Amanda Bynes was spotted at the Santa Anita Mall in Southern California.
A male friend accompanied her on the shopping outing which comes after the What a Girl Wants actress, 37, decided to abandon her new podcast Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast after just one episode.
The Hairspray star has had a number of personal highs and lows in recent months, including wandering through traffic naked in Los Angeles in March.
Amanda wore faux python pants with a baggy grey t-shirt.
In photos posted to her Instagram, she revealed she made a stop at Target to buy some black hair dye to transform her platinum blonde locks.
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 2 Amanda Bynes was spotted at the Santa Anita Mall in Southern California](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/22/79310441-12898855-image-a-70_1703457636992.jpg)
Amanda Bynes was spotted at the Santa Anita Mall in Southern California
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 4 A male friend accompanied her on the shopping outing which comes after the What a Girl Wants actress, 37, decided to end her new podcast Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast after just one episode](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/22/79310469-12898855-image-a-71_1703457660776.jpg)
A male friend accompanied her on the shopping outing which comes after the What a Girl Wants actress, 37, decided to end her new podcast Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast after just one episode
The Amanda Show alum made a brief return to the spotlight via her since cancelled podcast.
The debut episode came out on December 9 and by the 17th she had cancelled the project.
‘So even though the podcast is doing really well and the response has been great, I am going to take a pause on it for now,’ she said on TikTok on December 17.
‘We are not able to get the type of guests that I’d like on the show, say like Jack Harlow, or Drake, or Post Malone, so maybe one day if we’re able to get those types of guests we will resume the podcast. But for now I’m taking a pause on it.’
She continued, ‘Thank you everyone who watched I really hope you enjoyed it, and that is all for now.’
Ultimately, Bynes decided to end the podcast for good in an effort to ‘have a consistent job.’
The actress on Thursday took to Instagram Stories to reveal that she’s scuttling her podcasting efforts so she can find more consistent work as a manicurist.
The Thousand Oaks, California native said that the initial episode of her podcast, titled Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast, ‘did really well’ after its December 9 release.
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 6 Amanda wore Shein's faux python pants with a baggy grey t-shirt](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/22/79310461-12898855-image-a-78_1703458423174.jpg)
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 8 Amanda wore Shein's faux python pants with a baggy grey t-shirt](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/22/79310459-12898855-image-m-77_1703458413569.jpg)
Amanda wore Shein’s faux python pants with a baggy grey t-shirt
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 10 Ultimately, Bynes decided to end the podcast for good in an effort to 'have a consistent job'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310457-12898855-image-a-79_1703458845463.jpg)
Ultimately, Bynes decided to end the podcast for good in an effort to ‘have a consistent job’
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 12 In photos posted to her Instagram, she revealed she made a stop at Target to buy some black hair dye to transform her platinum blonde locks](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310463-12898855-In_photos_posted_to_her_Instagram_she_revealed_she_made_a_stop_a-a-25_1703461249075.jpg)
In photos posted to her Instagram, she revealed she made a stop at Target to buy some black hair dye to transform her platinum blonde locks
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 14 The Amanda Show alum made a brief return to the spotlight via her since cancelled podcast.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310449-12898855-The_Amanda_Show_alum_made_a_brief_return_to_the_spotlight_via_he-a-22_1703461248888.jpg)
The Amanda Show alum made a brief return to the spotlight via her since cancelled podcast.
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 16 'So even though the podcast is doing really well and the response has been great, I am going to take a pause on it for now,' she said on TikTok on December 17'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310445-12898855-image-a-82_1703458924636.jpg)
‘So even though the podcast is doing really well and the response has been great, I am going to take a pause on it for now,’ she said on TikTok on December 17′
‘I was actually surprised and of course was going to keep going after friends encouraged me to,’ Bynes said of the initial podcast, which featured tattoo artist Dahlia Moth as a guest.
The Hairspray actress continued: ‘After thinking about it, though, I would rather get my manicurist license and have a consistent job. I’m going to follow that path instead.’
The All That actress has past spoken about an interest in working in the beauty and fashion industries.
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 18 We are not able to get the type of guests that I'd like on the show, say like Jack Harlow, or Drake, or Post Malone, so maybe one day if we're able to get those types of guests we will resume the podcast. But for now I'm taking a pause on it'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310447-12898855-image-a-89_1703458969538.jpg)
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 20 'We are not able to get the type of guests that I'd like on the show, say like Jack Harlow, or Drake, or Post Malone, so maybe one day if we're able to get those types of guests we will resume the podcast. But for now I'm taking a pause on it'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310453-12898855-image-m-88_1703458964098.jpg)
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 22 She continued, 'Thank you everyone who watched I really hope you enjoyed it, and that is all for now'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310451-12898855-She_continued_Thank_you_everyone_who_watched_I_really_hope_you_e-a-24_1703461249015.jpg)
She continued, ‘Thank you everyone who watched I really hope you enjoyed it, and that is all for now’
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 24 The debut episode came out on December 9 and by the 17th she had abandoned the project](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310439-12898855-image-m-94_1703459022488.jpg)
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 26 The debut episode came out on December 9 and by the 17th she had abandoned the project](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310455-12898855-image-a-95_1703459029419.jpg)
The debut episode came out on December 9 and by the 17th she had abandoned the project
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 28 The duo appeared to be waiting in line for a snack](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310443-12898855-image-a-96_1703459047391.jpg)
The duo appeared to be waiting in line for a snack
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 30 Bynes and her pal strolled outdoors](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310465-12898855-At_the_time_she_was_undergoing_personal_and_legal_issues_which_e-a-23_1703461248985.jpg)
Bynes and her pal strolled outdoors
![Amanda Bynes relaxes with a friend at the mall following cancellation of her podcast 32 Bynes also previously studied at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) nearly a decade ago](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/24/23/79310467-12898855-image-a-98_1703459062084.jpg)
Bynes also previously studied at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) nearly a decade ago
In October of 2022, she said on social media that she was ‘in cosmetology college to become a manicurist’ and shared images of her educational journey.
In 2020, she had been exploring the possibility of starting a perfume line as her lawyer David Esquibias told People at the time, ‘She is investigating fragrances.’
Bynes also previously studied at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) nearly a decade ago.