Personal Styling Through Personal Connection

Laurel Kinney started her styling business, Trophy Boutique, three years ago as a blog. Today her personal style services help Austin women going through transitional periods. Whether that transition be a divorce, a new job, or recent childbirth, Laurel helps “see them through that change”.

Sure, it’s a weighty claim but take a look at her background—the woman studied psychology and received her Master’s in social work from Columbia and served in the field before making the transition to style. She feels that this kind of history helps her to form a deeper connection with her clients.

“We go through this together,” she said of her personal styling experiences.

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What The F*@% Is A BB Cream?

I received one question that I know has been irking a vast majority of the female population and it is this: WHAT THE F*#$ IS A BB CREAM?

It’s true that they have become utterly ubiquitous in the past few months and every beauty AND skincare brand has been clamoring to put their so-called beauty balm on the market. It is somewhat rare that the entire beauty community is flipped upside down by an entirely new and foreign product to the market that every one wants a piece of the share. The last time was definitely Mineral Makeup that became a staple in every beauty line when mastermind Leslie Blogdett took a tiny brand and maedit what is now bareMinerals, but I digress. I’m here to clear up the mystery of the BB Cream. 

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