Primer! Primer! Primer! It's the best investment you can ever make. Primer will hold you shadow on so eye shadow won't budge an inch. I have used several different types of primers for my eyes and hopefully through my trial and errors you will find the best to fit your needs.
Urban Decay makes, what I think, by far the best on the market. There are four different shades you can get in the Primer Potions to help fit into what ever style you are going for. Of course there is the original, which is a basic almost translucent shade, this works the best for almost any style. There is also Eden, which is a bold beige color, that also can work for almost any style. These two shades do not offer any shimmer to your look. Then getting into their two shades that do offer shimmer you can choose between Greed and Sin. Greed offers almost a gold hue with a faint shimmer in the look, while Sin gives you the shimmer but almost in a bronzed pink tone. For the best result using UD Primer Potion you will want to apply from your lash line to your brow, and it will offer endless stay to your shadows and all day they look fresh. I have even gone to bed without taking my makeup off, oopsy I know that is a no no, and woken up the next morning still having my eye shadow in place. I absolutely love this product and recommend it be added to any woman's collection.
Another primer I have used is Benefit Stay Don't Stray. I was turned onto this product by an arch specialist in my local Ulta store. It does the job, but take just a little more time to apply. Be careful while using the pump not to push it down all the way or you will have a lot of product going to waste. All you need to do is gently tap the pump several times until you have a little of the primer on the back of your hand. To apply it you will just want to use three small dots on the top of your eye and three small dots on the bottom of your eye, then blend them once again from your lash line to your brow. Stay Don't Stray also can double as a concealer. I wouldn't recommend using it all the time but if you are in a pinch it works very well.
Smashbox also makes a pretty good primer, not one of my favorites because I don't think it lasted as long. I like the fact that the Photo Finish Lid Primer does have the brush included on the twist off lid for the product. I have only used this per getting it in a good deal with their Try It Kit, and also with a few other kits that I have purchased. Would I buy it by itself? Probably not, even though I am a HUGE Smashbox fan it just doesn't tickle my fancy as much as others have.
These are only three out on the market now, but there are tons available to choose from.
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