Before:
lambchops@HomePC1:~$ kde4-config --path lib
/home/lambchops/.kde/lib/:/usr/lib/
lambchops@HomePC1:~$ kde4-config --path services
/home/lambchops/.kde/share/kde4/services/:/usr/share/kde4/services/
lambchops@HomePC1:~$ echo $KDEDIRS

lambchops@HomePC1:~$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
lambchops@HomePC1:~$

After:
lambchops@HomePC1:~$ kde4-config --path lib
/home/lambchops/.kde/lib/:/usr/lib/
lambchops@HomePC1:~$ kde4-config --path services
/home/lambchops/.kde/share/kde4/services/:/usr/share/kde4/services/
lambchops@HomePC1:~$ echo $KDEDIRS

lambchops@HomePC1:~$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
lambchops@HomePC1:~$

Contents of kde-startup-info:
/home/lambchops/.kde/lib/:/usr/lib/
/home/lambchops/.kde/lib/:/usr/lib/
/home/lambchops/.kde/share/kde4/services/:/usr/share/kde4/services/

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games