I'm excited to announce that over the course of the next few episodes, Ready Set Slay will be interviewing several GIRL BOSS entrepreneurs. I figured it would be appropriate to kick off this GIRL BOSS series by flipping the script and allowing myself to be interviewed to discuss everything about my business, my personal journey, and everything in between. And who better to sit in the host's chair than my good friend and friend of the podcast Danielle (who you may know better as Dee Lavee).

You may remember celebrity photographer Ricky Codio from way back on episode 12. I asked him to come back on the podcast to discuss his amazing weight loss journey, his recent initiative Assembly Line in which he opened up his studio The Mannequin Factory to young photographers in order to help them grow as artists, and a fashion-heavy discussion about the 2019 Emmy Awards. This episode is packed with shade, sequins, and surprises.

I personally stalked Randi Orlinsky - the regional manager of education and artistry at Make Up For Ever - to appear on the podcast and I'm so excited for you to hear what she has to say! Randi goes up and down the East Coast training folks on how to properly use Make Up For Ever's products and she is a walking encyclopedia of makeup technique. From the groundbreaking HD makeup pioneered by Make Up For Ever to breaking down how she manages to both teach AND inspire, this is an episode you SHOULD. NOT. MISS.

Keri Blair has worked with MAC for nearly 25 years. In that time she's gone from working retail to training MAC employees, to traveling all around the world as a senior MAC artist and aesthetician. Keri joins me to discuss her storied career, trends she's seen during this year's New York Fashion Week, and I get her to dish on her TOP 5 MAC products!

As you all know by now, I'm OBSESSED with my friends. So I brought on someone I consider not only a friend but a mentor as well: Lyfe!

On this episode of Ready Set Slay, I had the incredible privilege to speak with Fatima Thomas, a senior national artist at MAC. I've been following Fatima's career for years and consider her a role model in the industry. We discuss her journey from starting in makeup retail to her current role in MAC, how social media has "democratized beauty," and the evolution of makeup and how the world thinks about makeup and beauty as a whole! This is a phenomenal episode and I know you're all going to enjoy it!

I'm so excited to share this episode with you all! I sat down and talked with MAC senior artist John Stapleton to hear about his journey from art school to male model to his 24 year career with MAC. We share our respective MAC stories, dish on our favorite MAC (and non-MAC) products, and John shares some makeup tips and tricks including a 99 cent blemish reducing hack you can use today!

On episode 13, I brought my girlfriend Danielle, who you may remember from our Girl Talk episode, to discuss my recent haul at Sephora. I also wanted to bring all my listeners up to speed on what's been going on in my life, both professional and personal!