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    Hi Girls

    My Name Is Crystal Waters I am a 48 year old Glam Transvestite & have of late developed constant streaming eyes & running nose when I put on makeup?

    It started this summer 2009 & I thought it must be down to Hay Fever!

    We are now in late October & still I have the problem & it's driving me nuts.
    Thinking along the lines of I may be using cheep inferior products I have just purchased Mayberlene Liquid foundation, eye shadows, lipstick & eye liner pensils.

    Still have the problem? I even took Hayfeaver Anti-histermine tablet & that had no reaction at all.

    Please can someone tell me what to do as its so uncomfortable.

    Would it be worth trying Body Shop products?

    Look forward to your comments

    xx Crystal

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    Hello Crystal maybe google for make up that doesnt contain any chemicals. I know they exist (not sure on the name though)
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    There are a lot of things in most make up that you could be reacting to. I'm paraben sensitive, as is about 10% of the population to some degree. That could be your culprit. I find skin care and cosmetics at the natural foods store and Origins. Both Macys and Dillards carry Origins and they have their own shops in some cities. Their consulatants will sometimes do make demos. Why not call or stop by and see if you could have then do that? Keep your skin make up free for a while and let the reaction calm down, then have them make you up and see what happens?

    Parabens are a cheap preservative that came into heavy use in the 80s. They have been connected to breast cancer and can be found, at least in the US, in darned near everything from shampoo and toothpaste to lotions and make up, and even in some allergy drugs! If you remember your chemistry classes it comes in butyl, methyl, propal, iso - lots of forms and is considered an inert ingredient. so it's listed somewhere from the middle to the end of the ingredients list. Even the so called hypo allergernic or allergy free products may have it. Origins is the only major line I know of that is free of it. It has been banned in the EU so I hope we will see more companies getting it out of their products.

    Good luck, it's no fun having these reactions!
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    Thank you so far for the possitive comments. Angel I did google this 1st & this is how i found this site lol.

    Anyway keep your thoughts comming all the same

    xx Crystal

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    Default In your case..

    I must say that we are very sensitive when it comes to the products that we are using with. Beside from having allergies sometimes we encounter a bit of damage in our skin most of the time when we are just applying it on our skin and not reading the indication before we use. And suddenly we encounter sort of problems. All I can say about this post is we need to be aware of buying such products mostly for our face, this is very sensitive, and we can easily damage it.

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    Hi Crystal

    Not an expert in this field but my Mum used to work for Clinque and she swore by it.

    Try: Clinque available at House of Fraser / Rackhams and Boots

    Also is your Make-up out of date? Look at the 12M (12 Months) or 24M on the box older than this then you have to chuck it away. It tend to be shorter for eye make up, probably for your problems

    Enjoy
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    There are many things that can cause a reaction in makeup. People don't realize the amount of poisons put in most conventional cosmetics. Try mineral makeup, I love them. Make sure you buy one without Talc, an irriatant, or bismuth oxycloride, another irritant. I like Rockit Minerals. It has none of those.
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    I had the exact same problem. Im 19 years old and have 13 alergies.
    The one thing that people don't look at with makeup is the minerals for pigment. I found that due to my nickel alergies, normal make up would make my eyes blow up.

    Try to find a Mary Kay consultent. I've been using it for 2 years now and its the only thing my dermatologist approved(so far). Its supposed to be one of the best hypo-alergenic makeups out there. They also have great skin care products that don't make the face itch or scratch.

    Hope that helps. Good luck

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