VIDEO : Kim Kardashian West Shares Throwback Picture Without Hair Extensions and Fake Lashes

Kim Kardashian West is arguably the beauty icon of our time, but that status and expertise have been hard won over years of lessons and missteps. Kardashian West took to Instagram on Friday to reflect on a simpler time: 2007, well before the mogul had adopted and perfected the look we now know and love. Kardashian West posted the throwback picture, writing that it came from "before I knew what hair extensions and fake lashes were. Here's a recent selfie pic from the celeb to compare and contrast: Kardashian West has never been afraid to reflect on her fashion and beauty blunders of years past in good humor. "In the early 2000s, I would do a lot of bright colors, especially turquoise.