Blogger tip: How to depot your Urban Decay Primer Potion

In the age of waste not, want not, I have been trying to squeeze out every last bit of product before I throw it away (or should I say, recycle it). Urban Decay Primer Potions are notorious for their rather impractical packaging design (although they have recently redesigned the packaging to a squeezy tube), and so I decided I would try and depot the contents into my own pot - and was amazed at what I ended up with!

If you too have a UDPP that you think you are coming to the end of (trust me, you're not), and you'd like some tips on how to depot it easily and safely (without having to saw the packaging in half!), then read on!

What you'll need

001. A hard, robust surface - i'm using a chopping board.

002. Something plastic to cover your surface - such as a sandwich bag.

003. Something to scrape your depotted product up with - i've used an old (but disinfected) gift card.

004. (Optional) A knife to prise the plastic stopper out the top of your PP - be careful!

005. Tweezers - to be used in conjunction with or instead of the knife to pull out the plastic stopper.

006. A container to put your depotted PP in - i'm using a little pot I got from a travel set (for £1!) from Primark.

007. Your Primer Potion - i've got the original large one, and the smaller sample/travel sizes from the Naked Palette.

008. A microwave!

Step 1.

Prize out the plastic stopper from your primer potion using your tweezers (and knife if need be).

Step 2.

Place your primer potion upright in your microwave minus the wand/lid, and microwave for around 20-60 seconds at a time(test to find out what suits best). The packaging shouldn't be hot to the touch doing it this way, but should soften the product enough that it makes it easy to remove.

Step 3.

Turn your PP upside down and start to tap (or bang!) it onto your plastic surface. You'll have to do this for quite a while (and may have to remicrowave a few times), but you'll eventually get it all out as you can see.

Step 4.

Use your 'scraper' to, er, scrape the PP up and place (I used the dofer applicator that comes with the PP to wipe it off the giftcard) into your chosen new packaging.

Look how much came out! This was the result of one large and one small UDPP, both of which I had thought were practically empty - how wrong I was!

Do you have any handy beauty tips?

Melanie x

Calling all Urban Decay Primer Potion Owners!

I thought I was down to the last dregs of my UDPP, but (in a moment of rare ingenious-ness from myself), I have discovered that if you remove the plastic stopper (as shown below) which is used to scrape off excess from the wand, when you then dip the wand in TONS more comes out!

When it appears to start running out after using this method i'm then going to investigate the various depotting methods (from hacking it open to microwaving!)

But for the moment i'm chuffed with this!

Melanie x

Urban Decay Primer Potion Vs Mac Prep and Prime

Happy Easter weekend lovelies!

Now I don't know about you, but I am on a CONSTANT mission to find products that keep my make-up looking fresh and with that "just applied" look. So far on the face/foundation front i'm not doing so well (save for splashing out on Estee Lauder double wear which really doesn't budge, but i'm trying to do things on a budget where possible!), but recently i've been trying out some eyeshadow primers: MAC's prep and prime, and the infamous Urban Decay Primer Potion (I have the big 16.3ml version which I got as part of a giftset ages ago). 

Part of a "prep and prime" range including facial, eye, lash and lip primers, Prep & Prime Eye is described by MAC as A light textured cream to wear on the eyes as an undercoat to eye makeup. Primes the lids. Smooths textures, neutralises lid colour. It is £12.00 for 5g of product, and is available in light, medium and medium dark (I have medium as light wasn't available when I purchased).

Urban Decay Primer Potion, on the other hand, is also part of a (fairly newly developed) primer range offered by Urban Decay, although the primer potion was one of their original, and arguably the best, products. Beauty Bay describe it as a primer unmatched by any other in the beauty industry, and it's magic formula is heavy in silicon, making it very smooth and silky on application. It also is approximately £12 (varying slightly by retailer - Beauty Bay for example are offering it for £11.50), and although originally only available in the original nude shade, it is now also available in "Sin" which is a lovely champagne colour which can either be used as a base for eyeshadow, or on its own.

So what do I prefer? i think the results speak for themselves:

 

Eye primed with Urban Decay Primer Potion at 8am.

Eye at 5pm. The majority of my eyeshadow is still perfectly in place, and my eyeliner hasn't budged.

 Eye primed with MAC Prep & Prime Eye at 8am

Eye at 5pm. As you can see my eyeshadow has creased in the middle of my eye, and my eyeliner looks to have bled slightly, as well as fading at the "wing." I also sometimes tend to get transfer on my upper lid.

If you haven't guessed, i'm definitely Team Urban Decay on this one! I absolutely love it, and I think it's the first product that I can actually honestly say it does what it claims to do! I'm not so keen on the somewhat impractical bottle shape (i'm going to have to resort to sawing mine open soon!), and some people might think £12 for a small bottle is impractical, but honestly i'm willing to spend that bit more for it just because it works.

The MAC product on the other hand, I am not keen on at all. It's far too creamy and doesn't last on my lids at all, although admittedly I do notice the difference in terms of my eyeliner staying power if I don't wear it, as it does help my liner to stick a bit more, just not my actual eyeshadow!

Given that they are the same price, i'd advise anyone looking for an eyeshadow primer to definitely go with the Primer Potion. I realise Urban Decay products can be slightly more difficult to get a hold of (other than ordering online), but its worth tracking them down, especially if you've got a large branch of Boots near you.

I just wish the highstreet would produce a good eyeshadow primer to rival primer potion!

Have you found any?

Melanie x