As a beauty product hoarder for decades now, I discovered long ago that many products are made from the same manufacturer and simply repackaged under different brand names. Eye pencils - liners or for brows - usually fall into that category. The majority of brands, regardless of price, are made in Germany. That doesn't make them bad, just making an observation. I was surprised and impressed to see that this Vincent Longo pencil is made in Italy, a difference I noticed the first time I used the pencil. This goes on easily, wears well and the slim design feels good in your hand and allows for precise application. While I do have highlighted hair, I am naturally "mousey brown" and as such my eyebrows are fairly dark. Even so, I have found that using brown brow pencils look too dark and "painted on" for me so I switched to taupe/blonde pencils years ago. This pencil is perfect - a luxury product that I would recommend to more than just blondes. It provides good definition without looking as severe as some of the darker pencils. Beauty product cynic that I am, I did not expect to be impressed by an eyebrow pencil but this is a great product and one I will continue to use.