Ever since Kylie Jenner released her first batch of Lip Kits, they've been in high demand. In fact, each time she's released new shades her website has crashed.
And it seems that scammers are noticing the insatiable desire for Kylie's makeup. Fake websites, designed to look exactly like her official one, are being set up selling knockoff versions of her products.
Even worse, the fake products allegedly contain dangerous ingredients like glue and gasoline.
Fans have taken to Twitter to tell Kylie about the situation – one girl shared this video of her lips sticking together because of the glue in the fake product. 😐
@KylieJenner fake Koko k I got... Literally has glue in it! So gross!! So not cute.....
And plenty of others have supported the claim that the fake products contain glue.
@KylieJenner tried to get a deal on a lipkit and my lips literally stuck together. Here's the differences between y… https://t.co/WWDPEzGJ9G
Others have said they got infections after using fake lipsticks.
@KylieJenner I bought a fake koko k from eBay and I got an infection on my lip, please don't buy from any other place but Kylie Cosmetics
One person even claimed there was gasoline in her fake product.
@KylieJenner ebay is one of the worst places- your 'lip kits' are going for as little as £4 🙄🙄 my mum got one with gasoline in it
And someone else said her product smelled of paint.
@KylieJenner I smell the Kylie lip kit and it smell like paint. So I bought from the Internet so I wasted my money for no reason.🙁
And it's not even just the ingredients in the fake products that are problematic – even the packaging is malfunctioning.
@KylieJenner just got a fake candy k and the writing is coming off already! And the formula is def not the same as… https://t.co/SpSwA1fZdF
Kylie has now addressed the situation, in a series of snaps in which she implored fans to be careful where they were purchasing the products from.
She said: "I've come across this website called kyliecosmeticsoutlet.com. It looks exactly like mine, but it's not. I want to be really, really clear and let you guys know that the only place to get my products is kyliecosmetics.com. Everywhere else is fake. Make sure you guys check the URL because these other websites are selling fake product. It might look exactly like mine, but it's not mine."
She went on to warn fans about the dangers of the fake ingredients contained in the knockoff products.
Kylie said: "The ingredients that they're using in these fake products are also really, really dangerous which is my biggest concern. Check my Twitter – I just re-posted a video of this girl who got a fake Kylie Lip Kit and her lips are literally stuck together like glue. This is getting so out of hand, people – please, please, please don't trust any other website."
She then took to Twitter to answer more queries.
From deciding whether or not people's products were fake...
...(turns out a lot of them were)...
😢
...to apologising to fans who have had bad experiences.
And reinforcing the rule of ONLY BUYING from her official wesite.
Now, go forth and be gorgeous.
