Today, Kim Kardashian West turns 36. The mother of two has a lot to celebrate: her growing family, her booming Kimoji business, a hallmark television show (now in its 12th season), and 85.5 million Instagram followers. These are accolades she’s earned, in part, through a lifetime of leaning into beauty transformations that have kept audiences watching. When the world first met Kardashian West in 2006 as Paris Hilton’s assistant, she was already sporting a can’t-be-missed head of ebony hair flat-ironed to glistening glory—shining with that surefire sign of star power. Not soon after came the warp speed makeovers she’s made her signature, with no set of bangs or shade of blonde unturned.
By 2010, Kardashian West was practically the definition of the bombshell Angeleno beauty equation: Tousled, voluminous hair, out-to-there lashes, deft contouring that sharpened her features against an unbelievably sinuous frame. When soon-to-be husband Kanye West came into the picture, Kardashian West embraced a new kind of experimental severity that won her a high-fashion following: crisp slicked-back ponytails, modern Veronica Lake waves to cement her place in Hollywood, and icy, front-row-reveal dye jobs. Her makeup has taken the form of exaggerated cat eyes, subversive dark lips, and supernaturally glowing nudes. And as Kardashian West makes a victory lap through her mid-30s, it seems she’s only getting more confident with her aesthetic risk-taking, not to mention passing her forte for liners and lipsticks on to her mini-me, North. In honor of the star’s 36th birthday, here, a look back at her beauty evolution.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on eating reindeer at Met Gala 2016:
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