Separate primers for face and eye?

[kimsy]

Please help a makeup challenged girl out. Do you use different primers for face and eye, or can it be the same? I use the Monistat gel for my face and Bb cream, but I live in a humid area and my shadow disappears pretty quickly. Should I try an eye primer? Thanks!

[nsl]

Yes, you should use different products. If you have a Sephora nearby you can ask for samples of some of the more popular primers so you can see which one works best for you. In the drugstore, I've heard a lot of good things about ELF's mineral primer.

[Deleted]

I use 2 kinds. My face primer would be too slick and heavy on my eye lids.

[treedimensional]

I use one.
I can't get into the product overload others do.

[mrsacornblue]

I use two also because I don't always wear eyeshadow or liner. I use Bare Minerals for oily skin on my face and Urban Decay eye primer potion on my eyes.

[Laura Palmer]

I always use eye primer, and a different one for my face when I need it.

If you're having problems with your eye makeup staying -- yes, you should try eye primer. Not sure I understand the question and "should I try it" if you know it exists, others use it, and that what you use isn't enough.... Not to be snarky, but ... I don't get it.

[treedimensional]

Jun 10, 2012 16:28:48 GMT -5 Laura Palmer said:

I always use eye primer, and a different one for my face when I need it.

If you're having problems with your eye makeup staying -- yes, you should try eye primer. Not sure I understand the question and "should I try it" if you know it exists, others use it, and that what you use isn't enough.... Not to be snarky, but ... I don't get it.

Maybe she's never tried her face primer in her eye area, and wanted to know if it was really necessary to buy a different product, to which I would say no, because face primer is what I use in my eye area and it works fine for me.

[Laura Palmer]

Jun 10, 2012 17:59:23 GMT -5 treedimensional said:

Jun 10, 2012 16:28:48 GMT -5 Laura Palmer said:

I always use eye primer, and a different one for my face when I need it.

If you're having problems with your eye makeup staying -- yes, you should try eye primer. Not sure I understand the question and "should I try it" if you know it exists, others use it, and that what you use isn't enough.... Not to be snarky, but ... I don't get it.

Maybe she's never tried her face primer in her eye area, and wanted to know if it was really necessary to buy a different product, to which I would say no, because face primer is what I use in my eye area and it works fine for me.

Right - but what she's using doesn't work for her eyes. She wasn't saying "Neither my eye nor face makeup last with the Monistat, so I'm buying face primer anyway. Can I use it on my eyes also, or do I need a separate eye primer?"

I read OP as "Monistat doesn't work on my eyes. My eye makeup is melting off. Should I try eye primer? The alternative is keep doing what I do now, which I know isn't effective."

[hz80408]

On days when I need my eyemake up to last all day, I use the urban decay primer.

For face, I have a sample of the Benefit primer - Porefessional. I really like it and think I may purchase the full size.

[mrssavy42112]

Yep, I use 2 different once. They both have a different texture to work best for their purpose. My face primer, for instance, is very light & dries to an almost powder finish. It also has SPF 15. My eye shadow primer is more the consistency of a concealer that dries clear & has a slightly tacky finish, that way it really holds onto the mineral eye shadow I use. They're for different purposes and I wouldn't use one for the other.

[veruca5839]

Yes, I use two separate ones for face and eye area.

[futurepivko]

Jun 17, 2012 19:27:22 GMT -5 @mavjen said:

Jun 9, 2012 21:10:50 GMT -5 treedimensional said:

I use one.
I can't get into the product overload others do.

Like who?

Yes please tell. No vauge-GBCN allowed

[bonquiqui]

Yep, urban decay potion on my eyes, and MAC for my face

[futurepivko]

Jun 17, 2012 19:34:03 GMT -5 @mavjen said:

I am also interested in seeing her makeup application after 12 straight hours of wear. Without any touch ups or powder. Especially the eye shadow areas.

OH Mav, I had to take the shirt back, it had a hole in the side! So sad! Target took it back no troubles though.

Andddd off topic.

I'm interested as well.

[futurepivko]

Isn't monistat used for something else?

[futurepivko]

Jun 17, 2012 19:49:26 GMT -5 @mavjen said:

I think it's the anti-chafing monistat, not the one that treats vag yeast infections.

I hope so :-|

[brewalexa]

I just started using Laura Mercier ( gosh I never know the correct spelling of names ) for my face primer. In the winter/fall in MN I never had a problem with my foundations staying power but now that it's hot and humid I've started using a sample I got from sephora and its been great. I also just to experiment used it on my eyes and my shadow stayed on pretty well so, I might just be using that one product for both.


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