How to make my eyeshadow last!

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Feb 7, 2013

Samantha B.

I have tried everything to get my eyeshadow to stay on for more than a few hours! I have tried drug store primers & high end! I've also tried tons of eyeshadow brands.
I hate spending time doing my eyeshadow only to have it gone almost completely in a few hours. I also have a problem with it creasing really bad, it's almost like it moves from all over my lid to right in the crease! I don't seem to have oily lids so I'm not sure what the problem is.
Any tips on what to do to make it last & not crease or am I wishful thinking in hoping that it will last say a whole day at work or whatever it may be?! Thanks so much!

Feb 7, 2013

Amanda R.

My first thought was PRIMER! but then I kept on reading the rest of your post :/. I'd go into a sephora and let them know your issue and get tons of samples of other primers and try them out. 

I would try the creamiest, thickest primer that you can find, set it with a skintone shadow, then apply a base, then shadow. It seems like that combo would crease, but because your setting each wet base it shouldn't. Loose pigments from indie brands are highly pigmented and cheap. They're aslo easy to apply wet which give good color pay off so they'll last longer. 

Feb 7, 2013

Samantha B.

Thank you all for the tips!

Feb 7, 2013

Lolli S.

Try color tattoo by maybelline as a primer then apply eyeshadow of eyestudio or L'oreal infallible

Feb 7, 2013

Samantha B.

Thanks Lola!

i always use a primer and on top off that i use a creamy nude eyeshadow it stays on longer and your colors pop out more. 

Feb 7, 2013

Skylar J.

primer

Feb 7, 2013

Samantha B.

Thanks! & Skylar, like I said above I've tried tons of primers, nothing seems to work :)

Feb 7, 2013

Sabrina B.

Hm! Maybe you have "oily" eyelids and that's what's causing the product to slide and crease? I've heard good things about the NARS eyeshadow base for oiliness!