MAC Subculture lip pencil

I'm not a MAC addict, and mostly the endless limited edition collections leave me cold. There are a few bits from the permanent collection that I do like, and this lip pencil is one of them.

This pencil has an excellent texture. It isn't so hard it drags or hurts to apply, but it isn't so creamy that it doesn't provide a good line/barrier to prevent lipstick wandering (I find Armani lip pencils to be too creamy, for example). I also find the colour to be a very good match for my naturally pale lips - it's described as underground pink on the MAC website (whatever that means), I'd say it's a neutral pale flesh pink.

Swatch on my hand:

Bare lips:

With Subculture applied. The borders of my lip are a bit more sharply defined, and it stops lipstick from wandering without altering the colour of the lipstick. I like it applied under a bright lipstick if I'm aiming for a sharper lipline.