But that kind of success hasn’t come without some major issues. Fans constantly complain about the high price point to low quality ratio — and that’s not all. Kylie’s kustomers have reported an awful lot of products arriving broken or damaged. Lip glosses arrive with bent and broken bristles. Highlighters are shattered. Fans have even complained that one of her palettes smelled like chemicals.
Not a great track record.
I ordered the collection the literal minute that it dropped.
My order was placed on June 20, but didn’t arrive until June 28. And as soon as I opened the Kylie-branded shipping box, I noticed something was off.
But the difference is so slight, it’s almost negligible. So if you missed out on the matte Vacation Collection set but already have the KKW set, in my opinion, you’re not missing much.
But I hadn’t even taken the lipsticks out of the (very tight) cardboard packaging when I noticed something ELSE. The lipstick shade called Naked, third from the left in the picture above, seemed to be broken or incorrectly packaged — the cap was much further away from the tube than any of the other shades.
And then I picked it up, and saw what the issue was. It was even more gross than I’d thought.
SCREAMING.
SHRIEKING.
DYING.
WHY.
HOW DARE YOU.
So this OPEN lipstick could just be merely unsanitary, or it could be actively dangerous. Kylie’s fans — and me — have no way of knowing.
Opening an expensive palette and finding a smudged-up mirror, which is evidence that someone had their dirty hands all over a product going near your eyes? Not OK.
But don’t just take my word for it. I had all of my Revelist colleagues smell Kylizzle’s Vacation palette, and tell me what they thought it smelled like. IT WAS NOT GOOD.
“It smells like when the back door of a warehouse opens, and it’s chemicals and mustiness.”
“It smells like something I would not put on my body.”
“It smells like… is that paint thinner?”
“You know what that is? It’s the inside of an envelope. The part you lick to seal.”
“Burning plastic.”
“Like something middle-schoolers sneak into bathrooms to huff.”
“That’s a Sharpie. That’s straight-up permanent marker.”
“Expired rubbing alcohol.”
All that may be true, to some degree. But these major product fuck-ups happen all too often, and Kylie’s makeup line is NOT CHEAP. If Jenner wants to change $52 for an eye shadow palette — putting her brand on par with luxury brands like NARS and MAC — she’d better deliver when it comes to quality.
$100 for some lipsticks and an eye shadow palette might not be much to Kylie, but it’s a lot for her fans. They deserve much better quality than what this brand has been putting out. And at the very least, they don’t deserve used makeup.
That’s just gross.
title: “Fans Say There S A Problem With Kylie Jenner S Summer Collection” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-12” author: “Gabriel Thompson”
But that kind of success hasn’t come without some major issues. Fans constantly complain about the high price point to low quality ratio — and that’s not all. Kylie’s kustomers have reported an awful lot of products arriving broken or damaged. Lip glosses arrive with bent and broken bristles. Highlighters are shattered. Fans have even complained that one of her palettes smelled like chemicals.
Not a great track record.
I ordered the collection the literal minute that it dropped.
My order was placed on June 20, but didn’t arrive until June 28. And as soon as I opened the Kylie-branded shipping box, I noticed something was off.
But the difference is so slight, it’s almost negligible. So if you missed out on the matte Vacation Collection set but already have the KKW set, in my opinion, you’re not missing much.
But I hadn’t even taken the lipsticks out of the (very tight) cardboard packaging when I noticed something ELSE. The lipstick shade called Naked, third from the left in the picture above, seemed to be broken or incorrectly packaged — the cap was much further away from the tube than any of the other shades.
And then I picked it up, and saw what the issue was. It was even more gross than I’d thought.
SCREAMING.
SHRIEKING.
DYING.
WHY.
HOW DARE YOU.
So this OPEN lipstick could just be merely unsanitary, or it could be actively dangerous. Kylie’s fans — and me — have no way of knowing.
Opening an expensive palette and finding a smudged-up mirror, which is evidence that someone had their dirty hands all over a product going near your eyes? Not OK.
But don’t just take my word for it. I had all of my Revelist colleagues smell Kylizzle’s Vacation palette, and tell me what they thought it smelled like. IT WAS NOT GOOD.
“It smells like when the back door of a warehouse opens, and it’s chemicals and mustiness.”
“It smells like something I would not put on my body.”
“It smells like… is that paint thinner?”
“You know what that is? It’s the inside of an envelope. The part you lick to seal.”
“Burning plastic.”
“Like something middle-schoolers sneak into bathrooms to huff.”
“That’s a Sharpie. That’s straight-up permanent marker.”
“Expired rubbing alcohol.”
All that may be true, to some degree. But these major product fuck-ups happen all too often, and Kylie’s makeup line is NOT CHEAP. If Jenner wants to change $52 for an eye shadow palette — putting her brand on par with luxury brands like NARS and MAC — she’d better deliver when it comes to quality.
$100 for some lipsticks and an eye shadow palette might not be much to Kylie, but it’s a lot for her fans. They deserve much better quality than what this brand has been putting out. And at the very least, they don’t deserve used makeup.
That’s just gross.
