Make Bold Moves, Listen to Your Intuition & Step Into Your Power: Sasha Plavsic, ILIA Beauty Founder

Sasha Plavsic is the founder of Ilia Beauty, a natural skin-centric makeup and skincare brand that paved the way for the “clean-beauty” space as we know it today.  Throughout her life, Sasha noticed that some of her beauty products irritated her skin. Her mother, who was also dealing with her own health challenges, encouraged Sasha to look into the ingredients behind her favorite makeup, leading her to notice a real gap in the industry for efficacious makeup that supports healthy skin. This motivated Sasha to build a beauty brand from the ground up out of her parent’s garage, bootstrapping the venture herself, and starting with a flagship lip balm based around a natural and safe yet effective formula. Ilia has now expanded to many different product lines and has award-winning skincare products, mascara, lipsticks, and more. The company has seen incredible growth and success, and last year, was sold to Famille C, the private investment fund of the Courtin-Clarins family (the owners of international cosmetics company Clarins). In our episode together, Sasha shares how she went from dreaming of becoming an architect to diving into graphic design, even dropping out of college, crossing borders, and finally discovering her true path. Along the way, Sasha reveals her greatest mistake: not listening to her inner voice earlier on. She candidly shares her 'aha' moment in her 30s – the catalyst that pushed her to leave behind her old life, get out of a long term relationship, travel, and create the space for freedom that she always wanted. Throughout the conversation, Sasha opens up about her bold choices, whether it's declining incredible job offers or making the unconventional move back home to live with her parents. Sasha shares how she got Ilia off the ground with no background in makeup and the importance of sharing ideas to bring them to life, especially in the very early days. She also talks about how she started the business with very little money, the exact steps she took to take Ilia to the next level and the importance of listening to her gut and not growing too fast, and so much more. Follow Yasmin: Instagram:   / yasminknouri   Website: https://www.behindherempire.com/ Follow Sasha: ILIA Beauty Website: https://iliabeauty.com/ ILIA Beauty Instagram:   / iliabeauty   Sasha's Instagram:   / sashaplavsic   This episode is brought to you by Beeya: If you or anyone you know have been struggling with hormonal imbalances and bad periods, go to https://beeyawellness.com/free to download the free guide to tackling hormonal imbalances and to learn more about Beeya’s seed cycling bundle. Plus, get $10 off your order by using promo code BEHINDHEREMPIRE10 Listen on: *Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast... *Spotify podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3uJ7...