This stuff is HORRIBLE! I got the free birthday pack in July and used occasionally. In October, my lips started getting dry and chapped and continually getting more dry and more chapped. One day woke up to severel swollen lips but had no idea why. This stuff caused my lips to swell multiple times, swelling lasted about a day, along with burning, itching, later severe chapping, peeling, cracking that lasted at least a week. Felt like I had burned my lips. Until I realized it was this gloss causing the problem, I had gone thru several cycles like this. Took several months for my lips to get back to normal after finally realizing the culprit and throwing these away! Completely turned me off to ANY and all Sephora brand products. If they don't care enough about their consumers to regulate what's in their products, then I will not patronize them.

I was given some of the Sugar and Spice gloss and used it and had similar reaction as the others here...lips swelling and peeling and raw...I am happy to know that others have had the same reaction.

I got the birthday freebie set and also had an allergic reaction to it...in fact in woke me up in the middle of the night because my lips were so puffy and swollen. Now, I've actually had reactions like this before and my allergist figured out that it was coconut oil, so I can't use a lot of the natural lip balm products (like Burt's Bees). I'm the weirdo who does better with synthetic junk like petroleum & stuff, LOL. But I looked up the ingredients for these and they don't seem to have coconut oil so I'm not sure what's causing it in my case. Maybe the cinnamon-derived stuff that other posters have mentioned. Luckily I still had the prescription hydrocortisone cream my doctor had given me for just such emergencies - after I used that, the swelling went down in a few hours, but my lips are still parched and uncomfortable. So sad to do it but I guess these are going in the trash. :-(

I am so relieved to read all the above answers. I have woken up in the morning with severe lip swelling & tingling a couple times in the past month & could not figure out what the culprit was. I also have experienced dryness, blisters, & pain once the swelling subsides & it takes a long time for my lips to recover. The weird thing is that I have been using this lip gloss since June & just started developing this allergy about a month ago.

Yikes......I got the birthday offer for the free glosses-but I didn't get them. I didn't trust it to begin with-since the offer//description mentioned nothing about it being organic or natural. If it's the sephora brand--then it has some common toxic ingredients. 100% pure and jane iredale have glosses that are really truly natural-and safe.

Now I understand why my lips kept getting drier and drier as I used this lip gloss. Obviously there is something in the product that causes an allergic reaction in many users. Thankfully, my lips didn't get too swollen, but they feel so uncomfortable that even using a natural moisturizer doesn't help now. They tingle all the time and are so dry. Hopefully this will stop soon now that I've thrown away the gloss.

I totally had the same allergic reaction as everyone else. My lips were tingly and then felt numb and very dry and started to peel. My solution was to stick to all natural lip gloss like burts bees... :/

I am never allergic to ANYTHING ever! But I was VERY allergic to this. A few months ago, I went out to with my husband to a fancy dinner where we both got dressed up (a rare occurrence for me). The next day my lips were blown up swollen. In the days that followed, my lips got dried out, cracked and peeled. They were red and raw and it took over one very painful and uncomfortable week until they healed. Also, looked really unsightly. Well, yesterday, I grabbed a purse to go to a gallery opening and this gloss was in it (I had used the night my husband and I went out to dinner). Needless to say, I woke up this morning and my lips are huge and swollen. I know what comes next and am dreading it. And i have a job interview in a few days! I am so angry that Sephora is still selling this product and does not seem to officially addressed this problem at all!

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one to have a reaction to this product. I tried the rosy glow and 4 hours latermy lips are swollen. For those of you who had a reaction what did you do to make it better?

I am releived to see I am not the only one to awake one morning with lips like Angelina on Botox! I have never had an allergic reaction to any lip products and it took me a visit to the allergist to confirm my suspicions. The big question is the ingredients. I got the 3 mini pack as a birthday gift from Sephora as an Insider member. Used the Precious Pink and Bronzed Beauty on and off for a few weeks until this reaction occured. I have been told CARMINE, a coloring agent used in this product is the culprit. I need to confirm this with my allergist, but the tubes do not display ingredients. All I want is to prevent this from happening again. It is painful and uncomfortable!!

Oh my God, I'm so happy to be reading these posts. I'm having the same reaction. I have a tingling, then numbing sensation in my lips that follows with eventual burning and itching. They swell and eventually flake off. Awesome. Because I wasn't using this lip gloss more than once every now and then I did not sort out the culprit until now. I'm writing Sephora. This is ridiculous.

"Hexyl cinnamaldehyde is a class B allergen according to DIMDI classification. It is also an irritant in concentrations higher than recommended."

I've been comparing this product to the VS Beauty Rush lip gloss to try and narrow down the most likely allergen. There are other glosses I can wear, but can't find the ingredients lists online. These items are in both the BSLG and Beauty Rush:

-polybutene
-ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate (maybe, listed as hydroxyhydrocinnamate)
-sodium saccharin
-calcium aluminum borosilicate
-silica
-titanium dioxide

So that leaves the following that may be our problem: helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, tridecyl trimellitate, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, phenyl trimethicone, fragrance (parfum), polyglyceryl-2 dipolyhydroxystearate, water (aqua), tocotrienol, tocopherol, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, phenoxyethanol, red 6 (ci 15850).

I just looked at my tube of Bronzed Beauty and I was also looking at another question where it was asking about ingredients. I noticed that the Bronzed Beauty had an ingredient that was not listed on the answer to the question below: Hexyl Cinnamal.

That could be the problem. Hope that helps!

