ILIA, Clean Beauty Innovator

Introduction ILIA is a clean beauty line that was launched in Vancouver Canada in 2011 by Sasha Plavsic. With the slogan “Clean skin-centric beauty” ILIA has proved that you don't have to choose between functionality and sustainability-you can have both! Plavsic was inspired to create her brand when her mother encouraged her to read the …

A Quick Guide to Homemade Kombucha

This past semester I took an online homesteading class at UMass Amherst. For my final project, I made a series of fermented products: kombucha, ginger beer, and ketchup. I knew my aunt had been making her own kombucha for a while so I reached out to her to see if she could help point me …