Tropic Skin Care

Tropic Skincare

Type	Limited company
Founded	2007 in London, England
Founder	Susan Ma
Headquarters	Surrey, England
Area served	United Kingdom
Key people	Alan Sugar (co-director)
Products	Skin care, cosmetics
Net income	£7.5 million (2016)
Number of employees	55 (2016)

Tropic Skincare, often just referred to as Tropic, is a British natural skincare and cosmetics company. Founded in 2007, Tropic has expanded to include over 100 products and collections in its range, The company continually invests in its research at its Surrey headquarters, where it designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes its products.

The origins of Tropic Skincare begin with then-15 year old schoolgirl, Susan Ma, in 2004 when she sold a single product at Greenwich Market, but the company was first founded in 2007; she was eager to create a business that would generate enough money to be able to buy a house for herself and her mother. She insists her vision for a cosmetic company came in 2005, at the age of 16. She became a contestant on the seventh series of The Apprentice the following year, becoming the youngest ever participant on the show at 21 years old. Although she didn't win the competition, she remained in contact with Lord Sugar and, in 2012, received a 50/50 partnership investment from him, enabling her to build the brand and move the production into new premises in Croydon. In 2011, users of Tropic was estimated to be around 20,000.

Tropic Skincare's body of products consists of skin care (cleansers, astringents, lip balms, face masks and serums), body care (soaps, body wash, tanning products, hand therapies), and makeup (foundation, concealer, eye liner, lipstick).

Tropic's products do not contain parabens, alcohol, gluten, synthetic preservatives, or sodium lauryl sulfate. All products are vegan friendly, and many contain essential oils such as bergamot oil,rosehip oil, and tea tree oil, in conjunction with aloe vera juice and shea butter which are also prevalent throughout the range.