I'm Allergic to Mica and Talc :-( (My skin journey)
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Jan 24, 2012
Star C.
So i've been on a journey for about two years with my skin. Before I seriously started wearing foundation which was about 3 years ago, my skin was fine. I had breakouts just like every teenage girl and it went away. I started wearing bare minerals foundation and I noticed that I had more and more bumps on my face. I was blaming it on PMS, but even when that phase was over, I'd still have bumps. So I went to my dermatologist and she had me taking pills and using some sort of cream to reduce acne. I ended up finding out on my own that it was the mica that I was allergic to. I switched foundations, I started wearing Laura Mercier and my skin was a lot better after that. Before the new year started, I wanted to try a new foundation because I was unhappy with Laura Mercier and how red the foundation looked on my skin so I was stupid and decided to try MAC's Matchmaster foundation. I'm not sure what it was in that foundation that broke out my skin, but after four weeks of using it, that was the worst my face had ever looked in my entire life. My skin was covered in blackheads, whiteheads and acne scars. It took FOREVER for my face to heal, and it's still clearing up. I've gone through bottles of bleaching cream to get rid of my dark spots and it just feels useless. So, I went back to Laura Mercier foundation, and here I was once again red and unhappy. I recently found out that they made a tinted moisturizer that was the PERFECT shade for me and I've been wearing it for about a month now and I'm happy. However, I was setting my foundation with Laura Mercier's translucent powder as well as NYX's Mosaic powder. Little did I know (because one was a sample so I wasn't able to see the ingredients and the other one I just didn't think to read the ingredients) BOTH of those powders have talc and or mica in them so I had another breakout, but luckly it was only a small breakout, about 6 or 7 bumps but still it's depressing to keep seeing my face breakout like this. Now that I know what I am allergic to, I can avoid it. Now I just have to find a powder to set my foundation that DOES NOT have mica and talc in it. Any suggestions?
Jan 26, 2012
Morena M.
I found this brand that has some mica-free products :)
http://www.corycosmetics.com/why_mica_free.html
Jan 27, 2012
Shelly T.
(Mods, can you move this to Skincare or Makeup?)