28/08/2021
If you have sensitive skin, avoid makeup with any kind of added scents
We won't deny it, we love anything that smells good. When we were kids and Claire's had the "best" makeup products, we would opt for the lip gloss that tasted like vanilla or the eyeshadow palette that smelled like different fruity flavors. As adults, we've grown out of that (sort of), but any kind of synthetic scent that's hiding in your makeup could be having a huge impact on your skin if it's sensitive.
According to Epiphany Dermatology, lab-made fragrances feature chemicals that "stabilize" the scent, allowing your makeup product to smell good for an extended period of time. Because of that, the products with the best scents often contain some chemicals like sulfates and sulfides, so chances are, your sensitive skin is reacting to said chemicals. And this is where you have to be careful, because the FDA only requires that the chemicals used to maintain a makeup product's scent be listed as "fragrance."
So even if your favorite makeup product smells amazing, chances are there's some ingredients in there that are causing your sensitive skin to react.
