hey guys so today's video I wanted to do something a little bit different and I'm going to be
comparing and wearing two different eyeshadow primers today and I'm going to tell you which
one looks best at the end of the day I've had this idea for a minute because you guys
know I've been loving the rare Beauty eyeshadow primer ever since it came out I think I'm
on my third tube of it now and I love this one I love the pigment of it it applies easily
but about a month ago Essen sent me their new Prime like a boss eyeshadow base and I've
been using this one as well and I kind of like it too so I thought let's do a look where
I have a one primer on each eye do the same exact eyeshadow look and just see which one
looks best at the end of the day like simple as that the rare Beauty eyeshadow primer is
21 where the essence one is only 3.99 so a very big price point difference and I really
wanted to see just how they compare so if you want to see how these two eyeshadow primers
compare and which one looks the best at the end of the day go ahead and keep on watching
so let's go over these two eyeshadow primers really quick and what their claims are so
the rare Beauty one is 21 and you get 0.1 ounces of product and this primer claims to
be be hydrating and dries to a silky smooth base and gives a natural finish and the reason
why I really love this one is that this primer has a little bit of a tint to it I also like
a dofa applicator like that so when you apply this one you do have a little bit of color
there which is great if you have like any redness or kind of veins on your eyelid the
essence eyeshadow primer is only 3.99 and you get a little bit more product you get
.16 ounces and this primer claims to be a waterproof long lasting non-creasing it's
a soft texture that melts into the skin and also has shea butter in it which is a hydrating
ingredient and this primer feels very thin on kind of slippery as you blend it out it
really has like a good little slip to it so both these eyeshadow primers are more of a
hydrating formula and I did want to mention that I do have more normal to dry skin I do
not have oily eyelids so I personally don't know how these work on oily eyelids but if
you do have oily eyelids I would love it if you wrote down below in the comments how you
feel about these eyeshadow primers if you've tried them just so we can get a couple different
opinions down below so for today's video I'm going to use the essence eyeshadow primer
on this eye the rare Beauty one on this eye and for my palette today I'm just going to
do a nice little bronze look with the Natasha denona bronze palette I wanted to use an eyeshadow
formula that I'm really familiar with for this little test here so I don't have anything
on my skin right now I just did my skincare about an hour ago I did my eyebrows and that's
it so there's no makeup or anything on my eyelids this is how they look I do have a
tiny bit of discoloration on my eyelids but for me it's nothing crazy so I'm going to
take some of the essence one on the back of my hand here just a little like pea-sized
amount like that and I'm going to take the Sephora collection number 77 brush and I'm
gonna pick up that primer I'm going to apply that along my entire eyelid
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making sure to bring the primer all the way out here and then for the other eye taking
the rare Beauty one and I like to go like this I'm going to take a different brush here
and just blend in this primer so right away you can see the little bit of tint that this
eyeshadow primer has
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and it's going to take a finger and just Pat over everything on both eyelids just texture
wise they honestly feel pretty similar on the eyelids like I said this one does feel
a little bit more slippery but it's really nothing crazy difference but I feel like right
away you can see the pigment of that eyeshadow primer it's a subtle difference but I do like
how that looks just kind of gives me a blank even canvas to work with going into the bronze
palette I'm going to take the shade silk on a sigma e54 and I'm going to pack that on
the entire eyelid I really wanted to start with just like a packing shade like this just
to see how it packs on top of each primer
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interesting right away with that shade this eye looks more pigmented doesn't it let me
see if I can add more product to this eye
I was not expecting that much of a difference especially with the first eyeshadow that's
interesting I can see a difference let me know if you can too it's almost like it just
looks more shimmery on this eye again this one is the essence eyeshadow primer now I'm
going to take a sigma e25 in the shade Beach and I'm going to blend this shade into my
crease and around that Shimmer
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powder I do tend to do that sometimes but whenever I use Natasha denona's Shadows I
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I am going to use a different e25 on this eye so again I just have that beach shade
and blending that in my crease
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I feel like I'm having an easier time kind of blending out these edges with this eye
I'm gonna go back with this e25 blend around these edges some more
just kind of the movement of the brush I feel like my rare Beauty side the brush just kind
of like Blends over it a little bit easier I feel like on this eye it's almost kind of
like sticking a little bit as I'm blending and it's not anything terrible like that's
something I can easily work with but I just want to point that out now I'm just taking
a skin tone colored eyeshadow and I'm going to blend right below the brow on each eye
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I feel like this eye looks so much more pigmented doesn't it like it's just a little more saturated
