I dropped the pencil when I took it out of the box. When I open it to see how it worked, it was destroyed inside! So, even when it was my fault for dropping it, it is really easy to break. Also, if you take out the tip more than what it is necessary, it won't go back inside. Besides this, the brush it has it super nice and the pigmentation is good too. Sadly I couldn't try it out that much because it was broken in tiny pieces.