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A Good Chat With Good Babes Shelby & Blaze About Western Style, Ag Life, and Rodeo
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Shelby Lovelace, founder of The Good Babes Co., and Blaze Stewart, a Western Fashion Influencer, join us on the Kick Your Boots Up Podcast! Hear Shelby’s journey from an Animal Science grad in ag life to a thriving fashion entrepreneur spreading kindness with Western fashion. Discover their passions for funny farm and ag stories, and empowering messages of confidence. Don't miss this inspiring chat with true Good Babes! For a full episode transcript, visit our website at: https://www.justinboots.com/en/kick-your-boots-up/podcast.html
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Introduction and Guest Backgrounds
00:00:00
Speaker
Hello everybody and thanks for listening to the Kiki Roots Up podcast. This week we have girl time, finally two ladies in studio. This is going to be so awesome. Shelby Loveless and Blaze Stewart. Ladies, thank you for being here on the Kiki Roots Up podcast. Thank you so much for having us. Thank you. I love it when things like this work out and we finally get boss babes in the same room together to talk about life and everything in general.
00:00:22
Speaker
So speaking of that, let's just jump right on in. Shelby with you, tell us a little bit about yourself, how you grew up, all of it. So my name is Shelby Lovelace. I grew up on a 500 acre cattle ranch. We raised beef, we raised commercial cattle, and that's kind of what I did growing up. We worked cows and stuff like that. Western industry has always been super special to me. I kind of left and went to the corporate world for a little bit and was able to come back and tie the Western industry into my business, the Good Babes Co.
00:00:50
Speaker
Um, and then I get to work with amazing Western ladies and they get to model the clothes. We get to tie horses into it and it just hasn't worked out. So awesome. I agree with you there and I'm so not like your business mind on top of it all. So yes, you've stayed true to the Western industry and everything that you've done, but also the business side, you've, you've got a really good thing to good babes and we'll talk about that in a
Friendship and Rodeo Queen Memories
00:01:12
Speaker
little bit. Thank you.
00:01:12
Speaker
Of course. And Blaze, for you, tell us about how you grew up and kind of how were you got to influencing today? Yeah, definitely. So I grew up in Kansas, so I'm pretty excited to be living in Texas now. But I've kind of always been involved in agriculture in a way or the Western industry. I showed horses. I rodeoed like we talked about. We go back to the rodeo-queening days. And we do have to talk about that one here for everyone. Yes.
00:01:36
Speaker
And I do attribute a lot of the qualities I have to that and what I learned through that. That was a great time. Like I
Authenticity in Ranch Life and Influencing
00:01:44
Speaker
said, I rodeoed and my mom had a boutique, which is how I kind of got into the fashion world. I used to go to Dallas Market with her, Wesa, all of that.
00:01:52
Speaker
and i went to school in oklahoma for a couple years and then moved to canyon texas and went to wt and same thing it's kind of come full circle and uh now i'm married to a rancher and so i get to live the lifestyle every single day yeah a ranch wife too that's the american dream for all of you guys
00:02:10
Speaker
And I do want to back up to our Rodeo Queen days, because we were trying to figure out what time frame that we would have met. And I think when it started like 2008, I think so. Like Little Miss CPRA. I think I was like nine years old. I was living my best life.
00:02:29
Speaker
No, like the most like all of the rhinestones that you can get all the glitter all of it Yes, and then it didn't matter to like at the end of the day if you just kept putting more on But I remember like specifically we were just like it's good every more makeup More makeup all of it like the whole nine yards yes, and I think what's so cool about social media and how I
00:02:50
Speaker
everything works out in the world and in the industry is how now we were just talking, we get to sit here and have a conversation as boss babes and it's still in the industry. And I think it's worth mentioning too that like we haven't really, our schedules haven't aligned. We haven't been at the same events. If we have, we've missed each other. Really gotten to catch up since like 2013, whenever we like saw each other in Kansas, you know, all this stuff.
00:03:10
Speaker
So for you, what has been like the hardest part, I guess, about moving on to this next chapter of being a ranch wife, stepping out of like the young rodeo queen stuff to like fashion influencing ranch wife life like that.
