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Applying lots of eye makeup during the summer is something that is probably best avoided, particularly if wearers have hayfever.
Having watery, itchy eyes is never pleasant and lots of mascara, eyeliner and eyeshadow can often exaggerate the symptoms.
Hayfever can be all the worse if sufferers also have poor vision and need to rely on contact lenses. They may need to carry solution around with them and also find that pollen can stick to their lenses.
Runny, watery eyes can also lead to smudged makeup, which is never a good look.
Hayfever sufferers with poor vision who want to limit difficulties in the summer could consider
orthokeratology.
Ortho k lenses are worn at night and shape the cornea, meaning that
natural vision is restored during the day.
As such, there is no need for glasses or contact lenses at a time when the symptoms of hayfever are often worse and when makeup is more likely to run as a result.
According to hayfeverexpert.co.uk, sufferers should consider waterproof mascara because it 'will not run if your eyes stream with the symptoms of hayfever and [is] less likely to flake and migrate into your eyes'.
Creamy eyeshadow is better than powder versions for the same reason, the site noted, while also recommending that all traces of makeup should be removed before going to sleep.
