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All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.has been a popular beauty staple for its moisturizing effect and sheer burgundy pigment that works across many. Although the lip product got a face-lift in 1989 when its pot packaging became a lipstick tube, it's managed to maintain popularity throughout decades and generations.
Toward the end of the 2021 summer season, TikTokers pushed the product's popularity even further with glowing reviews causing it to sell out all year long and forcing many to search frantically for alternatives. Just scroll through thetag on the app, which has over 26 million views, and you'll find countless people raving about the lipstick.
But what has made the product so coveted for more than 40 years? "Its success lies in its color and formula: a sheer, moisturizing, red-raisin balm," New York City-based makeup artistexplains. "When 1970s naturalism was a pendulum response to the makeup-rich '60s, Black Honey was unique at its debut because it answered a need for a you-but-better traditional lipstick that didn't necessarily make a statement or look like lipstick.
When you open Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey, a deep burgundy is revealed. That somewhat intimidating color is deceptive, however, because it transforms into an almost-sheer mauve that melds with your natural lip color. As its name suggests, it's not quite a lipstick. It feels more like aeditors put the sheer burgundy tint to the test to see how it adapts to each of our lip colors.
If you're uneasy about dark lipstick, the classic Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey is a perfect baby step: It's not too deep or dramatic, it works on nearly everybody, and the results are shiny and gorgeous. We gave it aCourtesy of brand
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