If you are a green beauty lover, you know that finding an amazing eye shadow primer isn't an easy task...the struggle is real! So when Alima Pure released a vegan Eye Primer packed with clean ingredients, you can imagine my excitement! This new primer prepares the eye area for creaseless, fade-proof eye makeup that stays saturated with color for hours of wear!
Consistency + Finish
What criteria need to be met for an eye primer to be worthy of a spot in your collection? For me, if a primer doesn't keep my shadow smooth and creaseless, it's not worth including in my collection. My secondary requirement is for the primer to help eye shadow really stick to the lids. Adhesion equates to lasting, rich color that doesn't budge! Finally, I think that eye primers should be moisturizing and comfortable. You certainly don't want your primer to be so sticky that it feels like you are smearing glue across your lids in a desperate attempt to achieve that flawless smokey eye!
With a silky, nourishing formula that creates the perfect canvas for blending and layering color, Alima Pure's new Eye Primer is bound to satisfy even your most demanding primer requirements! It really does tick all of the boxes for me. This cream is a pale, pinky-peach color that is nearly undetectable on the lids yet minimizes the appearance of fine lines and helps to even out the tone of the skin. This thin, lightweight primer also has a lot of slip, but isn't greasy or tacky.
Application
A little goes a long way with Alima Pure's Eye Primer, so all you have to do is smooth a tiny amount onto your lids with clean fingertips and wait about a minute until it is fully absorbed.
Ingredients
Salvia Sclarea Flower/ Leaf/ Stem Water (Clary Sage Water), Mica, Sucrose Palmitate, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Squalane, Oleic/ Linoleic/ Linolenic/ Polyglycerides, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Olive Glycerides, Aqua, Glyceryl Caprylate, Apricot Kernel Oil Polyglyceryl-4 Ester, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Tocopherol, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Anisate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter (Shea Butter), Olea Europaea Fruit Oil (Olive Oil), Cellulose Gum, Persea Gratissima Oil, Cellulose [+/- CI 77891, CI 77491,]
Wearing Alima Pure Eye Primer with Sheer Miracle Eye Shadows (Check my 2016 Holiday Gift Guide for a 25% off code to use at www.sheermiracle.com)
Wrap-Up
This eye primer is pretty close to perfect! In addition to preparing the skin for long-lasting eye makeup, this base nourishes the delicate skin in the eye area thanks to amazing natural ingredients like olive-derived squalane, shea butter, and clary sage water. Shadow remains saturated and creaseless throughout hours of wear. I densely packed shadow on my lids to put this primer to the test and my look survived a busy day that included a trip to the gym and a holiday party without any signs of creasing or fading. My lids also felt comfortable and nicely moisturized. I do have quite dry skin, so I'm not sure how this primer will fare on combo or oily skin, but I'm confident that you will love it no matter what your skin type!
My one complaint about this product is that the tube is TINY! You only need a small about, but once you try it, you are going to want an endless supply of this stuff! It's wonderful!
Alima Pure's Eye Primer retails for $26 USD for 10 ml / 0.33 fl. oz.
Have you tried Alima Pure's new Eye Primer? What do you think?