Essence I love Stage Eyeshadow Base Review

This was the second eyeshadow primer I ever used. I'll admit, I got it for the price and seeing how it's so cheap and accessible for me, why not?

It has a doe foot applicator which makes it very easy to use. One swipe on each eyelid, blend in and apply shadow!

I must say, it does a brilliant job of holding onto my shadows. I have oily monolids for reference. It will hold onto my gel liner (little other stays on) for up to 10 hours or so and my shadows will stay almost exactly the same while other stuff on my face would have faded or become oily and look like it needs to be removed. I have a palette of cheaper elf shadows and it holds onto those wonderfully too despite reviews of that saying it's not very pigmented.

For me, the only real downfall of this primer is that shimmery pastel shades don't show up quite as well. Still, unless you have eyeshadows like that you use on a very regular basis, I'd just keep buying and using this since it's such a great product for so low a price.

I was extremely sceptical when I first got this, but it was pretty cheap and I needed a primer as my eyeshadow seems to fade off pretty quickly.

It comes in a cute small tube, and the little wand helps you apply just enough on each eye - I do think it sometimes has abit too much product and you only need a dot of it. It blends into your skin pretty well and I love it because it creates an even colour and a perfect colour base! It DOES what it is meant to do, and this is why I rate this product so highly - it allows the eyeshadow to stick to it, and helps fight off any flaking etc..

I would rebuy this, and I would recommend all the girls to try this out, it is affordable and does what any other high end brand primer does.

This primer is in a neutral light taupe shade. It is quite opaque, but blends into the eye area easily (although you really don't need much!). It has a flexible doe foot applicator. I quite like using this primer just on its own on eyeshadow free days, as it covers any discolouration or veins on my eyelid. It is a few shades darker than my natural skin tone (very fair) so gives the impression of a light nude eyeshadow, although on other skin tones this may not provide any pigmentation. I sourced this from the priceline website as have not found any local farmers stockists.

This product is definitely a must have if you love putting on eyeshadow. It has a great consistency and there is no need to use a lot of the product because a little can be enough. When I first tried it I was amazed by how different my eyeshadow looked. The colours popped out and it doesn't crease! Simply perfect.

I don't know how to use this product properly but it makes my eyeshadow look much better. Plus, it's soft and would make my eyes look great without eyshadow.

Love this product!

I just bought it because it was cheep and wanted to try something new!

I love the wand that you apply with it makes the product super easy to apply and blend out with fingers. I must say its a little dark for my skin but once i put my eye shadow on its unnoticeable and just makes my choice of eye shadow pop!

For the price i think this is a great product and it does what its meant to do!

Great consistency, smell, price and applicator, made shadow stay out and even worked well under eyes to keep concealer in place. Highly reccomend

This is an awesome eyeshadow base/primer. It's so affordable. It's now my favourite eyeshadow base. It is even effective if you have oily eyelids! I find that it evens out my skin tone and makes the perfect base for my eyeshadow. It does help the eyeshadow last longer. I need to repurchase this one for sure!

Ok.so. I have used really expensive eye primers that seem to work the exact same as this. Like to be honest...we all know you can just use concealor to act as primer. BUT the other day I brought this to use on wedding clients. I tend to use everything I buy first to make sure I don’t get allergies as my skin is sensitive. If I have a reaction, I won’t use it on clients. This stuff was itchy AF! But I used it anyway because I thought it was just me. It was that constant itchy nipple itch that wasn’t too bad but PRESENT enough to be annoying! Then my clients started saying their eyes were itchy so NOPE. Good primer product but dodgy formula.. Maybe just stick (lol) with primer potion U. Decay.