Kylie Jenner’s Makeup Artist Hopes Her 2025 Oscars Glam Makes Late Jesus Guerrero ‘Proud’

Kylie Jenner’s night at the 97th Annual Academy Awards was particularly emotional for her glam team following hairstylist Jesus Guerrero’s recent and sudden death at age 34.

“Today was really hard without you, but I know how excited you were for Ky to attend the Oscars,” makeup artist Ariel Tejada wrote via Instagram on Sunday, March 2, sharing a pic of Jenner’s final look. “I felt your energy guiding us today.”

Tejada added, “I hope we did you proud🤍 We love you forever 🕊️.”

Jenner, 27, attended the awards ceremony with her boyfriend, Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet. While the 29-year-old A Complete Unknown star opted for a butter-yellow Givenchy suit, Jenner shimmered in a black, sequined Miu Miu gown with midsection cutouts.

The Kardashians personality accessorized her look with Lorraine Schwartz jewelry and wore her signature dark locks in long waves.

Nearly one week before the Oscars, news broke on February 22 that Jenner’s longtime hairstylist, Guerrero, died in Los Angeles. While a cause of death has not been ruled, a source told Us Weekly that he had been sick days earlier while traveling with client Jennifer Lopez in Dubai.

“Everyone on his team did everything they could to get him to the doctors because he was not well,” Guerrero’s sister, Gris, exclusively told Us late last month. “They told him he was not going to work, he should see a doctor and rest. And he wanted to come home.”

Gris added, “We have his paperwork from the hospital [in Dubai] and it was a very long flight and a lot in between and going on [to] the hospital [in the United States]. That’s part of why we are looking into his health more with what happened. As soon as he showed up [in Dubai], he was told you don’t look well, to sit down and rest. And if he didn’t get well, to go back to the hospital.”

A second insider further told Us that Guerrero’s passing was particularly difficult for Jenner, who offered to pay for funeral expenses.

“Jesus was more than my friend — he was a light in my life, a source of laughter, comfort, love, and unwavering support,” Jenner wrote, in part, via Instagram. “I don’t know how I would have made it through the last almost decade without him by my side. He had a way of making even the heaviest days feel lighter. Thank you, Jesus, for always being there for me, for lifting me up, for being my friend. The pain of losing you is just unbearable.”