Product Smackdown: Eyeshadow Primers
We've all been there: You spend precious morning time applying and blending your eye makeup, only to see it fading and creasing by lunch. We're not makeup divas by any means, but getting all of that layering just right (especially in the wee hours before we're properly caffeinated) takes time, energy, and focus — and when it all pulls a disappearing act at 2 p.m., it's enough to make us wonder why we even bother in the first place.
The answer to this age-old beauty annoyance? Eyeshadow primer. These powerful potions are designed to create a barrier between the oils on your lids and your eyeshadow of choice, allowing the color to adhere properly and last much longer.
To learn whether these products truly make a difference, we rounded up four of our lovely colleagues and assigned them each a primer to wear all day. All four girls applied a primer, topped it with the same drugstore shadow (the charcoal shade of the L'Oréal Color Riche Eyeshadow Quad in Cookies & Cream), and we shot them in the morning and again in afternoon to see how their color wore throughout the day.
Check out how each product did, and then let us know — would you consider adding a primer to your makeup routine?
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