elf eyelid primer

i've read tons of review about this eye primer until i decided to buy one. i decided to buy a sheer one, since i thought it would be a great choice.

this eyelid primer is from their essential line, $1 only! what they said about it:

" preps your eyelid for smoother, longer-lasting and crease-proof eyeshadow. the lightweight liquid formula quickly absorbs into the skin for comfortable wear and increases eye color longevity."

i didn't like eyeshadows much, since i couldn't apply it well, but i still had my sephora pret a porter pallete, and i had to finish at least half of it to buy a new one. *sigh* that's why i tried to wear eyeshadow everyday. but it didn't show, sometimes the color just faded only after an hour or so. *sigh* and sometimes the lighter color won't show. and if i kept adding more color, it got powdery and very messy.

i've tried the eyelid primer twice. yesterday i wore a deep purple matte eyeshadow and today a golden brown one. the purple one was quite opaque, without eyelid it was shown enough. but with eyelid primer, it held for 4 hours. quite impressive. i had oily skin, so sometimes my eyelid got oily too and washed away the eyeshadow. but it didn't happen after i used the primer.

today i wore a golden brown shadow. i had to add a lot of it to make it show, usually. but today, with the eyelid primer, it shown just with 2-3 swipes! pretty impressive. and i wore it for around 4 hours, and it still there until i removed it. i forgot to take the "before and after" photo, but i will try to photograph it later.

*update: as you can see below, without the primer, the eyeshadow color was not as opaque as with primer. both for light and dark shadows. the color payoff came up better with primer.*

conclusion: for a $1 item, it was satisfying. it held the promises elf made. i was impressed. no need to spend a hell lot of money on UD eye primer. hahaha..

will i buy it again in the future? definitely yes.