Do you wear makeup? Do you have sensitive skin that makeup irritates?
What are some good products? What are some products to stay away from?
Do you wear makeup? Do you have sensitive skin that makeup irritates?
What are some good products? What are some products to stay away from?
Thank you for all of the tips! I’m a senior in high school and my mom has been pressuring me for a few years to wear makeup. She says I’m weird to not like it and “all girls wear it,” but I don’t like the feeling on my face. For the most part, only my forehead is sensitive, but I seem to have the strangest allergies and I would be that person to be allergic to some common and random makeup ingredient.
Your mother is very far from the truth. There are plenty of girls who don’t wear makeup. You don’t have to force yourself to use it if you don’t want to. If anything, that’ll just lead you to having a negative association with makeup. She’s the weird one for pressuring you to use it…
If you do decide to wear makeup out of your own volition, I know a lot of women with rosacea and other skin issues tend to omit base makeup. Or they won’t use foundation, maybe sparingly use concealer under their eyes, and wear blush and stuff. They choose to embrace their skin issues instead of trying to slather products on and cover them up. There are a lot of sensitive-skin-friendly products out there. There are like, makeup/skincare hybrids. I’m sure there’s recommendations out there. If you chose to, you could always go to a doctor/derm and try and figure out what ingredient it is specifically that irritates your skin. But this is somewhat of a hassle, and if you don’t actually like wearing makeup, I’d just say to avoid it haha.
I think I might have rosacea? My cheeks are alway red and people will say “why are you blushing?”, I’m not. It’s just always like that.
try cicapair, it’s a skincare green toner to cancel redness. if you don’t feel the need to wear makeup, don’t. if you want to try, a tiny bit of concealer, mascara and highlighter go a long way to brighten the face. since you have redness, you probably don’t need much blush. lots of brands are also bringing out makeup infused with skincare now, which might be better for you sensitive skin
Not all girls wear it and you shouldn’t feel pressured to. But if you DO want to, know that not all foundations/concealers are created equal. Some definitively feel heavier and more suffocating than others. Same with primers. Just a heads up if you ever do wanna try again in the future. Powders may be more kinder to your skin.
But if you don’t wanna wear makeup then don’t :)