Eyeshadow primer matters!

Ok guys, so I wanted to talk about eye shadow primer and show you how much of a difference it can make so I wore primer on one eye and not on the other today. That's dedication. For real you guys, I went to work and everything. So anyway, I use Urban Decay Eye Primer Potion on a daily basis so naturally that is what I used on one eye only today. For my eye shadows I also used an Urban Decay shadow from the Ammo pallet. I wanted to make sure I used a good quality shadow so you could see that even with a high quality shadow, primer can still make all the difference in your look.

Right off the bat this morning I could tell the difference between the eye with and the eye without primer. The eye shadow went on much smoother and easier with the primer. I felt like I had to apply more shadow to the non-primer eye to get the same pigmentation as the primer eye. Does that make sense? Here is the picture from right after applying my eye shadow. To the left in the picture is the eye with primer and to the right is the eye without primer.

So you can see they started out looking the same. This was about 7 am in the morning. I took pictures on my lunch, about 1:30, and when I got home from work which is about 6 pm so this primer was really put to the test for almost ten hours.

See the difference? The top are the pictures from mid-day and the bottom are the pictures from the end of the day. Even mid-day you can see where the shadow is starting to crease and the oilyness (is that a word?....it is now) on my lid is starting to show through the shadow. By the end of the day the original color of the shadow is all but lost. Most of the color has settled into my crease (you can see the line) where the eye with primer is still going strong almost ten hours later! The blending color did seem to fade some but the look is still intact and looking good. Now I'm not saying you have to rush out and but Urban Decay's primer (but it's amazing so you really should) but primer should be in your everyday line-up. What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments and don't forget to follow me to get updates on my blog post! Until next time!