10 Best Rated Eyebrow Pencils That Fill & Define Your Brows With Complete Ease

The tip of your eyebrow pencil makes a huge difference. While extra fine pointed tips (in the form of a wood clench pencil and a propel repel pencil) are easier to use and favoured for creating hair-like strokes, the slanted edged ones give you ultimate shape customisation since they offer a variety of edges and surfaces to work with, so you can fill in your brows however is most comfortable for you. The pointed ones are great if you have sparse hair and just want to draw a few strokes to make them look bushy or want to elongate the tail of the brows while the eyebrow pencils with slanted edges are suitable for those who have slightly thicker brows and need a quick fix to define the shape of the brows since drawing thin strokes is quite tricky with them.

The colour of your brow pencil has a huge impact on the end result. You want to choose a shade that matches your skin tone, undertone and most importantly, the natural colour of your brow hair. Don’t go for a shade that’s too warm or ashy as it would look artificial and would give away that you have touched up your brows.

We have seen numerous makeup artists suggest going a shade lighter to get a natural effect. Which is kind of essential if you don’t want to overdo it and darken your eyebrows more than needed. 

If you have coloured eyebrow hairs, go for an eyebrow pencil in the shade closest to the roots and always draw strokes starting from the roots for a seamless finish.

Anastasia Beverly Hills can be credited as the beauty brand that highlighted the need for doing your brows right. Their eyebrow enhancing products are holy grails in every pro MUA’s vanity. The Brow Wiz specifically is one of the best eyebrow pencils in the world with its thin tip that helps in drawing the most precise and neat hair-like strokes, especially great for the front section of the brows. The spoolie at the back too is quite sturdy with short bristles and closed-off gaps that help in gripping the brow hair well for brushing them. 

Nykaa rating: 4.5

Benefit is the second most favoured high-end makeup brand for amazing brow products. Their Precisely My Brow and Goof Proof brow pencils have loyal customers around the world but we favour the former a bit more. Reason being, it has a fine tip that draws thin hair like strokes which replicate real eyebrow hairs and give a natural look to the brows. Goof Proof is a better pick for you if you have slightly thicker brows and just need an on-the-go solution to define their shape or give the illusion of more volume. Both of them feature twelve-hour wear and waterproof formulations too.

Nykaa Rating: 4.6

The NYX Micro Brow Pencil is hands down the best mid-ranged eyebrow pencil (priced at INR 850) that gives competition to most high-ends picks on this list. The fine tip is very thin and creates hair-like strokes that actually look real. Great for outlining the shape of the brows or even filling sparse areas. The spoolie that comes attached to the other end is also of great quality. The shade range available in India has only two shades (a deep warm brown and a cool-toned deep brown) which will work well if your hair is in the family of black and browns, however, if you have coloured hair, you might want to skip this one because of the restrictive shade range.

Nykaa Rating: 4.4

We have lost count of the number of reels we have watched declaring the e.l.f. Cosmetics Instant Lift Brow Pencil the best affordable eyebrow pencil. If you are a beginner and don't want to spend much on your eyebrow pencil until you are fully convinced of your brow skills, don't think twice and get your hands on this one. The tip is slightly thicker (similar to that of a sketch pen) so refrain using it for sketching the hair in the front otherwise it can end up looking boxy if the strokes are too thick. But nevertheless, a great budget option for those new to the eyebrow filling game.

Nykaa Rating: 4.4

This super affordable eyebrow pencil is rated 4.3 by more than fifteen thousand people and has more than two thousand reviews on Nykaa — mostly positive raving about its fantastic formula. It's a little on the drier side so you might get less pigment but other than that, the effect it gives your brows is actually good. Since it has an angular tip, we would suggest getting your hands on it only if you have thicker eyebrows that just need some shaping for definition or tinting for a voluminous appearance.

Nykaa rating: 4.3

This innovative pomade-in-a-pencil has all the benefits of a traditional poured pomade without the fuss, mess or stress. While pomades are difficult to use because they require loads of practice for the eyebrow to not look heavy, the Too Faced Pomade In A Pencil solves that issue by giving you a pencil that has the creaminess of the pomade in a pencil form so you have full control of the application. The angular tip makes it convenient to fill in, sculpt and control brows with the ease and precision of the pencil.

Nykaa rating: 4.4

Sugar Arch Arrival Brow Definer has been a favourite of Indian beauty content creators for quite some and when we read through the Nykaa customer reviews — we found that it's actually a great mid-priced eyebrow pencil that's slightly more waxy which makes it great for dry skin beauties. The angled triangular tip gives you both - precise shaping with a pointed tip and generous filling with a flat edge. 

Nykaa Rating: 4.3

Rare Beauty' reformulated their eyebrow pencil last year and since then, it has become a favourite of many. The unique angled rectangle tip helps you draw on hair for a natural feathery look or shade in sparse or over-tweezed areas for a fuller effect with ease. Not too creamy, not too waxy, but just right — it applies smoothly and evenly with a manageable level of colour intensity. The waterproof formula also resists sweat and oil, and stays put all day without smudging, transferring, or fading.

Huda Beauty's eyebrow pencil has the slimmest tip we have seen so far and is perfect for folks with really thin or sparse eyebrows. The fine strokes it makes are super identical to real hair and gives a microbladed effect, thus the name. It's a really soft pencil so you want to use the lightest hand possible since it breaks easily under pressure. It comes in eight shades and covers most hair colours and undertones so we are sure you will find a shade that suits you well.