Essence I love Stage Eyeshadow Base Review

This is the best eyeshadow primer! I use this and like it far better than my Urban Decay and Smashbox primers - and it is so inexpensive compared to the others I just mentioned.

I really like the colour of this as it completely covers any discolouration on my lids. It has a nice matte finish and doesn't feel sticky or tacky which I have experienced with some other brands and am not a fan of.

It blends nicely - and most importantly it does make a noticeable difference to the brightness of colour and longevity of my shadow.

The little applicator makes this really easy to apply as well. I dab it onto my eyelids then blend out with my finger.

I actually loved this product. I did find it was quite pigmented, which one on hand, for dark shadows, is great and provides a flawless base and coverage, however, for lighter shadows I found it slightly altered the colour. This wasn't enough to put me off though, as I do find it helps keep my eyeshadow, and liner, stay put all day, and hide all of my discolouration over my eyelids.

I had heard great things of this primer and as someone with oily eyelids I was excited to try this affordable primer! However this base was far too yellow and dark for my skin to work, when I tried it something looked off. Instead I gave it to my sister who enjoys it

With my hand on my heart, I would say this is one of the best little products I have used. Great value for money, around $5.00. And works like a charm.

Before I had used this I thought my eye shadow stayed on well, but, wow oh wow! this stuff is amazing. I came home after ths first day of using this and my eyes looked as good as they did in the morning.

I used this as a base, I applied it to my eyes using the applicator then blended it with my ring finger. It is a smooth liquid which when applied with the applicator you can get a bit too much so I would scrape some off before you apply to your eyes otherwise you might end up with more than you need.

I tried it as a concealer and found it just as easy to use as the eyeshadow base.

This is honestly great value for money and I know you wont be disappointed with it. The price might put you off, thinking that something so reasonably priced cant possibly be great, but it really is.

I have really oily eyelids so I picked this up to try out after my last primer ran out. I'm so glad to have purchased this as it is amazing even though its so cheap. You only need to apply a tiny bit with your fingers and your eyeshadow will apply seamlessly and wont crease all day. It's a nice nude colour so doesn't affect your eyeshadow colours or anything. The product isn't overly thick and blends out well.

I get this from Farmers and it's about $5-$6 and I can't go a day without it. I apply it before any other step in my makeup and immediately set it with a skin coloured eye shadow and go on with my eye routine. This makes me eye shadow stay on all day without creasing or getting oily. It's a light beige- yellow tone which goes well with my skin tone. It's not super thick or chunky and works well with every shadow I've used

I was gifted this product by a friend and all I can say is WOW. For the price of this product my expectations weren't high even though I was told it was a product people 'raved' about.

The wee 5 ml tubed container has a screw top lid with a doe foot which makes application super easy. One swipe to the eye lid is enough product to give you the perfect base for your eyeshadow to sit perfectly on the lid.

Once dabbed out enough and dried a little I find my eye shadows have glided on and blended out smoothly. No creasing and it doesn't shift all day, making this product AMAZING.

I'll purchase this again once I run out, I'm so surprised a product can help the impact eyeshadows blend and stay on the lid. This is a perfect base, I will also be one to 'rave' about this base/primer!

After reading Kim's review pretty much went out to look for this. I found it over in Pakuranga when I did a spot of shopping out there at an unbelievably low price .

The packaging is simple. This has a wand with a soft sponge applicator. Can see through this bottle. Has the essence labelling.

The consistency is liquid. It reminds me of a concealer but it is somewhat thinner. There's no scent. The colour is beige.

With application it goes on like liquid spreads over my eye evely. I didn't notice any creasing. It seems to hold my eye shadow in place for up to 8 hours. It stays through a full days of work .

Results after using this I was impressed with the longevity of it . I managed to get longer wearfor my eye shadow. I would without a doubt in my mind repurchase this again.

I've come to accept that I have the worlds oiliest eyelids and this primer, like many, just couldn't withstand my oils. My eyeshadow would crease terribly every time I used it. If you have a darker complexion and normal eyelids this will probably work well for you.

This primer comes with a handy doe foot applicator and an awesome stopper that ensures you don't pull out too much product on the wand, and it means it doesn't get messy around the lid - I really like the packaging! The product itself is a yellowy-orange shade, which is awesome for cancelling out veins and discolouration on the eyelid, but it's much darker than my NC15-ish skin tone so I always had to wear shadow over it, there was no way I could wear it on its own.

One day my undereye circles were looking extra dark so I thought I'd try this guy out as a colour corrector. I placed some directly under my eyes, only where there was darkness, blended it out then put my normal concealer on top and it helped conceal the darkness more than my concealer on its own does. I was worried it would dry out the area during the day but it didn't affect my undereye texture at all. I've been using it daily as a colour corrector since to use it up - it doesn't perfectly hide the darkness, but it definitely helps!

Okay, so I’m really disappointed that this amazing product is discontinued. I love this eyeshadow base. It is super easy to apply and use and provides a nice, full coverage which enhances the eyeshadow colour you are waiting to apply. This base helps the eyeshadow colour to last longer. For the price, of course I was going to purchase this product!