DIY Eyeshadow Primer

It’s been more than one year since I wrote a blog, simply because I don’t have an internet connection at home (haha too bad for me back then) but now I do. Yey! Anyway, a lot of things have changed over the year specially my make-up habit, and so much more which I will share here on my blog. But for now it’s about make up.

So, cosmetic products are continuously evolving through the years, I just started learning the ropes about make-up, though, I have been applying make-up since high school but just basic stuff like powder, blush on and lip gloss. Now, there are so many things to consider when applying make-up.

For this blog I will be talking about eye primers/ eye shadow primer.

Whenever I watch make-up tutorials specially the famous ones in youtube, they would apply an eye shadow primer before doing their eye make-up. So, I got curious. What exactly does this eye shadow primer do? So, I looked it up on google on what’s the use of an eye primer and found a good answer from a yahoo question about eye primers, here ‘s the answer,

“eye primer is put under eyeshadows or liners to: 1) Keep it in place(no smudging/running), 2) Enhances eyeshadow colors(looks more pigmented), 3) Prevents eyeshadow from setting into your crease, so your makeup flows together better, and 4) Makes it easier to blend your eyeshadows, because of the smooth surface”.

Okay so knowing the purpose of this product every time I go to the mall I'd pass by cosmetic stores and stalls inside the department stores to look for one. The cheapest one I found is from” Essence I love Stage Eyeshadow Base” a cosmetic brand from Germany. It is roughly around 250 pesos. I didn’t buy one though, maybe next time. But a lot of youtubers and bloggers and make-up geeks are raving about Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion is the best eye primer on the market. As much as I want to grab one for myself, it’s way over my budget.

I started searching for DIY eye primers on youtube and there’s a lot of them out there. Most of them  (coz I kind of a watched a lot to look for something I can already make without spending extra) would use body butter, Vaseline petroleum jelly, some aloe vera gel, eye creams and face moisturizers. The very basic make-up product they mix it with are liquid foundations and liquid concealers. 

Some of the ingredients are not so easy to come by, if so, it will be pricey. So, I sort of studied how they do their DIY’s and came up with my very own concoction with things I already have.

I have read some comments that Vaseline and Body butter is not safe to be used on the eye area. As we all know our eye area is a very sensitive part of our body. I heard in one of the videos that she didn’t use an eye cream coz it’s expensive so she used some face lotion instead. But since I have the cheapest eye cream ever thanks to Quick FX, I used that instead, and I know it is safe for me to place it on my eye lids since I use it too.

So below are the ingredients I used for my eyeshadow primer.

Quick FX Eyelift Cream Cost 49Pesos at Watsons

Quick FX No Shine Mattifier (coz our eyelids oils up as well) 89 Pesos at Watsons

Myra E BB Creams in Beige and Ivory (though they have some shimmer, I think for the Vita Glow effect they say) 99 Pesos

Maybelline Super Mineral 24 Liquid Foundation in OC2 (it’s lighter than my skintone with a yellow undertone I think) Not sure how much since this is a gift from my best friend but I think it cost at around 500-600 pesos.

I don’t have a liquid concealer that’s why I didn’t use one here.

So, I kind of mix them in a small container in equal amounts, I really didn’t measure it, I just eyeballed my measuring here.

So this is what it looks like after. Nothing really special about it.

Here are the swatches I made with and without the eye primer and normal face primer and plain liquid foundation.

Captured with HDR setting on Camera Phone

So this is my first swatch of my eyeshadow with and without the eye primer that I made.

Without Camera Flash

With Camera Flash

I don't know if you can tell the difference but I really tried to capture what I am seeing first hand, it might look different on the photo, or the device you are using to read my blog. But in my perspective, the one with an eye primer is more pigmented that the other swatches without the primer, with a regular face primer and with liquid foundation.

Just apply a small amount on your eyelids (a little goes a long way), and gently blend it using your ring finger. Once the primer is completely blended out and absorbed by the skin you can now do your eye make-up.

Will be trying it out on my eyes and will update you on the longevity of this DIY product of mine.

Feel free to try this out and comment here if it works for you or not or if you have any suggestions, or even violent reactions on what I did. :)

That's All Folks..

Thank you for reading.