What one woman learned when she dressed like Kylie Jenner for a week

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the Kardashian-Jenner clan are a controversial, polarizing bunch. They get their fair share of hate, we all know that, but more than anything, they are subjects of fascination.

We may not co-sign all their life choices, but we are fascinated by this family as a phenomenon, and moreover, we are intrigued by everybody else’s intrigue. In fact, this family is such a larger-than-life presence, it feels near-impossible to imagine what it would ACTUALLY be like to be a part of it. But that didn’t stop one woman from trying.


Brooke Shunatona, assistant fashion and beauty editor for Cosmopolitan, decided to place herself at the center of a social experiment by dressing and grooming herself like Kylie Jenner for one week. As Shunatona explains in her write-up of the week, she’s not, by nature, a selfie-Snapchatting-makeup-wearing kind of lady. By living la vida Kylie for a week, Shunatona discovered that Kylie’s life of leisure captured regularly on Instagram isn’t actually leisurely at all.

“Homegirl is busy,” Shunatona states in her piece. “I know this because I tried Kylie’s beauty routine, outfits, and lifestyle for a week and I was pretty drained by the end
Shunatona prepped for her week with a manicure, spray tan, and the procurement of a ton of wigs (she didn’t go for the lip fillers, which is a relief, but instead made do with lip-liner). Then she got to making herself up like Kylie and recreating her Instas, including wrestling on complicated footwear, contouring her makeup, and rocking a mint-green mane.

By Day 5, Shunatona was exhausted. She acknowledged that all she was doing was getting dressed up and taking snaps, but, as she realized, this lifestyle is most tiring.

“It might sound like an easy job, but devoting a huge chunk of time and thought every day to your makeup, hair, and outfit, plus to taking the perfect photo, all while maintaining a full-time job, is not easy. Many times in my life, I’ve watched a celebrity on reality TV and said to myself, It seriously can’t be that hard. Get over yourself. But there is something very emotionally draining about investing so much energy in the way you look and deliberately putting yourself out there for people to judge. I’m not even remotely a celebrity and the experience was really weighing on my self-esteem. Because I’d put so much thought into my appearance, I cared that much more about what others would think of the way I looked, and that is something I never usually do. I wondered if this is how Kylie feels on a regular basis, except times a million because there’s so much pressure for women in entertainment to look good.”.”hellogiggles