The Secret to Anti-Aging & Making Sunscreen Fun with Samantha Brett, Founder of Naked Sundays
The Dream Bigger Podcast
Siffat Haider
4.7 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
On today’s episode, I’m joined by Samantha Brett, founder of Naked Sundays to talk about the connection between sunscreen, anti-aging, and building a brand that makes SPF fun. Samantha shares her journey from TV journalist covering breaking news and devastating bushfires in Australia to launching one of the fastest-growing sunscreen brands in beauty. We dive into the moment she realized so many of her colleagues were developing skin cancer from constant sun exposure, how she built the brand while still working full-time in media, and what happened when their products sold out almost instantly after launch. We also discuss the biggest myths around SPF, why sunscreen is the cheapest and most effective anti-aging product, the areas most people forget to protect, and how Samantha is helping make daily sun protection something people actually look forward to. If you need an extra reminder to wear your sunscreen or want to hear the story behind building a beauty brand from scratch, this episode is for you. Enjoy!
To shop Naked Sundays at Ulta, click HERE.
To shop Naked Sundays on Amazon, click HERE.
To connect with Naked Sundays on Instagram, click HERE.
To connect with Siff on Instagram, click HERE.
To connect with Siff on Tiktok, click HERE.
To learn more about Arrae, click HERE.
To check out Siff’s LTK, click HERE.
To check out Siff’s Amazon StoreFront, click HERE.
This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.
You can Find Naked Sundays at Ulta Beauty Stores or at NakedSundays.com
Produced by Dear Media
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:09.8 | And so I thought to myself, what happens if I can create something like a rose water spray, perhaps, that you could spray over your makeup, and it would smell beautiful, and it would set your makeup, and it wouldn't move your makeup, and have SBF in it, SPF 50. I just remember, okay, if I'm going to do this sunscreen thing, it's got to be the most fun, sexy, cool, I want lilac, I want rainbows, I want pink, I want fun. We sold out of our hydrating glow mist, SBF 50, within two weeks. My husband and I put all our savings in, |
| 0:39.3 | and we said either we sell out or we don't sell any. And either way, we're screwed. So we sell |
| 0:44.8 | out. And a brand is born. Hi, I'm Sif Heider, the founder of Foray. I'm a wellness entrepreneur |
| 0:53.2 | and digital creator and this is my show of the Dream Bigger podcast. Listen, I love dreaming big, but you know what I love more? |
| 1:01.2 | Actually having the resources to make those big dreams happen. And hey, dreams can sometimes be private jets, |
| 1:07.9 | but other times, they can look a little something like having the best |
| 1:11.3 | skin of your damn life, or starting a successful business, or delving into spirituality. So on this |
| 1:18.3 | podcast, I chat with experts and thought leaders from different fields about their tips and |
| 1:22.9 | tricks on doing exactly that. So let's get right into it. So you spent years as a TV journalist. What were you |
| 1:35.6 | covering and what made you good at it? Oh, that is a, that's an interesting question. I spent many, |
| 1:42.9 | many years being an on-air TV news reporter. It was my |
| 1:46.0 | absolute dream. It's all I wanted to do when I was a kid. And I made it. And I was the live TV |
| 1:52.7 | news reporter for our main morning show, which is like your today show, Good Morning America. |
| 1:56.8 | That's a big deal. Big deal. It was called sunrise. It is called sunrise. And so my job was to get up at |
| 2:03.0 | three o'clock in the morning, full face of makeup and drive to the story of the day, the lead news story. |
| 2:08.8 | Now, lead news story if it bleeds, it leads. So we've got the people's worst day of their lives, |
| 2:14.7 | death, destruction. We have a lot of bushfires in Australia. |
| 2:34.7 | We have the royals coming. It didn't matter what the story was. I was there and I was live news reporting. But you'd be at the destination where this was happening. Yes, that's why I had to get up at three because things are far and you have to drive. And you have to have a full face of makeup, which only took me 20 minutes. We can discuss that later. I had like a down pat. |
| 2:36.0 | That's incredible. |
| 2:51.2 | In the dark, by the way. So I would put lashes on the night before I'd sleep like this. I would have my eye shadow on already. No joke. And then it was just foundation and blush and I'd put the blush on my lips and off I'd go. That was it. Wow. And my hair would be done and I would just sleep like this. You have to. How long did you do this for? |
| 2:55.5 | Ten years. Holy shit. Oh my gosh. Okay. Wow. And so then you woke up at 3 a.m. You'd go to like |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Siffat Haider, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Siffat Haider and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.