Clinique Brush-On Cream Liner- Black Honey

It's been a few days since I brought you another slice of Black Honey heaven.

Today's offering is the Clinique Brush-On Cream Liner in Black Honey. It retails for $16 and weighs in at 0.17oz, making it an excellent value. It comes with an accompanying brush, although I prefer my existing eyeliner brushes for the highest level of precision.

This is a small pot of gel eyeliner similar to any other product like MAC Fluidliner.

Swatched out, it's a mid-range black raspberry color.  It's very warm, but wearable- especially with Black Honey eyeshadow.

I love layering this with other Black Honey pieces for a tone on tone look that's both sultry and daytime appropriate.

In case anyone was wondering, it's significantly warmer and lighter than the LE Quickliner in this year's Party Favors Holiday set.

Admittedly, this is the only shade in Clinique's cream liner range that I've tried, but it lasts for a full work day (usually 14+ hours door-door for me) without touch-up.  I highly recommend the formula for ease of use.

Clinique Gel Blush in Black Honey

Today's dose of Black Honey goodness is Clinique Gel Blush.  This is a GWP size and I'm not sure when this was originally offered.

Admittedly, I'm not used to working with a squeeze tube of blush:

It's quite scary out of the tube:

But blended out, not so bad:

Outside

Inside, with flash

Overall, it's a beautiful shade that works on a number of skintones.

Clinique Sheer Shaper for Lips- Black Honey

Today's dose of Black Honey comes in the form of a discontinued lipliner.

Clinique Sheer Shaper for Lips is the absolute perfect twin to the classic Black Honey Almost Lipstick.  I'm not sure why this product was discontinued- I'm sad that I didn't discover it until recently.  I don't know of another product like this on the market- a truly sheer lipliner with a wash of color.

A swatch should help illustrate what I mean:

Outside, natural light

Actually, I think you need to see it with Almost Lipstick in Black Honey to get just how genius this lipliner is:

It is stunning and so perfectly matched. Why would they get rid of such a unique and perfect product?  I'm going to be a one-woman campaign for the re-introduction of this product.  Dear readers- did this come in any other shades? I'd love to know!

Clinique All About Shadow- 02 Black Honey

I have a problem, dear readers.  And its name? Black Honey.  The cult favorite has me by its sweet, sultry grip this fall.  If I was to sum up my makeup this fall in one color, it'd be Black Honey.  You're going to be seeing a lot of different Black Honey products on this blog over the next few days- hold on, it's going to be a beautiful ride!

Let's start with the fundamentals.  For those living under a rock since the 1980s, Black Honey is a classic Clinique Almost Lipstick that looks scary in the tube but is a perfect fall stain on anyone's lips, no matter the pigmentation.  Its siren color has spawned many different forms of it.  Today, we'll talk about Clinique All About Shadow.

Admittedly, it's been many years and several repackaging cycles since I last bought a Clinique All About Shadow single, so I was glad to have the opportunity to give Black Honey a test.

Clinique All About Shadow comes in a mirrored-front compact with clear bottom (for easy identification of the shade). It weighs in at .07oz/2.2g and retails for $15. You won't be seeing the front because I couldn't get a good photo sans camera reflection on the compact.

Black Honey in this form is a show-stopping warm rosy brown with a decidedly burgundy shimmer.  I love this shade because it's one of those take-your-breath-away pops of color for icy blue eyes (of which I own a pair).  Sheered out or applied with a light hand, it's office appropriate.  Layered on as part of a smoky eye, it's a sultry, deep brown that makes your eyes go ka-POW!


Now that I've raved, here's a couple of swatches:

Outside, in natural light

Inside, with a bit of flash

Bottom Line: Just go get it. Trust me.  You can find it at your local friendly Clinique counter.

NOTD: Clinique A Different Nail Enamel for Sensitive Skin- Black Honey & Formula Review

Today's NOTD is another of those bonus posts I've been doing lately, where I'm reviewing a new nail formula as well as showing you a yummy NOTD.  If you pay attention carefully, there's a new tag on the post.  I have a slight obsession with every product that Clinique releases in the Black Honey range, and I'll be bringing you a number of them over the next couple of weeks.

Today's NOTD is Clinique Black Honey, from the A Different Nail Enamel for Sensitive Skin Line launched this summer.  Swatches are with three coats, using the A Different Nail Enamel Base/Top Coat.

Outside, but with flash

This is a luxurious, saturated shade that is similar to the appearance of the famous shade in the tube.

I love it.


In terms of the formula, I'm still experimenting with it a bit.  I enjoyed it, but was very careful to use thin coats.  There was a significant difference in terms of wear time when I used the base coat versus when I used my normal Deborah Lippmann base coat.  I got 2.5 days of wear before the first chip appeared, which is exceptionally good for me.

I love the price point ($12.50).  I don't get the overly negative reviews on a number of retailer websites.  Just use the base/top coat (it's a 2-in-1) and thin coats and you'll be fine.