Nature Knows Best
Small-batch botanicals, cold-pressed oils and honey from Georgia hives — nothing on your skin we couldn't name over tea.
Our Story
Rooted in Savannah, Grown with Care
How a crumbling townhouse on Jones Street became the city's softest landing.
Meet the Founder
Camille Hartwell
Camille spent fifteen years as an esthetician in Charleston and Atlanta before coming home to Savannah with one stubborn idea: that beauty care should feel like being cared for.
In 2016 she found a tired 1870s townhouse on West Jones Street — sagging shutters, glorious arched doorways — and spent a year restoring it by hand with her sister. The wax pots came later; the herb garden came first. Today that garden still supplies the rose petals, rosemary and calendula folded into every in-house blend.
“The South taught me hospitality. Skincare taught me patience. Velvet Bloom is simply both, under one roof.”
Camille still keeps Thursday appointments on the books — ask for her honey-petal facial and you'll understand why they book out a month ahead.
Camille Hartwell Founder & Lead Esthetician
Our Philosophy
Three Things We Believe
Ritual Over Rush
We book fewer guests on purpose. Every visit begins with tea and a conversation, and no one ever hurries you out the door.
Hospitality is Beauty
Warm towels, remembered names, your favourite tea steeping before you sit down. Feeling welcome is half the glow.
The Specialists
The Hands Behind the Calm
Twelve years' average experience, one shared obsession: your exhale.
Camille Hartwell
Founder & Lead Esthetician
Creator of the Botanical Glow Facial and keeper of the herb garden. Fifteen years of skin wisdom, one gentle pair of hands.
Danielle Osei
Senior Massage Therapist
Licensed for fourteen years, trained in deep tissue, prenatal and warm stone therapy. Guests say her hands read minds.
Marisol Vega
Hair Studio Director
Balayage artist and silk-blowout perfectionist. Ten years between Miami and Savannah, now directing our garden-level studio.
Come meet us in person.
The tea is warm and the calendar is open.