00:03:24
Speaker
I think the hardest thing, um, not necessarily on the influencer side or the Western, but it's been a big learning curve for me, um, working on the ranch. I mean, I grew up in agriculture, but it's different. It's different. I mean, we run commercial cows, imposter syndrome is so real in agriculture. I feel like especially for women, um, I'm one of the only girls that works there alongside my husband. And sometimes like, I feel silly asking questions or, or if I have an idea, you know, things like that. So that's been tough for me, but I also love it.
00:03:52
Speaker
And I've loved kind of being able to tie that into my influencing and sharing that side for other girls that may be struggling with that too or want to get into
The Power of Social Media Connections
00:04:00
Speaker
it but don't know how. That's something that I kind of want to work on being better about sharing. Like I said, I love fashion and I like putting my spin on it. Shelby and I were talking about that last night. Everybody styles stuff in a different way and I love seeing it. I love seeing people's personalities through it and I just don't feel like you can style something wrong.
00:04:16
Speaker
No, I couldn't agree. And it does shine through with you. I think that's why you have such a good loyal following too. It's like people, you're so real, both of you. I mean, you guys both are so real and transparent with the world. And I love one video in particular, and this has been a while back. Um, you had just done, gotten done. I don't think you were working cattle, but you were doing something with your husband helping him out. And then you're like, get ready with me for a date night. And you literally went from zero to glam. And you know, it was a lot of time that the video took us through a trip, but
00:04:42
Speaker
Um, I just love that. So that's where you pull your inspo from. And what do you do on days that you maybe don't look the best? Do you still share? Do you still, what do you, what do you, I do, I still get on my story. No makeup, ball cap. I mean, men's jeans sometimes the whole nine yards. That was actually something Shelby and I worked together on is we did a ranch collection. And that was kind of the idea behind it was having clothes that you can go from wearing on the ranch to going to town and doing a date night.
00:05:11
Speaker
because I feel like a lot of women struggle with that or like having the time or the energy to really do it but like I feel like look good, feel good, do good and so like some days
Upcoming Collaborations and Ranch Challenges
00:05:20
Speaker
even on the ranch like I still want to dress cute and Shelby really helped bring that vision to life and that was really fun to work with her on but I do I share I try to keep it real and share everything on the ranch
00:05:31
Speaker
People appreciate that. Keep doing it. That's how you get a loyal following. Absolutely. And speaking of that, you guys do get to work a lot together, but before we kind of talk more about that and what you're doing here, let's talk about how you guys met because it was through good babes, right? So originally a fashion show for RFD TV, Cowboy Channel in 2019, randomly kind of met, and then of course through social media, which to me is the positive side of social media of getting to meet all of these awesome women.
00:05:58
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getting to work together and harnessing that to use in a good way, I think is amazing. So yeah, that's kind of how that worked out. And then now we shoot together almost once a month. I see that you guys are together a lot. If you're not shooting it, you're just hanging out. You're doing the Airbnb thing, right? So I think you've gone to stay there. I did, I went and stayed at the Babe Cave. Yes. Yes. So it's come full circle. It's awesome. I love hanging out and bringing around Shelby. She always has so many creative ideas and she's such a fun person to be around. So.
00:06:28
Speaker
I enjoy that a lot. I feel like Blaze is even like more creative than me. Well, I will say you guys feed off of each other very well. Even literally you guys, I was just getting their lunch order like probably 30 minutes ago and hearing them talk about like, oh yeah, I like this, like this specific instance. You're like, I like this olive green. And you're like, yeah, I could go with this. And yeah, just hearing that and feeling the energy of women together supporting each other.
00:06:51
Speaker
That's like so cool. And then the fact that you guys are both kind of influencers together and then also boss babes as a whole. So kind of go in a little bit about why you guys are here, what you're doing with Justin without giving too many spoilers. Of course, of course. So we're actually helping style and kind of art direct the Justin shoot coming up. And I wanted to bring Blaze here to help with the actual, we want it to look realistic. We want it to be actual ranch style stuff.
00:07:19
Speaker
Um, to show that the working cowboy working cowgirl can wear it. Um, and so I think both of our minds together with that has been awesome. And I can't wait to actually get to the shoot to put it all together. It's going to be great. It really is. And the best part about it is before the shoot happens, you're actually going up early to go rope. Yes. I know it has some places like, do you mind if I come a couple of days early?
