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Summer Beauty Routine for Sensitive Eyes

Jun 04, 2020

Summer fills most of us with happy memories of time spent outdoors. Summer is filled with water activities and lots and lots of sunshine.

When you have dry, sensitive eyes, there are a few more factors affecting your eyes in the summer than any other time of year. Don't let your red, irritated eyes keep you from enjoying the great outdoors this summer. Utilize these tips to keep your eyes and your face happy.

There are 3 keys to a successful beauty routine to keep your eyes happy all summer long.

No. 1) NEVER Sleep in your Eye Makeup

Great beauty always begins with a clean face. Removing your makeup at the end of the day is as important to your eyes as brushing your teeth is to your mouth. Removing all traces of your eye makeup removes the places where bacteria can live and th...

Does your Makeup Love You?

Feb 08, 2020

You love makeup, but does your make up love you? Have you worn the same brand of makeup for years? Being creatures of habit, we often go to the same products over and over again. But, have you noticed that those same products are starting to irritate your eyes? It may be because the ingredient list or the amounts of the ingredients have changed over the years.

3 Ingredients to Avoid

Let's review three common ingredients to avoid so you can love wearing eye makeup again. Eliminating these ingredients from your eye makeup and skin or beauty products will help you achieve whiter, brighter eyes. The 3 we will highlight today are alcohol, formaldehyde, and parabens.

Alcohol

Alcohol is commonly found in eye makeup removers and eye makeup remover wipes. It may also be found...

Happy New Year - Setting Intentions

Jan 12, 2020

Happy new year so glad to have you with me as we journey through the year. As an eye doctor, I am thrilled to be in the year 2020. Maybe have not heard this before, but many of the doctors considered dry eye disease to be a vision disorder. One of the hallmark signs of dry eyes is fluctuating or blurred vision. To me, this year of 2020, is a great year to spread the word on alleviating dry eye symptoms and causes from your life.

This past weekend, I was on a retreat with one of my closest to gal pals and dry eye expert, Dr. Jennifer Planitz. We spent the weekend talking about our goals for this epic year. It prompted me to decide to share with you some of the ways I set intentions for both my day and my year. I am hoping you will set one intention to care for your eyes in 2020.

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CLEAN Makeup

Dec 23, 2019

In the past decade or so, there has been a bigger push to eat more organic and non-GMO foods. Manufacturers have taken out more of the toxic ingredients which had been in our personal care products. Many of these products that we put in and on our bodies contain toxins which have hazardous effects on our body over years of use.

These ingredients that we come into contact with on a daily basis are accountable for the increase we have seen in the United States in infertility and cancers, just to name a few. It is important not only that we keep toxins out of the products that we put in our eyes, but also around our eyes.

The tissues of our eyelids are some of the thinnest tissues in our bodies. Creams, lotions, cleansers, and makeup applied to the eye will readily make thei...

Got Red Eyes? Start Here.

Dec 04, 2019

One of the most common questions I am asked every day is: "Why are my eyes so red?" It turns out that having red eyes is very embarrassing to everyone, no matter your age or sex. My patients are always wanting to hide their red eyes so that no one will see them. They worry about what others are thinking about them when their eyes are red.

I was very bothered by the same symptoms myself when I first started practicing optometry. My eyes were red and irritated all the time. We had just moved to the high desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The dry air there really gave my eyes a hard time. I was so embarrassed every day at work when my eyes were red and irritated.

I thought to myself, "I wouldn’t see a dentist who had bad teeth. Why would anyone see an eye doctor with red eyes?“...

Help! I can't see to put on my makeup anymore,

Apr 22, 2019

After the age of 40, have you noticed you are having a hard time putting your makeup on in the morning? You used to be able to see yourself clearly in the mirror, but now your eye is a blur. As an eye doctor and a woman over the age of 40, I know how frustrating this can be. We all deserve to have clear, comfortable vision, and we don’t want to feel less put together because of our age.

You are not at fault for this change in your vision. Most patients describe it to me as something that happens all of a sudden. One day, they are putting their makeup on in the bathroom, and the next day they can’t. Let me assure you, it was not something that you did which caused the change. It is simply a part of our aging process. Watch the video above to see an explanation of this aging proces...

Snowballs in April

Apr 15, 2019

What! Dr. T, what are you talking about now? I know you must think I’m crazy (or maybe that I’ve just move back to Syracuse), but today I’d like to talk about snowballs. I’m not speaking of the fluffy white snow packed into a perfect round ball kind of snowballed though. I’m talking about small events that happened one after another that add up to something bigger.

Several years ago, my husband learned about Dave Ramsey. Dave Ramsey teaches financial peace. He has a radio show, books and courses all about getting people out of debt and achieving financial peace. One of his methods is something he calls the debt snowball.

Debt snowball in a nut shell:

1) Line up all of your debts from smallest amount to largest amount

2) Pay the minimum payment to each item, except for the smallest...

Summer Beauty Routine for Sensitive Eyes

Does your Makeup Love You?

3 Ingredients to Avoid

Alcohol

Happy New Year - Setting Intentions

CLEAN Makeup

Got Red Eyes? Start Here.

Help! I can't see to put on my makeup anymore,

Snowballs in April

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