In My Chair

By Quinn Murphy

Arts TV & Film Performing Arts Fashion & Beauty

What's In My Chair about?

Real life conversations, just like the ones with my clients in the makeup chair. We talk beauty, but also share what's beneath the skin.

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In My Chair episodes:

10.15.2023
Dr. Ellen Gendler pledged The Hippocratic Oath, and the non-hypocritical oath. She doesn't take a dime from pharma, or give two cents about bogus beauty trends. "Dr. Real" is raising the bar for socia
Renowned for her straightforward, gimmick-free approach to skincare, Dr. Ellen Gendler is highly regarded as a leading authority in cosmetic dermatology. A board-certified dermatologist, she boasts impressive credentials and is praised for her personable manner among patients. Cosmetic Dermatology Consistently...
09.04.2023
John Derian is the reigning king of decoupage, just ask Anna Wintour. If asked, he'll help you move furniture and find out what he has in common with Kim Kardashian (and Cher!).
A decorative artist who lives in New York City, John Derian is America’s leading practitioner of decoupage, the art of cutting and pasting paper images In 1989, the Boston-area native Founded John Derian Inc.With a small atelier of artists, the...
07.26.2023
Chaz Dean hasn't lathered his hair in 30 years, is "not a grotesquely sweet (dessert) person", and blocks out Fridays for his labrador's 'pool day'.
We cover a LOT in this episode. Chaz's rise to creating Wen, becoming the 3rd largest hair care company in the U.S., to a devastating Lawsuit and his time on reality TV's Flipping Out on Bravo. Through it all...
07.17.2023
Jemima Kirke is happy being overdressed or barely dressed at all but nothing in between! She's not interested in being in a throuple and she does give a fuck.
Jemima Kirke is a British-American artist, actress and director. Although born in London, Kirke was raised in New York City. She was educated at Saint Ann's School in New York, before moving on to Rhode Island School of Design, where...
06.19.2023
Made By Dyslexia Founder/CEO, Kate Griggs, is disrupting the world's perceptions of dyslexia with help from Sir Richard Branson, and fellow right brain thinkers.
British social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of charity, Made By Dyslexia, Kate Griggs has been shifting the narrative on dyslexia and educating people on its strengths since 2004. Dyslexic herself, She is a leading voice in global advocacy and is...
05.30.2023
Yadim Carranza is radically honest, serves Face and Body, rocked 10" stilts and is having more fun the second time around.
Mexican-American makeup artist Yadim Carranza began his career on the MAC Counter in his native San Diego. Having joined the MAC PRO Team, Yadim moved to New York City in 2006. Shortly after, he became the first assistant to Pat...
05.15.2023
Paul Cavaco Part Deux. He doesn't mind being a little vulgar, it's better than common.
Manhattan-born and Bronx-raised, Paul Cavaco’s career began with his romantic and professional relationship with legendary stylist Kezia Keeble, with whom he founded styling firm Known today as KCD. Cavaco went on to serve as fashion director at Harper’s Bazaar and...
05.01.2023
Paul Cavaco styled Madonna's Sex Book, is physically working too hard to wear Fashion, he's not coming for your job, and Oprah personally calls him.
Manhattan-born and Bronx-raised, Paul Cavaco’s career began with his romantic and professional relationship with legendary stylist Kezia Keeble, with whom he founded styling firm Known today as KCD. Cavaco went on to serve as fashion director at Harper’s Bazaar and...
04.17.2023
Lauren Parsons hates pink lipstick, wanted to be the next Britney Spears and she's really cool.
Lauren Parsons is a London-based makeup artist and Dazed Contributing Beauty Editor.Over the years, Lauren has forged strong creative alliances with both established and emerging photographers including David Sims, Mert & Marcus, Juergen Teller, Paolo Roversi, among others.As well as...
04.03.2023
Lauren Santo Domingo, aka LSD, will have you tripping over her style, business sense and quick witted humor. She used to work at Vogue, but is always in Moda.
LAUREN SANTO DOMINGO is the Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Moda Operandi, the only fashion platform inviting consumers to shop from designers’ complete runway collections prior to production. As a former American Vogue editor, Lauren set out to...
03.20.2023
Rose Marie Swift is the OG of "Clean Beauty". She read Gisele's astrology chart and predicted fame and fortune. She can also read ingredient labels and sometimes eat them!
If you know RMS Beauty, you know that the initials RMS stand for Rose-Marie Swift, a beauty industry veteran and longtime professional makeup artist who started her eponymous clean beauty line in 2009 (long before the term was widely used)....
06.20.2022
Patrick O'Donnell: Farrow & Ball INTL Brand Ambassador, loves a good Toad in the hole and once lived in a castle.
Patrick O’Donnell has been a part of the Farrow & Ball team since 2012. As of 2018, he has held the role of International Brand Ambassador, fostering relationships between Farrow & Ball and the designers and decorators who use its...
05.31.2022
Danessa Myricks is the hardest working woman in cosmetics, a Queens, NY native and was a backup singer in hip-hop!
As a makeup artist, photographer, and entrepreneur Danessa Myricks has mastered the perfect beauty application and image and made a name for herself as one of the most creative in our makeup industry. With the creation of her eponymous...
