allergy eye shadow - Allergies Message Board

cowgirl1314 · 09-02-2008, 05:41 PM

allergic to eye shadow? Since I turned 50+, I have had a lot of issues never experienced before. Skin cancer, psoriasis, and now a really yucky allergic reaction to eyeliner or eye shadow. My eyes become pink-eye like and it takes about 3 days of basic over-the-counter allery eye drops to clear it up.

I could be wrong, but through the process of elimination, I have found that eye shadow with "sparkle' attributes and eye liner that has that 'glimmer' effect are the culprits. I can wear bareEssential 'rested' eye shadow and Covergirl pencil eyeliner. But 1 hour after using eye shadow with 'sparkly' appearence, I am dead meat. Lovely. I am thinking about tatoo eyeliner now. haha

Titchou · 09-02-2008, 07:02 PM

Try nonallegenic brands such as Almay, Prescriptives, etc. I wear Prescriptives exclusively. Even Clinique breaks me out. Pink and purple shades will also be more problematic.