How to Prevent Eye Makeup From Creasing or Smearing

Do you ever wish your eye makeup would stop creasing or smudging? It's possible to have your eye shadow and eye liner last all day long. It can even look like you just barely put it on even though you've had it on all day. Keep on reading to find out how to keep your eye makeup looking great.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• clean eye
• eyeshadows
• eyeliners
• eye base (Urban Decay Primer Potion OR Laura Mercier Eye Basics OR MAC Paint Pot)

1. 
    
   laura mercier eye basics

   GO GET IT:
   
   To keep your eyes looking great all day, you first need to get some eye primer. There are different types of primers out there. Some are Urban Decay Primer Potion, Laura Mercier Eye Basics, MAC's Paint Pot and Too Faced Shadow Insurance. To order some of these online you can go towards the bottom resource section of the article and click on the links.

2. SO USE IT:
   
   Once you have your eye primer, go ahead and use it. Start with a clean face before you apply any makeup. You can apply the eye primer on your eyelid up to your eyebrow. Also apply a bit underneath where you will apply eye liner. Use your finger to blend the product. You don't need to apply a thick layer. A thin layer will do. The primer potion dries pretty quickly.

3. OOH, PRETTY:
   
   Now you can apply your regular eye shadow make-up and eye liner. You'll notice right away that it'll stay in place.
   
   Tip:
   Use a cotton swab to clean up around the edges of the eye makeup if you need to.

4. I'M STILL PRETTY:
   
   After wearing your make-up for several hours you'll notice that you still have the eye shadow and liner in place like if you just put it on. There are no creases, no smudges, no smears. It's great.

5. WATCH AND LEARN:
   
   If you had stopped using eye shadows because of the creasing problem and you're a little rusty in putting eye makeup then I suggest watching someone do it. Youtube.com has many eye makeup tutorials. Just watch to see how they apply make-up and see if anybody notices your new eye change.

Tips & Warnings

• If you have never used an eye base like this before you're in for a real treat.
• Urban decay primer potion is pretty popular, but the design is not very useful. When you can't take any more primer potion out, simply open the genie container with a knife and remove the remaining product. This remaining product should be placed in a small clean glass container with an airtight lid.
• Do not use a product that you could be allergic to.

Resources

• MAC Paint Pot
• Laura Mercier Eye Basics
• Urban Decay Primer Potion
• Too Faced Shadow Insurance
• YouTube.com
• How to order soft contact lenses

[cherold598]

on 3/22/2009 Yes, I do want to prevent my eye make-up from creasing and smearing. That's why I never wear eye make-up. Thanks for the excellent advice. I didn't know about primer. 5*

[barba0727]

on 3/20/2009 love it. I just recently started using primer and it's amazing! 5*

[xtraordinary]

on 3/7/2009 I have this problem constantly! I've tried the Mary Kay Eye Primer, but it still doesn't last all day. I'm going to check these out, thanks! 5 stars!

[Gracie1402]

on 3/5/2009 this is a great article and very helpful! Thanks!