Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Battle of the Eyelid Primers

I don't know about you, but I have some seriously oily eyelids.  Gross.  If I don't use some kind of primer, my eyeshadow will all fade and crease and look nastay within an hour or two after I put it on.  I used to SWEAR by Benefit's f*y*eye but it's since been discontinued.  They replaced it with Stay Don't Stray which worked ok but not as good as it's predecessor.

I have also used Urban Decay's Primer Potion and it worked ok... but I wasn't over the moon for it... the design of the bottle SUCKED. They've since redesigned it to a tube so maybe I'll have to give it a try again sometime.

These days, I typically use Too-Faced's Shadow Insurance.  It lasts forever and works really well.  But it's also $20 bucks a tube and honestly... I keep seeing drug store brands and thought I'd give them a try.  I also had a sample of the Stay Don't Stray so I decided to try them all out and see how they stacked up against each other.



Day 1... I used the Benefit's Stay Don't Stray.  $26 for full size ... the one below is trial size.


Here is how it looked at 6am:



And here is what it looked like 12 hours later:


 Very creasy and faded and overall... gross.

Next up! e.l.f. 's Eyelid Primer.  This costs a whopping $3 at your local drugstore.


Here is how it looked at 6am:



And here is is 12 hours later.  Overall not too bad.  Faded but not too creasy.  Not too shabby for $3.

Ok, Number three is NYX's white eyeshadow base.  I believe this was $6 at Bartell's.


Here I am at 6am:


And here I am 12 hours later.  Yikes.


Last up, it's Too Faced Shadow Insuarance.  $20 for full size (pictured).


Here I am at 6am:


And here I am 12 hours later.... not creasy and not too faded at all!


 I declare Shadow Insurance a winner!  I do also used e.l.f.'s primer as well, but Too Faced is where it's at!

Do you use eyeshadow primer?  What kind do you prefer?



















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