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Squeeze out a very small amount onto your fingertip and lightly spread over your entire eyelid. It's very creamy and easy to smoothly apply, and it feels wonderful on. A little goes a long way, so keep it small. If you get too much out of the tube by accident dab a dot onto each eyelid to break it up, then smooth out with the pad of your finger. You can put on your eye makeup immediately, no need to wait for it to dry or anything, and your makeup will go on so much more even with the product than before.

It was my first time using an eyelid primer too. The folks at the BE Boutique showed me how to use it; amazingly easy. Just put a tiny dab on your finger, rub it between same finger of opposite hand to evenly distribute and apply to your eyelids from lashline to brows. Then apply eyeshadow over that.

You can apply the eyelid primer on your eyelid with your finger or a small brush. Personally I use my finger because I can distribute it evenly that way.

This is actually a multi-tasker that can be used in several ways. To apply, use a small amount (the less is MORE approach truly applies here) to your finger (& I'd suggest using your ring finger as it tugs on your skin less, to avoid causing wrinkles or stretching the eyelid) then sweep it over your entire eyelid area. Let dry, then apply your eyeshadow as desired. I wouldn't suggest building this particular primer as a color, because they have others that look much better for that, such as the Brightening & Brightening Pearl versions. Another great way to use, is to squeeze a dab on the side of your hand (thumb area) or pot lid, then dip your brush or finger into your eyeshadow & add it directly to the primer & swirl until well mixed. Apply to your eyes, & voila! It looks especially nice using glimmers, as it sort of "foils" them. This technique pretty much allows you to formulate your own primer colors (although the tinted primers are very nice as well). Lastly, I've read that some ladies like to apply the primer below their eyes either as a concealer, or a base to apply their make-up. Hope this helps!

The primer you got is a colored one, so you can use it two ways. Put it all over your lid (or lid to brow) as an eyeshadow, layering as needed until you get the color intensity you want. Add the shadow in the kit if you want into the crease & outer lid, then add the liner. OR you can use the primer just as primer, not eyeshadow. Just put a tiny amt on...less is more, let it dry and apply eyeshadow all over it. It'll make your eyemakeup last over 12 hrs with no touch-ups.

you apply the primer before using the eyecolor because the primer will hold the color for hours so the color will not fade. (its like a base coat for your eyelids) Now bareminerals do have eyelid primer with color where you do not have to use the eyecolor but that is for you to decided :)

The primer helps your eyeshadow stay on longer. If you've only used the eyeshadow by itself and had problems with the color wearing off or creasing, then you use primer to help eliminate that. Just squeeze a small dab of primer onto your fingertip (it doesn't take much to cover your lid, so don't squeeze out a large gob or it will make your eyelids look crepe-y and more wrinkly), then glide smoothly onto your lid. I also like to dab a q-tip lightly into the primer and apply right under my lower lash line to prevent my eyeliner from straying. Primer also helps bring out and enhance the beautiful colors of the BE shadows and it really helps to keep your shadow on longer even in hot, sweaty, and humid conditions. I never used to use a primer, but once I did, I haven't looked back and always use primer with my eyeshadows now.

Lynda: It may be that you don't need the BE eyelid primer before applying your BE eyeshadow. The primer is something you put on first and then the eyeshadow over it. This is like painting a wall in your house kinda....put the primer on first and then the color and the primer helps the color to stick better and look better. The reason I use this wonderful primer is because my forehead and nose are both oily which makes my eyelids a bit oily as the day wears on. This causes my eyeshadow to start building up in the crease of my eyelid basically disappearing from the rest of the lid (I hope that made sense!). The primer keeps the oil from affecting the eyeshadow so that it stays put all day and looks just as good at 8:00PM as it did at 8:00AM and I don't have to touch it up throughout the day. I LOVE this product! It saves me time (no touch ups) and helps me look good all day long!

You use this product under the eyeshadow. You can use this product with any brand eyeshadow to help the true color of the shadow to show up on your skin and to keep the eyeshadow from creasing or wearing off. This is a really good product--I have extremely oily eyelids and I can wear any eyeshadow with this product for about 14 hours without creasing (I have not found another product on the market that is as good as this one).

I'd have to say no. Maybe to get it to squeeze through the new container they made it thinner. The old formula had a thicker consistency that this just doesn’t have.

Yes it is. It is just different packaging. The new brightening formulas are different from this one. The brightening is the same color but with some shimmer, very pretty alone or with warm colors. The brightening pearl is a touch lighter with some shimmer and is best with cooler colors of makeup. I like the brightening primers for my lids and the original for under my eyes, but I am fair so I can do that, just a tiny bit.

I like prefer it to UD. I get creasing after about a few hours with UD, with this one I do not get creasing until about 7 hours. Ive got very oily lids though. Id describe it as not as slippery as UD, not as liquidy as UD, but it isn't dry looking either. I think eye shadow primer preference depends at least a little on skin type. I like UD under my eyes, but not on my lid. If you've got super super oily lids (oily within ten-fifteen minutes of washing face then try n@rs (@=a) shadow primer.