Almost Lipstick In Black Honey Pink Honey And Nude Honey

Editor's Take

Clinique earns the easy, sheer glide with a polished ricinoleate-rich base, but its synthetic color system keeps this cult balm outside clean-formula territory.

Four-pillar formula scores

• Performance: 7.8 / 10
• Innovative Ingredients: 6.5 / 10
• Clean Standards: 4.7 / 10
• Formula Sustainability: 7.7 / 10

The Verdict

Castor oil and ricinoleate esters give these sticks smooth, non-greasy glide and even pigment suspension, while plant waxes keep the texture tidy. The dispersion work is modern, and the oil-and-wax-heavy base supports good sustainability despite polyethylene and synthetic dyes. Clean standards are the catch: Titanium Dioxide appears in the may-contain color section, several lakes need validation for repeated lip exposure, and polyethylene raises another validation question. Worth it for sheer, polished color and balm-like slip, with clean credentials clearly not its strength.

Is Almost Lipstick In Black Honey Pink Honey And Nude Honey clean?

DARE scores Almost Lipstick In Black Honey Pink Honey And Nude Honey by Clinique 4.7 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.

What are the key ingredients in Almost Lipstick In Black Honey Pink Honey And Nude Honey?

The formula leads with Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Glyceryl Triacetyl Ricinoleate, Cetyl Ricinoleate, Euphorbia Cerifera Wax, Copernicia Cerifera Wax, Polyethylene. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.

How does DARE score Almost Lipstick In Black Honey Pink Honey And Nude Honey?

Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Almost Lipstick In Black Honey Pink Honey And Nude Honey by Clinique scores Performance 7.8 / 10, Clean Standards 4.7 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 6.5 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 7.7 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.

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Full INCI list

Ricinus Communis (castor) Seed Oil, Glyceryl Triacetyl Ricinoleate, Cetyl Ricinoleate, Euphorbia Cerifera (candelilla) Wax, Copernicia Cerifera (carnauba) Wax, Polyethylene, Tocopheryl Acetate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Barium Sulfate, +/- Yellow 5 Lake (ci 19140), Blue 1 Lake (ci 42090), Iron Oxides (ci 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Red 7 Lake (ci 15850), Mica, Carmine (ci 75470), Titanium Dioxide (ci 77891), Red 6 (ci 15850), Red 22 Lake (ci 45380), Red 30 Lake (ci 73360), Yellow 6 Lake (ci 15985), Bismuth Oxychloride (ci 77163), Red 33 Lake (ci 17200), Red 28 Lake (ci 45410)