#216: How to Avoid Toxins in Personal Care Products
Today, I am thrilled to welcome Rachel Downey, a health and wellness advocate, to discuss how to avoid toxins in personal care products. Rachel, a mom of three, began her journey eight years ago, driven by her desire to make safer choices for her children.
Rachel shares that her journey started when her daughter experienced reactions to certain products, prompting her to explore and switch to safer alternatives. She emphasizes the importance of making "swaps," or replacing commonly used products with safer options. For example, when shopping for baby shampoo, instead of grabbing a familiar brand, she advises turning the product over and examining the ingredients.
Many of us are aware that toxic ingredients in beauty products can cause issues like dry eyes. Rachel highlights some com...
#215: Eliminating Toxins from Your Personal Care Products
Today, I am thrilled to welcome Rachel Downey, a health and wellness advocate, to discuss how to avoid toxins in personal care products. Rachel, a mom of three, began her journey eight years ago, driven by her desire to make safer choices for her children.
Rachel shares that her journey started when her daughter experienced reactions to certain products, prompting her to explore and switch to safer alternatives.
What's a "Swap"?
Rachel emphasizes the importance of making "swaps," or replacing commonly used products with safer options. This is the simple act of swapping out one of your regular personal care items for another that contains less toxins. Overtime, using one product that is better for your health after another, you can notice significant changes to the way your skin and ey...
#211: New Mascara for Dry Eye Sufferers
Mascara has long held the crown as America's favorite eye makeup. According to studies, women apply mascara an average of nine times each week. With such frequent use, it’s crucial to consider what we're putting so close to our eyes.
I'm so excited to share that one of my favorite CLEAN Beauty brands has just launched their newest formulation of mascara. Clean Sweep mascara by twenty/twenty beauty is now available. Use code: PAMMASCARA to get yours at 30% off.
Here are three compelling reasons to make the switch to CLEAN mascara:
1. Support Healthy Lash Growth
Introducing a clean, water-resistant treatment mascara that delivers defined, lengthened, and stronger lashes instantly and with continued use. Enriched with nourishing ingredients like hyaluronic acid, vitamin E, and biotin, ...
#199: Your Holiday Shopping Guide, aka your Personal Wish List
The 2023 gift guide for the holidays so that you can get all of your friends with red, sensitive eyes, the best gifts to pamper them this holiday season.
#1) Eyes are the Story Mascara
Now, this is a box of three mini mascara wands. I really love this mascara. It is my favorite. The three mini wands keeps the brush and tube clean. You replace these wands every month. Less bacteria stays in the mascara tube to grow since you dispose of it so often.
Instead of using the big tubes of mascara which you throw out every three months, you get three smaller tubes that you'll replace once a month.
The mascara is formulated with a creamy texture, and it doesn't flake. I find that this mascara lasts all day and it's a nice dark black color. I love it.
#2) twenty/twenty beaut...
#196: Is Your Skin Care TOXIC? Enhance Your Eyes Naturally with Oculaire Skincare
Let's dive into the world of Oculaire Skincare, the ultimate destination for eye-enhancing products that promise to make you feel, look, and even see better!
Today, I'm joined by Jessica Rosales, a skincare expert from Oculaire Skincare, who will take us on a journey through their incredible product line designed specifically for sensitive eyes and skin. Get ready to unlock the secrets to youthful and radiant eyes naturally!
Oculaire Mousse d'or - The Gentle Foaming Face and Lid Wash
Jessica introduces us to the wonder of Oculaire Mousse d'or, a foaming face and lid wash that's perfect for daily use. Mousse d'or is a calming formulation that helps eliminate demodex, alleviate symptoms of blepharitis, reduce lid swelling, and address skin inflammation. Its gentle and scent-free formula...
#191: How to Get Rid of Eye Irritation from Makeup
In the last blog, I shared with you the ways in which your eye makeup could be causing dry eye disease. If you missed it, please click here. In this blog, I will discuss three ways you can treat your eyes when the dryness eye disease is attributed to makeup.
No. 1) AVOID TOXIC INGREDIENTS
The United States bans only 11 ingredients from the product lists of cosmetics. However, the European Union bans over 1600. Many of your favorite products contain ingredients that are toxic to the ocular surface.
In order to avoid toxins, you will need to start reading ingredient labels. I’ve compiled a list of the ingredients you need to eliminate from your makeup in this handy list. You can download the list here. These are particularly toxic to your eyes.
No. 2) REMOVE YOUR MAKEUP
Re...
#190: How Does Makeup Wear Cause Dry Eye?
Patients come to me every day because they can no longer wear their eye makeup. Their eyes are irritated, red, watery. They apply their makeup and later find it running down their face. They're frustrated because they can't wear the products that they love.
This happens so often. I want to give you three reasons that this is happening:
REASON #1) INFLAMMATION
Some eye makeups cause inflammation to your eyes. Have you ever put your mascara on and then your eyes started to burn? This is happening because the ingredients in that mascara were irritating to your eyes.
Did you know that women apply mascara nine times a week on average? That's more than once a day. Women are applying mascara multiple times a day. And if that mascara contains irritating ingredient, it will cause inflamm...
#136: Clean Beauty Products for Dazzling Eyes this Holiday
I want to talk to you about clean makeup products that can give your eyes a dazzling look this holiday season. Just because you suffer from dry eyes does not mean that you have to give up on your makeup. Absolutely not, Ladies. There are products out there that you can use that will make your eyes look great and be comfortable. So let's get started. I've got five steps to having dazzling eyes this holiday season.
Step No. 1) Clean Eyes
Begin with clean eyes. If you've been following me for a while, you know, I like you to use four simple steps to take care of your eyes every day.
Step one is to clean your lids and lashes. One of the products I recommend most is a hypochlorous spray. It kills bacteria and viruses that live on our lids and lashes and can cause redness and irritation. Th...
#103: Can I Wear Eye Makeup When My Eyes Are Dry?
A question a lot of people have been asking me online, and in the office, is, "How can I wear eye makeup when my eyes are dry?" It's a really important question, because you don't want to make your dry eyes worse by surrounding your eyes with powders and ingredients that could irritate or cause damage to your eyes.
Many of my patients experience red, irritated eyes from improper use of makeup. They complain that their makeup just seems to run down their face by the end of the day. There are a couple of easy to implement tips to know to make makeup wear possible for your sensitive eyes. I've got FIVE tips to show you how. Llet's get started.
#1) Take a Break
I hate to start with this one, but if your eyes are truly inflamed and irritated, you may have to start with taking a break fro...
Got Tired Eyes? 3 Common Reasons for Tired Eyes
One of the most common complaints I get from my patients that I either see in the office or online in a telehealth visit is, "Why are my eyes so tired?" And then, the patient usually elaborates with something like this, "I don't know what they're doing, they're just tired. I wake up, and they're tired. I drink my coffee, and they're tired. Why am I so tired all the time?" Today, I will review three reasons why your eyes are tired.
#1) Your Eyes are Dry
Most Americans are using digital devices constantly. Whether it's computers, phones, tablets, or even watches. You are using these electronics for up to eight hours a day. Sometimes you may even use two at a time. You're on the computer and you're on your cellphone all at the same time. You can't escape these digital devices. The de...
