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The Rise and Fall of Kylie Cosmetics: How to Build a $600M Beauty Brand
Episode 121

The Rise and Fall of Kylie Cosmetics: How to Build a $600M Beauty Brand

Dark Mode with John Coyle

June 28, 202459m 52s

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Show Notes

Today's episode is about the rise and fall of Kylie Cosmetics by Kylie Jenner. Kylie Cosmetics was the hottest beauty brand on the marketing in 2017. Kylie Jenner herself was on the Forbes list as the youngest female self-made billionaire ever. Kylie even sold half of the company for $600 Million dollars. Today Kylie Cosmetics is a shell of it's former self.


We're diving deep into how Kylie Cosmetics caught so much momentum; what Kylie Jenner and Kris Jenner did did right; and how it all went wrong.


Chapters

00:00 Intro and Guest

03:40 Kardashian Beauty Failures

07:40 The Kanye West Effect

11:30 The Most Important Part of Your Business: Hiring

12:30 The Real Genius Behind Kylie Cosmetics

16:20 How To Do a Deal with a Celebrity

22:45 How To Launch a Brand ($100M)

28:30 Kylie Jenner Scandals

32:20 Lying for $600 Million

37:00 The Lawsuit

38:50 The Downfall

42:45 How I would recreate Kylie Cosmetics

50:05 Most Embarrassing Moments

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