ROOTED IN NATURE.

Our Story

Urban Alchemy Lab is the heart of nearly three decades spent in the treatment room learning from plants, working with skin, and honoring the connection between the two. Rooted in plant medicine and informed by modern skin science, every formula is an invitation to slow down, come back to nature, and tend to your skin with intention.

"I believe aging is a privilege. I do not believe in waging war on your skin. I believe the plants have always known and that my job, after all this time, is simply to help you hear them."

THE FOUNDER’S STORY

A Lifetime of Listening to Plants & Skin

My journey began when I was six years old, sitting beside a gardener and herbalist named Annette, learning to make infused oils from scratch.
That first experience with cassia cinnamon sparked something that never left me. Nearly three decades later, after years spent as an esthetician, educator, trainer, spa director, and consultant, I brought everything I had learned into Urban Alchemy Lab. What began with a childhood connection to plants became a lifelong devotion to skin, wellness, and the quiet intelligence of nature.

Through every chapter of my career, the treatment room remained my favorite place to be. It is where I learned that skincare is about more than the skin itself — it is about creating a moment to breathe, soften, and reconnect. During the stillness of 2020, I poured those three decades of experience, curiosity, and love for plants into the formulas that became Urban Alchemy Lab. Each one carries the same intention I bring to the treatment room: thoughtful care, grounded in nature, and made to honor every stage of life.

My path through this industry has taken me through training rooms, treatment rooms, hotel spas, consulting work, and education. I have had the privilege of learning from European skincare philosophies, Ayurvedic teachers, expert formulators, and brilliant estheticians around the world. Every experience added another layer to what I believe today: that effective skincare does not need to fight the skin, but rather work with it bringing together botanical intelligence, modern skin science, and the deeply restorative power of ritual.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Work With the Skin, Not Against It.

I believe aging is a privilege. I do not believe in waging war on your skin. Clean formulation isn't about all-natural it's about intention. Every ingredient earns its place, bringing together botanical intelligence and modern skin science to nourish the skin, ease the nervous system, and honor every stage of life. My job, after all this time, is simply to help you hear what the plants have always known.

Every formula is intentionally crafted never mass produced and never driven by trends. Botanicals, seaweed, minerals, and colloidal silver come together with modern bioactives like bakuchiol, niacinamide, and ceramides. Developed in collaboration with expert chemists and held to high standards of safety and efficacy, each small-batch formula is an expression of botanical intelligence, modern skin science, and the belief that skincare should be a ritual, not simply another step in your routine.

THE JOURNEY

A Lifetime in the Making

From a childhood spent learning from plants to nearly three decades in esthetics, every chapter has shaped the philosophy behind Urban Alchemy Lab. This is the journey that brought it all together rooted in curiosity, guided by experience, and created with a deep belief in the intelligence of nature.

AGE 6

EARLY 20s

2019

2020

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

A First Connection to Plants

At six years old, I sat with a gardener and herbalist named Annette, learning to make infused oils from scratch. The first two we made together were cassia cinnamon and strawberry. I can still remember their scent. Something clicked into place that day a connection to plants that has stayed with me ever since.

THE FOUNDATION

A Life in Esthetics Begins

In my early twenties, I took a leap of faith and earned my CIDESCO diploma, the highest international credential in esthetics. I became dual-licensed and never stopped studying. From European skincare philosophies to Ayurvedic teachings, treatment rooms to training rooms, every experience became part of the foundation for what would eventually become Urban Alchemy Lab.

THE SPACE I ENVISIONED

Creating a Place for Whole-Body Wellness

In 2019, I opened the space I had always envisioned a full wellness center with massage therapy, acupuncture, a salt room, an infrared sauna, and a meditation space. It was everything I had imagined. At the heart of it all was the treatment room, where one client, one hour, and one quiet exchange could create space for the skin, the body, and the nervous system to soften.

THE TURNING POINT

When Stillness Became Creation

One year later, COVID changed everything. I had to close the doors and spent ten months in stillness and grief. Somewhere inside that quiet, I formulated — pouring three decades of knowledge and a very full heart into creating something that could carry what I believed about plants, skin, and the connection between the two. When I came back, I came back as Urban Alchemy Lab.

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT

Rooted in Experience. Guided by Nature.

Urban Alchemy Lab brings together nearly three decades of esthetics experience, intentional formulation, and the restorative power of ritual. Every formula is created with purpose to care for the skin while honoring the senses and every stage of life.

25+ Years of Expertise

Born from nearly three decades in esthetics, education, consulting, and the treatment room. Every formula carries the experience, curiosity, and care gathered along the way.

Intentionally Formulated

Every ingredient earns its place. Our formulas are thoughtfully created without petroleum or synthetic fragrance, bringing together botanical ingredients and modern skin science with intention.

Skincare as a Ritual

An aromatherapy-based collection where botanicals, seaweed, minerals, and modern bioactives come together to nourish the skin, ease the nervous system, and turn everyday skincare into a moment of connection.

Small Batch. Bespoke.

Not mass produced. Not trend-driven. Each formula is developed with expert chemists, crafted in small batches, and held to high standards of safety and efficacy with every detail considered.