not the same as the one without a brush color is way too light even on the palest skin must be mixed to see it well [SEP] not the same color now different formula the natural blonde is way too light you have to mix with a darker color to see it and i have very white skin still too hard to see mixed it with a taupe color and faded it into this one it is salvagable i think they discontinued the long pencil without the brush the shade was called blonde that was my go to pencil now it is discontinued go figure my hair color is light natural blonde baby blonde guess good things cannot last forever psh