This is a pretty good combo of neutrals and I can see it getting a lot of use in thespring and summer.  However, during the winter, my lips are in pretty bad shape, chapped and cracked, and I tend to use lip balmonly.  For my trial run with this pencil, I used it all over my lips as a kind of dry primer, which is usually the way I use a lip pencil, and it was fine, especially under my Rouge d'Armani which is a dry lipstick.  A more moist lipstick is going to wear off faster (and take the underlayer of lip pencil with it).  This product is very dry and dragson the lips.  I have found thatwarming it by holding the point against my lips for a moment helps soften it enough to use.