Clinique Takes Black Honey From Lips To Fingertips

On June 24, 2026, Clinique gave Black Honey another life beyond the lips. The brand’s iconic shade, first created in 1971 and later immortalized through Almost Lipstick, has now entered a new category with Color Rich Nail Polish in Black Honey, a limited-edition glossy burgundy polish that translates the cult lip color into a manicure.

The nail polish arrives as part of a wider limited-edition Black Honey collection, alongside High Impact High-Fi Mascara, All About Shadow Quad and the classic Almost Lipstick. Clinique calls it “Black Honey everything,” and the phrase feels accurate. What began as a sheer, plummy lip shade has become a full visual language: soft enough to adapt, dark enough to intrigue, familiar enough to feel almost personal.

That is the power of Black Honey. It does not behave like a normal color trend. It looks deep in the tube, but becomes different on every wearer, shifting with natural undertones instead of covering them. This flexibility is why the shade keeps returning across generations, from longtime Clinique loyalists to TikTok-era beauty fans who discovered it as if it were new.

The new nail polish is the most interesting part of the expansion because it moves Black Honey away from the face entirely. A lipshade is intimate. A nail color is gestural. It appears when someone holds a glass, opens a bag, types a message or lifts a hand to the light. In nail form, Black Honey becomes less of a whisper and more of an accessory: modern burgundy, glossy and slightly moody.

With this limited-edition collection, Clinique proves that legacy does not have to stand still. Sometimes a classic only needs a new surface: lashes, lids, nails, and the same honey-dark color finding another way to glow.