How To Keep Your Eye Shadow In Place

I love eye shadows. Just look in my makeup case and that's totally obvious. I love the various colors you can get, the different finishes, and how they help accessorize an outfit. What I don't love about eye shadows is they sometimes crease and wear off throughout the day. So by the end of the day when I get home, it doesn't even look like I applied any eye shadow.

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Not being very makeup savvy I just accepted the creasing and fading thinking that's how eye shadow worked. Until I stumbled across eyelid primer. How I stumbled across it I can't recall, but once I started using it I never turned back.

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Using eyelid primer helps with

• Putting a barrier between the shadow and my eyelid 
• Creating a foundation for my eye shadow to hold onto so it stays on longer
• Making the application of my eye shadow smoother
• Keeping oil produced by my skin from reaching my eye shadow
• Sealing in any eye treatment products I've put on

The eyelid primer that I settled on is the e.l.f. Shadow Lock Eyelid Primer. The primer claims to prep "your eyelid for smoother, longer-lasting and crease-proof eye shadow. The lightweight liquid quickly absorbs into the skin for comfortable wear and increases eye color longevity."
Even though the e.l.f. Shadow Lock Eyelid Primer is less than $3, it works really well. My eye shadow lasts through the day and I don't see it start to wear off until well after the day is done. Also, the intensity of certain colors is greater than if I just applied the shadow directly to my skin.

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On days when I decide to wear eye shadow here's how I apply the e.l.f. Eyelid Primer

• Clean my face and then apply moisturizer to my face avoiding my eyelids
• Apply a thin layer of primer to my eyelids using the wand. Depending on how I want to apply my shadow depends on how much of my eyelid I apply primer to
• Make sure the primer is blended
• Let the primer dry down. This takes only a few seconds
• Then I apply my shadow by patting it on instead of swiping

Do you use primer for your eye shadow?