Kylie Jenner accused by a Los Angeles-based make-up artist for 'stealing' imagery and 'ripping off' the logo for her lip product

Kylie Jenner's lip kit nearly broke the internet when it debuted last month after it sold out in less than 30 minutes, but now the 18-year-old beauty mogul is receiving backlash for allegedly appropriating the work of another make-up artist for her brand. The Lip Kit By Kylie Instagram page shared a photo of metallic rose gold lips dripping with gloss in a way that strikingly resembles Kylie's brand logo, prompting numerous fashion outlets to speculate that this was the star's new lip color. A Los Angeles-based make-up artist Vlada Haggerty was quick to point out that the image posted to Kylie's account was in fact her work. 

 

After Vlada voiced outrage over the blatant stealing of her work, Refinery29 reports that Lip Kit By Kylie edited the post to add: 'inspo by @vladamua.'

Kylie's team then completely removed the post, but outlets who had picked up the story continued to run Vlada's image along with stories about the reality star's next lip shade.

Eventually, the make-up artist posted a screenshot of a Harper's Bazaar article with the headline: 'Is This Kylie Jenner Next Lip Kit Color?' along with the caption: 'And the insanity continues.'

She then mentioned Graftobian Makeup Company, who created the rose gold lip color, saying: 'What can we do about it? This is your loose metallic powder in copper mixed with the clear gloss!'

The photo: Make-up pro Vlada Haggerty posted this image nearly eight months ago, showing work she did with Graftobian Makeup Company. Kylie's brand posted the same photo earlier this week with no credit

And she didn't stop there. On Sunday, Vlada re-posted an Instagram photo from an artist named Teresa Dias, who drew a version of the rose gold lips and credited Kylie.

Vlada captioned the shot: 'To everyone, who comments that I need to "chill out", "be grateful" and "it's not a big deal", THIS is what will continue to happen if I don't educate people. 

'They are my lips, my photo, my editing, my home made lipstick color using @graftobianmakeup Cosmetic Powdered Metal in copper and clear gloss. 

She then addressed the artist directly, writing: 'You are very talented and an amazing artist, but as a fellow artist, I'm asking you to edit the caption, I am not involved with @lipkitbykylie in any way.'