looking I mean I want my eyeshadow to look the same today because I'm going out with
my mom later so I am going to add more of that beet shade to this eye kind of right
here in the crease
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and I will also build up this eye as well
okay that looks more even to me all right so I want to add a deeper Brown to my outer
corner just to deepen it up a little bit so I'm actually going to switch palettes here
I'm going to go into the Glam palette and I'm going to take this outer eyelid color
on my e54 and I'm just going to lightly add that to the kind of like outer third of my
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and then taking my e25 again and just doing a soft blend around that dark brown [Music]
and then same thing on this eye
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I feel like I have to add more product to this eye to get it to match the pigment of
this eye
and then blending again
all right I feel like that brown shade looks pretty even on both eyes but like I said I
did have to add more to this eye to get it to match the pigment of that side now I'm
going to take a makeup wipe and just clean up the edges of the eyeshadow everything
all right I'm gonna go do my face makeup off camera and then we will finish up the eyes
together all right my face makeup is done let's finish up the lower lash line I'm gonna
go back to this brown shimmery shade on a sigma E21 and that's going to go along the
outer part of my lower lash line
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and you'll notice I didn't put any eyeshadow primer under my eyes because I just kind of
use whatever concealer and powder I'm putting under here to Prime my under eyes and that
works really well for me
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now I'm gonna go back to the e27 and a little bit of the beachy shade and I'm using the
tip of this brush to blend out that dark brown shade
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now I'm going to take any highlight shade and pop that in my inner corner
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and I honestly I put on a half lash and I took it off and I just was not feeling it
today so I'm just wearing mascara all right let's take a look at each eye so again this
eye has the essence eyeshadow primer on it I feel like I'm having a weird little blending
spot right here it's not terrible not super noticeable but I can notice that and then
again this eye is the rare Beauty eyeshadow primer the brown shade looks a bit better
on this side just kind of the blend looks a little more seamless but I kind of feel
like when I compare both eyes it almost looks like I'm wearing a different eyeshadow palette
like I almost feel like this eye looks a little bit more cool toned in a way where I feel
like the shades on this side are really popping more like am I crazy do you see this too all
right here we are zoomed out I feel like the eyes look good but do you see what I mean
this eye just looks kind of warmer and a little more saturated in a way which is not what
I was expecting with a four dollar primer versus a 21 primer as of now I have no creasing
on my eyes and I normally don't have creasing when I wear these eyeshadow primers so I'm
not really expecting any creasing but I feel like the real test is going to be how long
do these eyes wear and which eye looks best at the end of the day because that's the point
of an eyeshadow primer right how long does it last so it's currently almost two o'clock
in the afternoon like I said I'm going out with my mom tonight for a bit but I'm just
gonna have it a low-key day it is pretty warm outside though so we'll see how this makeup
holds up I will check in with you probably twice throughout the day and we'll see which
eye looks better at the end of the day all right it is about four o'clock in the afternoon
so it's only been two hours since I finished my makeup really but here is what we are looking
like so far I have been outside quite a bit again like I said it's really warm and beautiful
out today and this eye has just kind of been like watering you know like you're just outside
walking your eye just starts watering so you can just see a little bit of my eyeshadow
going away right there but I'm gonna blame that on the weather today not the eyeshadow
primer so I feel like things are still looking pretty good at this point there really isn't
much fading no eyelid is really creasing again it's only been two hours so I'm about to go
get some drinks with my mom and I will check in later all right it is the end of the night
it is currently 8 22.
I have to be honest I did have two Mimosa flights with my mother so yeah that's where
I'm at right now but let's look at this eyeshadow look again like I said earlier this eye has
just been watering all day right here you can kind of see but we're looking at the eyeshadow
and how like mostly the lid and the crease looks I mean again I haven't really had any
eyeshadow creasing throughout the day that brown shade does look a little smudge but
I think that's just because of my eye watering again this is the essence eye and then for
the rare Beauty eye I feel like we're looking pretty solid over here but this eye has not
been watering all day I still do feel like at this point too that this eye just looks
slightly more pigmented a little bit more saturated especially in that lid shade silk
right there I feel like it's kind of hard to say if one eyeshadow primer is like truly
better than the other but I gotta say comparing the two I'm very impressed with how the essence
side hold up throughout the day given that this primer is four dollars and this primer
is twenty one dollars so of course I would love your thoughts as well Down Below have
you tried these primers what are your thoughts on them so I hope you guys enjoy this video
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