Doing business on a solid gold toilet? A skincare routine that costs six figures a month? Kim Kardashian sure knows how to spend her millions.
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00:00Doing business on a solid gold toilet? A skincare routine that costs six figures a month?
00:07Kim Kardashian sure knows how to spend her millions.
00:10The reality star dropped some serious dough on a custom-made diamond and opal-encrusted grill.
00:16It was one way to promote her KKW Beauty campaign,
00:20as she showed off her three-piece lip kits accentuated by the flashy grills.
00:24Gabby Ilan Jewelry was behind the expensive accessory and showed it off on Instagram.
00:29While it's not the most conventional purchase,
00:32it certainly draws attention to the lip plumpers the beauty mogul has on the market.
00:36Kardashian toned down her lavish purchases in the years after her 2016 robbery,
00:42but a source told People that the reality TV personality still wants
00:46to push the envelope in terms of her style and fashion. The insider revealed,
00:51She was toned down and out of the public eye after the robbery,
00:54but eventually she realized she needs to live her life.
00:58Not all of Kim Kardashian's purchases go towards her lavish lifestyle. The mother of four paid
01:04it forward in a big way when she vowed to pay five years' worth of rent for a former prisoner.
01:09I'm really motivated to get to know the law more
01:12and fight for people that deserve a second chance.
01:15Matthew Charles was released from prison in 2016 under the First Step Act, a bill signed
01:21into action by Donald Trump, which aims to reform prison sentences that disproportionately affect
01:27African Americans. The former inmate's troubles didn't end upon his release, however, because
01:32he was unable to find an apartment in Nashville due to his criminal record. Kardashian made a
01:38public plea on behalf of Charles in 2019, asking for any leads on available leases, tweeting,
01:44Matthew Charles' lease application was rejected again because of his criminal record,
01:49even with me paying his rent in advance.
01:52Charles eventually did find his way into an apartment of his own,
01:56thanks to Kardashian's sponsorship. He wrote on his Facebook,
02:00God is good. What the devil meant for bad, God reversed again for my good.
02:04Thank you Kim Kardashian West and Tracy for the love shown to me when I was locked up."
02:10Charles is one of many former criminals that Kardashian dedicated her platform to
02:14in order to lessen the burdens of cracks in the criminal justice system.
02:18Kardashian is helping push for pardons for many prisoners she feels are wrongfully convicted on
02:24her podcast, The System. All the way back in 2013, the Daily Mail revealed that the Kardashian star
02:31shelled out $750,000 on four gold-plated toilets for her Bel-Air mansion she once
02:38shared with ex-husband Kanye West. In addition to her luxury bathrooms, the mansion is said to
02:43have Swarovski-encrusted freezers and nearly $1 million worth of Electrolux appliances.
02:50A source revealed to The Sun,
02:52They expect the interior to cost twice as much as the property.
02:56They're spending more than a million on a security system alone.
02:59The real question, however, is whether or not the reality star has adorned her home with the $400
03:05skin home accessory bundle she sells. Nothing says luxury like a concrete
03:10wastebasket with a $129 price tag. It's no question that if you're Kim Kardashian,
03:17you sleep like a queen. The skin beauty mogul spent nearly $1 million on beds with her former
03:24husband Kanye West in 2013. According to the Daily Mail, the celebrity couple shelled out
03:29a whopping $750,000 on six limited-edition Savoir Royal Estate beds to fill up their
03:37former Bel-Air mansion when they were together. Only 60 of the exclusive beds were made in honor
03:43of the late Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. The swanky beds were decked out in the same gold
03:48silk used to make Hermès ties. The managing director of Savoir Beds told the Daily Mail,
03:54As a rule, we never discuss clients' particular orders. Suffice to say, with a bed like this,
04:00Kim and Kanye will have little excuse to leave their bedroom.
