Cease to Crease!
- July 18th, 2008
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This week for Fight the Frump with Fussypants I’m talking about the dreaded eye shadow crease! You all know what I’m talking about. You apply your eye makeup pristinely in the morning and by noon there is a thin line of color amid a bare patch in your eyelid crease. It’s unsightly, isn’t it? I have some suggestions that will make that problem history. 
Mary Kay® makes a great product to prevent eyeshadow creasing. It is called Eye Primer. It is waterproof. The Eye Primer goes on like a cream and dries to a powdery finish. Be careful not to apply it too heavily or you will see it get a little caky. It helps eye color stay all day.
I use this when I am going to be out in extreme heat and humidity or if I’m going to be exposed to rigorous activities. Let me just say that I use this before high impact aerobics and my eye makeup isn’t going anywhere!
If you choose to wear the Eye Primer, be sure to moisturize your eye area first. If you do not, you may experience dry skin over time. I have this problem even if I wear a moisturizer. My crazy combination skin just gets weird with this product. I get very dry right in the crease of my lids. I only use Eye Primer if I’m going to be exposed to extremes. My choice product to keep my eyeshadow on and to prevent creasing is Eyecicles® liquid eye shadow. Vanilla makes for a fabulous base. The eye colors will glide over it smoothly and blend beautifully. The color lasts all day long and I do not have to touch up my eye makeup ever. Whether you need extreme staying power or a look that will last the work day, there is a product and technique for you!
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I love eye primer. It works so well. It’s a fabulous product! ; )
Oh, and I’m so frumpy it’s sad. I need to do something.
I should have had some of this on today. Humidity was awful.
great post! I hope you don’t mind if I feature it on my customer website/blog?! It had never occurred to me to try the vanilla eyesicles as a “primer” but I’m dying to try it now. Did you come up with that on your own or was it suggested by someone else?
Don’t mind at all, Sabrina!
I’ve always used some kind of base on my eyelids. When I had to do stage makeup I used foundation on my eyelids and lips to keep makeup on under the lights. I took a lot of my stage tricks home with me. I don’t put foundation on my lips for everyday, though. It’s not necessary. I used to use a creamy eye color from Clinique as a base before I started using Mary Kay.
I have heard Mary Kay people suggest using Eyecicles as a base. It was just something I was already implementing.
Great ideas Shades! I found for me, that the eyesicles comes off as fast as I put it on (or congregates in the crease~~ I have oily skin); so I use the Eye Primer EVERY day~~~ It is also wonderful under the Mineral Eye Colors. I have some unit members who were having problems with the minerals…. Once I suggested the Eye Primer~~ no more problems
Great advice, SCM! Thanks! The eye primer dries my skin on the eye lid. It is odd. I can’t use it daily. I have combination skin. I have found this to mean, for me at least, “dry and oily simultaneously” rather than dry areas and oily areas. My skin is weir.d
No Shades… your skin is “normal” (or as my sis says: Normal, whatever that is”LOL) Mine is also combo, but only dry on the outer cheeks!
I found out from Robert Jones that Eye Primer use is actually intended for women with oily eyelids. That would explain why I was experiencing dry skin on mine. That’s an area of my skin that could use some oil. It has lost some over the years!
That’s good info, PinkBiz. I remember when I started there was Instant Action Eye Cream. I LOVED how that felt on my lids. The Age-Fighting Eye Cream isn’t quite the same, but it works.