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Let’s be real: Clinique’s Black Honey has been a beauty cult-favorite for a reason. The Almost Lipstick is packed with conditioning ingredients, given lips that ultra luxe, pillowy soft feel. While beauty shoppers are obsessed, the price makes it hard to justify for everyday wear (which is exactly what so many would love to do with Black Honey, if it weren’t $25 a tube.)

Luckily, savvy shoppers looking for the ultimate tinted lip balm have found Maybelline’s Lifter Glaze Oil Balm, saying that the shade Espresso Kiss is a great affordable alternative to “the pricey Clinique Black Honey Lip Balm.”

As one satisfied shopper on the hunt for a budget beauty

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