04:04Kardashian and West were among Madonna, Elton John, and Oprah Winfrey to purchase the custom
04:09beds. Since the skim's founder split with West in 2021, it's up for debate on how the pair decided
04:16to split the exclusive six-figure sleeping arrangements. Kim Kardashian has an eye for
04:22expensive marble, so much so that she once bet her mother Kris Jenner $1 million if the matriarch
04:28could find extra slabs of rare gold Calacatta marble. Kardashian got into it with her mother
04:34during an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians when she accused Jenner of taking
04:38slabs of her exclusive Italian-imported marble and not paying for it.
04:43I had to change Kanye's whole bathroom to be…
04:4515 feet, really? Because you didn't have one slab of marble?
04:48No, no, no, we needed 10, and you took 10.
04:50Jenner claimed she would find her daughter the slabs, but it wasn't the first time the
04:54skim's founder ran into problems with marble. At Kardashian and West's nuptials in 2014,
05:00the former couple commissioned Italian stonemasons to engrave the names of their
05:05guests into a marble tabletop. The intricate plan went awry when multiple guests' names
05:10were misspelled and their entourage's names were forgotten. Their problems continued when
05:1530 life-size black marble nudes were ordered for their special day, but only 10 of them
05:20survived the transit, and four of them were missing heads.
05:24Kardashian caused another marble controversy when she posed on her bed promoting her skim's
05:29loungewear. Estimates on the marble slabs reveal that they're allegedly worth more than $200,000.
05:36The mother of four's Instagram post generated quite the buzz,
05:39with some users rolling their eyes at her extravagance.
05:43Headless marble statues were not enough to stop Kardashian's obsession,
05:47who spends as much on a headboard as many of the public on a house down payment.
05:52Imagine being so rich you paint your luxury cars to match your mansions. Kim Kardashian did just
05:59that to her $3.8 million fleet. Kardashian told Vogue,
06:04"'I've always been a car girl. I love cars and I really wanted something different.
06:08I wanted my cars to blend in with my house, which is gray."
06:11The reality TV star paid $100,000 on the paint jobs to color-coordinate with her
06:18$60 million California mansion. What's Kardashian's car of choice? In 2021,
06:24she was gifted five Maybachs for Christmas from her former husband Kanye West,
06:29totaling out to around a whopping $1 million. The star told Vogue that, of her luxurious fleet,
06:36the Maybach sedan is her absolute favorite.
06:39"'Okay, you guys, my new ride is here. Is this not the cutest thing ever? Oh my God.'"
06:44The Skims founder doesn't miss a chance to promote her own brand,
06:48even if it means decking out her Lamborghini in Skims fabric.
06:52She posted an Instagram photo of her luxury car completely covered in her brand's fabric.
06:57Fans had a lot to say about the labor of Skims love. Some were concerned about the
07:02car's durability in rain, and some simply commented that it looks comfy.
07:06Even Paris Hilton joked about the stunt, writing,
07:10"'You know you're rich rich when you can ruin a very expensive car for something like this.'"
07:15Kim Kardashian's fabulous lifestyle hasn't slowed down since she had kids.
07:20To keep the Kardashian-West household running, sources tell Radar Online the
07:25mother-of-four spends up to $100,000 in monthly bills. The source said at the time,
07:31Right now, what's costing them the highest by far, though,
07:34are the nannies, and it's becoming a real drain on their finances.
07:38According to the insider,
07:39"[Kardashian keeps staff on call at all hours of the day and night,
07:43and nannies are always in tow on any and all trips. Child care isn't the only exorbitant cost."
07:50Kardashian also foots the bill for her children's exclusive private school education.
07:54Kardashian's kids reportedly go to the Sierra Canyon School,
07:58where tuition can top out at as much as nearly $40,000.
08:03The skim's founder also pays for private security for her kids, after her ex-husband Kanye West
08:09spilled the beans on where his kids go to school in one of his many Instagram rants.
08:14This comes after West pushed for his kids to attend his Donda Academy, a non-accredited school.
08:21No one would let Kim Kardashian live it down when the reality star used her power and wealth to fly
08:26herself and her inner circle to exclusive private islands in the midst of a global pandemic.
