SHOULD I BUY THIS? URBAN DECAY EYESHADOW PRIMER!
Part of the benefits of lying in bed, drinking too much wine, smoking too many cigs and slaving over my keyboard writing about cosmetics is the money I'm saving. Sure, now I have bedsores and cirrhosis, a slight case of emphysema but I also get sent free beauty products. Is it worth it? Um, is the Pope Catholic?
It really takes something special to make me part with my vice cash so I need to know..Has Anyone Out in CYBERSPACE used Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer? The Benefit one works fine but I am really eyeing the Urban Decay version. I love the groovy packaging and I love the idea of a disappearing primer applied with a wand! It's $15 dollars (or one bottle of wine) at Sephora.
That's not a lot of money but since I get free things I'm frugal with my cosmetic dollahs.
So, makeup community, does anyone own this? Should I own it? Anything that claims to make your eye shadow "last and last" has a very interested audience in me since my eye shadow should be renamed Harry Houdini. My skins on the oily side, I'm wondering if this is a "must have". Does it really stop eyeliner from running? Will I still have color on my lids all day? Was there a grassy knoll ?
So should I buy this or not?
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I LOVE this stuff! It is a little slice of heaven in a bottle. Before I used this, my shadow and liner would smudge and cake in my eyelid creases by day end. Now, my eye shadow and liner don't budge all day with this primer. This product definitely lives up to its promises. I don't know how I survived before eyeshadow and foundation primers - they have become "essentials" in my makeup routine!
UDPP is an amazing primer. I love it for doing a smokey eye and when I want my eye shadow to look intense. However I will say I don't use it much cause it's anextra step and requires you to let it "set" for a minuteor two. I am sick of already waiting on my primer and sunscreen to set.Oh, and, a "friend" noticed that after she passedout without washing her face one night, her eye makeuplooked exactly the same the next morning. Worth it andlives up to the hype!
I am writing up a review of this product on my product review site, and I came across your site when I searched it. I don't think it's worth it, but I'm intrigued that so many of your reviewers love it. It's not that it doesn't work, but that I don't really need it. My eye shadow pretty much stays put already. Just to be sure, I only put the primer on one eye and applied eye shadow and liner on both eyes. Anyway, my 2 cents is that it's not necessary.
Primer! primer! primer! Without a good primer you are asking for trouble. If you're spending the time to put on a pretty face use this primer! It's awesome. Really. That's it, and that's all! Go to Sophora or wherever you must to give it a whirl! Urban Decay's is the best i've used so far.. i have a prep and primer by MAC and i likethis 100x more!
I bought this on the recommedation of a Sephora salesclerk and she was right -it's outstanding. You only need to use a small amount so it lasts for a long time. I'm still using the first bottle that I bought last October. It really holds my eyeshadow in place, without creasing, even on days when allergies make my eyes water. I highly recommend this product! The bottle looks really cute on my dressing table as well!
Yes, absolutely! I ran around lower Manhattan on St. Patrick's Day wearing bright green eyeshadow -- *twelve* hours later, after shopping, stomping through the cold slush (it had snowed the day before), eating cupcakes... my eyeshadow hadn't creased. Without UDPP, creasing is pretty much inevitable for me within a few hours. Definitely worth it.
On top of the 30% discount on the urban decay website...they also have a "love it or leave it" guarantee. Here's what they say "If you don’t love our products, for any reason, we’ll take it back within 45 days of the order date AND refund the full product price."...You will never get a discount like this. Sephora's Friends and Family discount is only 20%....www.urbandecay.com enter code FFF30 at checkout!!!!! Code is good until Aug 3oth only!!!
I don't really wear eye shadow either, but I still highly recommend this product. I rub my eyes when I get tired and frustrated (especially now with allergy season starting) so even though I use waterproof mascara, I end up with a grey cast from the mascara under my eyes. But this product has put an end to that. I think it might be a matter of skin type, environmental conditions -- including level of physical activity -- and the products used.
You girls know your stuff! I'll talk more about how I love this more then wine but only a smidge less then veuve in mynext post! OK, maybe the same as Veuve, that's how much I LOVE IT-Don't take that lifhtly! Super MUST HAVE!!!
Should I buy this? Urban Decay primer potion. Hmmm...let me think...YES,YES,YES!!! Run, don't walk...get some NOW..you need it. If you are a woman, with eyes...then you can no longer live without this product. I don't know why this is the first time I'm seeing this post...but i thought it was a sick joke,lol.
Apply it to the browbone if you want your browbone highlighter to stay!
Katie
I've never used eyeshadow primer. Should this be applied up to the browbone?
