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Lauren Conrad: Philosophy and Philanthropic Works (new paragraph)In 2011, Lauren Conrad created a video for the Valspar Color Project, which pledged to donate $1 to Habitat for Humanity for every Valspar Color video shared through their Facebook. The actor has also supported charities such as Soles4Souls, Avon Foundation, Clothes Off Our Back, Feeding America, Keep America Beautiful, and The Art of Elysium.

Blue Avocado

Conrad has recently partnered with Blue Avocado to support sustainable lifestyles through ecologically friendly clothing. Conrad’s clothing produced with Blue Avocado is made of recycled plastic bottles, and each item tells the buyer the number of plastic bottles they have helped recycle. The actor’s Blue Avocado line focuses primarily on accessories and bags.

Little Market

Conrad told Brie Schwartz in an interview for Redbook that she has been inspired by the strength of the women she has worked with in the past few years. Conrad stated, “[the women] were strong, but they were kind and they didn’t need to shout to be heard.” The Little Market is an online market Conrad and Skvarla founded which benefits the women artisans who produce the goods sold. Little Market is designed to support the development of a stable economy in underdeveloped regions. Conrad and Skvarla find women artisans through recommendation by other artisans, or direct contact. The two then enable the women artisans to market their products to a global rather than local scale. As the individual artisans earn revenue, they are able to hire other artisans to produce more product, growing themselves as a business. Conrad says this is how she measures the success of the project. Some of the women who benefit from the Little Market are disabled and victims of sexual abuse, including sex-trafficking.

Sdowd14 (talk) 03:40, 5 November 2015 (UTC)sdowd14
 * I'm planning to add more to this, but I wanted to share this draft with you all first.