Sensitive skin

[Miss Petunia]

I know this sounds really wierd, but I have used olive oil to remove my make-up. What I do is smear olive oil all over my face to dissolve/liquify the powdered makeup, then wipe off what you can with baby wipes. I then finish off with facial cleanser. It does a really nice job and doesn't seem to irritate my skin, and the olive oil definately doesn't dry out the skin!

[Nettie Belle]

Have you tried the Jim Howle makeup? It's so light and creamy, it's like putting on cold cream. My skin isn't sensitive, but I LOVE the Jim Howle makeup.

Another suggestion would be to add the egg whites and make a mixture of flour and sugar and dust your egg whites with the flour and sugar mixture over your eggwhite coated face ... and change your name to COOKIE.

[Scruffy]

Originally Posted by cnennich

I know this sounds really wierd, but I have used olive oil to remove my make-up. What I do is smear olive oil all over my face to dissolve/liquify the powdered makeup, then wipe off what you can with baby wipes. I then finish off with facial cleanser. It does a really nice job and doesn't seem to irritate my skin, and the olive oil definately doesn't dry out the skin!

I have heard of others using either olive or vegetable oil. I believe that was what Ringling used to recommend at the clown college was olive oil.

Personally, I don't think I could handle listening to her whiney voice while she was removing my makeup....

[Jolly Well]

Vegetable oils work well. I often forget to add this to my gig kit, so tend to use whatever I have in the cabinets at my house. Olive Oil, Corn Oil, etc - all of them have worked for me without a hitch.

Here is a link to "Lite" versions of clown white. The application is thinner than normal white; normally a substitute for warmer weather but it may be an option.

http://www.larocksmagic.com/makeup/makeup.htm

Ben Nye and Mehron links on the right both have Lite versions.

Also on that same page are some options for "soothing" make-up removers for sensitive skin.

[Darrell]

Here is my 2 cents worth:

Find out what chemical(s) you are allergic to and avoid products that have those chemicals in them. I have sensitive skin as well and it is better to avoid products that you are allergic to.

Darrell