Our story
Plant oils, prepared patiently.
N for Natural. NIN for Queen. NINISINA for revitalising and rejuvenating your skin.
Who was Ninisina
The Great Physician of Sumer
Ninisina was an ancient Sumerian goddess of healing, rejuvenation and protection. In Mesopotamian myth she was known as the Great Physician, tending the sick and wounded with her knowledge of medicine, and a symbol of nurturing the mind, body and spirit.
In the stories that link her to Gilgamesh and the first soap, she taught people to clean wool and protect their health. We borrowed her name for a label built on the same idea: simple plant ingredients, prepared with care.
The founder
From the pharmacy to the bench
Evelyn is a pharmacist whose years in clinical care and laboratory skincare development led her to formulate her own oils: a few carefully chosen botanicals, each tested at the bench before it reaches a bottle.
- 2008Clinical pharmacist at Peking University Cancer Hospital
- 2012Master of Public Health, University of Sydney
- 2013Formulation, testing and quality control in a Sydney pharmaceutical laboratory
- 2015Ninisina begins, with oils for family and friends
- 2023The brand officially launches
How it's made
Three steps, none of them rushed
Infuse
Dried rose and calendula steep in carrier oil for a minimum of three months, so the oil carries the whole flower.
Blend
Each formula is fine-tuned for density and concentration so it sinks in rather than sitting on the skin.
Seal
Bottles are flushed with nitrogen to keep the oils fresh, then numbered by batch so every bottle can be traced.
What we promise
Vegan
Every product is plant-based.
Never tested on animals
Not our formulations, not our ingredients.
Small batch
Made by hand in Sydney, a few dozen bottles at a time.
Traceable
A batch number on every bottle.