where the ingredients came from and how they were sourced. Thus The Botanyst was born, a wellness company for those that value transparency in beauty formulations.

I am passionate about formulating wellness products that are sustainable and environmentally focused.

My background is in the use of artificial intelligence to measure and identify markers of healthy skin. I led and trained clinical research teams at industry-leading beauty companies on the application of AI for product efficacy testing and claims substantiation.

I am a certified Integrative Nutrition Health coach and lean into holistic living practices as a part of my wellness routine.

I believe that our bioindividual health is closely tied to that of the Earth.  When we are able to work in concert with Mother Nature she wholly supports our health and healing, mentally and physically. 

Nature has a significant place as a healing instrument that needs to be nurtured; and for me serves as an ode to my ancestry and heritage.

I was born on the Spring Equinox where day and night find perfect balance; for which I was named after a flower that poetically blooms at night.  

My childhood was filled with an aromatic bouquet of Indian herbs and spices whose potent powers were divulged as I leaned through my grandparent’s kitchen hole, observing my grandmother cook in their London home.  There was the magical way in which my grandfather would transform our drinking water - filling emerald green, glass vessels to ‘charge’ his water in their sun-drenched conservatory.  My memory is etched with the delight of watching my mother mix her own face masks, detailing each ingredient- the properties of how it will nourish and beautify the skin. 

Through all of this is the echo of deep-rooted health rituals involving plants.  We demonstrate an innate value of what our physical, spiritual, and thinking self deserves through some very simple choices - of what we put in and on our bodies.  

With our beauty options becoming more abundant and varied, the products we use are a matter of choice, and every choice we make gives us the opportunity to voice our level of respect for ourselves and for our planet.  

This is how a beauty ritual composed of intentionally crafted products can embody love and gratitude and even nurture the mind, body, and soul.