BRAND
superlative skincare from plants + science.
a streamlined collection of multi-functional + refillable essentials.
formulated + manufactured by us in east london.
founder
Montague Ashley-Craig is a Glaswegian cosmetic scientist living in London who didn’t set out to start a beauty line.
Monty studied Chemistry at Edinburgh and UC Berkeley + Cosmetic Science at London College of Fashion and has worked across the cosmetics industry for big brands such as Aesop + Cowshed, from retail to product development, to running R+D labs and as a Technical Manager overseeing production of tonne batches of product.
MONTAMONTA was founded in 2015 as a side-project after a friend asked her to help create a handwash for his cocktail bar - White Lyan. Word soon spread amongst the owners of bars, restaurants + cafes in East London that there was a girl making custom hand wash for hospitality businesses, supplying in glass bottles and collecting empty refill bottles to wash out + in turn refill again and again and again…
Since then, our range of products has expanded however our love of collaboration + experimentation has remained the same.
philosophy
our primary objective is to ensure MONTAMONTA products are made from premium quality ingredients.
we like to formulate with botanically based ingredients but don't shy away from well-chosen laboratory made raw materials.
in our opinion, the term ‘natural’ is meaningless + similarly we find the term ‘organic’ (when applied to personal care products) really problematic.
instead, we prefer to explain our ethos as plants + science.
many of our formulations make use of hyper-locally sourced + or waste raw materials.
we don’t exist in a vacuum and love to work with businesses who share our values. collaboration truly does make us all stronger.