05.09.2022
Francesco Clark defines family not only by DNA, birthed Clark's Botanicals in a hospital bed, and he speaks Italian.
Francesco Clark was 24 years old with a promising career at Harper’s Bazaar when his entire world was turned upside-down. On June 1, 2002, Francesco dove headfirst into a swimming pool and crashed into the bottom. He became paralyzed from...
04.25.2022
James Kaliardos almost died on a plane with Miley Cyrus and Andy Warhol told him to do makeup.
James Kaliardos is a New York-based makeup artist and founder of legendary publication and experiential agency, VISIONAIRE. Kaliardos is in high demand by brands such as Louis Vuitton, NARS, MAC, and Tom Ford Beauty.He has collaborated with photographers such as...
04.10.2022
Jeanine Lobell has her own hot dog stand, says Gen Z isn't lazy, and will tell you when you're doing a good job, now.
Jeanine Lobell is a celebrated makeup artist and founder of Stila Cosmetics. Stila was first-to-market with recycled packaging, the use of illustrations, and girl power culture. As one of the first indie makeup brands, the company had unprecedented growth, resulting...
03.21.2022
Bobbi Brown: She's making up for lost time, got D's in Math and has floor seats to the Nets.
Bobbi Brown is an American professional makeup artist, author, and the founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. In 1991 Brown first created ten natural-shade lipsticks and then became one of the leading brands in American cosmetics. In 2012 Bobbi sold 21...
03.07.2022
Tonne Goodman: She is the "nicest” of the Vogue editors. Repurposed, sustainable, adaptable and doing it all in white jeans.
“She’s quiet and not bombastic and wears a uniform every day, but Tonne changed this industry and the way Americans look at fashion. Tonne is rad. She is the definition of radical.” Tonne Goodman, a native New Yorker, began her...
02.22.2022
Sam Fine: On staying relevant, agencies, Michelle Obama and social media.
What do superstars Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams, Jennifer Hudson and supermodels Tyra Banks, Iman and Naomi Campbell all have in common? They’ve relied on the expert hand of makeup artist Sam Fine to look their most glamorous. Fine, a...
02.07.2022
Brian Broome
BRIAN BROOME’s debut memoir, Punch Me Up to the Gods, is an NYT Editor’s Pick and the winner of the 2021 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Poets and Writers, Medium, and more. Brian...
01.24.2022
TS Madison has an Any Wig Face, with a career that's CARRYING with no end in sight.
TS Madison is arguably one of the biggest names on social media as aninfluencer! Known also as Maddie, she is an American reality television personality, entrepreneur, actress, and LGBT activist. With the reality show, The Ts Madison Experience, she became...
01.11.2022
Kate Hudson
Kate Hudson is a Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award nominated actress, producer, entrepreneur, and bestselling author. She is also a long time client and friend.Kate and I sit down to discuss our recent job together, shooting the...
08.11.2021
Ivan Bart, made it to the top of model management (President IMG Models), but says "you're only as good as your last booking"
Ivan Bart is the President of IMG Models and Fashion. An international leader in talent development, operating in New York, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Milan and Sydney, Bart oversees the management of IMG Models’ A-list talent roster, including Alek Wek,...
07.26.2021
Dick Page has been doing makeup since the mid 1980's and he's still at it!
Dick Page, the self described "makeup geezer" is a husband to James Gibbs and the father of two dogs, Raggio and Ralph. The happy family live in Brooklyn, NY and also have a home in the incorporated village of...
07.05.2021
Sandy Linter: One of the original 5 makeup artists in NYC. She fired her mother and partied for 33 months at the legendary Studio 54.
Sandy Linter is a makeup artist icon & is considered a historian on makeup from the 1970’s to the present. Her first Vogue cover was in 1974. In 2008 she was given the title of 'Lancome - Beauty at Every...
06.21.2021
Liz Goldwyn is a 'sexpert', taught herself how to walk again, and encourages daily check ins with your genitals.
I love Liz Goldwyn. She is smart, compassionate and non judgemental. She's the kind of person you confess things to. She's also a writer, filmmaker, and artist-turned-sexuality guru, caught on to the importance of sex from an early age. She...
06.07.2021
Tracey Cunningham hit the Lotto, and isn't quitting her job.
From working as a nanny for Bette Midler, to touching up J.Lo's roots in the Dominican Republic, Tracey Cunningham has done it all in celebrity hair color. Tracey’s clients are among the most sought after women on stage and screen...
05.24.2021
Phyllis Posnick: The conduit between Anna Wintour and legendary photographers, making beauty images and portraits a “stopper".
You might find Phyllis Posnick in the West Village in New York City at her mainstay eatery Via Carota, or at a book signing of her best seller STOPPERS to fashion enthusiasts. She may be spotted in New York, London,...
05.17.2021
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers is one of America’s most popular and beloved personalities, known to millions as Chrissy Snow, from the hit show, Three’s Company. In a multifaceted career that has spanned more than three decades, she has achieved extraordinary success...
05.13.2021
Monika Blunder