Personal Interests and Fashion Inspirations
00:07:40
Speaker
She was like, actually rope would love that. Come head some stairs for him. I'm like, I would love that.
00:07:45
Speaker
Do you rope too, please? I do. Yes, I am. I break away. She ropes great. Wow. Yeah, I don't. Shelby's giving me a lot of credit, but she ropes great. I break away rope and I recently started heading this summer, so that's been another learning curve. So, but I'm excited about it. I've always wanted to team rope, so it's pretty cool that I'm finally learning. You're doing it. Yes. You're helping each other. And the one thing I have the question about that is like my biggest fear with it all is getting your thumbs caught. Do you guys ever have that here?
00:08:15
Speaker
No, I have to be honest. I don't really know how people get them stuck as often as they do. I mean, I don't, I mean, you don't really think about it when you're doing that's probably why it happens. Cause it's just like, Oh, well they want my thumb. Yeah. But no, I don't really think about it. I guess when you're in the moment. Yeah. And I might not rope fast enough to be in that position yet. I was going to say team roping wise, I never left the dummy breakaway. I can practice a few times, but yeah.
00:08:39
Speaker
Dummy for me is about the bar. Okay. So when, before we go dive deep into your guys's jobs and your lifestyles, I've got to ask when you guys aren't working, what do you guys do for fun? Obviously roping fashion, shopping, all of it, but tell us about like, what are your favorite foods? What are your favorite activities? Okay. Well, yeah, Mexican food, margaritas. Definitely. We cross over on there for sure. Yeah. A good steak. I mean, you can't beat that. Yep. Yep. Um, I like hamburger steak is my favorite home cooked.
00:09:09
Speaker
Like brown gravy, mashed potatoes. That's my favorite. Really? That's like my go to. And I do put a fried egg on top of it. Okay. See, I agree with you there. I love that. But my husband will die on the Hill of that is disgusting and eggs do not belong on. So I guess let us know if you have, if you like fried eggs on your burger. But yeah, I mean, I feel like roping when I have extra time. That's what I do.
00:09:35
Speaker
Yeah, that's pretty much our hobby. I mean, I like clothes and shopping occasionally, but I feel like we go from we're working on the ranch riding our horses, working cows to, okay, let's go saddle the rope horses and go rope when we have time. That's kind of the hobby, I guess, what we enjoy to do. I wish I had more time to do it, honestly. Yeah, for sure.
00:09:53
Speaker
If it is that relaxing. Yeah. And I guess what we're hearing then is that you guys are going to team up in 2024 and you're going to like start traveling the world as team rope and partners. We're both headers. We need some healer girlies. If you want to, if you want to rope with us to healer girls, reach out to us, please. What do you think is the hardest part about becoming a healer then once you've already been on the head and side, what do you think that the holdup there is? I think the horse switch is the hardest.
00:10:18
Speaker
Yeah. In my opinion, for Shelby, for me, I, I cannot rope the heel dummy owl. Like I cannot heal. I am awful at it. Like I will fully admit that, but I definitely horses. I mean, if you have a switch under that's even better, but I think that's, I'm trying to train my colt on both ends right now and he's three. So of course you're in that like phase where he's just constantly doing whatever he wants to do. And then you try to switch in them and it's like, okay, this is tough, but that's the hardest part for me, I think.
00:10:46
Speaker
Well, then I think you guys are both really good at handling the mindset through that. How do you guys handle a bad day that whether it be in the rope pin or I don't even know in your businesses and your daily life. Okay. Taking it minute by minute. That's like my go-to like, let's take it one step at a time and go from there. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's good advice. Yeah. That's good. What about you? What are you?
