The Team at Scandinavian Skincare

Marianne Olavesen
Skincare & Body-care Aesthetics Consultant

Marianne Olavesen has been a product designer, trainer and consultant to the international health, wellbeing and beauty Industry for 18 years. Marianne has spent 12 Years in Business Management and was also one of the finalists in Cosmopolitan’s 1998 'Women of Achievement' award for her achievements in Health & Wellbeing, including the development of state-of-the-art therapy treatment systems

Marianne has designed and launched two successful brands of skincare products; O-Lys which is currently one of the premier skincare brands in the Middle East, and Olavesen, the premier brand in the Scandinavian region. Marianne is also the designer behind The MÖ System, which is based on Photodynamic Therapy - a synergistic combination of old and new - and a mixture of traditional and current technologies.

Else Karin Simonsen
Medical Aesthetics Nurse

Else Karin is a State Registered Nurse (Norway) and has 15 years of international experience in cosmetic treatments. She is the funder of AMC MediSpa, Norway’s first MediSpa, and Agder Hudakademi, southern Norway's premier training college for advanced skincare aesthetics.

Else Karin has developed training courses and training plans for the education of therapists and nurses in medical cosmetic treatments.Else Karin is a specialist consultant for laser therapies; light therapies; signaling technology; Thalassotherapy; Fillers (non-permanent); Non-surgical facelift; facial corrections; after surgery care; Medical skincare; ChemicChemical peelings; Skin analysis & grading; Microneedling; and Fat reduction with Liposuction / Cryotherapy. Else Karin has performed over 25,000 cosmetic treatments, and has researched combination treatments with light skin-boosting / normalization, skin tightening, wrinkles, scars and bruises.

Claire Butler
Clinical Nutritionalist

Claire Butler is a Clinical Nutritionalist with a BSc degree in Clinical Dietetics and a postgraduate diploma in Hospital Dietetics. Claire has previously worked in the Paediatric Unit, Burns unit, Surgical Unit and in the ICU of a major South African hospital. She has also managed the Diabetic and Weight Management Outpatient Facility. Claire has worked in the Pharmaceutical industry and Private sector focussing on nutritional wellbeing.