I sheepishly turned to drugstore makeup brands because I knew that they were cheap, easy to find and I could return them if I didn’t like them. It turns out that my foundation (L’Oreal Paris) has been on the Environmental Working Group (EWG) list of least toxic makeup all along! Nasty Ingredients in Some Makeup

And I just went to the drugstore to buy inexpensive foundation that I knew worked well and cost less. It got to the point that I stopped trying to use anything natural or organic. And then I spend a month waiting for the cystic acne to heal. In truth, the more natural the ingredients are, the worse my skin behaves. Can you relate?įYI: Here’s how I got rid of my cystic acne with the proper face wash (but I still can’t irritate my skin with foundation that has nasty ingredients).Įvery time I try another foundation that promises to be natural, non comedogenic or made with organic ingredients, my skin breaks out. My sensitive skin breaks out in painful cystic acne whenever I upset it with a product that it doesn’t like. I have spent years (actually a couple of decades) fighting with my skin and my desire to use non-toxic makeup. The Struggle to Find the Top Drugstore Foundations

So when I found that these top drugstore foundations weren’t full of nasty chemicals and were more affordable, I think I jumped for joy. While I’ve tried using all natural and super expensive foundations, those actually have created MORE problems with my sensitive skin. I have had such a hard time finding a foundation that doesn’t make my acne prone skin breakout.

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