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Mags, you weren't there when I replied yesterday :)
I'm not good with Lush products either. The last time I used one of their shower gels, it made my skin itch like mad. It's a shame, because they smell so blimmin lovely! :(
I think I'm better off going back to my Clinique foundation.
Alwaysconfused, hypo allergenic means absolutely nothing, and it is indeed just a marketing term. It's just something the manufacturers use to CLAIM that their product will be less likely to cause an allergic reaction. There are no standards or definitions that govern the use of the term 'hypo allergenic', and it can mean whatever that particular company wants it to mean - I have since found out.
Also, as I said before, the majority of allergic reactions come from natural products or by products, so just because something is natural doesn't mean in will be any more "less likely" to cause an allergic reaction than something that doesn't claim to be 'hypo allergenic'.
Canary, thanks for your input :-)
Sharigan, see above. I think that answers your input also.
Thank you for your answers, even though they weren't much help to me personally I'm sure they may be of help to someone else, possibly... maybe.
I would love to stay and chat about this further, but I have lots to do today, and I'm sure you don't have time to sit on AnswerBank all day either, what with schooling and stuff... :-) xx
Anggel, thanks for taking the time to answer. Yeah, it's just annoying to buy something that claims to be natural and 'chemical free' and then irritates your skin. Having since read up quite a lot on both organic and 'hypo allergenic' make-up, though, I think I'll just go back to using Clinique.
Thanks again, and have a nice day :-)