[Ski]

#1071903

I use artificial tears with my makeup on during the day ~ I use Cover Girl Remarkable mascara, because it’s waterproof but it also washes off well with good, creamy/soapy facial soap. It doesn’t run or sting. I use a crayon-type eyeliner, which also minimizes those things.

I no longer do the whole base/blush/eyeshadow stuff, if that makes any difference for you. I just use eyeliner & mascara around my eyes.

Oh, one more thing ~ use them just one drop at a time, then let that settle completely, then put in a second. It keeps the running to a minimum. You can do three or four total, if you want, but just give your eyes some time to absorb it in between.

[erobinson219]

#1019477

I only use artificial tears in the morning before makeup and before bedtime after makeup is removed. Does anyone do artifical tears with eye makeup on during the day? If so, what makeup brands to you have success with not running, stinging, coming off, etc. Is it just waterproof stuff? Or hypoallergenic and then reapply after the artificial tears are applied? I find waterproof is actually too hard to get off and irritates my eyes. Anyway, just thought I’d ask what works for others in this area.

[DianneW]

#1071904

A dry eye specialist at Mayo Clinic advised me that eye makeup is really bad for people with dry eyes and told me not to use it at all. That was easy for her to say, as she was a beautiful Oriental woman with lovely dark eyelashes. I’m a blue-eyed, light-skinned woman with practically colorless eyelashes. Going without eye makeup isn’t happening, at least not in public. Fortunately for me, I’m retired and can go without most of the time at home.

I know she was right though, as my eyes are much more comfortable when I go without. When I wear it I try to stay away from anything with powders and materials that would flake into the eye, and instead use waterproof makeup that is oil based and stays put. Waterproof makeup is good that way. To take it off, you buy eye makeup remover and use a cotton pad, and it comes off very easily.

[genuinruby]

#1071905

I am enjoying a more "natural" l@@k these days….LOL

[DianneW]

#1071906

Ruby, you are brave. I should temporarily change my picture to what was "natural" for me 11 years ago (with the weight gain, before the eye surgeries), LOL. Too bad we can’t have before and after photos here.

[erobinson219]

#1071907

Before and after photos is a great idea. Brave too.

I have to use eye makeup – just some light mascara and liner – or else I look REALLY bad in my opinion. I will try the waterproof stuff again –and make sure I find a decent non-irritating remover so I can "water" my eyes during the day. Not sure if I can do anything for one eye being bigger than the other now. That is a recent development. The doc says one eye is getting samller – less bulge. Good news on the improvement – bad news on the new odd look.

Thanks.

[DianneW]

#1071908

One of my eyes was always larger too. It’s common with this disease, so I didn’t think anything of it. When my surgeon went in there to do the decompression he discovered that my orbit had been fractured previously, which was the reason one eye was smaller than the other. He called it an "accidental decompression". I’d been in an accident and had fractured my nose, but didn’t realize the orbit was fractured too. (No wonder it hurt so much!!)

The same surgeon told me that one of his Graves’ patients had received a "free decompression" when her husband hit her in the face. The eye on that side went into perfect position, so he only had to decompress one eye. (Not the way I’d chose to have it done. . . .)

I agree with you. I feel better with a little mascara and eyeliner.

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