The idea of SONATAP started from its inventor’s imagination of being able to automate her existing skincare routine with an all-in-1 device. As a skincare addict who was obsessed with skincare researches since her graduate student days, she learnt that good skincare can be achieved without spending a lot of money. However, time and effort were always the requirement. This became a problem later in life - as she advanced in her career, she struggled to maintain the same skincare routine with busy schedule and frequent travel.

After years of searching and waiting for someone to make a product that would address the issue to no avail, she set out to create a solution of her own. A multi-year long process of research and development then took place to turn the idea into reality. Driven by fascination for cutting-edge technologies, SONATAP's inventor taught herself 3D Modeling and utilized at-home 3D Printing to create the first functional prototypes of the device. With these proven-working prototypes, she successfully pursued and teamed up with a global cosmetic packaging manufacturer to bring SONATAP into production and the hands of technology early-adopter users.