natural skin care

hulagirl79

Hi
I am looking for some natural skincare.I have very sensitive skin and am allergic to parabens, lanolin, artifical colours and preservatives.

I have been using neals yard remedies but they have just put up the prices by quite a lot.

Does anyone know of any other skincare makes that are not too expensive.
Thanks

jeannieblue

Try Liz Earle products - since using their moisturiser and Elemental Beauty mineral make up, I've not had any skin problems.

suki1964

The OCM to cleanse

Liz Earle to moisturise and all other skin care

EB make up

red

try this websites:

http://www.ofasimplenature.webeden.co.uk/#

(amazing woman runs it - smalll but wonderful wonderful wonderful - I had a huge chat with her a few days ago about my acne prone skin and she was great with suggestions and just being someone to share ideas with. Try it!)

or Yves Rocher

beautyscientist

hulagirl79 wrote: »

Hi
I am looking for some natural skincare.I have very sensitive skin and am allergic to parabens, lanolin, artifical colours and preservatives.

I have been using neals yard remedies but they have just put up the prices by quite a lot.

Does anyone know of any other skincare makes that are not too expensive.
Thanks

Hulagirl - being allergic to parabens is very rare. Being allergic to lanolin is also very rare. To be allergic to both is very very very rare. I have never heard of anyone being allergic to artificial colours ever. I can't help wondering if your issue with skincare products might be surfactants, and that it might be simply irritation rather than an allergic reaction? If so I doubt that the Liz Earle products will be any better than more standard brands - Liz Earle products, good as they are, are a lot more conventional than you might think from some of the comments on here.

Trying olive oil as a cleanser might be worth looking into though.

beautyscientist

red wrote: »

try this websites:

http://www.ofasimplenature.webeden.co.uk/#

(amazing woman runs it - smalll but wonderful wonderful wonderful - I had a huge chat with her a few days ago about my acne prone skin and she was great with suggestions and just being someone to share ideas with. Try it!)

or Yves Rocher

The of a simple nature website is interesting but it says that they use parabens as preservatives. I think that the risks associated with parabens have been grossly exagerated, but there are better alternatives.

red

beautyscientist - i have seen a lot of your posts and think they are great, so hope it is okay to temporarily hijack this thread and ask you something - is it possible to create an acne type reaction from any products? i have used realtively gentle products (always gone for the sensitive side) but then went from the Lix Earle/Elemis type products to the OCM then suddenly started having an acne type thing going on...is it possible the products used previously or since could have contributed?

hulagirl79

Hi beauty scientist
Just to clear things up. When i have an allergic reaction my skin swells up so much i cant see, it becomes blistered and red. I have been to a and e many times, the reaction takes anywhere from 1 hour to 12 to show. When this happens all i can take is antihistermines, and the reaction lasts for up to 10 days, in which time i cant put anything on my face at all.
I have been for patch testing and i am indeed allergic to most parabens and lanolin. All the dermologist sergested was to steer clear of these items.

anguk

I can recommend pureskincare, all of the stuff they sell is natural and paraben free, they also list all the ingredients in each product so you can check there's nothing in that you will react with.

http://www.pureskincare.co.uk

suki1964

beautyscientist wrote: »

Hulagirl - being allergic to parabens is very rare. Being allergic to lanolin is also very rare. To be allergic to both is very very very rare. I have never heard of anyone being allergic to artificial colours ever. I can't help wondering if your issue with skincare products might be surfactants, and that it might be simply irritation rather than an allergic reaction? If so I doubt that the Liz Earle products will be any better than more standard brands - Liz Earle products, good as they are, are a lot more conventional than you might think from some of the comments on here.

Trying olive oil as a cleanser might be worth looking into though.

Still awaiting your in depth comments on Liz Earle

beautyscientist

hulagirl79 wrote: »

Hi beauty scientist
Just to clear things up. When i have an allergic reaction my skin swells up so much i cant see, it becomes blistered and red. I have been to a and e many times, the reaction takes anywhere from 1 hour to 12 to show. When this happens all i can take is antihistermines, and the reaction lasts for up to 10 days, in which time i cant put anything on my face at all.
I have been for patch testing and i am indeed allergic to most parabens and lanolin. All the dermologist sergested was to steer clear of these items.

Thanks Hulagirl - it sounds like you do really have problem skin! I really sympathise, it must be miserable. I would be tempted to suggest that whatever else is going on your skin must be particularly permeable so you might find that applying a thin layer of vaseline or olive oil might be helpful in preventing things getting in in the first place. It sounds like you need to be really careful though. I wish I could come up with something more positive.