LaurDIY
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About
Do-It-Yourself specialist on YouTube who posts fashion advice videos to her popular channel LaurDIY, which boasts to over 8 million subscribers. She also runs a blog under the same name. In September 2017 she released the song "DIY QUEEN." She was also cast on the inaugural season of YouTube's The Reality House in 2019. She hosts a podcast called Wild 'Til 9 with her husband. In 2020, she hosted the first season of Craftopia. She returned for the next season in 2021. She appeared on the cover of "The Inspiration Issue" of The Knot in spring 2023.
Before Fame
She started posting to YouTube in the spring of 2012 while in college. She graduated from Ryerson University, now known as Toronto Metropolitan University, in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in technology. She studied graphic communications management.
Trivia
She has been featured in Seventeen magazine on several occasions. In 2017, she made her film debut in Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween.
Family Life
Her full name is Lauren Riihimaki. She is of Japanese, Finnish, and Ukranian descent and is from Toronto, Canada. Her ex-boyfriend Baz appeared on her channel in challenge and tag videos. In 2015, she began a relationship with Alex Burriss, AKA Alex Wassabi, which lasted up until September 2018. In 2019, she began dating Jeremy Lewis. The couple announced their engagement in December of 2022. They wed in April 2024.
Associated With
She is friends with fellow creators Remi Cruz and Mia Sayoko.
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