Makeup & lenses
See how your pointy brushes, powdery cosmetics and gooey lotions can play nice with your contacts. Just follow some simple do's and don'ts.
Do:
- Put in your lenses before you put on your makeup.
- Wash your hands thoroughly before you apply your lenses.
- Apply eye shadow and liner gently, so you don't jostle or damage your lenses.
- Use oil-free and fragrance-free eye makeup.
- Use water-resistant mascara and eyeliner to prevent flaking and smudging.
- Replace mascara every month.
- Replace eyeliner every three months.
- Replace eye shadows every six months.
- Remove your lenses before you remove your eye make-up.
- Remove your eye makeup every day with a hypoallergenic, oil-free remover.
- Call your eye doctor if you have any redness, pain, swelling or irritation.
Don't:
- Don't wear makeup (or put in your lenses) if your eyes are swollen, red or infected.
- Don't share makeup.
- Don't use saliva to apply shadow, liquid eyeliner or to try to get one more use out of old mascara.
- Don't apply eyeliner to your inner eye lid (inside the lashes).
- Don't apply mascara at the base of your lashes - start from the midpoint and extend to the tips.
- Don't use mascara with 'lash-building fibers', they can damage your lenses.
- Don't wear false eyelashes.
- Don't wear your lenses when you go to the hair salon. Even 'second-hand' spray and fumes can damage your lenses.
- Don't wear your lenses while you color or perm your hair.
- Don't use hairspray, etc. with your eyes open.
