Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid Liner

Editor's Take

Rare Beauty nails the inky matte brief with Carbon Black and tenacious polymer wear, but shoppers prioritizing cleaner, lower-impact chemistry will find the base hard to defend.

Four-pillar formula scores

• Performance: 8.2 / 10
• Innovative Ingredients: 6.8 / 10
• Clean Standards: 2.9 / 10
• Formula Sustainability: 4.5 / 10

The Verdict

On the eye, this should give dense black payoff, crisp precision, and a matte line that resists moisture and smudging. Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer and Ammonium Acrylates Copolymer form the flexible film, while the surfactant-heavy synthetic base drags down clean and sustainability scores. Worth it for graphic matte lines where staying power matters more than ingredient minimalism.

Is Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid Liner clean?

DARE scores Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid Liner by Rare Beauty 2.9 / 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 Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid Liner?

The formula leads with Water/Aqua/Eau, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Propylene Glycol, Laureth-21, Pentylene Glycol, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil. 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 Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid Liner?

Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid Liner by Rare Beauty scores Performance 8.2 / 10, Clean Standards 2.9 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 6.8 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 4.5 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.

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Full INCI list

Water/Aqua/Eau, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Propylene Glycol, Laureth-21, Pentylene Glycol, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Ammonium Acrylates Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, PPG-2-Deceth-30, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Black 2 (CI 77266)[NANO].