Monika Blunder is a Los Angeles-based celebrity makeup artist. She began her career assisting legendary makeup artists including Kevyn Aucoin and Paul Starr and today has established herself as an in-demand talent working with celebrities such as Gemma Chan, Amanda...
05.10.2021
Serge Normant
Serge Normant is undeniably one of the leading hairstylists in the fashion industry today. Top fashion magazines, including Harper's Bazaar, W, Allure, Elle and Vogue, regularly book Normant for cover sittings and fashion and beauty stories.Serge began his career in...
05.03.2021
Lori Goldstein
Lori Goldstein is a New York-based stylist. Born in Columbus Ohio and always a lover of clothes and fashion she decided to move to New York City to launch her fashion career. She then started her editorial work at...
04.26.2021
Lucia Pieroni
Lucia Pieroni may have started makeup "quite by accident”, but her spot as one of the fashion industry’s top makeup artists is indisputable. The British born makeup artist worked her way up the latter from test shoot for her portfolio,...
04.19.2021
Katie Jane Hughes
Katie Jane Hughes is a British celebrity & editorial makeup artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Her clients include the likes of Ashley Graham, Hailey Bieber, Rosie Huntington-Whitely and Kate Bosworth. When she’s not on set or working with clients,...
04.12.2021
Carolyn Murphy
After a staggering three decades as one of the industry’s most sought-after models, Carolyn Murphy has walked for the world’s most desirable labels, worked with the biggest names in fashion and traveled the globe. Spotted by a scout at 15,...
04.05.2021
Orlando Pita
With a career that spans runways from Milan to NYC, Orlando Pita is one of the most sought after hair stylists in the fashion industry. Born in Cuba, Pita began working as a hairstylist in the fashion industry in the...
03.31.2021
Kate Young
Kate Young is a New York-based stylist. She recently launched a successful YouTube channel, Hello Fashion.Her celebrity clients include Margot Robbie, Dakota Johnson, Selena Gomez, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Sienna Miller, Nina Dobrev, and Sophie Turner. On the commercial...
03.29.2021
Jawara
International hairstylist, Jawara is one of the most sought-after names in fashion. The Senior Beauty Editor-at-Large of i-D Magazine has a number of notable accolades under his belt, including a British Fashion Council New Wave Creatives Award as well as...
03.24.2021
Bryce Scarlett
Bryce Scarlett, extroverted Gemini (ha!), and hair artist for some of Hollywood’s most elite celebrities including Natalie Portman, Margot Robbie, Lily...
03.22.2021
Garren
We are all familiar with the one-name legends, from Cher to Madonna, Bjork, Prince, Iman, Sade...In fashion and hairstyling, there is THE one-name legend Garren.Known for his daring, rule-breaking cuts for some of hollywoods biggest icons and other...
03.15.2021
Kristen Bell
Kristen Bell is an American actress/singer, philanthropist, producer, and mom. She was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan.After graduation, Bell moved to New York City to attend the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied musical...
03.09.2021
Jen Atkin
Starting her career in Hollywood, Jen Atkin quickly began working with the most influential stars, including Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian, Katy Perry, Jessica Alba, and Jennifer Lopez. Today, with over 3.7m followers on social media, she’s what the New...
03.03.2021
Katie Lee
Katie Lee Biegel was raised in a modest, tight-knit family in West Virginia. She began cooking with grandma grandma at the young age of 4. Today, she is a co-host of The Kitchen on The Food Network,...
03.02.2021
Alex Box
Alex Box is a British make-up artist, renowned for her experimental and often surreal beauty looks. Box's work continues to chart the correlation between art, science, nature and the magical. Her editorial work has featured in a variety of...
02.23.2021
Sarah Tanno
When Lady Gaga’s makeup is mentioned, the one name that comes to mind is Sarah Tanno. As her official make-up artist, Sarah accompanies Gaga on every single tour and does her make-up for every single show, red carpet event and...
02.18.2021
Brigitte Reiss-Andersen
Brigitte Reiss-Andersen's career spans an impressive four decades at the top level of the industry. She is one of the most accomplished and respected makeup artists intersecting the world of fashion and celebrity. Brigitte started her journey in Paris,...
02.16.2021
Pati Dubroff
There are very few names that resonate as respectably as makeup artist Pati Dubroff’s. From countless covers, red carpets, photo shoots and brand ambassadorships – the list is endless. Pati is an iconic namesake in the ever evolving business of...
02.11.2021
Lisa Eldridge
Lisa Eldridge is one of the world’s leading make-up artists. Equally at home with celebrities and red carpet as with catwalk or editorial makeup. Lisa's career has taken her all over the globe and made her a makeup artist...
02.09.2021
Jason Wu
Jason Wu is a Taiwan-born, New York-based designer who has become a staple of American fashion. In 2001 Wu attended the prestigious Parson's School of Design, before leaving in 2004 to intern with Narciso Rodriguez . In 2006, Jason founded...
02.02.2021
Lily Aldridge
Lily Aldridge is a fashion supermodel, passionate philanthropist and a mother to two incredible children. I have been very fortunate to work closely with Lily for my entire career. Aldridge first signed with IMG Models in 2005. She has...

