ToAnn,
I bought this product a week ago and loved it. It was very easy to use, lasted all day and looked great. However when I tried to sharpen it with my makeup pencil sharpener the outer covering was impossible to sharpen. It was a mess and too dangerous to use around my eyes so it had to be tossed. Please change the outer covering or make a sharpener specifically for it. My sharpener was brand new and used for the first time with this product.