Ep 436 - The “Quiet Luxury” Facialist’s Skin Bible: A Face Oil Reset For Acne, “Burgundy” LED Face Masks and is Salicylic Acid “Out”?
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Episode Recap
Athena Hewett is the cool girls’ master aesthetician. As the hands behind the glowing skin at Khaite and Victoria Beckham’s (!!) A/W 2026 runway shows, Athena also tends to the stylish faces of front rowers like Chloe Sevigny, Sofia Coppola and Greta Lee. (The San Francisco-based facialist holds artist-in-residences at the iconic Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan and most recently, with a limited pop-up at Vie Projects Gallery during Paris fashion week, in collaboration with the iconic Dover Street Market Parfums Market.)
Listen in as Athena reveals all of her quiet luxury secrets, like her unique acne-clearing philosophy that involves a skincare diet of nothing but face oils, her innovative pimple extraction technique that promises to reduce skin damage, along with details on how as a skincare formulator, she chooses ingredients for her small-batch botanical skincare range, Monastery.
You’ll discover:
How Athena’s creative collaboration with the Coppola Hideaways came to be (and yes, it’s as special as it sounds)
How the facialist preps skin for the runway vs red carpet– and the lessons we can borrow at home
How her skin “reset” philosophy for acne sufferers is totally different than standard approaches– and why she swears you’ll see results on her face oil-based plan
Why salicylic acid and tea tree oil are big time no-no ingredients for acne-prone skin, according to the master esthetician
The differences between carrier oils vs essential oils, and when Athena says you should use each
Why Athena believes you don’t need blue light to treat breakouts, but powerful “burgundy” light therapy to help calm skin instead
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