Newport's Farmaesthetics Skincare Apothecary: Beauty Destination

Newport's Farmaesthetics Skincare Apothecary: Beauty Destination

Except for the business of Eve's apple, the garden has always been a place of tranquility and grace. Useful and quietly growing, herbs and flowers were the only key elements our sisters of yore had available for their sacred beauty rituals and treatments. If you've ever wondered what Cleopatra softened her hands with or what she poured into her bath water, you can be sure it wasn't created with any of today's four syllable ingredients. Lucky for us, modern variants of such products can be found at Farmaesthetics Skincare Apothecary, a lovely secret garden of a boutique in Newport, RI.

Your experience at Farmaesthetics will begin before your foot alights on the threshold as the floral scent will easily guide you from sidewalk to soothing whitewashed interior. Founder Brenda Brock has designed her flagship space to be easy on the senses; you won't find techno anything–just simple apothecary bottles and jars holding delicious smelling creams, salves, oils and luxe paper-wrapped bars of soap. You'll be charmed by the rows of decorative posies containing the very greens and blooms used to make the wares you'll want to try.

Near and far

Brenda is an entrepreneur who has never lost sight of her original dream; to create 100% natural and pure beauty care with good shelf life that gives a comforting feeling of well-being and safety. The plants and flowers that go into Farmaesthetics are honestly grown on American family farms and Brenda carefully oversees everything, right down to her own to her own feminine handwriting scanned onto each label. The products are so trusted that they are now the premier aids used by Women and Infants Hospital's Integrative Care therapies. As well, some of Farmaesthetic's eminent clients include Oh!, the spa at Ocean House in Watch Hill and the Four Seasons Biltmore Resort Spa in Santa Barbara, California.

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Still, at Farmaesthetics Skincare Apothecary in Newport, you will be the most important client as you consider this green company's best-loved products. The Nourishing Herbal Cream contains calendula and almond oil for restoration and calming. Eyebright is a very effective eye makeup remover and combined with almond oil in one bottle, creates a comfy eye treatment. For your summer bath, Almond Blossom has gentle suds with a caring scent. And before slipping between the sheets, Hand to Heel Softening Salve will have you sandal-ready again by morning.

The chamomile flowers, lavender, beeswax, and witch hazel may have been the very ingredients that Empress Josephine's master perfumer and herbalist pulled together to create effective beauty treatments that kept her radiant. But make no mistake, Farmaesthetic products are elegant and sophisticated even as they are closer to the garden. Of Eden, that is.

 

Donna Macdonald is a freelance writer who enjoys covering topics of interest to women, especially fragrance, style, beauty. She has also written marketing material for a women's book that hit the New York Times Bestseller list and netted her an up close and personal discussion on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Donna currently writes her own personal blog, alovelyinconsequence.blogspot.com where she also writes about issues close to a woman's heart. Donna believes that when a woman finds beauty in the world, she will find beauty in herself.