Ashley Tisdale On Tackling Anxiety, Why She Has Zero Regrets About Breast Explant Surgery and Exclusive Details on Her New, Under $15 Hair Care Range, Being Frenshe
Breaking Beauty Podcast
Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins
4.7 • 954 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
*Recorded in advance of the Los Angeles Wildfires, we’re welcoming actress, singer, mother and entrepreneur Ashley Tisdale. The triple threat has been working in entertainment since she was just three years old, notably as “Sharpay Evans” in High School Musical and as “Maddie Fitzpatrick” in Disney Channel’s The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
As the nostalgia Queen expands her accessible, clean, lifestyle brand – Being Frenshe – into haircare, we get the scoop on the difference-making self-care practices that Ashley abides by as part of her daily routine, the tools that help to best manage her anxiety and what creative projects Ashley is planning next.
Plus, you’ll hear about:
- Plastic surgery – How Ashley really feels about her breast explant surgery now
- Story time! Why the star’s daughter thinks that Zac Efron might be her dad?!
- Celebrity secrets! The beloved skincare musts on Ashley’s topshelf… and the *one* discontinued mascara that she wishes would come back
- Entrepreneurship real talk. Why a previous failed business venture had her thinking twice before diving in a second time
- Support our LA community! Join us in helping those affected by the 2025 California Wildfires by visiting redcross.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767) or texting the word CAWILDFIRES to 90999 to make a donation.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:08.2 | Welcome to Breaking Beauty, the podcast all about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty. |
| 0:14.1 | We're your host, Jill Dunn and Carleen Higgins. |
| 0:28.7 | Happy Wednesday, everyone. I'm excited to be back in your feeds this fine week. Hey there, Carleen. |
| 0:36.9 | Hello, Jill. We are two beauty editors turned beauty podcasters delivering the breakthrough people products and moments in beauty every single Wednesday. |
| 0:42.3 | That's right. In our catalog of nearly 400 episodes at this point has some pretty epic guests, I will say, like industry insiders like Kim Kardashian's makeup artist, makeup by Mario, |
| 0:47.9 | dermatologist, Dr. Shereen Idris, celebrity facelists like the LA facialist and Renee Rolo, and tastemakers like |
| 0:56.0 | Haley Bieber, Tracy Ellis Ross, Mona Catan. The list goes on, Carleen. Yes, absolutely. And today, |
| 1:03.2 | drum roll, but we have another celebrity on the mic today, even though I didn't get to be there, |
| 1:09.7 | Ashley Tisdale. Yes, so Ashley is an actress, singer, |
| 1:13.5 | mother, and entrepreneur. I caught up with her in L.A. a few weeks back. And honestly, |
| 1:19.0 | Carleen, you and I have talked about this a couple of times before about the celebrities that |
| 1:24.4 | drum up sort of warm, nostalgic feelings for their audiences. And those people, |
| 1:31.8 | when they can tap into that connection and launch a beauty brand, it's just like, it's, |
| 1:37.2 | it's magic, right? Yeah. And I think it just kind of, it touches that bit of nostalgia in people's |
| 1:42.9 | hearts where it's like hearkening back to a good |
| 1:45.0 | feeling. Yes. You know, who can think about high school musical without having a good feeling? I mean, |
| 1:49.8 | come on. Yeah. Or even the sweet life of Zach and Cody. So like heartwarming and wholesome. So wholesome. |
| 1:57.1 | Yeah. I mean, Disney Channel, baby. And, you know, Ashley Tisdell, she's been working in |
| 2:02.1 | entertainment since she's three years old. And she's turning 40 in 2025. Like, she is just that |
| 2:08.0 | triple threat that's been working. She's released albums. She has so many film and TV credits to her |
| 2:13.8 | name and just the ultimate professional. But to me, it just made all kinds of sense that she |
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