Monastery, San Francisco

Botanical facials in San Francisco.

Plant-based facials, customized to your skin.

Plant-based facials and esthetic treatments, customized by our estheticians at our San Francisco healing center.

Healing botanical skincare

Pure plant actives. Cutting-edge science.

A carved stone arch, the Monastery emblem, standing on a pale plinth

Plant-based facials and esthetic treatments, powered by the purest plant actives and cutting-edge science, and made by hand in our lab in San Francisco.

Notes from the lab, on the blog
Made
By hand, in San Francisco
Owned
100% independently
Fillers
None of any kind
Preservatives
No chemical preservatives
A Monastery esthetician in white giving a facial massage to a client

Athena Hewett, master esthetician.

Athena Hewett is a master esthetician with 20 years of study and training. Monastery was born out of her frustrations as she saw firsthand that many skincare products were causing or worsening the skin conditions her clients were trying to heal.

100% independently owned.

Independently owned. Athena and the team personally source, formulate, and test every product.

Customized to your skin.

Not sure which facial? Our estheticians customize every service to your skin.

Less.is more.

When Athena struggled with acne nearly 10 years ago, she stripped her routine to nothing and started to see results. When it comes to radiant skin, less is more.

See the facials

The formulas, by name.

Personally sourced, formulated and tested. Five formulas, with prices.

FormulaWhat it doesPrice
Rose Cleansing OilGently lifts congestion and impurities without stripping.Price $56
XX Rose Glycolic GelAn exfoliating glycolic suspended in rose water.Price $80
Flora Botanical Cream SerumA botanical cream serum.Price $146
Gold Restorative Face OilVitamin K and rare ximenynic acid to visibly reduce redness.Price $164
Attar Floral Repair ConcentrateA botanical balm, beeswax free, for under the eyes and over the lips.Price $173
A dark stone mortar holding dried herbs and floating rose petals on pale travertine

From the plant to the treatment room.

Monastery is beauty in collaboration with nature and your skin's own healing and restorative systems.

  1. I

    The Botanical

    Only the highest quality plant oils and distillations, sourced over months and, in some cases, years.

  2. II

    The Ritual

    Each treatment is tailored to restore skin to its most radiant state.

  3. III

    The Stillness

    Beautiful skin is a reflection of holistic health.

Experience the full film

Visit Monastery

Experience Monastery at our spa.

4175 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94114. Work with one of our estheticians at our San Francisco healing center.

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