The best eye primer is one that helps you achieve your eyeshadow application goals, whether that means keeping your shadows from creasing or fading or making them last longer.
$28.00
Great eye primer...It is also less greasy feeling than the other top rated eye primers and feels a bit more substantial which I like. ...Great Primers...Peach just brightens my eyes. I usually wear Buff under eyeshadow as a primer.
What it is:
A water-resistant eyelid primer that camouflages imperfections and discolorations, while it enhances the durability of eye makeup.
What it does:
Eye Basics provides the perfect canvas for eyelids to help eye color stay on longer. The highly versatile formula is water-resistant and crease-proof. Its sheer, creamy texture blends easily and smoothly, leaving a long-lasting, semi-matte finish.
$18.00
It's also a good under eye concealer if you put just a few lines on top of your bags and blend. ...This works as a brilliant brow highlight but I've used it as eye primer, under-eye concealer & even to hide the occasional blemish.
What it is:
A multitasking pencil that works as a brow and facial highlighter, a concealer, or an ideal priming base for eyeshadow.
What it does:
This portable pencil does the work of five makeup bag must-haves in one convenient tool. Use it to conceal blemishes, dark circles, and flaws, or to highlight the brow, face, and eyes. Cover brow hairs as they grow back in, line your lips, or use as an eyeshadow primer for lids. The Pro Pencil does it all.
$25.00
Best Eye Primer...Urban Decay's primers for the eyes have always been my favorite. ...This has been one of the best eye primers I've ever used, in addition to the other Urban Decay eye primers.
What it is: A tinted nude-matte eyeshadow primer and eye-makeup base for vibrant, crease-less color and eyeshadow looks that last up to 24 hours.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This tinted eye primer keeps eyeshadow crease-free and vibrant with a smooth application. The nude eyeshadow base reduces the look of redness and delivers full coverage. Formulated with polymer technology, this beauty essential serves as an eye-makeup base for long-lasting eyeshadow and eyeliner.
Size: 0.33 oz/ 10 mL·ITEM: 1941277
Color: Sin - subtle pale nude shimmer
$25.00
Perfect Eye Primer...Even on top of mattes it keeps my eye makeup put and it doesn’t crease throughout the day. ...Great Primer for Eyes!...Been using this eye primer for years, alone
What it is: A tinted nude shimmer eyeshadow primer and eye makeup base for vibrant, creaseless color, and long-lasting eyeshadow looks that last up to 24 hours.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is free of parabens. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This tinted eye primer keeps eyeshadow crease-free and vibrant with a smooth application. The nude eyeshadow base reduces the look of redness and delivers full coverage. Formulated with polymer technology, this beauty essential serves as an eye makeup base for long-lasting eyeshadow and eyeliner.
$24.00
So I had to do a lot of research to find a good eye primer. This beats other eye primers hands down. ...I love this eye primer. Yes - this is a white primer but after you apply it, it blends to your skin tone.
What it is: A brightening eye primer that helps depuff, absorb oil, and lock shadows into place.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Arnica: Helps to reduce redness and visible puffiness on eyelids.
- Rosehip: Soothes skin and reduces redness.
-Jojoba Esters: Help to absorb excess oil.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
$22.00
It's nice. It's a sticky primer, so I always have to put powder on top, but it makes my eyes red and irritates my skin like half the time I use it :/ I do have sensitive skin but I've never had this reaction to other eye primers...My favorite eye primer...This has become my favorite eye primer, not only does it help my eyeshadow to last all day but it is extremely Tacky in a good way.
What it is:
A weightless, color-boosting eyeshadow primer that smooths lids for better blending and longer, crease-proof wear.
What it does:
Keep your eye makeup on top of its game. Pro Filt’r Amplifying Eye Primer smooths the way for next-level eyeshadow performance—better application, enhanced color, and extended wear. It’s your eyeshadow’s personal best, every time.
Pro Filt’r’s weightless, invisipink formula melts into all skin tones, creating a super-smooth surface for effortless blending while enhancing color vibrancy. Plus, it’s designed to help grip eyeshadow color for serious crease-proof, fade-proof stamina like you’ve never seen.
What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Phthalates
$30.00
I'm generally a fan of Hourglass products and am constantly on the lookout for a good eye primer. I've been using Smashbox 24 hour primer forever but it's a little thicker than I'd like. ...NOT JUST AN EYE PRIMER...Great as both eye and lip primers when you don't want your product to move!
What it is: An eye primer that creates a smooth, even canvas and increases eyeshadow wear for up to 24 hours while nourishing with vitamins C and E.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Viamerine: Provides hydration and reduces the look of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Vitamin E: Helps keep skin nourished and moisturized.
- Vitamin C: Supports natural collagen and reduces the appearance of age spots and sun damage.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free.
$28.00
Best Eyelid Primer Ever!...This is the best eye primer I love it. Eyeshadows glide over my eyelids with this primer & powder unlike all the other liquid primers that feel gooey & smudgy! ...I had considered giving up eye primers, I own every high and low end product and every eye primer either hurts my eyes, or makes my eyelids look creepy and ashy.
What it is: A palette to prime, prep, conceal, and set for a flawless and long-wearing look.
Ingredient callouts: This product is cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Each set features two shades of primer for custom blending in hues for different skin tones and a translucent powder to set the lids and diffuse shadow. The convenient kit corrects shadow mistakes, provides a shadow base, and is perfect for touch-ups on the go.
This set contains:
- 2 x 0.06 oz/ 1.7g Primer
- 1 x 0.12 oz/ 3.4g Powder
$25.00
Next is the milk eye primer and dlx primer. I honestly really loved both of these primers, especially since I was able to compare them to the Armani primer. ...As an under eye primer, this is top-notch. My concealer goes on smoothly and doesn’t crease throughout the day.
What it is: An invisible, hydrating primer for eyeshadow and under-eye concealer that smooths skin and locks down color to prevent creasing, fading, and smudging.
Finish: Natural
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Blue Agave Extract: Helps form an invisible layer to lock in makeup.
- Hyaluronic Acid and Hemp-Derived Cannabis Seed Extract: Boost hydration for delicate eyelid and under-eye area.
- Niacinamide (Vitamin B3) and Aloe Water: Provide additional moisture and antioxidant benefits.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
$12.00
Hooded eye approved...Such a great eyeshadow primer! It is lightweight, blends on the eyes easily sets pretty quick and really amplifies the eyeshadows and helps them last all day I have oily hooded creasey eyes and the summer heat really has been putting this to the test! ...I noticed a significant different between the eye that I used the primer on and the one I did not.
What it is: A silky eyeshadow primer that creates a smooth base for a soft-focus finish, locking down your shadow and enhancing its vibrancy.
Finish: Radiant Natural Matte
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Dry, and Combination
Ingredient Callouts: This product is free of parabens. It is also vegan.
What Else You Need to Know: Lock down your look with this vegan, non-sticky, non-greasy eyeshadow primer. Its smooth, gripping formula intensifies color, extends wear, and protects against creasing and fading.
