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Mascara for contact lens wearers

13 replies

LunaTheCat · 01/11/2021 07:09

Can anybody recommend a non irritating mascara.
I always got my lashes tinted but nor have become allergic to the dye.

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OldTinHat · 01/11/2021 07:31

I've worn contact lenses for over 30yrs and just wear every day mascara. Normally cheap and cheerful, never had an issue. Currently splurged on Benefit but any brand is okay.

Moonshine11 · 01/11/2021 07:32

I just use any mascara tbh!

LumosSolem · 01/11/2021 09:43

I use any but I do quite like the no7 tubing mascara in the gold tube.

It's not full on and is quite subtle but I like that you can just take it off with water.

www.boots.com/no7-shop-all/no7-stay-perfect-mascara-10156448

ilovecherries · 01/11/2021 10:39

Like above, I don’t buy anything special. As long as I put the contacts in before putting the mascara on, never have problems. (Need to do that anyway to see to put it on!). No 7 does one for sensitive eyes though that I do quite like.

Danikm151 · 01/11/2021 10:44

Regular mascara for me.
Get some dry eye drops. It might be dryness rather than mascara

RedMarauder · 01/11/2021 10:47

I use any waterproof mascara.

I put my contact lenses on before I put it on and take my lenses out before I remove it.

Northernlass99 · 01/11/2021 10:50

I wear contacts and can't wear regular mascara as I tend to blink a lot and it just ends up below my lower lid! I use a tubing mascara - Boots number 7 do one in the gold tube and it is great.

If you have really irritated eyes butterflies-eyecare is run by moorfields eye hospital and has some good make up options.

EdmontinaDancesWithOphelia · 01/11/2021 10:51

Same, countless decades, use whatever mascara I have. Although I have to put it on before I put in my lenses, otherwise I’m too long sighted to make use of my mirror. Halloween Hmm

I probably do avoid anything that actively boasts of containing flaky bits, but that’s not difficult.

Imtoooldforallthis · 01/11/2021 10:54

I don't were contact lenses, but do lovetubing mascara I use the no7 stay perfect ultra.

WhereAreWeNow · 01/11/2021 12:15

Tubing mascara is your friend. I use the No7 one. Tubing mascaras work in a different way so there are no little fibres to flake off and irritate your lenses.

LunaTheCat · 01/11/2021 17:43

Thank you for Brilliant advice! I wear a mask all dat at work and so at least like my eyes to stand out!
I met the sales lipstick plummeting and everyone is buying eye makeup.
I will be glad to go back and see faces!

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BatshitCrazyWoman · 02/11/2021 09:18

I've been a contact lens wearer for 40 years. I use the Max Factor waterproof mascara in the gold tube. Doesn't flake or smudge.

cosmopolitanplease · 02/11/2021 10:08

I'm a contact lens wearer of 30+ years and I wear Boots No7 tubing mascara. I'm glad to see there's so many of us on this thread, hopefully this means it won't be discontinued any time soon!

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