e.l.f Eyelid Primer Review

Another iherb purchase for me, not one I will bother with again. The primer is thin and blends easily on the eyelids, shadow adheres well to it and I feel that it did help my eyeshadow to last well through the day. However it did nothing to make my shadow pop as other primers, paint pots or grease stocks do. I realise elf is a cheap and cheerful brand it the chemical smell of their products is a real turnoff for me. Will be sticking with my other primers from now on.

I picked this up a long time ago from iherb for USD$3. I have used a quite a few high-end eyeshadow primers so I was really interested to see how this would compare to the NARS and Urban Decay ones. I picked this up in Sheer which is just a nude-y pink shade.

The packaging is very simple as per most e.l.f. products that I have. But also at the same time kind of similar to the NARS one. Just a long tube with a matte black lid (although not rubberised like NARS). It has a doe foot applicator which I really like, makes it really easy to get the product out and onto the eye.

The product is really nice and somehow matches my skin tone quite well. It does have quite a silcone type feel to the touch which is nice. I didn't feel like it was clumpy or a weird consistency at all. When you sheer it out the colour goes away a bit so I feel like it would suit quite a lot of people. If you leave this for a while it drys down quite a bit which is nice, it feels like a nice base for eyeshadows (as it should). I actually think that this performs incredibly similar although not quite as well as the NARS formula, which is great for the price! It helps make my eyeshadows last a lot longer and the colours show up a bit nicer too.

I think overall the Urban Decay one is still my favourite but this is still fantastic, especially for the price.

If you’re on the fence about this primer, let me tell you it’s a good budget one. I mean, it’s not going to work miracles, but it does prolong eye shadow wear. If I don’t use this my eye shadow will smudge or simply disappear during the day, whereas if I do I notice it stays on much, much longer, if not all day. You can get this in a brown or a white, and I personally like the white one better. Good, budget price and a decent sized bottle. It has a felt sort of brush that you unscrew with the lid and you can use that to apply or just dab on and use your fingers.

Oh my...where have you been all my life Mr E.L.F eyelid primer???

I have hooded eyelids and find keeping eyeshadow on for anytime longer than a few hours a right hassle!

I purchased this little beauty off iherb.com for only $3.

The packaging is simple, a plastic clear tube with a doe foot applicator which I prefer to use.

You only need a very small amount which means that the product will last a long time, even though it is a small tube. To me it doesn't have a smell which I like.

It is so simple to use. Just apply over your eyelids and let it dry (which only takes a minute or less). It's not tacky which is a thumbs up and it's also not real thick.

Upon applying my eyeshadows, I notice straight away that my shadows aren't going to budge, it's like it's 'glued' to my eyelid.

Before I fell in love with Mr E.L.F, my eyeshadow would last up to four hours before it moved into the creases of my hooded eyelids. Now it last the whole day, I'm talking 7am-6pm when I'm home from work and washing my makeup off. Therefore it would most likely last a lot longer. I must comment how the eyeshadow never moves into my creases anymore and the eyelid primer washes off super easy too.

Am I happy you ask??? I think so. How could I not be....this is why the E.L.F eyelid primer is my new love affair. I cannot rave about it enough.

UPDATE : yesterday I worked a eleven hour shift so had my makeup on for around thirteen hours and I'm super happy to say that my eyeshadow didn't budge! :-) by the time I got home, only a tiny tiny amount had moved into the creases of my eyelids but it still looked 'fresh' after all that time :-)