This is a great pigmented eyeliner. You dampen the eyeliner brush and make a slight paste in the compact and it smooths on perfectly with ease. The only problem I have with it is that I don't know how sanitary it is to wet the compact everyday. I guess if you clean the crush with Alcohol after every use it should be fine. I just purchased the Bobbi Brown gel eyeliner in a pot, and I like the LM better. It is darker and not as messy.