00:11:07
Speaker
staying calm, realizing that it's one day and just having good faith. Yes. Definitely. Ditto to both of those. That's so solid. And one thing too, I've got to commend both of you guys on is keeping up with like, um, not only the fashion side of things, but like your body and healthy and lifestyle and all that. So like the one, the first time I, I hope you remember this or maybe I hope you don't remember
00:11:29
Speaker
I don't know the first time I met you you were getting your makeup done Yes for a photo shoot and I honestly was in awe because this is my first experience with you in person again Thank you going back to like the social media thing to keep up you feel like yeah So anyways, I remember just like staring at you forever being like, okay So what is your workout routine because your legs are carry underwood? Yeah, and you were like, honestly, I just walk so tell us about that
00:11:51
Speaker
I like am a huge advocate for incline walking. It's great for everything. And I mean, running is fantastic, but it does wear on your knees and
Building a Business in the Western Industry
00:12:00
Speaker
incline walking. I'm like, almost anybody can do it. And you can buy one of the little desk treadmills that go into your desk and prop it up. I literally, I put a yoga mat underneath my incline or underneath the treadmill and make it an incline. So you didn't have to go to the gym. That's genius. And then you just answer some emails, walk all day, eight hours a day. No, no, I'm not that.
00:12:21
Speaker
I'm not that good, but no incline walking. I love. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Yep. And then same for you. What's your secret to staying healthy? Well, Shelby's my inspiration. I'm so jealous, but I do really try to eat clean or cook clean for us, especially with as busy as we are. I don't like loading up on junk food. I don't ever feel good. When I was in college, I did the power fit workouts and that really helped me. I don't really have the time for that anymore. Um, in the summer when we're working cows, that's,
00:12:51
Speaker
my workout. Yeah. I was going to say when you're doing stuff like that. Yeah. I mean, even just rope roping. Yeah. Yeah. Roping is a great workout. I definitely feel like in the winter I need to do more though. I don't feel like I'm as active. I don't, I always say I'm a fair weather cowgirl. Like I don't really have a choice, but if I did, I would be a fair weather girl.
00:13:09
Speaker
I agree to that too. And that's what I love about Texas. I mean, you know, I'm an Oaky. I don't know if you knew that from Oklahoma and that's like Oklahoma. It's always cold in the winter, but Texas, you'll have some random 75 degree days and you're like, perfect. This is a great day to go ride. Yeah. No, I love that.
00:13:25
Speaker
And we're almost out of time before we take a break, but the one question I want to ask before we do that is, um, where do you guys pull your fashion influence from? Where do you guys get your info for fashion? If I went like the starter piece, I go to Pinterest, start a board, and then we put our own spin on it. I feel like that's kind of my go-to and other girls too. Like, I mean, I,
00:13:48
Speaker
I see other things and I'm like, I love that, but I could do this with it. And so like, I make it you. Yes. And so like, I definitely get inspiration from other people too, but Pinterest, all sorts of things. Yeah. So sometimes it just comes to me, like I'll be sitting there and I'll be like, Oh my goodness, I should try this. My best ideas are at like midnight laying in bed. And so I have a notepad of style ideas. By your bed. Yeah. That's genius. You know, people have that for writing. I do a lot of writing, but it's the same thing, I guess. Exactly. With style and passion. 100%. The more, you know.
00:14:18
Speaker
Well, we're going to take a quick break. But when we return, we're going to have a lot in store for you guys for just talking about everything that they do in their lives and their personal and professional lives. So stay tuned. Don't leave us. We'll be right back.
00:14:30
Speaker
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00:14:59
Speaker
We are back in the Kicky Roots of Studio. Thank you guys for being here. We're with Lace and Shelby. And now we get to talk about the fun stuff, the things that have kind of made us where we are today. So for you specifically, Shelby, I want to talk about Good Babes Co. and BBT and just really about how it all became about. So you and Danny are partners. So tell us about just how it all got started. Yeah. So like I said, getting to tie the Western industry back into my businesses was kind of key for me. That's always been my niche market, if you will.
00:15:29
Speaker
And I feel like I was kind of one of the first Western boutiques, like when it all kind of first took off. And I feel like staying true to that and getting to tie back in the Western industry has just been like number one for me. So then we kind of transferred it from, we took like corporate cowgirl type feel with the blazers and stuff. And then we were like, well, let's put a button down underneath that we can take the blazer off and go straight to the arena and go rope. Then put the blazer back on and go to dinner. So it's like an office to arena to dinner type
00:15:57
Speaker
is kind of how we market it. And corporate cowgirl has been like, everyone loves that. Even if you're not cowgirl, you know? And Courtney DeHoff does a great job of talking about that all the time. I love it.
