Can I share my budget £4.99 solution to stop eyeshadow creping or wandering?

[Snooks1971]

This: BarryM Lid Lock.

I bought this in my local small town last year (from SuperDrug, we also are blessed with a tiny Boots and a SpaceNK).

It's so good. Nothing budges or creases!

I’m 51 and love a strong pigment and this really works for me 🤩

So excited I forgot the link but it’s in SuperDrugs or Boots everywhere I should imagine!

barrym.com/products/lid-lock-eyeshadow-primer-clear

Thanks for sharing, OP!

Ooh good to know. The reviews on Amazon say it's grainy-did you find that?

@LearnerCook you’re welcome! I like to spread my cash on occasional “luxury” (to me) like the odd Hourglass palette and I’ve just bought the Ole Hendrickson primer but I also love budget. Like 95% budget! And for the job it has to do = make eye makeup stay put = well it does that perfectly 👁👁

Ooh that is good to know. I don't often wear a very heavy pigmented lid but every eyeshadow creases so that's great intel.

@pharmachameleon good question
it is a very stiff texture (you have to squeeze the tube like a bastard to get a mm out) so it’s NOT a silky liquid milky texture at all. It’s stiff and tacky at first.God it sounds horrendous 😃 But if you pat it on your eyelids all over lightly (don’t leave lumps) then after ten mins I put eye stuff on x

Thanks! I always spend a
Fortune on a mac primer but will try this

£3.74 on Amazon just now. Looking forward to trying it.

Does it make shimmers pop? I'm looking for an alternative to the pat mcgrath pen thing.

Shimmers as in sheers @brighterthanthemoon? Ooh I don’t know sorry, all I can report is that it’s tacky when it (eventually) leaves the tube but after patted on sparingly any eye makeup afterwards seems to stuck like glue x

PS it’s a tiny tube but you hardly use any. Probably why I’ve had it for a year.
Must reiterate - use sparingly and make sure it’s smooth - no lumps!!

This is my holiday grail, as totally changed
my eyeshadow game!

in response re graininess- I do find it a bit like that sometimes (I think it’s because there is sometimes a build up of product in the hole where it comes out). But I run between my fingers to warm it up and that does the trick.

highly recommend, it’s such a game changer compared to how my shadow used to melt away and/or crease really quickly

*holy
*has
*rub

😱

Thanks @PiscesScot you explained the texture and application much better than I did 😄yes it is a game changer isn’t it?!

I discovered this a few weeks back and love it. Also much cheaper than the smash box one I was using.

I've also found an excellent primer from wilkinsons. It's their body collection illuminating primer. Amazing and very cheap.

Might be worth a try! Thank you!

This sounds great, thanks for the info!

Does anything exist that holds lip colour in place?

Oo how does it compare to urban decay primer potion if you’ve used that? In consistency and hold?

Budget option sounds good, I love Barry M eye glitters too, easy to use as mac glitters

I think you can still get Lipcote. I used to use it in the 90s and it tasted awful and was patchy at best. Not sure if they've improved it but I find the best way to make lipstick last is still apply, blot, apply, blot.

I've been using it for a couple of years, I just smooth it on with my finger and then straight on with eyeshadow, which doesn't budge all day. You get a tiny grain where it dies in the hole in the tube but as a pp says, a quick rub between the fingers melts it and you are good to go.

You can still get Lipcote but I am allergic to it (same ingredient as I am allergic to in plasters) so haven't used it for years.

I’m not sure, sorry I haven’t tried the Urban Decay one. I was so fed up of my eyeshadow wandering and falling into my crease or just disappearing into the ether that one day in our local town I asked a lovely lady in Superdrug about any eye primers and she only knew of this one. Always 3 for 2 anyway!

Like pp have said you need to warm it if it’s stiff for a couple of seconds but it’s like superglue for eyeshadow. And less is more, just pat it on, very small amount.

The primer sounds good - I mean, Wilkos won’t be making it, an established cosmetic house will be making it so it’s definitely worth a try, thank you! X

Speaking of Wilko, had a rummage in their reduced section and got a primer and a lipstick for 50p each, instead of £8 and £4.

Oohh great thread!! Will order. I used the Urban Decay one years ago and forgot about it until reading this thread.