Prep + Prime 24-Hour Extend Eye Base

Although I love a lot of MAC’s other products, I don’t think this primer begins to compare with the NARS eyeshadow base. Not only is its texture too thick, it doesn’t give anything like the same staying power. As someone with oily eyelids who never used to be able to keep my eyeshadow and eyeliner in place for more than a few hours, I am fervently grateful to the reviewers on this site who …Read more

I've avoided MAC primers in the past because back in the day they weren't very good. Well, I'm sure glad I gave this one a try. It's my new HG eye primer. And I've already used up two tubes within the past two years, so I'm not saying that lightly. My previous favourite was NARS Pro Prime. I still like that one too, but it's so expensive considering how fast I …Read more

the value for money is bad. But anyway it's good for an oily eyelid. buy other eyeprimers like wetnwild or milani

Not a bad primer at all. As far as holding the shadow goes, it does a great job. It is a bit pastier and harder to apply than UD primer. But I don't think this is the end all and be all eye lid primer. It is perfectly adequate. And that is not an insult. But it is a very nice average eye primer. The one con for me is that sometimes this can cause the eye shadows to "catch" …Read more

Nearing the end of a tube of this stuff. On the plus side, it doesn't cause eye irritation for me, contain heavy fragrance, or make my eyelids feel dry. But, it doesn't do anything positive in terms of eye makeup application, color vibrancy, or longevity. Those are the reasons I wear eye primer.
I wanted to finish this and not waste the rest of the tube, but I'm feeling so …Read more

This primer feels like thick silicone, almost a putty. I really dislike this texture. It goes on smooth and it works ok, but not great. Some brands of shadows smear on this and do not hold up. Also, this gave me milia on my eyelids. I'm sticking to my HG TFSI.

An amazing base,I used it with Blue brown pigment from Mac,it stayed on the whole night of clubbing,half night of sleep and whole morning till the afternoon the next day.It does what it says for sure.The only problem with it is that eyeshadows need much more blending,because it is a sticky type of base so that is a bit challanging.But all in all my favourite base ever,.I have oily eyelids as well.

Very disappointed! This never properly dried and my shadow creased by 3pm. It was the same with different shadows and on ordinary office days.
Contrast that with the absolutely excellent primers from Milani and Wet N Wild that cost under $10 CDN and crush this.
I used the Wet N Wild one today and my shadow and liner looks immaculate at 10pm and I applied it at 5am!
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Eyeshadow primers are a "must-have" item for me. In addition to great primers from NARS, Lorac, UD, etc., I've also relied on MAC's own Paint Pots (especially Painterly) as reliable bases/ primers. What's funny is that MAC's original Prep+Prime Eye was dreadful...really, really dreadful and so much less effective than the Paint Pots (which really are cream shadows …Read more

This is an excellent primer. I have tried this and its counterpart (explanations will come) and it's very good! I have oily eyelids and this keeps my shadow from creasing. I also enjoy the Urban Decay Primer Potion (all of them) and as much as they have been a tradition in my makeup routines, I would say that I almost prefer this one over the UD. The texture looks the same as the UD but …Read more