 Susie Ma was born in Shanghai, China, and her family later relocated to Cairns, Australia in 1996.She settled in London, UK in 2002

In 2004, at the age of 15, Susie began making a body scrub using a recipe she learnt from her grandmother and mother during her time in Australia.Using a blend of sea salts, macadamia oils and lemon myrtle essential oils packaged in jam jars, she created a body scrub in her own home and sold it at Greenwich Market in London to help her mother pay the bills.