It's A Crime Not To Prime! - All About Primers

Hi everyone,

Today I am going to talk to you about primers! I absolutely love primers and believe that they are an essential part of anyone's makeup routine or any makeup look. I only have three primers (two for my face and one for my eyes) and I love them all.

The three primers that I own are:


Too Faced Primed and Poreless Oil-free (face primer)

This is definitely my favorite face primer out of the two! This primer makes your skin so soft and smooth and assists in keeping your makeup on all day. It is also oil free and good for sensitive skin. Also, as this primer is the cheaper one out of the two, I use this for special occasions, when I want my makeup to look flawless or when I need to where makeup for a long period of time.

L'Oreal Base Magique Transforming Smoothing Primer (face primer)

Like all my primers, I like to apply this one with my fingers. I find that by doing this it warms up the product and therefore applies more evenly. This primer does a great job at giving your skin a matte finish and eliminating any shine. However I wouldn't recommend this primer for extremely oily skin.

Urban Decay Eye Shadow Primer Potion- Original (eye shadow primer)

This eyeshadow primer is as good as everyone says it is! It makes my eyeshadow stay on all day and not crease at all. I would definitely recommend the original formula as it comes out skin colour and dries transparent, so it won't effect the true colour of your eyeshadows.

The Benefits of Face Primers:

• Fill in pores
• Fill in fine lines
• Even out your skin tone
• Helps foundation to glide on smoothly
• Helps your foundation to last all day

The Benefits of Eye Primers:

• Makes your eye shadow look more vibrant
• Helps your eye shadow to last all day
• Stops your eye shadow from creasing

Other primers that I would recommend:

FACE
Innoxa Skin Perfect Pore Vanishing Cream
Benefit the POREfessional
Face of Australia Base Primer
Stila Onestep Correct
L'Oreal Lumi Magique Base Pure Light Primer

EYES
Maybelline Colour Tattoos (cream eyeshadow base)
Mac Paint Pot
Nars Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base (good for oily eyelids)


Let me know what your favorite face and eyeshadow primers are in the comments below!