Rimmel Exaggerate Eye Primer

I first heard of Rimmel's eye primer from Lily Pebbles where she stated this was a good alternative to the more expensive ones out there. 

This is only £4.99 which is nice and cheap! I love Urban Decay's Primer Potion but its so expensive that I wanted a cheaper primer because I would rather pay out on a more expensive foundation then eye primer.

I dont wear eye primer too often only when I'm going out. I went to London the other week and used this and it kept my eye shadow put all day which I was surprised because it was a very long day!

 I cant say it maximise the colour like it states.  It is also meant to make colour waterproof but I cant say I tried that out because my eyelids dont get oily. I have however read a review from someone with oily lids who used this and said it wasnt very suitable for them. It blends nice and well and the doe foot applicator is easy to use.  

I would say this is a great alternative if you just want to make your eye shadow stay put more then anything and for £4.99 I cant really complain as it does what I want it to lol.

Have you found any cheaper alternatives?

Emma

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Revlon ColorStay 16 Hour Eyeshadow

I use this eyeshadow daily! I am a big fan of Revlon products other than their primer lol.  I have been trying to find what the product contains but I cant seem to find it anywhere!

Revlon ColorStay ( theres not a u - this feels odd for me lol ) eyeshadow states that it lasts up to 16 hours and is silky smooth, blendable and will not smudge. You can get this in 16 quad shades and the above shade is Addictive and these are around £7.99. 

This does come with an eyeshadow applicator but I lost it. I tend to always loose bits like that but they are usually rubbish anyway!

I don't tend to wear bright eyeshadow as it doesn't really suit me and I don't feel bold enough to wear colour! I chose Addictive because it was nice and natural but you can get some brighter shades.  As you can see from the picture I tend to use just the one shade which is no.2 over the base of my lid and they would add eyeliner.  On the odd occasion I will use every shade like the picture demonstrates above which also looks nice and I love that Revlon has a picture on the back of the product on how you can wear it.

The above pictures is me with all the shades, sorry the pictures are not better quality! I also don't have any mascara on in the pictures.

Now I cant say I have worn this for 16 hours but it does last me for at least 8 hours when I wore it to work.  Its really easy to apply and blendable and gives a nice finish. Its definitely one that will stay in my make up bag for a while!

Emma

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BH Cosmetics 120 Palette 2nd Edition

I bought the BH Cosmetics palette quite a while back now. I bought it because I saw the amazing eye looks Katie Alves creates using them http://katiealves.deviantart.com/ .  I love the colours BH does and I chose the 2nd edition as it contains bright and neutral shades.

The ingredients are Talc, Mica, Mineral Oil, Kaolin, Titanium Dioxide, Magnesium Stearate, Isopropyl Palmitate, Lanolin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben and BHT.

I cant say I have used this too much but I think thats due to the fact I only really wear neutral eyeshadow specifically Revlon Colourstay Addictive Intoxiquant. However I did use this for a Make up portfolio I had to create for ' my favourite theatre production' and they liked my photos!

The colours do come out bright especially if you layer them and they also blend really well and have good staying power. Even the red in the photo is eyeshadow.  The variety of colours is amazing too as well as the price!

All in all I think the palette is really good and I should really use it more!

Emma
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P.s I hope my eyes don't scare you too much :)