The “Quiet Luxury” Facialist’s Skin Bible: A Face Oil Reset For Acne, “Burgundy” LED Face Masks and is Salicylic Acid “Out”?

About this episode

Athena Hewett shares her unique skincare philosophy and techniques for acne treatment and luxury beauty secrets.

Athena Hewett is the cool girls’ master aesthetician (she counts stylish faces like Chloe Sevigny, Sofia Coppola and Greta Lee as clients). She’s also the hands behind the glowing skin at Khaite and Victoria Beckham’s (!!) A/W 2026 runway shows. Plus 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 breakout-busting 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jill Dunn, Carlene Higgins

Guest: Athena Hewett

Topics covered

• skincare
• facial treatments
• acne solutions
• beauty secrets
• luxury skincare
• runway preparation

Keywords

• face oil
• acne treatment
• salicylic acid
• pimple extraction
• botanical skincare
• carrier oils
• essential oils

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Khaite, Victoria Beckham, Dover Street Market Parfums Market

Products: Monastery

Places: San Francisco, Hotel Chelsea, Manhattan, Paris

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