08:32The skim's founder owned her privilege, at least, sharing photos of the lavish trip and tweeting,
08:38After two weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine,
08:43I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could
08:47pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time. I realize that for most people,
08:52this is something that is so far out of reach right now, so in moments like these,
08:57I am humbly reminded of how privileged my life is."
09:00TMZ reported that 40 of Kardashian's closest friends were flown out on a Boeing 777 to the
09:06island, where they were given keys to their private beachfront villas.
09:10Sources revealed the island picked had zero COVID-19 cases,
09:14a perfect place to enjoy goodies gifted to guests like GoPros, waterproof cameras,
09:20and, of course, skims and KKW beauty products. Kardashian tweeted,
09:25We danced, rode bikes, swam near whales, kayaked, watched a movie on the beach,
09:30and so much more. Of course, there was a less-than-enthusiastic reaction from social
09:35media at the time.
09:36Kim, there's people that are dying."
09:39Kim Kardashian's weekly beauty routine is exhausting — and not to mention insanely
09:44expensive. iHeartNews put together an estimate based on the star's Elle magazine spread,
09:50and the monthly costs top out at six figures. From $3,000 a day for makeup to nearly $2,500
09:57for personal training, it's estimated that the businesswoman spends nearly $170,000 a month to
10:04maintain her status as a pop culture icon. If you want to have your own piece of Kardashian's
10:09beauty regimen, she sells it — for a steep cost. The skin founder's nine-step regimen is valued at
10:16more than $575. But fans have been quick to point out that the billionaire isn't even using her own
10:22pricey products. A Reddit thread shared the beauty mogul's Instagram story, where sleuths were able
10:28to zoom in on her bathroom counter, which was void of any skin products. The photo showed a
10:33Cetaphil moisturizer, which retails at around $20 — much less than the $85 face cream Kardashian
10:40is selling. One user wrote,
10:42"'Cetaphil Moisturizer' and yet you expect us to drop 100 bucks on skin moisturizer."
10:48Another user wrote,
10:49"'The fact that she uses secret deodorant is sending me.'"
10:53Celebrities — they're just like us.
10:56Kim Kardashian has quite a housing portfolio. The reality star spends the majority of her
11:01time living in the $60 million Hidden Hills home that she previously shared with her ex-husband
11:07Kanye West. But she's snatching up more real estate. She's splurged on a $70 million Malibu
11:13mansion that once belonged to Cindy Crawford. It was the highest sold property in Malibu in 2022,
11:19and the fourth most expensive in the state, making it quite the investment for the skin founder.
11:24If you're looking to buy your own property fit for a Kardashian,
11:28the mother of four relisted her $3.5 million Calabasas condo in 2022.
11:34Kardashian also put her $5.3 million Hidden Hills ranch house on the market,
11:39which boasts horse facilities and a four-car garage, and is still for sale. The former
11:44Keeping Up With The Kardashians star has more properties in the works,
11:48currently being built by acclaimed architects.
11:51Kardashian enlisted award-winning architect Tadao Ando to build a new home on a plot she
11:56owns at La Quinta's Madison Club in Palm Springs, where her mother and sister,
12:01Kourtney Kardashian, have vacation homes. The star once revealed that she's also commissioned
12:06a unique glass and wood lake house in a secret location that will be designed by Japanese
12:11architects. One particular item in Kim Kardashian's closet didn't just come with a hefty
12:17price tag, it held a lot of sentimental value as well. In April 2019, it was revealed that
12:23the reality TV star owns a Cartier watch that belonged to the late First Lady Jacqueline
12:28Kennedy Onassis. She purchased the accessory anonymously in 2017 for $379,500 at a New York-
12:37based auction. Kardashian wore the watch to her meeting with President Donald Trump when she
12:42lobbied for the release of former inmate Alice Johnson, who was serving a life sentence at the
12:47time without the possibility of parole. The skin founder told Vogue,
12:51It gave me some power. Let's get in there and get this done."
12:54The trip to the White House was worth it for Kardashian, because Johnson was
12:58ultimately granted clemency and later pardoned by former President Donald Trump.