The most insane (and time-consuming!) celebrity beauty routines

Date August 18, 2015

8hrs yesterday and still going. Oh the glamours of sleep deprivation. More cigarettes please, and get me my hoes. We haven’t even touched the bleach yet. 💀

A photo posted by The Countess (@ladygaga) on May 21, 2015 at 7:11am PDT

When the subject of celebrity comes to mind, most of us would like to imagine that they really are just average people living out their daily duties just like us. They wear plain white t-shirts, make funny Dubsmash videos, and throw up a #TBT on Instagram every now and then, right? Sure. But when it comes to prepping for a hot date, girl’s night out or just your average Monday morning, celebs can often make even our hour-long beauty routines seem basic.

While Kim Kardashian’s 50-step (!!) daytime makeup routine is said to take close to four hours, including four different layers of eyeliner, Katy Perry spends almost half of that time just getting ready for bed. Which kind of makes us feel like we’re missing something with our quick cleanse and moisturizer nighttime routine.

Having an extensive beauty routine may be linked to a longer lifespan, but it isn’t always easy. Gone are “quick touch-ups” because spending 40 minutes lining your lips is now a thing (we’re looking at you, Kylie Jenner). And forget about waking up any later than 5 A.M, because you’ve got some serious work to do.

Somehow, between red carpet appearances, concert tours and world domination, these celebs find the time to engage in extensive beauty and skincare routines that involve face masks, toners, serums, moisturizers, and lip plumping – all before the sun rises and makeup is applied. Let’s face it people, stars really aren’t just like us.

Browse our gallery to find out how long it takes these celebs to complete their beauty routine.

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Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian’s makeup artist, Mario Dedivanovic, spends four hours on her makeup routine, and uses four layers of eyeliner to add definition to Kim’s eyes, and make the liner appear more expensive.

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Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga shared her beauty journey on Instagram that started with a face mask and moved to bleaching her hair. Gaga spent more than eight hours working well into the night on her extensive beauty treatments that included a face mask, hair mask and lip plumping.

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Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart wakes up early in the morning to start her beauty routine – sometimes as early as 3:30am, and begins by putting on a face mask (never the same one two days in a row) before taking a shower. After taking a shower, Stewart continues by applying tanning lotion, two different serums, moisturizer, eye cream and SPF – all before applying any makeup. All in a day’s work!

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Kylie Jenner

Kylie Jenner has become one of the world’s biggest role models when it comes to fashion and beauty. The 18-year-old is known for her ever-changing hair colour and heavily outlined lips. So how long does it actually take to achieve her signature pout? A whole forty minutes of simply drawing on lips (and that’s just one step in her extensive beauty routine!)

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Katy Perry

While most of us get rid of our daily makeup with a quick wipe and cleanse, Katy Perry spends an hour and a half cleansing her skin with Shu Uemura Fresh Pore Clarifying Gentle Cleansing Oil and moisturizing her lips with a sea scrub before bed. Her only exception? On those nights when she’s not at home (read: sleeping over at a new boyfriend’s house).