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#236: Eye Makeup Tips for Women Over 40

May 27, 2025
 
The Best Eye Makeup Tips for Women Over 40... Without Harming Your Eyes
If you’re over 40 and still love to wear eye makeup (like I do!), I want to share some tips that will keep your eyes looking and feeling great. Your eye should not irritated or inflamed by the end of the day just because you are wearing eye makeup.
 
Why I Switched to Clean Makeup in My 40s
Several years ago, my eyes felt red, irritated and watery. My makeup would run down my cheeks in the afternoons, and I would wake up with red, puffy eyes. I was so embarrassed, I didn't want anyone to see my eyes, especially at work. 
 
I started paying much closer attention to what I was putting on my eyes. I considered how my cosmetic choices were affecting my eye health. That’s when I made the decision to switch to clean ma...
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#199: Your Holiday Shopping Guide, aka your Personal Wish List

Nov 21, 2023
 

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...

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#185: Best Dry Eye Makeup Bag

Feb 28, 2023
 

This week I'm talking about the best makeup kit for Dry Eye Sufferers. I love this makeup kit from twenty/twenty beauty. It just came out during the 2022 holiday season. It's still available on their website and it is so beautiful and has the greatest products in it. 

 

The most important step to any beauty routine is removing your makeup. If you don't yet have a favorite makeup remover, please download the Guide to Makeup Removers for Sensitive Eyes here.

Let's go over each of these four products and review why they are safe to use when you have dry or sensitive eyes. The makeup kit contains: a mascara, an eyeshadow, and lash and brow growth serum, and a special Hypochlorous cleanser.

 

#1)Clean Sweep Mascara

This mascara is great for those of us who have dry eyes because there aren...

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#184: New Dry Eye Products from 2022

Feb 21, 2023
 

The eye care industry is constantly evolving. There is always research going on to make products better, more tolerable, and longer lasting. This past year, there were 3 new products that hit the market that can significantly affect your dry eye relief. Let's talk about three of the best dry eye products that came to market in 2022.

 #1) For your Eyes: Optase MGD Advanced Dry Eye Drop

Optase has been available in the US for a couple of years now. Their preservative-free Dry Eye Intense drop has been a favorite of mine for several years now.  However, in 2022, MGD Advanced came to the US market as well. 

MGD Advanced has three key ingredients:

  1. Hyaluronic Acid: binds moisture to the front surface of our eye.
  2. Trehalose: a naturally occurring compound that prevents drying out, or desicc
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#183: Best Dry Eye Products for your Valentine

Feb 13, 2023
 

Happy Valentine's Day! Let's talk about your next Valentine's Day gift. I suggest treating your eyes like your Galentine.

 

You know that I love eyes, right? I talk about them all the time. They are very precious to me, and I take really good care of my eyes. I like to keep them hydrated. I cleanse them. I use the best products in, on, and around them, so that they serve me well. So, I'm going to share some of my favorite products for you so you can think about getting your eyes a Valentine's Day gift.

#1) Hydrate Your Eyes
 

A new preservative-free artificial tear just hit the market called Ivizia. I love Ivizia because it has two ingredients that are super hydrating.

  • Hyaluronic acid: it draws water to your eyes and holds it
  • Trehelose: is a compund that protects against dry...
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#179: The Best Makeup Looks for Dry Eye Relief

Dec 16, 2022

The makeup that you put around our eyes matters.  You can look great and take care of your eyes so that at the end of the night, your makeup is not streaming down your face.  No one wants to have red and irritated eyes during the party and especially not the next day either.

I've got 4 great products to make your holiday makeup look great.  And, it will be healthy for your eyes as well. All you need is: eye shadow, eye liner, mascara, and eye brow gel. You'll be ready to step out to any holiday affair.

 

#1) Eye Shadow

There are a couple of things to avoid when using eye shadow. 

Do not use GLITTERY eyeshadow. The glitter can fall into your eyes and create microscopic scratches on your eye.  Your eyes will be red and irritated from it. If you need the glitter to make you FEEL GLAM, us...

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#171: Can you get Dry Eye Relief without using Drops?

Sep 25, 2022
 

Let's talk about treating your dry eyes when you hate taking eye drops. I have lots of patients in my office that just don't like taking drops. Or, perhaps it's hard for them to use drops because they have arthritis and can't squeeze the bottles, or their handshake too much.  It turns out there are several alternatives to your dry eye treatment that don't require putting drops in your eyes. 

 

If you have dry eyes, I always advocate taking 4-simple steps every day to treat your dry eyes. These steps are: hydrate, harmonize, heat, and heal.

  1. Hydrate: Using something to help produce more tears in your eyes to lubricate them.
  2. Harmonize: Removing bacteria and biofilm from your lids and lashes.
  3. Heat: Using a warm compress to heat up the meibomian gland that live in the eyelids and relea
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#159: 3 Best Clean Makeup Products in 2022

Jun 03, 2022
 

If you have dry eyes, it's important to understand why CLEAN makeup is so important for your eyes and body.  Check out some of the basic ideas around Clean makeup in this blog, and listen to a true Clean beauty expert weigh in on the importance of these products.  Switching to wearing CLEAN makeup you can prevent both eye irritation and wrinkles!!! 

Now that you're fired up about the importance of using Clean Makeup, let's review the three best clean makeup products for sensitive eyes in 2022.  If you feel like your makeup makes your eyes red and irritated, then switching out a few products will be well worth your time. 

I certainly understand how you feel.  Just a few years ago, I was in your shoes too. I was embarrassed that my eye makeup would run down my face by the end of the workda...

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#155: 3 Great Gifts for Mother's Day

May 03, 2022

Mothers are such an important figure in our lives.  I am so glad we have a whole day once a year to celebrate them.  Traditionally, this is a time to pamper your mother and show her your love and appreciation.

As you know, I advocate pampering your eyes and showing them love and appreciation every day.  So, I have put together a couple of gift sets that your mom could use to show her eyes some love and appreciation as well.  

They each make great gifts, and you can decide which set is right for your kind of mom.  And, don't forget, you can always give yourself a gift as well.

SET #1) Clean Mom

This is the perfect gift for a Mom who suffers from dry eyes and doesn't know where to start.  The products we put in and around our eyes contribute to the comfort of them.

The Clean Makeup Manu...

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#154: Introducing the Newest Clean Beauty Favorite: 20/20 Beauty Mascara

Apr 28, 2022
 

I have something special to announce.  One of my favorite Clean beauty brands, Twenty/Twenty Beauty has just released their first CLEAN mascara. It is called Clean Sweep Mascara

Why do you need a CLEAN Mascara?

Mascara is one of women's favorite beauty products.  It is reported that the average American woman applies mascara 9 times a week.  That's more than once a day.  And, once it is on the lashes, generally, women leave it on all day long.  

Women love for mascara to make their lashes look darker, longer, and for the look to last all day.  When you have something so close to your eyes all day long, you need to make sure it's healthy for your eyes.  You don't want the ingredients to be toxic. And, you don't want the mascara to flake off into your eyes.

What is CLEAN Beauty?

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