Detrivore Eye Shadow Primer and - uh - a brief mention of UDPP.

A while ago I was reading a blog post by prettybottles where she talked about some tips for successfully applying mineral eyeshadows. Now you know I'm constantly banging on about my issues with mineral and loose shadows - I love the colours, hate the mess. According to prettybottles, my issue could be that I'm not using the right primer. Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy is the one that all the cool kids talk about, but the last few times I've checked the site they've been closed, so I went with another one I've heard mentioned a few times - Detrivore Eye Shadow Primer.



Now, this was supposed to be a comparison of Detrivore vs Urban Decay Primer Potion when using minerals, but SOME IDIOT* accidentally deleted all of the "UDPP first applied" pictures from the camera card. So really, it's kind of a review of Detrivore primer with a bit of a look at how UDPP held up.

The Detrivore primer comes in a small plastic container about the same size as a 3g mineral eyeshadow. The product is packed in and you only need a tiny amount, so it should last for ages. It's pale yellow and reminds me a little of Benefit Lemon Aid, only not nearly as dry. I found it quite easy to apply with my fingers. 
It was $6US + $5US postage and arrived in about a fortnight. I was also sent a couple of free eyeshadow samples in a lovely green and blue (I don't have them handy so I don't know the colours).

For the purposes of this experiment, I wanted a bright colour, and asked Noodle Arms to select one for me. She chose a particularly lairy Sassy Minerals greenish-yellow called Trust Me. This must have been a free one they sent with an order - never in a million years would I have bought yellow eyeshadow. Since I wasn't planning to go anywhere, and people know better than to drop in at my house unannounced (pet peeve), I went with it, and sat around all day with yellow eyelids.

Clean eyelid with Detrivore primer applied and Trust Me on top. 

(I have no other makeup on other than this, so don't judge me!)

I went about my day, cleaning the kitchen, watching my stories, bringing in and hanging out washing, and those exciting sorts of things. Then I took some more pictures about 5 hours after I had applied it.

A good deal of fading and a bit of creasing - though I suspect that Detrivore is misnamed, and is actually a base rather than a primer. I think I should have put UDPP on underneath it.

Now this is the picture of UDPP at the end of the day. Again, just the primer and the eyeshadow - nothing else. How craptacular is that? 

The Detrivore really brought out the brightness of the eyeshadow colour - way more than the UDPP. I don't think it stands up so well on its own (though far better than UDPP on its own judging by the pictures), but combined I think they might do well. I'm going to try that some time this week, so I'll report back on that.

In short, I quite like this product, and I'm going to spend some more time playing with it. I also like the price of it, and you only need a teeny bit so it should last for ages.

*SOME IDIOT would be me.