Yep, you guys know your stuff. This product is the best. I don't know how (and really don't care) but this stuff could stop an oil tanker in it's tracks. I really love it. It does not crease! I'll say this again IT DOES NOT CREASE! Not even in 90-100 degree, southern, humid, icky-sticky, I need another shower after I just got out 30 minutes ago weather! I'm oily enough these days I might have to see if UDPP could multi-task in my t-zone.
it really is true. this is the best stuff ever. i used to use mary kay primer and it helped alittle but i read about this product so much that i had to try it. once i started using it, the idea of wearing eye shadow without it makes no sense. i work 8-5, and can literally put this on at 7:30 in the morning, apply my eyeshadow, and it still looks the same at five when i leave work. not only that, but many times i'll go places and not add shadow, and it is almost as pigmented atsay, one am as it was at 7:30. AMAZING. this was my first ever urban decay product and after i got it it made me want to buy an eyeshadow palette too, which is also fantastic, but this works with pretty much any eye shadow and will even make cheap eyeshadows have amazing staying power.
I love this product. I have somewhat oily skin so my eyeshadow would always get creasy, or just wear off after a few hours. I really like to do some funky, artsy things with my eye makeup and this product is awesome for that. It keeps everything in its place and makes it nice and bright. The only problem I have is that it can make blending a little difficult.
I'm obsessed with this primer. I work at Sephora, and it is by far one of my favorite products in the store. My shadow and liner seriously do not budge. It even helps cream shadows, which are notorious for creasing, stay put. I've gone to bed withouttaking my makeup off before (a big no no, i know), and everything has rubbed off except my eyeshadow. Love it.
Way to make me covet! How have I existed this long without this?
Sorry but I have to yell this...ALL URBAN DECAY AND HARD CANDY IS 30%OFF UNTIL AUG. 3OTH!!!! www.urbandecay.com enter code FFF30 at checkout...there's a link to the hard candy website(sister company) on UD website!!! HURRY and get your primer potion...stock up!! This is unbelievable!!!
The benefit of being 7 hours ahead of the east coast is that I get to post first on this one! (YES!) A big fat whopping YES. This primer is a gift from god. No more eyeshadow creasing. It disappears. Its not as tacky as LemonAid which I really dont like very much. It makes your eyeshadow brighter. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this product Ive been using it for 3 years now. Make sure to take out the stopper when you think you're running out and you will still have a nother couple of months of use!
Katie
I use this product everytime I wear eyeshadow - I have tried several other primers, but this one is the best! hardly anything looks worse that bleeding or creasing eyeshadow (especially green, like the other ladies green eyeshadow is my fave this season), that this Urban Decay product is the answer to long lasting color. One thing I noticed is that you have to use an eyemakeup remover to get it all off, my mild lotion cleanser doesn't seem to do the trick
Oh yeah Miss Jeanne! All the chic parisian women are rocking Green eyeshadow right now. It was all over the Prada runways. I am having so much fun wearing Green - its a great way to make a neutral outfit stand out (I wear ALOT of brown...)
Katie
Meg...I’m shocked and amazed you haven’t tried this product yet! It is seriously the most unbelieveable stuff I have ever used. My boss tested it by applying a dark brightly colored shadow over it, then flying to London. When she arrived, her hair looked like hell...but her makeup was flawless! I have partied my arse off in sweaty moshpits, steamy dance floors and in other scandalous places...and my makeup still looked awesome. I can’t live without this stuff. For real. Buy some!!
Hate to be the odd gal out but I find this really makes my powder eyeshadow go on dry! My eyelids were more "crinkly" - not the look I'm going for. And my powder liner didn't seem to stay in place any better than it usually does - i.e. it ended up migrating to the crease in my eyelid!!! Will keep experimenting since I bought the tube but not really impressed with this.
Uh, Meg - did you try it out yet?
Katie
It's amazing! my eyeshadow stays on forever when I use it.. BUT the mistake I made was using too much when I first got it.. it only takes a tiiiny little bit! I deff recommend buying it! Well worth the money
i love this product so much, that i created a profile just so i could endorse it! i also highly recommend urban decay's eyeshadow transforming potion..it has the same pretty packaging as the primer, and they make a perfect pair! i use it with my bright, deeply pigmented shadows to create a paint-like look for going out. very dramatic and definitely not for everyone, but the effect is stunning.
Ok, so I'm late to the Primer Potion Party. But my face eats eyeshadow, within an hour I would say. And I figured, despite its rave reviews that it couldn't possibly solve my little problem because I can NEVER get eyeshadow to stay. Well I plunked down the $15 last week and got myself a bottle. And OH MY LORD. (I also bought the benefit big beautiful eyes palette, which I also highly recommend) and my shadow is still looks great at 3:30. THAT NEVER HAPPENS. I still do have big beautiful eyes. I'm completely hooked. I do wonder at what point I will say, I simply cannot add another product to my morning routine. (we're at about 7 doing bare minimum).
yes!buy this asap!it works great against creasing and colors appear so much brighter and full-bodied.it also lasts forever, i've had mine for like 6 months & it's still going strong :)
This product is awsome. My eyes makeup use to be all over my face by the end of the day. Now with Primer potion it stays all day on my eyes. This is genius! Can't wait to try the one with tint in it. My next purchase at Sephora. :)
LOVE it, but Too Faced Shadow Insurance works just as well in my opinion. And, it's easier to get every last bit of TFSI out of the bottle, unlike Urban Decay's Primer Potion. I'll never go without eye primer again--prevents those dreadful creases and fading of my eyeshadow.
