PS: How do you feel you stayed true to yourself while working in Hollywood, which is such a cutthroat industry?
LR: I won't sit here and say I practiced self-love every day, but what I did do is make it my business to really know who my client was. I put in the research to figure out who they were, so it never looked like I was changing someone or making them into something I thought they were. It was more about finding their authentic self and helping them to become the most elevated version of that. I think that's what separated me from a lot of other stylists.
PS: Is there anyone whose career you've looked up to while working in the industry so far?
"If nothing else works, we do know that I'm a pretty darn good stylist, and I can always come back."
LR: No, I think I'm just on my own path and I'm trying to figure it out day by day. I just ask for the gift of discernment that I'm making the right decisions. And if I don't make the right decisions, that I'm confident enough and I can appreciate the ones that weren't right. I'm just growing mentally, spiritually, and in my own joy and peace. That journey is really exciting to me, because I don't know where I'm going to end up. I always say, if nothing else works, we do know that I'm a pretty darn good stylist, and I can always come back.
PS: As you depart the world of styling, what change are you excited for?
LR: My clients whisked me around the world, which is great, don't get me wrong. I enjoyed it. But now I just feel that with my new career, I'll be more tangible. And that's what's important to me, because if people are saying they are inspired by me and aspire to do things I do, then it doesn't need to be this thing on a pedestal — it needs to be this thing that's in front of you. I want to pour into you and give you a little bit more of me.
