5 Eye Makeup Brands for Sensitive Eyes

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Hello friends! Today, I’m sharing 5 Eye Makeup Brands for Sensitive Eyes. As you may already know, I’ve dealt with flare ups of ocular rosacea in the past. I’m very fortunate that mine is probably minor, though at times it certainly doesn’t feel like it (you can see what I mean by looking it up online if not familiar with it).

Unfortunately, there is really not a lot of good information out there on how to deal with it. More specifically, there’s not a lot of resources on what to use for your eyes as far as eye creams and makeup goes if you’re a woman with this condition.

As far as eye makeup is concerned, everything I read says don’t wear it if you’re having a flare up. However, I’ve dealt with this for months and months at a time! So, for me personally, going every single day without any eye makeup is just not an option. And I really do go without makeup a lot of the time. Yet, I can’t tell that going makeup free for long periods of time really helped.

Luckily, I do wear several great eye makeup brands for sensitive eyes anyway. And I do think that’s important if you have sensitive eyes with or without rosacea.

Before we look at the following 5 eye makeup brands for sensitive eyes, I want to point out that not all of these products are considered “clean” or made with only natural ingredients. However, they are brands recommended for sensitive eyes or skin.

While I appreciate and understand wanting to use products with only clean ingredients, I actually had an allergic reaction once to a product from a popular all natural makeup brand. So, you can develop an allergy to anything including natural or clean ingredients. Everyone is different as to what works best for them. And hopefully, some of these great eye makeup brands will work for you.

5 Eye Makeup Brands for Sensitive Eyes

Tarte Cosmetics

First, I’ll start with one of my personal favorites! Tarte eye makeup palettes really work great for me. I love their colors, and their products do have more natural ingredients. When I need to put on a little eye makeup at the height of my eye inflammation, their eye palettes are fabulously gentle to use.

Tarte Amazonian Clay Matte Palette – My favorite eye palette of all time and what I use every day! Another popular palette is the in-Bloom Amazonian Clay Palette.

Tarte Tubing Mascara – This is a fabulous mascara and comes in an extra-large tube too. It’s tied with two others I use (I will share below) as one of my favorite mascaras. All the mascaras in this post are great mascaras for long lashes and sensitive eyes.

Tarte Shape Tape Creamy Concealer – I don’t just use this to cover up dark circles under my eyes but also facial redness from inflammation too. The creamy Tarte Shape Tape has done a great job of hiding my rosacea while being gentle on my skin.

Clinique

Next, I love Clinique eye makeup for sensitive eyes. I also wear this Clinique foundation which is great for sensitive skin. You can find Clinique at Nordstrom and at Clinique.com. Both sites offer free shipping – just remember to sign up for a free account at Clinique.com.

Clinique All About Shadow Duo Eyeshadow – These shadows come in a beautiful array of colors. If you like to use eyeliner, try the Clinique Quickliner Pencil which comes in many color choices as well.

Clinique High Impact Mascara – This is another favorite mascara that’s gentle on eyes.

Bare Minerals

Bare Minerals is a great brand to try if you deal with sensitive skin or rosacea. I have not tried their eye products but would really like to someday.

Bare Minerals Mineralist Talc-Free Eyeshadow Palettes – These palettes are a great option if you are sensitive to talc. They have several great neutral options. If you want a little bolder color, I love the colors in the heathered palette.

Bare Minerals Well-Rested Talc-Free Under Eye Brightener – This gets lots of great reviews for taking care of puffiness and dark circles.

Almay

I’ve used Almay at various times throughout my life. This is a great budget-friendly drugstore brand for sensitive eyes and skin.

Almay Hypoallergenic Eyeshadow Trio – These long wearing palettes come in lots of great everyday colors. The lavender haze color pictured above is very pretty.

Almay Intense I-Color Eyeshadow Palette – I used this palette at the height of one of my ocular rosacea flare ups, and it did not bother my eyes. It’s very gentle and fragrance free. The colors are also very pigmented. Plus, each of the different palettes are made to specifically enhance either brown, blue, hazel, or green eyes.

Almay Thickening Mascara – This drugstore mascara ranks right up there with the Clinique and Tarte mascaras. Plus, it is super gentle on eyes.

Chantecaille

A reader commented on another post about using this brand’s eye creams for her rosacea, so I immediately looked it up. I discovered that they also have makeup products too! While I have not tried Chantecaille’s makeup, I wanted to add it to this list of options.

Chantecaille Eyeshadow Duet (Jasmine) – This eyeshadow duet is a very pretty bronze color. The Silver Willow Eyeshadow Duet is also gorgeous.

Chantecaille Mermaid Eye Matte Eyeshadow – This neutral shadow can be used wet or dry to color lids and/or to line and define eyes.

Physicians Formula (Bonus 6th Brand)

Okay, I couldn’t just limit this post to 5 brands. Plus, Physicians Formula is another good budget-friendly brand for those with sensitive eyes. I don’t currently use their eye shadows, but I have them on my list to try.

Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Eyeshadow Palette – This palette has such pretty neutrals!

Physicians Formula Matte Monoi Butter Eyeshadow – This is a nourishing plus moisturizing palette which sounds great for sensitive eyes.

If you enjoyed this post, be sure to check out my 5 Best Eye Makeup Tips for Extremely Sensitive Eyes.