{"id":25417,"date":"2026-01-03T13:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=25417"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:03:49","slug":"her-grandmother-used-kombucha-as-a-face-toner-this-us-based-fermenter-does-the-same-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=25417","title":{"rendered":"Her grandmother used kombucha as a face toner. This US-based fermenter does the same today"},"content":{"rendered":"


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While you may be familiar with kombucha\u2019s benefits for your gut, one US-based brewer is determined to show that the drink and its by-products can also make for excellent skincare.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania-based Olga Sorzano, 49, the owner and brewer behind decade-old Baba\u2019s Brew as well as a chef and culinary instructor, has an expansive, multifaceted career \u2013 but all her varied interests are united by one thing: fermentation.<\/p>\n

Her newest venture is A Culture Factory, a line of kombucha<\/span>-infused skincare products that ranges from toners and masks to scrubs and serums.<\/div>\n
\u201cOur skin is alive. Most skincare is like Wonder Bread, designed for shelf stability, but what if it could be like a beautiful, artisanal loaf of sourdough<\/span>, which is living and nourishing? It feeds you with a living culture,\u201d Sorzano said.<\/div>\n

\u201cAs a chef, I want to feed you, and I have a chef\u2019s approach to the skin as well. My great-grandmother and grandmother didn\u2019t have all these [store-bought] solutions. They had lard, and they would put it on their elbows. And kombucha vinegar on their skin. If they had berries left over from making jam, they\u2019d mix them with yogurt for a face mask.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Glow Living Face Mask is one of A Culture Factory\u2019s kombucha-infused skincare products. Photo: A Culture Factory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Sorzano\u2019s kombucha company generates large amounts of scoby, or the mother culture used as a kombucha starter. \u201cIt\u2019s loaded with all these enzymes, and I was thinking, how awesome to use some surplus scoby and turn it into face masks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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