Sensitive skin can make wearing mascara and eyeliner a bit of a nightmare. It can leave you with a bad case of panda eyes instead of the lush, full-lashed and bright-eyed look you were aiming for. If, like me, your life has been plagued with always looking much younger than you are, a bit of lippy and mascara can work wonders, making you look older, more sophisticated and … [Read more...]
Balmonds tea tree salve for cold sores
Tea tree oil is one my must have bathroom skin care products and it works a treat on cold sores. Any salve with tea tree in it will help to heal and fight the virus. Balmonds say this product is "Cooling and natural, also suitable for use on cold sores, spots, bites, stings and fungal conditions." so it's not just the cold sores you can use this salve for. Ingredients … [Read more...]
Balmonds skin salvation products for National Eczema Week
There has never been a better time to have eczema or psoriasis. Following fast in the footsteps of all the other great eczema offers we've seen this week, here is yet another one. Another of my favourite skincare products have agreed to offer a free 60ml Balmonds Skin Salvation and a 100ml Purepotions Skin Salvation Bath Oil package to the first What Allergy? reader who is … [Read more...]
Ecover Zero – washing up with no gloves
I have been testing Ecover Zero for a few months now and have not looked back. My latex free washing-up gloves have been relegated to the nasty jobs like cleaning the loo and bathroom. They're a bit sad because they liked washing up, but with Ecover Zero you really don't need to wear gloves. What's in Ecover Zero? Ecover Zero has no added fragrance or colouring so it's … [Read more...]
Macadamia nuts in skincare – is it safe for nut allergic people?
I've been using this moisturiser for a while and only just noticed that it contains Macadamia nuts in the ingredients. This is a lesson for me to always check ingredients, even on skincare products because I have a severe allergy to all nuts (except almonds). The weird thing is though that I appear to have no adverse reaction to using it. Should you avoid skincare products … [Read more...]