Tried & Tested: This $52 eyeshadow primer will keep your makeup intact even as you’re “screaming crying throwing up”

In the days leading up to the long-awaited Singapore leg of Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour”, most concert-goers are perfecting their outfits, making friendship bracelets and memorising fan chants. I’m mainly thinking about how I can keep my makeup (specifically my eyeliner and eyeshadow) from melting off by the end of the evening. 

After all, attending a sell-out show like this takes a lot of careful planning and work – one battles through snaking queues, stringent bag checks and the sweltering heat (or in my case torrential rain). Out of all of the items I was able to fit into my two-compartment mini concert bag, the game changer was, no doubt my Pat Mcgrath Labs Intensifeyes Longwear Primer. In fact, it was just as imperative as my dollar store poncho. 

The Pat Mcgrath Labs Intensifeyes Longwear Primer promises to prevent your makeup from slipping and sliding for up to 24 hours. Thanks to a unique “prep-and-set” formula, this primer creates the perfect second-skin base for pigment to stick to. 

Meet me at midnight 

Even after navigating through sardined crowds and sprinting from the bag check area to my concert gate, my eye makeup was still fully intact. 

Close to 13 hours later, every part of my face was glistening with sweat but the iridescence of my eyeshadow and definition of my eyeliner was not compromised. Even the embellishments on my eyelids stayed in place. Nary a smudge in sight! 

Suffice to say, the primer has become a staple in my makeup kit anytime I’m wearing eye makeup, whether I’m doing a smokey eye or just a subtle eyeliner flick. It’ll definitely go into my concert bag after I manifest VIP tickets to Bruno Mars Live in Singapore.