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I have actually never tried this...everytime I see it in Sephora or Ulta I get an intense longing to buy it...but haven't been able to convince myself to buy it. I'm just too cheap.. On a different note, if I do finally give in, does anyone have a recommendation between the original and the new Sin-shimmer based potion?
Great primer, but super horrible packaging. I still love it & can't be without it!!
Great primer, the best for eyelids.
I have both this and the primer in Sin. I love it, and wear it even on light makeup days. I like the Sin with just an eye liner for a more simple look, but it seems to me that the original holds shadow better. That's just my opinion. A bottle lasts a really long time, and you don't seem to go through your regular eye shadow as quickly (since you don't need to touch up during the day/after work), so maybe that will help if you are put off by the price.
Ok so I have been using UDPP for a pretty long time now, & I really do love it! I have just recently purchased Loreal Decrease due to some good reviews I came across, & I honestly cannot tell the difference between the two! Well, expect that Loreal is a lot cheaper and the packaging makes a little more sense. I think I may be sticking with Decrease.**Just to note: I usually don't leave my eyeshadow on for more than 10-12 hours, but Decrease definitely held up for me!!
this is a MUST in your makeup kit. you cannot put eyeshadow or liner without using this first. i get oily lids and without putting this on as a base then my eyeshadow would just crease and it's a hot mess. a trick to this is...if you think you ran out of this stuff...take out your knife and cut the container it came it...there's a whole lot more product in there. check out youtube videos to see what people do to extract the rest of UDPP.
This definitely does a great job keeping my eyeliner and (minimal) eyeshadow on every day for my everyday look. I know it's an extra step, but it takes less than a second to swipe on some primer! And while you're letting it set you can do your foundation, etc. It's totally worth it! :) Especially if you're going out at night! Smokey eyes that last till the next day? AWESOME!
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I tried a sample but I haven't invested in one yet. My eyeshadow seems to stay fine without it, so no need for me to use it.
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There's no doubt that UDPP is a fantastic product that really does what it's supposed to. My eyelids are pretty oily so I really do need a primer in order for my eyeshadow to stay put and not crease, and this really is fantastic.The one thing I absolutely HATE about this though is how impractical the packaging is. The fact that you actually have to cut open the tube and scoop out all the product (that you can't reach with the wand) is ridiculous. If you didn't know to do that, you'd be wasting so much product and money! I wish they'd change the design and then maybe I'd try repurchasing this.. but until they do that I'm gonna stick to other products that don't have such poorly designed packaging.
oolala! thanks for the review, it really helps!
This is one of the products that I tried once and never let out of my handbag again! I like using bold eyeshadows, but I used to put them on strictly for parties - I was hoping that by the time my shadow was melting and under my eyes, everyone was too drunk to notice. But it is not so anymore, thanks to this little magic bottle. I had a couple ColoreScience Genie colours - they are concentrated mineral pigments and really nice colours BTW, but they always smudged no matter how much or how little you used. And now I use them ALL THE TIME because they look fab!!! And that's because they have nowhere to run anymore, they seem to love to bond with Urban Decay eye primer. Go for it, totally worth it!
I got a sample of this with a Sephora purchase and loved it. It kept my shadow and liner in place, without creasing and gave me better color payoff. I love putting this on my lid up to the crease and then using a single shadow as a wash of color with deeper intensity close to the lashline and softening to a highlighter above the crease. But, when I went to purchase after the sample ran out I was totally turned off by the packaging. Such a stupid container. It is bulky in your makeup bag and then you either leave half the product behind or have to perform surgery on it. I picked up Too Faced Shadow Insurance instead and like that a lot. When that runs out, I'm tempted to try Benefit's Stay Put or UDPP in Eden (even with the stupid packaging) to neautralize the ruddy coloring on my eyelids -- especially if I'm doing a cool tone eye.
i absolutely love! Urban Decay!
Holland RayeLee Davida McCafferty
i love this
this is the best primer i have ever used!!
omg this is the best thing ever... i put this on in the morning..and my eye shadow looks amazing till the night..even the next morning when i just pass out my shadow still looks fresh.. i highly recommend this.. now i just want to try the face primer.. does any one know if its as good as the shadow? because i am using one from MAC n its not working for me at all..
I don't have oily lids (or any oil on my face for that matter), but when I tried this because a friend told me "it makes the color truer and keeps it on", I was pretty disappointed. It definitely kept the color on and it was more vibrant, but it creased soon after application. I tried it for about 2 weeks (using more or less of it) and had the same problem within a few hours every time.
This is just perfect.I ordered it through the Urban Decay site and it really really keeps the eye shadow in place for many hours and it doesn't irritate the eyes.Love it.