Inspired by the architecture and wild flora of the Greek islands, organic skincare brand Monastery‘s minimalistic spa is a haven for those looking to improve their skincare routine, without harming the environment.
Together with New York City-based designer and renowned stylist Jacqueline Sullivan (protégé of designer Charles de Lisle), Athena Hewett, the founder of Monastery, was able to create a space inspired by her Greek heritage. Just like Monastery’s packaging for its organic skincare products, the spa’s immaculate interior and white walls keep in line with the brand’s simple and clean aesthetic.
Customers are instantly transported to the Greek islands when they walk through the spa’s elegant archways, which are reminiscent of the buildings in the Cyclades. Helping to elevate the space’s luxurious feel are ceramics, plants, and dried floral sculptures that are meticulously placed at different corners of the shop.
Hewett and Jacqueline also incorporate eye-catching furniture into the spa such as a pastel chartreuse table designed by LA artist and furniture maker Shin Okuda of WAKA WAKA, and light fixtures by NYC’s Rich Brilliant Willing and In Common With. These playful additions also help to add a more modern touch to the minimalist and fresh space.
Monastery offers up luxurious pampering treatments tailored to restore skin to its most radiant state such as its Signature facial (starting at $120 USD/$160 CAD), which uses a bespoke five-step process, and The SuperGlow (starting at $150 USD/198 CAD), featuring dermaplaning. Services and tools also include microcurrent, Gua Sha, AHA peels, lash lifts, brow shaping, and waxing. Each method uses oil cleansing, water-free moisturizing, and alcohol and salt-free skincare.
Monastery believes beautiful skin is a reflection of holistic health, and only use the world’s finest potent plant oils and absolutes, along with utilizing cutting-edge science in its products and services. The skincare brand sustainably sources its organic oils and ingredients from wild harvests from all over the world, which include ambrette seed, clary sage, damask rose, jasmine grandiflorum, blue yarrow, and much more.
A tightly curated product range, made in small batches, also occurs at Monastery’s studio in San Francisco. The collection of luxury skin and body care essentials includes water-free pure oils to treat the skin, lightweight serums to hydrate and brighten, and lightweight and easily absorbable body oils and butters to nourish and strengthen the skin.
All images are courtesy of Monastery.
