In a new video for R.E.M. beauty, Ariana Grande jokes about her early-career “old self,” and specifically her trademark cat-eye eyeliner and over-lined lips she almost always wore throughout the 2010s.
“Me to old me who wouldn’t dare be seen without a thick cat eye and an over drawn lip,” reads text imposed over a video of Grande doing her makeup in present day with her new blonde hair. As Grande applies liner, she lip-syncs audio from Keeping Up With The Kardashians, in which Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian go back-and-forth on whether or not Jenner’s makeup is “too smokey.”
The iconic liner in question.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin
“I’ve been doing my homework and I want to talk to you about something,’” Grande mouths as Jenner while applying the “thick cat eye and over drawn lip.” Present day Ari then mimics Kardashian asking her mom: “Do you think your eyes are a little too smoky for everyday?”
The clip then cuts back to Grande in her heavier, classic glam, who mouths along to Jenner’s response: “Yeah, I’m going through a phase. Is that okay with you?”
Grande’s more recent eye makeup style.NBC/Getty Images
