This Instagram star has contracts with brands like L'Oreal — and it's estimated she's making millions from her craft
Kristina Bazan was recently named one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 in the art and style category
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Your support makes all the difference.Kristina Bazan is not your average fashion blogger and Instagrammer.
The 22-year-old is an Instagram star. She has over 2.2 million followers. Her blog, Kayture, is wildly popular.
In October, Women's Wear Daily reported that she landed a deal as a L'Oreal ambassador.
“Kristina really works with us, she gives us feedback on our products, and as she is a real L'Oréalista and very connected with her community, it gives us very useful insights,” Yann Joffredo, vice president of global cosmetics at L'Oreal Paris, told Women's Wear Daily recently.
Recently, she was named one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 in the art and style category.
And Women's Wear Daily highlighted how fashion bloggers can make millions of dollars — between $1 million and $3 million annually. Although L'Oreal would not reveal how much it is paying Bazan to Women's Wear Daily, it's clear she's living the fabulous and luxurious life of a fashion and retail star.
Bazan has a blog called Kayture, where she writes about beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and traveling.
She went backstage at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
She became a L'Oreal ambassador in the fall, a huge step for a blogger.
Here she is shooting a L'Oreal campaign in Paris.
She's also appeared on the cover of Vogue Portugal.
Here she is getting ready for the shoot.
Just like a lot of top models, she's a big fan of boxing.
She obviously gets to travel a lot. On her blog, she details the many places she's been, from Berlin to Vancouver and more.
She went to the Hamptons with the clothing brand Revolve.
She gets to attend fashion weeks around the globe — here's her New York Fashion Week style from September.
She took a helicopter ride with Cartier.
She spoke at Oxford University.
She gets to sit in the makeup chair a lot.
She's hung out with her friends in Amsterdam — and she wrote alongside this post "#WhatHappensInAmsterdam." We'll assume she had a good time!
She went to the W Magazine It Girl Luncheon.
She poses with luxurious goods, like Miss Dior perfume.
She gets to work on projects beyond blogging. She has a book out now called "On the Go."
She's working on a music project, too.
Yet despite fabulous life, this is what she wears on her "Sunday strolls" — Starbucks in tow, just like many of us.
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