What’s Your Favorite Eye Makeup for Sensitive Eyes?
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I've always had sensitive eyes — but as I get older it's gotten worse. (This year also feels like I've needed allergy meds since March, when normally I can stop by June.) So let's discuss: what are your favorite eye makeup brands for sensitive eyes?
I'll put some of the ones that I've tried below… I'm curious to hear what you say, though!
The Best Makeup Brands for Sensitive Eyes
Almay
Yes, it's a drugstore brand, but they have a huge hypoallergenic eye makeup collection. Because it's so affordable, I don't worry about throwing things out frequently. I've tried a number of their mascaras — the purple tubed “Thickening & Tint” is their most popular, but for my money I like the green tube (“Length and Lift”).
Clinique
Clinique has an “eye safety promise,” and in general I'm a big fan of their makeup.
Thrive Causmetics
I've often heard Thrive mentioned as a favorite for sensitive eyes — I think a lot of this is due to the fact that tubing mascaras are, in general better for sensitive eyes and Thrive's best selling product is a tube mascara! (Alas, my spare eyelashes do not look good in tubing mascaras.) The rest of their collection was fine.
TwentyTwenty Beauty
I really wanted to like this brand that specializes in sensitive eye makeup… but I really did not. It's been a year or two since I tried it, though, so maybe things are different.
I see Ilia’s mascara recommended often for sensitive eyes, but I cannot wear it for more than an hour without it starting to burn. A bummer since I like a lot of their other products!
My go-to has been Clinique’s High Impact since my grandma gave me her free-with-purchase tube in high school. Never gets clumpy and feels comfortable even when I’m having a particularly bad eye day.
Milk KUSH mascara has been working well for my sensitive eyes. In the past I’ve used both Almay and Tarte brands, but at some point they caused irritation.
I’ve used only Clinique for mascara/eyeliner for 10+ years. I also find the Bobbi Brown long wear eyeshadow sticks non-irritating. (Ilia’s cream shadows bother my eyes.)
Clinique is my go-to as well. I’ve never had a problem with their eye products. Loreal works okay for a drugstore option (owned by same parent company).