Allergic to eye make up

Jaylucy, I have just been to the optician and I get artificial tears on prescription from the GP. The dry eye condition tends to cause extra irritation, as the artificial tears don't lubricate my eyes all through the night .

Actually Panstick is a really efficient concealer and doesn't irritate my eyes. It just is the wrong colour.

I have psoriasis and very sensitive skin.

I can't use Clinique or Elizabeth Arden or Simple products.

Boots no 7 hypoallergenic range is fantastic. Skin creams ,bubble bath, makeup, tanning products, a bit expensve but affordable.

If you are allergic to eye make up. It is possible that the products you are using are harmful for your skin.

My daughter uses Bare Minerals as she has exema (?) which flares very easily.

The only mascara I can use is Clinique and the only foundation, Bare Minerals.
They are expensive, but I buy online or in Duty Free and always look for a discount code.

Usually makeup free, but wore it occasionally although no more due to irritation- Must admit the mascara was old- A woman I knew who had beautiful eyes naturally had permanent blue liner tattooed on her lids and it looked great on her-

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I resorted to tattoo brows, upper liner and lower liner. I have lashes applied every 3 weeks and filled as needed.

How much do those cost, I wonder.

Hope you don't over do it- as I must say, honestly, that those extra long lashes, especially on 'more mature ladies' look so false and make the eyelids droopy and eyes small. See Sharon in East Enders- looks awful, sadly.

Jura2 I have the shortest ones applied, they are lovely.

Great- nothing personal in my response above- but Sharon's look so awful, and I've seen many 'more mature' women wearing some which are just too long and so unnatural.

So, good on you Norah.