Kim Kardashian and Nicole Richie Shoplifted Lipstick When They Were Kids
"It was a brown shade from Revlon..."
With KKW Beauty becoming an instant success, Kim Kardashian West has been reflecting on her relationship with make-up. In a new post on her website, Kim wrote, "I've always been really interested in beauty... For me, creating KKW Beauty was a natural evolution—makeup has been a huge part of my life since I was a little girl."
Following in her sister's footsteps, and emulating the success of Kylie Cosmetics, Kim's first round of contour kits made an estimated $14.4 million in less than 3 hours. And with a powder contour kit coming next from KKW Beauty, the brand is only going to grow.
But in a surprising beauty anecdote, Kim also revealed that her love of make-up once led her astray. She wrote, "When Nicole Richie and I were around 11, we went into a drugstore in Malibu and took lipstick. We thought we were so badass!"
While Kim's story won't win everyone over, it's clear that the reality star's love of cosmetics started a long time ago. Of the fateful lipstick, she continued, "I can't remember the name of the color, but it was a brown shade from Revlon. I wasn't much of a partier growing up, so this was about as rebellious as I got." Does this mean we can expect a similar shade from KKW Beauty some time soon?
Kim also shared her memories of raiding her mom's make-up collection. She wrote, "Kourtney and I would get into all of my mom's makeup. We would try everything, but we were so obsessed with concealer and foundation for some reason. We would put it everywhere—literally, all over our faces."
Clearly, a love of make-up runs in the family, and Kim's obsession with a strong contour makes total sense.
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Amy Mackelden is the weekend editor at Marie Claire, where she covers celebrity and royal family news. She was the weekend editor at Harper’s BAZAAR for three years, where she covered breaking celebrity and entertainment news, royal stories, fashion, beauty, and politics. Prior to that, she spent a year as the joint weekend editor for Marie Claire, ELLE, and Harper's BAZAAR, and two years as an entertainment writer at Bustle. Her additional bylines include Cosmopolitan, People, The Independent, HelloGiggles, Biography, Shondaland, Best Products, New Statesman, Heat, and The Guardian. Her work has been syndicated by publications including Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Delish, Oprah Daily, Country Living, and Women's Health. Her celebrity interviews include Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Chastain, the cast of Selling Sunset, Emma Thompson, Jessica Alba, and Penn Badgley. In 2015, she delivered an academic paper at Kimposium, the world's first Kardashian conference.