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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''.


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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 {{Australia-business-bio-stub