I needed to find another brow pencil after mine was used up. I wanted to try this one because it was really cheap and the colors didn't look that redish like a lot of brow pencils do (I got #2 Grayish Brown). The pencil was sealed and was longer than the brow pencils I own (great price-performance ratio). At first the pen-mine was a bit on the harder side but once you drew with it, it got better. The application is easy and it stays on pretty long (as long as you don't wash your face at work and don't have the pencil with you :'D )