Kylie Jenner Lip Kits are so popular, it literally breaks the internet every time they restock. Seriously, they once broke Google. And apparently, they broke at least one post office as well. It’s madness, but I assure you the hype is not that overrated because the formula is really great. You can read my Lip Kit by Kylie review here.
But Kylie Cosmetics is facing another problem: Fake Kylie Lip Kits are now circulating in some online markets, specifically in China. Honestly, I already knew this will happen. As someone who lives in Asia, fake products are really common especially when a particular item is really popular.
It is unfortunate that some people do this, and the worst part, there are online sellers who are claiming that their fake Kylie Lip Kits are real and sell it for the original price. Or show in their eBay pages real Kylie Lip Kits, but when they send it to you, you’ll get the fake one. So it’s time to be safe now and know how to spot a fake Kylie Jenner Lip Kit.
Photo by nviatanaka
How to Spot A Fake Kylie Jenner Lip Kit?
1. A fake Kylie Jenner Lip Kit cost only around $1- $4, but the price of the original Lip Kit cost $29, unless if you buy it from Lip Kit re-sellers then it will cost a little bit more.
2. The box of a real Kylie Jenner Lip Kit has its item’s shade shown on the top and sides of the box, while the name of the shade is written on the top. The lip photo is a bit higher and the fonts are bolder, just like this one below.
These are the real Lip Kit by Kylie look
While some boxes are really trying to copy the original boxes, some fake Kylie Jenner Lip Kits are packaged in slim boxes like this:
These are the fake Lip Kits
Take note that all original matte Kylie lip kits are packaged in a rectangular box and comes with a lip liner. Only the metallic mattes and glosses are packaged in slim boxes and does not sold with a lip liner.
3. The box where the lip kits are packaged when the company send it to you are square. Not rectangular like those show in the top-left photo. Although the company recently changed the box design (and I’m sure they will change it again in the future) because some are getting stolen, presumably by the couriers, but they are always square like this, so far.
4. The Kylie Lip Kit’s bottle has a clear white cap on the opening, not a pure white unlike on the photo above. The real Lip Kit’s opening look like this:
5. I have nothing against on buying from online re-sellers, after all, it’s really hard to buy it on Kylie Cosmetics especially if you live in a country where the restock happens while you’re asleep, or the internet networks in your country really sucks. If you choose to buy it from online re-sellers, make sure you trust them. If it is your first time purchasing from them, then ask for the order number and look for their previous customers’ feedback. If you’re from the Philippines, Hong Kong or Macau, you can buy from these trusted re-sellers that I personally know and had a transaction with at least once. If you’re from the US, UK or anywhere else, try this online re-seller that ships worldwide.
So far these are the only difference I could gather between the real and the fake Kylie Jenner Lip Kit. I haven’t tried any fake lip kits yet because I buy directly from the Kylie Cosmetic site and from trusted re-sellers. And I’m NOT planning on trying them for the sake of blogging it.
The last advice I could give you is NOT TO BUY IT FROM eBay retailers (unless you already experienced purchasing from them) because you can never be sure from them. Sometimes they will show a real item on their page, but they will send a fake item instead. And don’t buy from Chinese e-commerce sites as well like DHgate where I personally found several fake Kylie Jenner Lip Kit.
UPDATE 06/11/2016: The fake Kylie Lip Kit kinda improved, at least on the packaging. They now comes with a black box with a silver “KYLIE” label on the top and inside. And they also have a business card size copy of Kylie’s letter. Look…
The lip kits showed above are FAKE. In the Philippines, they cost around Php150-500 (roughly US$3-11) and they are called “Singapore Authentic” and does not sold with a lip liner. When you’re going to buy from re-sellers make sure they are made from LA, as labeled on the original Kylie Jenner Lip Kits.
This is what the new Kylie Cosmetic box look like as of June 2016…
The latest box of Kylie Cosmetics is plain black, no design whatsoever on the outside, not even a silver “KYLIE” but the inside has the usual silver KYLIE but now it has white dripping graphic on it. And the website, as always, is typed on the top. The original Kylie Cosmetic box is also bulkier, unlike the fakes that are slim. Lastly, look at the difference on Kylie Jenner’s letter that comes in every orders. The original are postcard size, while the fakes are business card size.
And here’s the actual size of the letter…
The original Kylie Jenner Lip Kit letters are bigger, like postcard size. And the other side has a lip photo with chrome teeth, just like on the original packaging of the lip kits.
Hopefully Kylie Cosmetic will do something to make their products harder for counterfeit makers to copy them. This post will have a continuation about the Kylie Cosmetic’s quality control problems.
