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The Dream Bigger Podcast

Denise Vasi, Founder of MAED Beauty: Standing Out in the Beauty Industry, Sephora Accelerator Program, Overcoming Self-Doubt & More

The Dream Bigger Podcast

Siffat Haider

Business, Interviews, Creativity, Entrepreneur, Creative, Health & Fitness, Wellness, Health, Beauty, Exercise, Fashion, Fitness, Skincare, Skincaretips, Healthyeating

4.7659 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode I am talking to Denise Vasi — actress, model, and founder of MAED Beauty. She shares her journey from the entertainment industry to building a clean beauty brand that stands out. Denise opens up about the inspiration behind MAED, the intentional choices that shaped her products, and what it’s really like inside the prestigious Sephora Accelerator Program. She also talks candidly about overcoming self-doubt, balancing entrepreneurship with motherhood, and the beauty rituals that continue to inspire her work. Enjoy!


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a dear media production.

0:05.0

Hi, I'm Sif Heider, the founder of Hire.

0:08.1

I'm a wellness entrepreneur and digital creator, and this is my show, The Dream Bigger

0:12.4

podcast. Listen, I love dreaming big, but you know what I love more?

0:17.3

Actually having the resources to make those big dreams happen.

0:22.7

And hey, dreams can sometimes be private jets, but other times, they can look a little something like having the best

0:27.4

skin of your damn life, or starting a successful business, or delving into spirituality. So on this

0:34.4

podcast, I chat with experts and thought leaders from different fields about their

0:38.5

tips and tricks on doing exactly that.

0:40.8

So let's get right into it.

0:46.3

Hello, hello, friends, and welcome back to another episode of the Dream Bigger podcast.

0:50.6

So today's guest is Denise Fossey, who is the founder of Made. Maid is an incredible lip

0:58.0

care brand. Okay. So they really specialize in amazing lip care products. I have to say I started

1:04.9

to use their lip balm. I want to say a couple of months ago. And I now have one in every room in my house. Like it is an

1:15.1

unbelievable lip product. So if you are looking for a good lip balm, you guys got to get this because

1:19.1

it is unbelievably high quality. And it's funny because before I tried made, actually one of my

1:25.1

friends, Danielle Robe, she had come to my house and she was like,

1:28.6

if I got to show you this lip bomb, it is unbelievable. So she had been raving about Maid. And so it had

1:33.6

been on my radar to try. And I'm so glad that I did. And I'm so glad that I got to talk to Denise.

1:38.2

Denise is such an inspirational entrepreneur. This episode kind of talks all about breaking into the beauty industry,

1:46.7

you know, going from a model to an entrepreneur. Denise has lived a very, very interesting life.

1:52.3

She's kind of had a lot of different lives within her life. And so she's just a really

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