I love lip pencils and have a lot of them, but this color and application feel may be the best I've ever had. I tend to collect similar colors, so the photo is a comparison of similar colors I had on hand. It's quite subtle, but it really does look different on the skin. I knew it was a very popular pencil, but I already had a similar color, so I didn't buy it. I've recently given up on tints and prefer a natural, matte finish with pencil and gloss, so I bought this color and am very happy with it.