Influencing with Authenticity
00:16:10
Speaker
I love that. And I mean, it just gets the Western industry gives it such a classy, you know, look and feel to it. And that's kind of where I wanted to go with my brand. So
00:16:20
Speaker
Well, I am so inspired by you as a business professional as well. I feel like you've just gone and approached the boutique side of things, just so sound. So kind of talk about that. What are your struggles there? What success is? I mean, you don't have to give away all your secrets, but tell us a little bit about the inside stuff that people maybe don't see. Sure. So we actually have this year have set down and we plan out our sales goals.
00:16:42
Speaker
Um, and then we break it down by collections that we're going to shoot and like our, our drops and stuff that we have coming up. Um, Excel is actually become my number one tool for everything. I know. I love Excel so much. Um, that's kind of like my little boutique Bible type of thing. And that's how I organize everything by shoots, all of it. Um,
00:17:04
Speaker
So yeah, that's kind of been my go-to for that. And I do focus on my numbers and that is kind of the driver for everything is how much am I going to order? What am I going to order? Is what are my sales goals that I'm trying to hit? And then we kind of go from there.
00:17:18
Speaker
And I've got to ask too, this, this past year was your first year at the NFR with the booth. Yeah, it was great at cowboy Christmas. Yeah. It was just, it was really amazing to see the girls on social media that you talk to all the time and then get to style them in person. That was my like biggest takeaway from the NFR. 100%. Did they kind of fangirl over you kind of like I did where they like.
00:17:37
Speaker
Tell me about your life. Tell me about your workout. I think everyone's just like, we get to see you in person. Like, yeah, I get to meet everybody in person, talk to in person and getting to meet like, like I was saying, being a girl's girl, like everybody that came up was just chit chatting. And then we started talking about horses and you know, it was great.
00:17:55
Speaker
And you definitely left with lots of friends. They were customers, other friends. It's a perfect example. Yes, good to go here. Absolutely. So yeah, that was probably number one takeaway for me. And now I'll go back every year. We plan to have a bigger booth next year. That was kind of our, I've got pulled off the wait list like super last minute. So we got like a very small booth, but we made it work and next year is going to be bigger and better. Yeah, that's right. You got your way in your foot in the door. Now you know what you can do, what you shouldn't do, what you should do, the ins and the outs.
00:18:23
Speaker
And one thing too that I've got to know, I'm curious about, Good Babes Co., the name. How did that come about? Obviously you guys are two good girls, you're women. Kind of like the girl's girl feel that I was talking about, like telling people you love their outfit, helping someone at the grocery store. I know that's so random, but it's like,
00:18:40
Speaker
helping other people trying to be the best person that you can possibly do or be, excuse me, like do good, be good like Blaze was saying. And honestly, when you have clothes
Summer Fashion Trends and Personal Style
00:18:50
Speaker
on that you feel good in, you're going to reflect that in life. And that was kind of the driver behind like, yeah, we're just selling clothes, but we want to empower people. When you feel good in what you're in, you're going to do amazing things.
00:19:02
Speaker
That is so well said, I love that. And what's the tie with BBT as well? So blazers, excuse me, basics, blazers and trousers is what BBT stands for. And like I said, it's kind of stuff that you can take from the office to the arena. And that was kind of what we wanted to do. And really, there's not a huge selection of women's blazers that you can make look Western. And so that was kind of our tie behind that was trying to pull it into the Western industry a little bit more. So yeah.
