I received a sample size of this product in a recent #sephoraplay box and quickly fell in love. My go to lip gloss is NYX Butter Gloss but this is by far my favorite plumping lip gloss.
I was using the sample in the morning as lip prep and then in the evening before bed, and when these popped up on Hautelook I grabbed a full size (Sunbaked Sedona) and a sample set of 4.
The top 5 ingredients seem to be emollients, and skin conditioning agents, they site their Trademarked “Volulip” and Hyaluronic Acid as the “plumping” effect, but they are both quite far down on the ingredient list so I’m not sure about that claim. There is obviously an ingredient that causes irritation because as you can see in the picture below my arm did become red and irritated where the swatches were located and even an hour after I can tell a difference in skin color and texture on my arm.
The formula is non sticky and hydrating on the lips, there is a slight sweet taste and a barely noticeable “tingle”, and the plumping effect takes a few minutes to develop. I prefer the packaging / applicator of the sample sizes over the “click pen” of the full size. I find the full size releases product a little less consistently, but the product works so I’m ok to overlook that slight flaw.
Bottom Line: I feel like the Hyaluronic Acid is the stand out ingredient which causes the plumping effect, and while there isn’t a significant difference, I notice it in my upper lip, which is the one I have seen a slight loss of volume in as I have aged. At $21 for the full size definitely pick these up on sale or HauteLook if you can.
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