What's In My Chair about?

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In My Chair episodes:

Dr. Ellen Gendler pledged The Hippocratic Oath, and the non-hypocritical oath. She doesn't take a dime from pharma, or give two cents about bogus beauty trends. "Dr. Real" is raising the bar for socia

John Derian is the reigning king of decoupage, just ask Anna Wintour. If asked, he'll help you move furniture and find out what he has in common with Kim Kardashian (and Cher!).

Chaz Dean hasn't lathered his hair in 30 years, is "not a grotesquely sweet (dessert) person", and blocks out Fridays for his labrador's 'pool day'.

Jemima Kirke is happy being overdressed or barely dressed at all but nothing in between! She's not interested in being in a throuple and she does give a fuck.

Made By Dyslexia Founder/CEO, Kate Griggs, is disrupting the world's perceptions of dyslexia with help from Sir Richard Branson, and fellow right brain thinkers.

Yadim Carranza is radically honest, serves Face and Body, rocked 10" stilts and is having more fun the second time around.

Paul Cavaco Part Deux. He doesn't mind being a little vulgar, it's better than common.

Paul Cavaco styled Madonna's Sex Book, is physically working too hard to wear Fashion, he's not coming for your job, and Oprah personally calls him.

Lauren Parsons hates pink lipstick, wanted to be the next Britney Spears and she's really cool.

Lauren Santo Domingo, aka LSD, will have you tripping over her style, business sense and quick witted humor. She used to work at Vogue, but is always in Moda.

Rose Marie Swift is the OG of "Clean Beauty". She read Gisele's astrology chart and predicted fame and fortune. She can also read ingredient labels and sometimes eat them!

Patrick O'Donnell: Farrow & Ball INTL Brand Ambassador, loves a good Toad in the hole and once lived in a castle.

Danessa Myricks is the hardest working woman in cosmetics, a Queens, NY native and was a backup singer in hip-hop!

Francesco Clark defines family not only by DNA, birthed Clark's Botanicals in a hospital bed, and he speaks Italian.

James Kaliardos almost died on a plane with Miley Cyrus and Andy Warhol told him to do makeup.

Jeanine Lobell has her own hot dog stand, says Gen Z isn't lazy, and will tell you when you're doing a good job, now.

Bobbi Brown: She's making up for lost time, got D's in Math and has floor seats to the Nets.

Tonne Goodman: She is the "nicest” of the Vogue editors. Repurposed, sustainable, adaptable and doing it all in white jeans.

Sam Fine: On staying relevant, agencies, Michelle Obama and social media.

Brian Broome

TS Madison has an Any Wig Face, with a career that's CARRYING with no end in sight.

Kate Hudson

Ivan Bart, made it to the top of model management (President IMG Models), but says "you're only as good as your last booking"

Dick Page has been doing makeup since the mid 1980's and he's still at it!

Sandy Linter: One of the original 5 makeup artists in NYC. She fired her mother and partied for 33 months at the legendary Studio 54.

Liz Goldwyn is a 'sexpert', taught herself how to walk again, and encourages daily check ins with your genitals.

Tracey Cunningham hit the Lotto, and isn't quitting her job.

Phyllis Posnick: The conduit between Anna Wintour and legendary photographers, making beauty images and portraits a “stopper".

Suzanne Somers

Monika Blunder

Serge Normant

Lori Goldstein

Lucia Pieroni

Katie Jane Hughes

Carolyn Murphy

Orlando Pita

Kate Young

Jawara

Bryce Scarlett

Garren

Kristen Bell

Jen Atkin

Katie Lee

Alex Box

Sarah Tanno

Brigitte Reiss-Andersen

Pati Dubroff

Lisa Eldridge

Jason Wu

Lily Aldridge