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Contact Lens Makeup Safety Tips
By: Beverly Marshall
If your teenage daughter wants to wear contact lenses, you may have some reservations, so get as much information as you can for her when it comes to applying makeup. Contacts are nice because eyeglasses may get in the way if your teen plays sports and girls like their pretty eyes to show instead of being hidden by eyeglasses. Your teen needs to be responsible so that she will take care of them and put on her makeup with eye care in mind. If you misuse cosmetics when wearing contacts, you may develop allergies, dry eye, injury, infection, or deposits on the lenses. There are a lot of things you can do to safely put on makeup if you wear contacts. Here are some tips and product information when it comes to applying makeup safely around the eyes: • Wash your hands prior to putting in each contact, then apply makeup • Don’t expose your eyes to water while wearing contacts • Take out the lenses before you remove your makeup. Avoid greasy or oily makeup removers as they may build up on the contact lenses • Avoid getting too close to the eye with any type of makeup • Use makeup that is hypoallergenic to avoid sensitivity. Use only well known trusted brand names • Use water soluble makeup • Don’t use waterproof mascara as it may permanently adhere to the lens. Also avoid mascara that contains volume building fibers • Avoid eye shadow that is powder. Use only gel, liquid or cream. Never use eye shadow that is frosted or iridescent. These may contain oyster shells or mica. • Do not use eyeliner that is directly drawn on the rim of the eye. Keep all eyeliner pencils sharp enough so the wood doesn’t scratch the surface of the eye • Use pressed powders • Don’t use hairspray or other aerosols if you have already put in your lenses. Allow all hairspray to settle before walking into a room that has just been sprayed. Many times hair products can irritate the eyes and they are more susceptible now to problems because you wear contacts. • Keep all nail polish remover and perfumes away from your contacts. • Never swap makeup application sponges or brushes with your friends and wash your application brushes frequently • Don’t put on make up if your eyes are already red or swollen, this will only irritate them more • Beware of flaking mascara because pieces of nylon can reach the eye and never purchase mascara refills • Never use saliva or water to thin cosmetics • Never swap your contacts with your friends • Never wear the contacts if they become cracked, chipped or torn • You may want to use an eye wash to remove any excess oils from makeup residual• Replace your cosmetics every six months to avoid bacterial growth • Never apply eye makeup while in a car or worse yet while driving If your teenager follows a few common sense ways of putting on makeup properly and purchasing the right products, there should be no problems with the contacts, or maintaining eye health and safety. Beverly Marshall is a successful freelance writer offering guidance and suggestions for consumers buying contact lenses, reading glasses, safety glasses and more. Her many articles found on http://www.contact-lenses-4u.net and http://www.contact-lenses-4u.net/reading_glasses.htm give information and tips to help you save money and make informed buying decisions. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/
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How to Benefit from the Mind-Body Connection
(excerpt)
You are about to gain insight into the
mind-body connection. The number of
people who truly understand these principles on our
planet are relatively few.
There is an undeniable connection between our minds and
bodies, you can learn
to use this fact to your benefit.
Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of "Love, Medicine and
Miracles" was once a
distraught cancer surgeon until he
began to understand the greater principles
of the mind-
body connection. He felt dragged down by the artificial
barriers
that existed between patient and doctor, and the
helplessness he often felt as
a result of his inability
to effectively serve those patients. Eventually, those
barriers
were disintegrated by Dr. Siegel's recognition
and growing understanding of the
mind-body connection and
how it could serve his patients and himself.
Dr. Siegel, or Bernie as he began to have his patients
refer to him, had some
startling realizations as a cancer surgeon. He found that
there were actually
quite a few people in the world that successfully beat
the statistics on cancer
survival. He began to recognize that a patient's ability
to defeat something as
serious as cancer had to do with the patient's mind and
attitude about their
disease.
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