Do You Really Need Clinique Black Honey Almost Lipstick?

My Unfiltered Thoughts

Clinique Black Honey Almost Lipstick is a classic—even though Gen Z recently discovered it via TikTok.

I first encountered it at the beauty counter, of course. That’s where it all went down. My friend Monique’s older sister Mandy worked at the local Macy’s Clinique Counter and she told me I needed Black Honey for the prom.

She wasn’t wrong—it became a staple in my beauty wardrobe, along with lipsticks in Tenderheart and Air Kiss, which I donned for years and years. Black Honey’s bait-and-switch deep plum hue looks like it’ll be a hideous shade for most complexions—but once you try it, you see it’s another shade entirely on lips.

Is Black Honey Almost Lipstick a must-buy? Read on and find out.