Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Pencil
by Benefit Cosmetics · makeup
Editor's Take
Benefit gets the important bit right: Rhus Succedanea wax gives this pencil crisp, controlled strokes, but the mineral-oil base feels dated beside newer brow formulas.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Performance: 7.8 / 10
- Innovative Ingredients: 5.5 / 10
- Clean Standards: 6.2 / 10
- Formula Sustainability: 4.5 / 10
The Verdict
The firm wax blend and iron oxide pigments support precise strokes, solid payoff, and dependable adhesion. Hydrogenated castor oil adds moisture resistance without turning the tip overly soft. Talc and petroleum-derived mineral oil keep the clean and sustainability profiles middling, while the technology offers only a few modern touches. A dependable precision pencil, with performance carrying a formula that otherwise shows its age.
Is Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Pencil clean?
DARE scores Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Pencil by Benefit Cosmetics 6.2 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.
What are the key ingredients in Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Pencil?
The formula leads with Shade 3.5: Stearic Acid, Mica, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Synthetic Japan Wax, Jojoba Esters, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.
How does DARE score Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Pencil?
Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Pencil by Benefit Cosmetics scores Performance 7.8 / 10, Clean Standards 6.2 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 5.5 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 4.5 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.
Full INCI list
Shade 3.5: Stearic Acid, Mica, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Synthetic Japan Wax, Bis-Behenyl/Isostearyl/Phytosteryl Dimer Dilinoleyl Dimer Dilinoleate, Jojoba Esters, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Triethylhexanoin, Aluminum Hydroxide, Tocopherol. \ +/- CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide)\
Last updated September 19, 2026