When I first started using the Bronzed Beauty gloss, I thought I had bought a plumping gloss. I felt like my lips were tingling and they felt like they were swelling to the point of explosion, however I do still use the product and the reaction hasn't been the same after plenty of uses. The ingredients are printed on the tube, so you could compare the ingredients of Bronzed Beauty and one that doesn't swell your lips. If you find that there is an ingredient that doesn't match, it could be the culprit! Then maybe you could ask your doctor to test if you are in fact allergic to the ingredient. Hope that helps!

I just got the sample Bronzed Beauty. I put on and thought wow tingly. I wasn't expecting that and then my lips just felt like they were inflating and inflating. I noticed fragrance is high on ingredient list. maybe the "fragrance" ingredient hides the possible allergen for some. I got more plumping then any plumping lip gloss has ever gave me in a almost painful way. i hope they investigate. I love how they donate to breast cancer.

I had a similar reaction to the Bronzed Beauty and Precious Pink. I woke up in the morning with very swollen, red lips. After a day, the swelling went down and just a reddish, orange ring remained like lip liner, very unattractive! They eventually got very dried out and peeled. I have been using every type of gloss out there for over 20 years....this was definitely caused from these glosses!

The Bronzed Beauty sample which came in the birthday set also causes my lips to swell to an absurd size (worse than Angelina) and causes burning, blisters and peeling once the swelling subsides. I do not have this problem with the other two colors in the pack- but this IS a concern. People SHOULD be aware that this is obiviously a common POSSIBLE allergy and if anyone has an inkling as to what the different ingredient is between that specific color and the other two from the pack it would be greatly appreciated.

I've had the same allergic reaction to all Sephora lip products. I've been trying to figure out what the exact ingredient is for some time, but so far haven't been successful :(

I also have gotten an allergic reaction of severe burning/itching on my lips and they immediately swole up after using this product. It is a complete different sensation than the feeling you get after using a lip plumper so I know that is not the case. I would like a list of the ingredients of this product. Thank you!

This product is pretty safe I the same issue on some products that is why I only use this lip gloss love it!

a little bit yeah

Hourglass' Extreme Sheen is more moisturising I feel if you're looking to stay in the extra shiny range of glosses.

I definitely agree with sparklyblind!!! Everyone is so caught up in making sephora pay for their allergic reaction when it says clearly in the Ingredients tab: Possible Allergens!! You should have tested it on your hands first! It isn't sephora's fault.

Keep doing what your Dr. ordered. If you are not happy than get a second opinion from another one. Have an allergy test done so you can find out just exactly what you are allergic to & then read the labels to avoid this in the future. Sephora/UD cannot be held responsible unless they went against Government manufacturing/ingredients mandates. But still, all people are different & you could be allergic to or have an adverse reaction to those ingrediants deemed "safe" and/or "natural" and sometimes an allergy could develop that you never had before (that's why boxes of hairdye instruct you to perform a patch test EVERY time.) I'm very sorry to hear about your adverse reaction & hope you are doing better. Try & be patient because these things do go away & make sure you only use new, unopened, uncontaminated products that were bought from the REAL vendor, no ebay, etc. If I were you I'd be sure to use a sunblock or avoid sun exposure of any kind to the affected area. Ask your Dr. what kind he recommends (but remember, you could have an adverse reaction to prescriptions too) or wear protective clothing like wide brimmed hats or scraves until thee area has had time to heal & not be so aggravated.

We all now know that some people have allergic reactions to Hexyl Cinnamal, Cinnamal, Benzyl Benzoate, and Lemonene, so you can stop complaining because it's your fault you didn't look in the ingredients and see the common allergens or test it on your hands! Seriously, you need to stop saying that it is all sephora's fault. I have had no problems with it and obviously a lot of other people think it's fabulous, so it isn't toxic. I'm sorry to sound critical, and I hope that your little girl gets well soon.

Just because SOME people are allergic to a product does not make it toxic. HA HA! I have no reactions to this and neither do any of my family or friends. I am allergic to strawberries and when I eat them I get giant swollen lips and so do lots and lots of other people, but they are not toxic either... Just saying.

I've never had that feathering issue with this gloss. Once it's applied it stays shiny for a couple of hours before you have to re-apply.

I don't find that this product feathers. I use mine without lipliner if I'm on the go. Lipliner definately dresses it up more by taking on some color from the lipliner. I love to wear it both ways.

I also had the same reaction -- some report a severe allergic reaction, but for me it was just a slight tingling and some numbness that caused some plumping. I was surprised to realize that not everyone experienced this!

No, it's not a lip plumper, it's just an average lip gloss.

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml%3B$sessionid$44DI5AEWGB4WCCV0KRTQQAQ;jsessionid=44DI5AEWGB4WCCV0KRTQQAQ?id=P149824&categoryId=A47

It's right here: http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P149824&categoryId=S10605&shouldPaginate=true

Actually, there is an ingredients tab right above the reviews and Q&A, and at the bottom it says "May contain possible allergens: Cinnamal, Hexyl Cinnamal, Benzyl Benzoate, and Lemonene" so you can't say they didn't warn you!!

You're probably allergic to Benzyl Benzoate, Cinnamal, Hexyl Cinnamal or Lemonene. Under the ingredients tab it tells you that there are common allergens. There are so many people who are saying that Sephora didn't warn them but they DID! ALWAYS look at ingredients.

It's their brand: Sephora, do a search on this site to find all the colors & more little sets:)