00:19:30
Speaker
especially with like the Ralph Lauren. Yeah, that's really nice. Yeah, absolutely. So it's been neat to see like, you know, rodeo queens wearing the blazers, FFA kids, stock show, you know, all of that stuff. So it's been cool to see it full circle. Yeah, I can only imagine from your point of view, because for us seeing you, you know, you succeed in everyone. Yeah, going to NFR, looking for your things on demand, we get a different
00:19:54
Speaker
perspective but from you yeah you're probably just so humbled right oh absolutely yes and like I think back to when I was a little girl and like I was in the show arena or you know seeing the judges wearing their fancy clothes right now I'm like I get to put those clothes on people like that's so cool to me and you're the reason I mean indirectly you're the reason why they feel good why they're doing good that day performing their best that's what I hope yes yes my hope that's definitely for sure
00:20:20
Speaker
Yeah. So that's been great. Yeah. No, I'm so happy for you and blaze with you influencing your style is iconic. You walk into a room and everyone just wants to look at you. They want to see. Yes. They want to see what you're wearing. They want to see how you styled it. Did, how did you do your hair today? Tell us about like your, your insides and outside of influencing. How long have you been an influencer? Tell us about all of it.
00:20:43
Speaker
Yeah. So I think it started in 2017, 2018. I went to Dallas market with my mom and I had just kind of told her, you know, like it would be so cool if I could model. Obviously I'm not a model girl, but I- Okay, but let's just pause there. Your mom is a queen. I love her. She's the best. She's like a friend mom. Yes, she is my best friend actually. So I went with her and she was like, you can do it. And I was like, okay.
00:21:06
Speaker
And I happened to walk into a booth there. Oh, it was the Coyote cowgirl graphic t-shirts at the time. And she was like, we want you to come to a photo shoot in Santa Fe. And I was like, yes, please win. And so after I got those photos back, I was kind of already sharing my style and my fashion on my Instagram, but, you know, just my friends were following me.
00:21:26
Speaker
And after I started tagging people, more people would follow and you know, they would ask, well, how would you style this and things like that? And I was like, you know what? I love this. I love styling people. Even still, I have people message me like, what should I wear to this? And I told Blay she's going to style me for NFR this year.
00:21:42
Speaker
I want that off of my plate. I'm like, can you sell me? I'll sell you, but you sell me. Yeah. Which is so funny because like Shelby's so amazing at styling people, but it is like some people would rather sell somebody else just like, you know, you'd rather do somebody else's makeup, things like that. And so that's been really fun sharing all of that. That's kind of how I got into the influencing and it just kind of kept growing from there. I don't really truly know how it started.
00:22:05
Speaker
If it would have happened today in the era of TikTok, I don't think I would have been able to do it. I cannot do that. I try to make even the reels and I'm like, this isn't me like this isn't. So I do share like outfit ideas on that, but I just love taking different pieces of clothing, putting them together, being able to style things differently.
00:22:25
Speaker
And so I truly don't know exactly how I got into it, but it's just kind of grown
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00:22:30
Speaker
from there. Well, it proves that you're a natural. They say like, if the boot fits better, you know, go with it. It's like, truly, it just aligns with your life and everything that you do. And you've just owned it too. Like being one of the, well, I would consider like an original OG, original gangster and blitzer.
00:22:45
Speaker
You were there before TikTok, you were there, you know, before the crazy, even before the real, so who cares if you don't want to hop on that train or whatever, because I mean, there's so many influencers out there that look up to you that you might not want 100%. And so wait, something that like came to mind was like when people are asking you how to style things and especially in the very beginning when they did for the first time, what was that like? Did you stop and think like, well, why are people asking you? Yes. Yes. Like, like you want me to style you and like kind of the idea of like, well, what if you don't feel comfortable in what I pick out for you or how do I even go about
00:23:14
Speaker
picking something out for you. I don't know you. And you know, I, like I said earlier, I feel like people's personality truly shines through their outfits. And that's something I love about fashion is how diverse it is. And so that was really crazy to me. Like, are you sure you want me to pick out your outfit? Like sometimes I put things together even today and I'll walk in and ask my husband, I'm like,
00:23:33
Speaker
Is this, is this too wild? And you're like, well, like you're wearing, I'm sure you can pull it off. And I'm like, okay. So true. So yeah, I don't know. It's just, but it is surreal sometimes. And I mean, I love it. I enjoy it, but yeah. And what do you think is like, okay. So the rule for me is if I look in the mirror and I feel like something is too much, I'll either add more or take away, you know, what's your like go-to rule? If we could give like a simple rule of thumb that you live by.
