I was leary to buy these lipsticks, and I should have listened to my "sixth sense". I went ahead and purchased 2 of them. The colors are awful & very dry. One of them broke, the very first time I tried to apply it. The sharpener you get is very cheap, and "eats" the lipstick up, without giving a point, or even partial point. I was terribly disappointed. I didn't even want to spend the money to return them, so they went into the "junk makeup" bag.