BEAUTY REVIEW: L'Oreal De-Crease Eyeshadow Base

I am a newbie when it comes to eyeshadow bases or primers.  In fact, I didn't even know that there was such a thing or that you should apply for longer lasting eyeshadow wear and performance until I started watching YouTube makeup guru videos.  All these years, I just lived with my eyeshadow fading after a long day at work and shrugged my shoulders when seeing a crease along my eyelid.  Oh silly me!  The gurus predominately use the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion (or UDPP as they all affectionately refer to it by) in their videos, but I wasn't so thrilled about the price tag attached to the product.  Thus, I was happy to find out that L'Oreal came out with their own version and I wanted to give it a try.

The L'Oreal De-Crease Eyeshadow Base comes in a small bottle with a wand applicator.  Unlike UDPP, it only comes in one color.  The product is pretty thick and a little chalky, but being a complete newbie in using primers, I didn't have anything to compare it against.  The product is supposed to prevent creasing and fading for 8 hours.  I found that by using the product, my eyeshadow did last a little longer, but not by that much.  By the end of the work day, my eyeshadow still faded and creased.  Furthermore, because the consistency of the product is so thick, I didn't feel like I ended up with much usable product of the total 0.2 fluid ounces in the bottle.  Most of the product stuck to the side of the bottle and it was nearly impossible to get to the sides of the bottle using the wand applicator.

After using this product daily for two straight weeks, I stopped using it and decided to buy the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion.  I am sold on the Urban Decay product and chucked the L'Oreal De-Crease product in the rubbish can.  The L'Oreal product is way cheaper than the Urban Decay product, but such a disappointment in the end.