It's a Crime Not To Prime - All about primers

 This post will be all about primers (both eye and face). Unfortunately, and for a reason I do not understand primers are completely neglected by the majority of people. Personally, I would never be able to go without them, I've been sucked in by the hype! I've had my fair share of face primers and consider myself to be well informed about them.
                                                                                                                                                                 

The actual definition of the word primer is "a substance used as a preparatory coat on previously unpainted wood, metal or canvas,especially to prevent the absorption of subsequent layers of paint or the development of rust"

The unpainted object is your face, and you use primer to prevent the absorption of make-up into your skin. Primers sit in between your skin and your make-up. Face primers give face make-up lasting power and as said above, stop it absorbing into your skin... making it less patchy and less oily(or more moisturised, depending on what primer your buy). This is the easiest way to explain what it is! 

You can get a range of different primers for different skin types...Green primers mattify oily skin and colour correct redness and blemishes, you can get primers that fill open pored skin (you've seen porefessional by benefit pop up a few times in my blog), anti ageing primers, ones made for dry skin etc too. Luckily and conveniently enough clinique has just came out with a massive new range of primers. I've heard nothing but good from it so far so the only advice i can give you is go to a counter and get matched up to find your ideal primer. (It's worth investing). 

My favourite primer, by far is benefits porefessional. Not everybody will be a fan of this though, it may be completely useless if you have naturally smooth skin... But if you have acne prone, oily, open pored skin like me, this works an absolute treat,

Eye primers work slightly differently. Firstly, they make the eyeshadow stick to the eye longer...No fading throughout the day - it also works on liquid eyeliner. They will also prevent eyeshadow from creasing (when eyeshadow falls away from the eye socket line, caused through simple things like blinking!). And last but not lease it will enhance the eyeshadow colour on your lid. As mentioned before it is a barrier between your skin and the product. Natural oils in the skin wont mess with the colour and the eyeshadow applied will come up true. You've probably (if you don't use an eye primer) that colours will come up differently than they appear in the packaging... This is because it doesn't have anything to stick to, meaning you have to apply even more product to get the correct colour actually wanted. Although, bare in mind that it may be the eyeshadow - cheaper eyeshadow tends to be less pigmented. My favourite eye shadow primer, also mentioned loads of time in my blog is urban decay's primer potion. 

I hope this was helpful! I truly believe that it's a crime not to prime ;-) (how cheesy!) 

Stay tuned to my blog, I have some really exciting stuff coming up in the next few months and i can't wait to share it with everybody :-) Hope you're all having a fabulous evening. XOXO

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