Brett Heyman, Founder of Edie Parker

Brett Heyman was still a teenager living in Los Angeles when she bought her first 1950s acrylic clutch at a thrift shop on Melrose Avenue. Over the years, Brett's enthusiasm for these vintage bags only grew and so did her collection which, by the time she was a senior PR person for Gucci in New York, numbered over 100 bags.  When her first child arrived, the appeal of 6 annual trips to Milan quickly faded, and she decided to turn her passion into her profession.  In Episode 7, Dr. Lara Devgan talks with Edie Parker founder, Brett Heyman, about how she went from designing her first bags on her dining room table to having the most photographed women in the world wanting to get their hands on them.  

Georgia Louise, Founder of Georgia Louise Atelier

Even though clients at the London spa where Georgia Louise worked kept asking for her, her bosses were not impressed.  Georgia pampered her clients by mixing various skin care products to create a perfect, tailor-made blend for each of them.  Clients loved it, but Georgia's bosses wanted her to stick to protocol. Feeling constricted, Georgia, then barely out of her teens, started her own spa and now, nearly 20 years later, she takes care of some of the most beautiful and best-known faces on the planet including Cate Blanchett, Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence.  In Episode 6 of Beauty Bosses, Dr. Lara Devgan talks with Georgia about her journey from a small rented space in London to the most fashionable parties at the Oscars.

Sarah Maslin Nir, Reporter at The New York Times

Sarah Maslin Nir, a New York Times journalist, saw first-hand the less attractive side of the beauty industry when she wrote Unvarnished, an expose of working conditions in nail salons for which she was a Pulitzer finalist and which spurred regulatory changes.  Luckily, in this episode of Beauty Bosses with Dr. Lara Devgan she reveals that she still believes in the beauty inherent every single person she encounters.  

Dr. Andi Miro and Dr. Michael Apa, Cosmetic Dentists

Andi Miro was a first year dental student at NYU when a talk by Dr. Michael Apa inspired her to become a cosmetic dentist.  Little did she know that just a few years later she would be working with Dr. Apa who took your friendly uncle’s profession and built a global cosmetic dentistry powerhouse on it.  In this episode of Beauty Bosses, Dr. Lara Devgan talks to Andi and Michael about how aging impacts your smile, about building an international clientele and what the Tooth Fairy really should have given you when you were 7.  

Julia S. Powell, Acclaimed Modern Artist

Julia S. Powell was a successful Stanford-trained lawyer who kept getting asked by family and friends to create artwork for wedding invitations.  When her brothers gifted her a set of oil paints and started buying her paintings, she knew it was time to figure out how to make a career in art work.  In this episode of Beauty Bosses, Dr. Lara Devgan talks to Julia S. Powell about how she transitioned, in the span a few years, from drafting contracts to becoming an increasingly prominent painter with a clientele from around the globe.