00:23:59
Speaker
Something I go by is that if I'm not really sure about an outfit, add some more jewelry or accessories and it's probably going to come together. Even this morning I put my jewelry on and I had a few more like layering pieces
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00:24:10
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and last minute I put them on and I was like, yep, this works. Yeah. Like I just feel like playing around with it or sometimes I'll think I have an outfit together.
00:24:16
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and something's not right and I can literally change a shirt or something under it. And I'm like, oh my goodness, I love this. Yes, or a pair of shoes. So just, if you have an outfit idea, if it doesn't come together the first moment you try it on, keep playing with it because you probably have something there. Yes. No, that's so true. So true. And by the time this episode airs, it's actually going to be like summertime. So it's about to get really hot. So how would you guys style like, let's say boots with jeans or boots with shorts? I mean, it's not always easy to do, especially when it's so hot. Yeah, right.
00:24:44
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I love the boots with shorts look. And I think the button down with the shorts and the boots, I just love that. Yes, have to have button up always. Yes. Okay. And like the light linen material that I mean, even throwing over a swimsuit, you know, if you're going to the lake or going to the pool or something like that, I love, love those looks. Yeah.
00:25:01
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I agree. I think you modeled something like that. I did. I did it the last shoot. And actually vest are huge right now, which I love because I feel like you can do a Western. You can make it very classic. You can wear it to the office over a white button down and do the same thing with the shorts and the boots.
00:25:19
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Oh yeah, really cute. Absolutely. That's cool. Yeah. How about you? What do you think? I'm sure it's the same. Yeah. Pretty similar. I also, for summertime, I love matching sets. I think they're so fun because you can make them Western. Like Shelby said, you can put them over a swimsuit and go to the lake. I mean, there's so many different ways to style them. Boots and jewelry is a big thing. I mean, if it's hot, you don't run a lot of layers, you can still add jewelry and usually be okay. Yeah.
00:25:41
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Yeah. And then, okay, so speaking of jewelry, do you guys always stick to turquoise? Do you move on to something else? It's funny because we had this discussion this morning. Did you? We really did. Blaze is a big turquoise girl. I love it. And don't get me wrong. I love turquoise, but I am super drawn to gold jewelry. Like that's just kind of my go-to. Like a warmer tone. Yeah. Um, and, but it's like, you can cross those over though too. Definitely. And I think that's awesome.
00:26:04
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Yeah. That's what we were talking about. And I was telling her like, I kind of want to get some more gold in my collection because there's some days where I don't want the heavy, you know, all the turquoise pieces and things like that. I have some small like sterling silver ones, but I do. I definitely think you can mix and match and make it your own. Absolutely.
00:26:19
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I agree and I want to commend you guys for being so kind both in and out of your daily lives because I remember a specific situation at NFR like last year a bunch of us girls were talking and there was an outfit that I had on that I was just like I didn't love it but I was like you know what it's comfortable we're here we're doing it and there was someone I don't even remember now who it was they it was an influencer they were like no that's what fashion is yes you get to kind of make it comfortable and make it you and make it
00:26:44
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So thank you guys for doing your part to just encourage everyone out there, since you guys do have the eyes on you, that it's okay to dress however you want as long as you own it. You have to be comfortable in what you're wearing. Absolutely. Because if you're comfortable, you're going to feel better about yourself, everything. So I think that's super important.
00:26:59
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That is so true. Yeah. And because we're almost out of time. Yeah. One thing that I do on the Kiki roots of podcast is, um, I ask everyone for their best piece of advice in their field. So for you specifically, please, I'll give you, I could tell you're like, Oh, I'm going to give you some time to think. So Shelby, I'll start with you. Okay. And what is your best piece of advice for anyone that wants to either start a business doesn't have to be a boutique. It can be any business. Yeah. Or as like, and wanting to take it to the next level. Sure. Step by step. Like I said before, I'm minute by minute, day by day and write down all of your ideas.
00:27:29
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you don't have to take those on right at that specific time you can go back to them but start small like that is how i started my business i've not wanted to get any investors or anything like that i've just kind of stuck to what i'm good at and what i want to do um so i would say start small and just build it from there
00:27:46
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That's really good advice. And did you ever have any ever fall up too? Did you ever have any like hard times where you thought like, I don't know if I want to keep going. Oh, I am so many times I've wanted to throw on the towel. Like so many times my husband's like, do you really want to go back into corporate? And I'm like, no, I really don't. I love what I do. I'm just going to tough it out.
