Megan Larsen is a natural and organic skin care entrepreneur and author. She is the founder of Sodashi, a natural skin care range, supplying more than 70 luxury spas in more than 25 countries.
Early life
Larsen was born in
Dannevirke
Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is) is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New Zealand. It is the ...
, New Zealand in 1962 and grew up in
Napier.
She moved to Western Australia in her early 30s,
and now resides in
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
.
Career
Larsen started her career working in a pharmacy, and then went on to study beauty therapy and natural healthcare.
She completed an advanced diploma in aromatherapy in
Provence
Provence is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which stretches from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the France–Italy border, Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterrane ...
.
She also has a background in
Ayurveda
Ayurveda (; ) is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. It is heavily practised throughout India and Nepal, where as much as 80% of the population report using ayurveda. The theory and practice of ayur ...
and
Transcendental Meditation. Larsen started making her products in the early 1990s and founded Sodashi in 1999.
In 2016, Larsen was awarded the InStyle Award for Beauty.
In October 2018, Larsen published her first book ''Startups & Self-Care''.
References
External links
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1962 births
Living people
People from Dannevirke
New Zealand emigrants to Australia
Australian business executives
Australian women company founders
Australian company founders
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