Best eyeshadows with staying power!!!

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I have bought a leopard printed dress for my Xmas works party and fancy going bronze on my eyelids. Anyone any ideas where I can get a really good bronze eyeshadow that will last for hours and also what colour of lipstick do you think would go with it?

IME a lot of it is the primer you use underneath.

Then something with intense pigment, like MAC (although less impressed with them recently). There's a good bronze colour I used to have. Amberlight or something?

Styles formulated for dark skins also tend to be highly pigmented. I've heard that's why the cheapy Sleek palettes from Superdrug are pretty good.

i love brazillian bronze from smashbox it lasts ages.

mac amberlight is good but more goldy ime than bronze

Hhm, maybe that wasn't the name then southeast.

no it's a nice shade! am just waffling as i love bronze shades and have amberlights and the smashbox one.

Theres a sale on smash box in Debenhams

m.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Navigate?ps=&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&txt=Eyeshadow+&pn=2

That link is from iPhone though
You could google smashbox + Debenhams and it'll come up

Bobbi Brown long wear cream eyeshadows. AMAZING! Bomb proof and great colours. Id wear an orangey red on lips. Or a nude if your not brave enough for red!!

Urban decay potion primer under your eyeshadow - my best so far is 15 hours wear with no creasing

Thanks everyone - checking out all those suggestions now. I have got a Max Factor face primer (which I never use), could I not just whack a bit of that over my eyelids or is it better to invest in a proper eyeshadow primer?

I think I will go nude and glossy on lips as would like all emphasis on bronzey/smoky eyes.

An eye primer will probably work better. They are a thicker consistency, either waxy or like a thick concealer (though not necessarily coloured). A face primer might work too, not sure as I don't use one. In the absence of an eye primer I would use a good layer of a neutral eye shadow as a base myself.

i've just bought a bourjois 'intense extrait' eyeshadow which goes on at 7am and is still going strong by evening.

Another vote for urban decay eyeshadow primer. Really works.

Urban decay primer is fab.

Another recommendation for Bobbi Brown - their cream eyeshadows are fantastic and have a lovely range of colours.

Bobbi brown or Mac paint pots. V easy, no messing around! Unless you fancy a bit of messing around, then you should get the Urban Decay Naked pallett- comes with a mini primer potion and eyeliner. 10 lovely shades from champagne to black with LOADS of bronzy shades. Would recommend, but the are mostly shimmery.