A primer for your eyes improves the texture of your skin, allowing eye makeup to glide on more smoothly and last longer. Primers also help to keep your eye makeup in place and prevent it from creasing. Here are some of our favorites.
Size: 0.33 oz / 10 mL·ITEM: 1941277
Color: Sin - subtle pale nude shimmer
$38.00
Now with this primer, I've actually fallen asleep wearing full eye makeup (not intentionally, but you know, it happens), and my eye makeup hasn't budged when I wake up the next morning....I had to experiment & finally found that thinning with a little water in my palm made it easy to apply to my older eye lids. It's great to know that since I made the effort to make-up my eyes, it would be there all da.
What it is: An award-winning nude eyeshadow primer that ensures vibrant and crease-free wear.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This long-lasting eye makeup base keeps eyeshadow crease-free, eye color vibrant, and application smooth. Formulated with polymer technology, this vegan beauty eyelid primer serves as the perfect eyeliner or eyeshadow base, filling in any surface imperfections and prepping lids for all-day wear.
$25.00
Then my younger daughter wanted some to-so we bought more...now we all are addicted to this stuff-it makes your eye make up last and last. I need to try the one for older eyes-I am sure it will be just as wonderful...Best Eye Primer...Urban Decay's primers for the eyes have always been my favorite.
What it is: A travel-size of the award-winning nude eyeshadow primer that ensures vibrant and crease-free wear.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is free of parabens. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This travel-friendly eye primer keeps eyeshadow crease-free, color vibrant, and application smooth. Formulated with polymer technology, this beauty essential serves as the perfect eyeshadow base for your eye makeup, filling in the look of any imperfections and prepping lids for all-day wear.
$25.00
My fave primer just travel size!...Getting older, I love that UD makes an anti-aging version of their eyeshadow primer! ...I used to use this primer a few years ago and didn't like the fact that it really doesn't flatter hooded eyes...well it gets worse when you get older.
What it is: A creamy eyeshadow makeup primer with benefits that support youthful-looking skin and ensure vibrant, crease-free color for up to 24 hours.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: A vegan beauty favorite, this eye primer preps lids for shadow and eyeliner, intensifying color for all-day wear. Optical blurring pigments create a soft-focus effect that minimizes redness and smooths texture, while anti-aging skincare ingredients help fight the look of wrinkles and improve skin tone.
$22.00
Just a dab will do ya! Worked perfect as a primer and a base color for my fair skin and didn't sink into my eye lines! ...I wear contacts and I have struggled to find an eye primer that doesn’t somehow move into my eye to blur my contact lenses.
What it is: A travel-size, water-resistant eye primer in a light-colored base that creates the perfect canvas for matte and shimmer shadows and pressed pigments.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates. This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This water-resistant and long-wearing formula glides on smoothly and creates the perfect base for both eyeshadow and pressed pigments. It helps ensure smooth, blendable application and smudge-free wear. The light-colored base enhances vibrancy and reduces the appearance of fine lines.
$35.00
I've used many, many other eye primers and this one is by far the best. I teach skin care & makeup for women 55+, and I always recommend Nars eye primer. ...I have tried several eye shadow primers including, Bare minerals, Smashbox, Benefit, Urban Decay, Too Faced and Mac Cosmetics. ...Best Eye Shadow Primer!
What it is:
A lightweight primer that creates a seamless canvas that keeps cream and powder eye color looking brilliant, fresh, and just-applied all day.
What it does:
This smudge-proof eyeshadow base uses a unique polymer and mineral powder blend to get a firm grip on color for long-lasting, gorgeous wear. Fortified with a special deep-sea extract and an antioxidant rice extract, it dries on contact and keeps the delicate eye lid smooth and ready for eyeshadow application.
What else you need to know:
This fragrance-free product is ophthalmologist and dermatologist tested.
$38.00
This is a great primer. Eyeshadow really lasts. This is great for "older eyes".....Great primer for older eyes. Covers any discolor I may have.
What it is: A creamy eyeshadow primer with anti-aging benefits that ensures vibrant, crease-free color for up to 24 hours.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: A vegan beauty favorite, this eye primer preps lids for shadow and eyeliner, intensifying color for all-day wear. Optical blurring pigments create a soft-focus effect that minimizes redness and smooths texture, while anti-aging skincare ingredients help fight the look of wrinkles and improve skin tone.
$39.00
This is the best eye base/eye primer I have ever tried!! My eye makeup does not crease! ...Best. Eye primer. Ever!!!
What it is:
A shadow primer specially formulated to prolong the look of your eye makeup.
What it does:
Specially formulated to prolong the look of your eye makeup, this primer keeps eye makeup looking fresh and vibrant all day. The innovative formula extends the wear of your eye shadow for up to 24 hours, saves shadows from creasing and fading, and allows hues to stay color-true. Comfortable and lightweight, it is infused with antioxidant-rich vitamin E and is ideal for all skin tones and types.
What else you need to know:
This product is ophthalmologist tested, dermatologist tested, and non-acnegenic.
Size: .16 oz / 5 mL·ITEM: 2699429
Color: IntensifEYES™ Longwear Primary - Transparent
$48.00
Total game changer for hooded eyes! Love!...I have very hooded eyes, and always struggle with eyeshadow or concealer creasing. ...I have very oily eye lids and tend to smudge my eye makeup. This primer doesn’t let my eyes smudge or move.
What it is: A prep-and-set eye primer that boosts eyeshadow color and ensures crease-proof, non-smudging, stay-in-place eye looks that last up to 24 hours.
Finish: Natural
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, and sulfates SLS & SLES.
What Else You Need to Know: This translucent-finish primer is suitable for all skin tones, proving itself to be a resilient ally. It extends eyeshadow wear and reduces creasing. It also blurs skin texture, creating a polished look that lasts up to 24 hours.
$19.00
I am absolutely satisfied with the results of this eyes primer, I needed it very much to complete my full makeup. ...I recommend this eye primer, it works great is an affordable option!
What it is: An eye primer that boosts the color intensity and locks in eyeshadow for up to 12 hours.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: The Boost + Lock Eyeshadow Primer leaves a perfecting veil with an undetectable finish that prepares the eyelids for makeup to be applied.
$38.00
I want my eyelid primer to make sure that my eyeshadow doesn’t budge. ...I also use it under my eyes to hold concealer.
What it is: A bestselling formula that intensifies color and helps lock down eyeshadow for up to 24 hours of non-creasing, fade-resistant wear.
Finish: Natural
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This translucent eyeshadow primer is formulated with a blend of skin-loving ingredients plus an easy-blend, doe-foot wand to glide on weightlessly. It also helps to protect against blue light damage and environmental stressors and fights breakthrough oil to help keep shadows smooth, waterproof, and long-lasting.
