Any ideas for allergy free makeup for someone with contact dermatitis?.....?

I've just been down to the hospital as I've had problems with red, sore, itchy and swollen eyes for a while now, just thinking it would go and it didn't. I woke up this morning and one of my eyes was practically closed. As the redness is in the exact place that my eye shadow would go the doctor thinks its dermatitis related to my eye make up. He's prescribed me hydrocortisone 1% and told me not to wear any makeup until its gone. My eyes have started to feel slightly better already with the cream, so fingers crossed. But what I'd like to know is does anyone have any make up ideas that won't cause this flare up again? I changed all my make up and brushes to Clinique as thats allergy tested but it's obviously just made it worse. I didn't think that brand would, has anyone else had that problem with Clinique? Anyway, any other make up ideas for me please?

Any ideas for allergy free makeup for someone with contact dermatitis?.....?
Yes clinique works well they have a hypoallergenic make up and it looks good to dont call me gay my girl friend uses it haha. wait you might have ezima i use a loton with a type of steroid in it it works wonders proactive helps to not only for acne. and neutragena has a make up pen that is a green collor and it takes redness away and clears up thing like that.
Reply:Mmmmm its very difficult to say as i also have this problem and have same problem with clinque...





I tend to go for Body Shop and Benefit eyeshadows as they dont seem to irritate....





Try to be careful n dont wear make up every day...


Also if anything does flare up again throw it out immediatley and buy new as more contct with it causes more problems...





All you can do is just try out make up more....different types and eventually you'll come up with one that u prefer...





Also only try and keep make up on for a few hours and do not leave on overnight...
Reply:i use clinique perfectly real foundation and blended face powder, sometimes their lipsticks that come in the free gifts, but that's it. their dramatically different moisturizer has the main ingredient of *mineral oil*, which is *very* comedogenic (causes blackheads) and is a cheap filler, and they charge outrageous prices for it. i can't look up ingredients on their website (go figure) so i can't tell you if the eye shadow has the mineral oil as well (probably does) but i'd venture a guess that that is part of the problem. have you tried lancome? or estee-lauder? they are a little more expensive than clinique, but still available at belk's and other department stores. typically, clinique is meant for "teenagers" and lancome and estee are meant for "older skin" but they are reputable lines. if you knew what you were actually sensitive to, it would make this process easier. ask the makeup clerk if they have a return policy, or maybe go in with a clean face and have them apply lancome to one eye and estee to the other and see if you have a reaction before you buy. that way at least you'd know. another good brand is MAC (i can't find it anywhere here, though i hear macy's has it). maybe see if you can see a dermatologist, they are always helpful.


good luck!
Reply:I have very sensitive skin and find I can't wear certain eyeshadow colors, doesn't matter which brand. I have stopped wearing any brown shadows ... high end (dior, mac, etc), low end (l'oreal) or mineral (bare escentuals), it doesn't matter, brown makes my eyes itch and swell.





So try experimenting with different colors. I usually just wear eyeliner, as I have no problem with it (even brown).





As for Clinique, they are not tested on that many people, and just because their test subjects didn't react to it, doesn't mean you won't. Hypoallergenic just means most people with common allergies won't react to it.





Sorry you are going through this.