Because the stick is transparent, you can wear it with any colour lipstick. However, the tip is pointed when you buy it, when it wears down you simply cannot sharpen it satisfactorily. The wax is too soft and you end up with blobs of wax in the sharpener. I even put mine in the fridge to harden it up but that didn't work. Once it's lost its defining point, it's not much use in my opinion.