Kylie Jenner’s Beauty Evolution Is Full Of Luxe *Lewks*

At the 2024 Met Gala, Jenner went all in on the “Garden of Time” theme, in an ethereal pale pink gown with conical accents. The cherry on top? Her flower-adorned hair.

If this image of the makeup mogul looks familiar to you, it’s because she wore her hair in a very similar sleek bun, also adorned with florals, to promote her Cosmic fragrance in March.

According to her MUA Ariel Tejada, she did spray some of the fragrance on Jenner for a “sweet and warm floral scent to last all night.”

The *king* has returned! Days after her minimalist beauty showing at the Golden Globes, Jenner made a bold transformation from her signature brunette roots to more cotton candy-like tresses.

“Hiiiii remember me,” she captioned a series of photos of her new look on Jan. 16, in reference to her iconic rainbow hair-colored, King Kylie era days.

For the third year in a row, Jenner appears to be leaning into the low-key look. At the 2024 Golden Globes, she appeared alongside boyfriend Timothée Chalamet in a stunning lace see-through dress and barely there makeup. Her natural beat, which seemingly included a bit of lip color and some cheek tint, was paired with an equally simple yet elegant loose chignon.

Ky usually goes over the top with her Met Gala looks. (Remember when she wore a wedding gown with a backward baseball cap in 2022?) But for the 2023 event, she kept things simple yet sophisticated, opting for minimalistic makeup, a messy #Pamcore updo reminiscent of ‘90s supermodels, and muted jewelry to pair with her fire-asymmetric red Jean Paul Gaultier dress. Pretty ironic considering the Kylie Cosmetics Glow Balm she used was called “Doin The Most.”

In 2022, Jenner became a mom for a second time and started posting more of her bare face than we’ve ever seen before. In this relaxed selfie with a friend posted on Instagram in June, you can almost even see Jenner’s freckles on her bare, sun-kissed face. It’s definitely a departure from previous looks and another distinctive chapter in Jenner’s wild beauty evolution journey.

In 2021, Jenner didn’t exactly retire her full-beat aesthetic, but she did begin to tone down her coverage. While she still looks airbrushed in this selfie she posted on Instagram on March 29, 2021, you can see more of her skin’s texture than ever before. For Jenner, it was a step in a natural direction.

Like many people during lockdown, Jenner switched up her hair. The bronze shade seen in this selfie from September 2020 falls somewhere between a warm blonde and a light red-toned brown, and was so different from any shade Jenner had tried previously. Overall, the look was much better than giving yourself bangs like one unnamed beauty editor who will not be taking questions at this time.

2020 saw Jenner return to her classic beauty look: long dark hair, sharp-as-glass contour, and lots of highlighter. The dark smokey eye and light brown lip that defined the earlier years of Jenner’s beauty evolution were back in full force at the star-studded Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

In 2019, Jenner paired luxe glam in natural tones with a bold hair moment. This gorgeous lavender wig became an instantly iconic Met Gala moment in and of itself.

In 2018, fans noticed that Jenner’s lips were notably less pronounced than in previous years. The new mom and makeup mogul eventually opened up and shared, via a comment on Instagram, that she’d had her lip fillers dissolved, a choice some speculated had to do with the birth of her daughter, Stormi. Although her lips were less plump, Jenner’s glam otherwise stayed consistent — neutral tones, a full beat, and filled-in brows — throughout 2018.

Before her older sister went full Marilyn on the Met Gala red carpet, Jenner brought the glossiest blonde bob I’ve ever seen to the 2019 Met Gala. This look was also a great example of what was fast becoming Jenner’s signature beauty aesthetic: ultra-luxe glam with a bit of a surprise element.

During 2016, Kylie’s wig game was on point and she tried a range of styles, but returned again and again to pastel shades like the multicolor pastel dreaminess that is the one she wore to Coachella in 2016. She’s also rocking a head scarf as she often did during her King Kylie era.

Jenner’s King Kylie era started in 2016. This stage in her beauty evolution was characterized by a full beat including thick, filled-brows, full coverage foundation, and, usually, a matte neutral lip. This period in Jenner’s beauty journey was also full of aesthetic and style cues from Black culture including the durag look seen above.

While Jenner’s natural hair was at the sweet spot between bob and lob, 2015 was the year she wore wigs including this caramel blonde number she was spotted in during New York Fashion Week. Since 2015 was her big wig year, she kept her makeup relatively low-key with a smokey eye and a matte, skin-toned lip.

Jenner became the founder of Kylie Cosmetics in 2015 at just 18 years old. Kylie Cosmetics launched its now infamous lip kits in November 2015, just a month after Jenner was photographed in this long, mint green wig. 2015 was the year Jenner’s beauty signature became the exciting, unexpected wig.

Jenner continued to play with bright hair colors throughout 2014 including adding custom-dyed extensions to her own shoulder-length lob to create this dramatic mermaid beachy waves look. This was also around the time that Jenner switched up her overall approach to glam from statement-making makeup to statement-making hair. Over the next few years, she would opt for more neutral makeup and bright, bold wigs.

In 2014, Jenner chopped her long hair into an edgy bob with an equally edgy aqua ombre. This was the first, but definitely not the last, time that the youngest KarJenner deviated from her family’s more mainstream beauty aesthetic into her own, more experimental territory.

At the LA premiere of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Jenner debuted a new style of glam with the vamp level turned up to 11. At the premiere, Jenner wore a full face of glam, including contouring that you could cut glass with, and deep merlot matte lipstick.

2013 was also the year that Jenner started experimenting with vibrant lip colors. At the New York City premiere of then-rumored boyfriend Jaden Smith’s movie After Earth, she was photographed wearing bright matte fuchsia lipstick.

In 2012, Jenner began showing up to events with the hair and makeup styling the Kardashians were known for at the time. In this photo, Jenner was signing copies of the September issue of Seventeen (the Jenner sisters shared the title of cover star). Her long, beachy waves, golden tan, and bronzer-centric makeup were 100% pure, unfiltered Kardashian glam.

While Jenner kept the same style of makeup throughout her early teenage years, you can see a glimpse of the half-smile that would become something of her signature expression in her adult life in this photo from 2011. There are subtle hints that Jenner was gaining more makeup mastery at this time: Her brows were filled in, both her top and bottom lashes were on point, and you can see a bit of highlight and contouring on her nose and cheeks.

Still a young teen in 2010, Jenner was already leveling up her glam game. Her nearly waist-length hair marked the beginnings of her experimentation with hair extensions and her eyeliner was also upgraded with a slightly winged effect on her lower lash line. Look closely and you can even catch a bit of contour on the then-14-year-old’s cheeks.

Baby Kylie! In 2009, Jenner was 13 and doing what tweens at the time did: sweeping her long bangs to the side and applying dark, smokey liner to her waterline. Jenner was definitely in the public eye before 2009, but this look — lightly glossed lips with finely lined eyes — was the first *lewk* she ever served.