Getting that perfect look can often be the difference between a great day and an ordinary one. Your confidence is sky high when your makeup is spot on and everything just seems to fall in place. To create any masterpiece you require prep. With respect to your makeup, it usually means cleansing and moisturizing. Sometimes even with all that preparation, your work of art gets smudged away before anybody even gets to admire it. There may be a myriad of reasons why that just happened but prepping with a primer can make all those excuses go away. This is because a primer can make your makeup last longer and provide a more even application while you keep looking fabulous through the day. That is why this piece goes out to the primers, more specifically, eye primers and all the good work they do.

A primer works by acting as a layer between your makeup and skin. They make sure your makeup is always on, smooth out skin tone and even out the skin’s surface. Primers may be used on the face, eyes, lips and even lashes. However, your face primer is not going to work for your eyes since the skin on the eyelids are usually thinner and oilier, which is why they are formulated differently. There are plenty of people who think primers are a scam. But mostly anybody who has used an eye primer will sing songs of its glorious ability to keep their eyeliners in place without slipping away into the creases of the eyes. The oil on the eyelids can break down almost any kind of ultra-durable make up and the primer is the only way out for a flawless looking set of eyes.

One of the crazy things about eye primers is that they are multipurpose in function and can be used on the other parts of the face as well in mitigating circumstances. Let’s examine a few scenarios.

• The skin under your eyes is similar to your eyelids, therefore, eye primers can be used to make your concealer last longer without creasing.
• Sometimes a ton of concealer and foundation just do not do a good enough job of keeping the pimples undercover. A hint of eye primer on top of the unwelcome blemish before applying foundation and concealer and then powder to lock it all in will make sure those spots are away from plain sight.
• Patchy or smudged off eyebrows can also be fixed by eye primers. A little bit of the magic potion swiped through your brows and allowed to dry before using the brow product goes a long way.
• Even though lip primers are now easily available in the market, eye primers can also do the same thing. Just make sure your lips are well moisturized before applying a teensy bit of eye primer followed by lip liner and lipstick.
• Prevent your foundation from settling into the smile lines next to your lips by patting on a bit of eye primer over those lines before applying foundation.

Given its simple efficiency and a wide range of benefits, it’s easy to see why tossing an eye primer into your bag may not be a bad idea. If you haven’t got one yet, head down to the market and choose the brand that’s right for you, right now.