I like MAC products, but this is my first experience with the pencil eye liner. I'm very glad 12 pencils were included in my purchase as I absolutely LOVE it! I had almost given up on eye liner pencils because the color does not usually transfer to the skin evenly. You can sharpen this pencil to a lovely fine point and it doesn't break up in the sharpener. Best of all, it smudges perfectly if you aren't into clean lines or if you want both clean and smudgy. Perfect eye liner!