Susie Ma: I started with £200 at a market stall. Now I run a beauty empire.

In this episode, Tash sits down with Susie Ma, founder and CEO of Tropic Skincare, to discuss her remarkable journey from selling homemade body scrubs at a market stall to building one of the UK’s fastest-growing beauty brands.Susie shares:How she started Tropic at 15 with just £200 and a family recipeThe turning point that led her to scale Tropic into a multi-million pound companyWhat she learned from competing on The Apprentice and securing investment from Lord SugarWhy she built a network of 20,000+ ambassadors and transformed the direct-selling modelHow Tropic is leading the way in sustainability, social impact, and women’s empowermentFrom selling scrubs at Greenwich Market to running a UK-based beauty empire with its own factory, Susie’s story is proof that determination, purpose, and hard work can lead to incredible success.