If one in every of your Recent Yr’s resolutions is to spend less money on beauty products you see on TikTok, we advise staying far, far-off from the #fentybeauty corner of the app. We’re well aware of Rihanna’s affinity for making bangers with regards to music and makeup, so it was lower than shocking to find that one more Fenty Beauty item was racking up tens of millions of likes. This time around, makeup fanatics on the app are swooning over Gloss Bomb Heat in Hot Chocolitso we decided to place it to the test and see if it’s deserving of all of that Web airtime.

We’re no strangers to Fenty’s Gloss Bomb lip glosses here at Allure. This hydrating, non-sticky formula has already picked up three Readers’ Selection Awards and consistently gets top billing within the bestsellers section of beauty retailers like Sephora and Ulta Beauty. Swap out the shimmers, add in some tingly, lip-plumping ingredients, and also you get Gloss Bomb Heat, a spicy sister product to this iconic formula. The regular Gloss Bomb and Gloss Bomb Heat even share a few shades, including Fu$$y, a sheer pink, Fenty Glow, a neutral rose, and Hot Chocolit, a tawny brown.

Gloss Bomb Heat owes its lip-plumping abilities to the “Plump Job Complex,” a mix of ingredients that features ginger root oil and capsicum fruit extract (chili pepper). “Ginger root oil might help with boosting microcirculation to offer lips a more rosy look and capsicum irritates the lip somewhat to cause the plumping look,” notes cosmetic chemist Ginger King. King also highlighted methyl nicotinate and tripeptide within the formula, each of which add to the product’s plumping effect.

The lip-plumping ingredients on this version of Gloss Bomb definitely bring the warmth, but luckily shea butter and vitamin E within the formula are there to nourish your lips and lock in moisture. Vitamin E is an antioxidant that Beverly Hills-based board-certified dermatologist Ava Shamban, MD, previously called a “workhorse of a vitamin” due to its anti-inflammatory and hydrating capabilities. Peterson Pierre, MD, a board-certified dermatologist on the Pierre Skin Care Institute in Thousand Oaks, California also previously really useful in search of lip plumpers that contain conditioning ingredients like shea butter and ceramides for a smooth finish.