00:28:03
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So it's paid off. And what has gotten you through? What's been the one thing that you kind of hold on to that like, you know what? It's worth it. Honestly, what I'm passionate about, I think passion takes you through everything. Like, just if you're having a tough time, go back to like your very original reason why you started. And I think it'll push you through.
00:28:21
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Wow, well said. Thank you. I needed to hear that and I think someone needed to hear that as well. Very good. Okay, Blaze for you. What? There's tons of girls out there that, and you already know this, that want to be an influencer, but you can't just like wake up and decide, I'm going to be an influencer one day. And you've worked really, really hard and it's proven for you to work well. So what's your best piece of advice for anyone that wants to be an influencer? Well, first of all, don't be afraid to ask questions. I think that's something that
00:28:44
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They're so afraid to message or be like, oh, they won't respond to me. I ask as many questions as you can. I still ask questions. And if the first person doesn't answer you, I like to ask someone else. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And also just figure out what you want to do and just stick with it because that's what's going to make it unique to you. And you know, you'll find the people that want that and want to follow you for that. And that's how you really create that authentic following that are loyal. Like you said, that want, you know, look forward to seeing whether it be your outfits or
00:29:11
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whether you're a horse trainer, whatever it may be, whatever your niche is, just sticking to that and sharing that with people and being real through it, I think will help you really find your people, I guess you could say. And like I said, I know I've said this a million times and I'm not just blowing smoke. Both of you have done such a good job of being real and letting people see that, letting people see you for you. I know for you, you'll do a lot of walking, walking with the dog, same with you, riding horses or working with your husband, all this stuff. And I think people do need to see
00:29:41
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the good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful, all of it. Yeah, we're all human. Absolutely. Even the celebrities. It doesn't matter who you are, you're human. We all put our boots on the same way. Yeah, absolutely. Well, this has been so fun and I'm so sad that we don't have that much time, but I do appreciate you guys taking the time. Thank you so much for having us. Thank you. It was fun. We love girl chat. Yes. Anytime, right? Yes. Well, we might have to get you back on before NFR and see if we could talk through
00:30:05
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some trends or something else. We do have a project that we're going to work on for NFR so we can maybe drop a few hints. Okay, well you're here first. Something big is coming. I'm excited for that. And yeah, we might have to get you back on to talk about that. Perfect. We're here for it. Well, thank you guys. If you guys would like to reach out to them, have any more questions, this is your chance to plug yourself. So go ahead and give us your Instagram websites, all of it.
00:30:28
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Um, I actually still answer all of the messages at the good babes Co. So if you want to reach out to me there, um, also my personal Instagram is miss underscore Shelby Lynn. Um, yeah, I would say those are the two ways to reach out. Cool. Yeah. Yeah. Instagram for me, mainly, like I said, I've tried the tick talk. I'm not very good with it. Um, blaze underscore S underscore 22 or just blaze Stewart. So.
00:30:50
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I try to respond to all my messages. Yeah. Yeah. And they're very good about linking their outfits too. So if you like what you saw today, or if you want to check out their styles, you can go ahead and follow it through there as well. And the good babes co website is a great place to shop shop shop. I will say I commend, I get a text probably, well, I don't know when you, does it work? Does it, does it make you want to shop? Definitely. Definitely. Yes.
00:31:12
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I feel like I'm like part of a girl gang or something. Thank you. Sign up for the text, all the things. You'll get notified when there's sales, you get early access, which is my favorite part. Yes, you do. I don't know if you know this or not. Anyone out there is watching Good Babes goes really quick. If you get the extra 20 minutes even, that helps. You get an adrenaline rush. I get the text and I'm like, I got to get on and get it.
00:31:33
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It's kind of like Mud Lowry or something. Same thing. It's already sold out? Yes. No, that's so good. Well, thank you again for being on. Thank you. And I wish you both the best. And like I said, hopefully we'll get to catch up with you later this year. Yes, thank you so much. Of course.
00:31:49
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00:32:14
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