I Tried Kylie Jenner’s Everyday Makeup Routine & This is What I Looked Like

Recently I saw a tweet about Kylie Jenner‘s makeup routine having 37 different steps, not counting moisturizing and priming. I was like… hold up. How? Being a not only a licensed makeup artist, but also a makeup lover I can fathom using this number of steps to beat your face for a night on the town or a special event. Day-to-Day is a whole other story. I’m a tomboy and it usually takes me less than 15 steps to complete my go-to look. *Actually less than that since Alex from Eye Candy PGH hooked me up with some lash extensions- check out her work here.

So yeah; it takes Kylie 37 steps to do her makeup for a day of meetings. You can find the original video here, but I’m going to break the steps down for you below and, of course, show you my final result vs what I look like with my normal makeup routine.

Products and pricing down below, as well!

The Steps of Kylie Jenner’s Makeup Routine

When I watched the video and actually wrote it out, if you don’t want to read it all be sure to click the link and give it a watch. It’s pretty remarkable. She even makes a point to say that her and Kim don’t compete and have no animosity when it comes to their brands. uh huh, honey… sure. 

• Brows
  • Line your brow
  • Fill it in
  • Conceal under the brow and spread onto the lid
  • Blend that out with a sponge
  • Set with Powder
• Eyeshadow – Kylie referred to this as a simple eye
  • Use a transition shade in your crease to “shape your eye”
  • Highlight under your brow arch, on your brow bone
  • Define your crease with a darker shade
  • Apply your lid color with your finger
  • Finally add a pop of color to your inner corner/tear duct area
• Use a makeup wipe to get rid of any eye shadow fall out. This is also why Kylie does her eyes first. *in my opinion, it depends on the look and products being used
• Foundation
  • Lather your face in so much foundation you’re actually soaked
  • Blend that with a sponge
  • Use a concealer brush to apply foundation above the brows (you’ll obviously want to avoid both your brows and your eyes when applying your foundation)
• Concealer – Kylie uses 2 kinds. One pink, One beige.
  • Apply your first shade to your under-eye and chin
  • Place your second shade on top of the first
  • Blend out
• Set with powder
  • Under your eye with smaller brush and loose powder
  • All over with powder brush and pressed powder
• Contour with bronzer. Make a 3 & an E.
• Bake with loose powder under your contour… AKA waste a ton of loose powder. I mean you need to pack that shit on there until you look like you have a bad tan line.

The end is in sight, guys… I promise

• Lips – Kylie’s First Love
  • Line your lips… like the whole lip, over line it a bit too. PS Kylie can do this with her f*cking eyes closed. Bitch, bye.
  • Apply your lip shade of the day
• Back to the eyes
  • Tightly shade under your eyes with a dark eyeshadow color
  • Drag the color from your inner corner/tear duct all the way down
• Contour your nose “a little bit”
• Blush – Kylie’s Favorite. She applies it literally everywhere: cheeks, nose, forehead, chin, earlobe… you get it 
• Wipe off your “bake” with a powder brush. Blend it well.
• Mascara… I’m not going to ruin my lash extensions, but Kylie apparently doesn’t care.
• Highlight
  • Cheekbones
  • Nose
  • Forehead
  • Blend it with your finger
• Circle back to your lips and add some gloss
• Gel your brows into place
• Hit your face with more blush…? The logic is lost on me here
• Setting Spray to top off your look and keep your hours of work in place

Products I Used:

I followed all the same steps as Kylie… like to a T. The total cost of all of these products is about $375.

Face

• Marc Jacobs Marvelous Mousse Foundation in the shade Beige Light
• itCosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer in Medium and Bye Bye Under Eye Illuminating Concealer in Light
• Erin’s Faces Aloe Setting Powder  I also used this to bake.
• Kat Von D Shade and Light Contour Pallet, I use the shade Shadowplay
• TooFaced Papa Don’t Peach Blush
• Becca Champagne Pop Highlight
• ELF Matte Magic Setting Spray

Eyes

• TooFaced Sweet Peach Palette – this baby smells so so good.
  • Peaches n’ Cream: transition shade, to shape the eye
  • White Peach: brow highlight
  •  Puree: upper crease for definition
  • Nectar: applied all over the lid
  • Just Peachy: inner corner/tear duct and pulled down to the inner bottom line
  • Caramelized: smudged under the eye
• NYX Micro Brow Pencil in Brunette
• NYX Control Freak Brow Gel
• Benefit Roller Lash on my bottom lashes only. I, unlike Kylie, like to take care of my lash extensions.

Lips

• NYX Slim Lip Pencil in Light Pink
• TooFaced Melted Matte Lip in Granny Panties
• Finally, I used Vaseline for gloss because I hate lip gloss and don’t own any… oops

Are you still with me or have you gone cross-eyed?

The Comparison: 8 Minutes vs. 45 Minutes

My Eight Minute Makeup Routine

Kylie Jenner’s makeup routine for everyday and meeting may be 37 steps long, but Ashlie Hipp’s is not. Especially in the summer, since I can’t stand to have more product on my face than I feel is necessary. God bless, your soul, Kylie. I just do not have it in me.

Products I Used:

This is also the order I used them in! The total cost of all of these products is about $200.

• Balm Cosmetics Balm Shelter Tinted Moisturizer in the color Medium
• itCosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer in Medium
• Erin’s Faces Aloe Setting Powder
• Kat Von D Shade and Light Contour Pallet, I use the shade Shadowplay
• TooFaced Papa Don’t Peach Blush
• Becca Champagne Pop Highlight
• Define my crease using Shadowplay
• Place Champagne Pop on my lid and under my brow
• NYX Retractable Eyeliner in black on my outer waterline
• NYX Control Freak Brow Gel
• Benefit Roller Lash again on my bottom lashes only.
• ELF Matte Magic Setting Spray

THAT’S IT

All in all, there are some steps of Kylies routine I may be adding to mine. I can see where baking really does make your contour pop, and I am so here for that. Also, I should probably start doing something with my lips… maybe one day. This was such a fun post to do! I think I’ll be doing some comparisons to looks I find on YouTube more often… what do you think?

xo,
Ash