Foundation stick gives me breakouts!

How are you using the stick? If you are applying directly to your face then you may want to switch to using a brush to avoid contamination. Also the ingredients to make the solid formula like talc or oil may not suit your skin type. Do you get the same reaction to liquid foundations?

I find that I get really small pimples that look almost like a rash from every product containing Aloe Vera. It’s amazing what people are allergic too, and sometimes it’s really hard to track down the ingredient that does it. Copy the ingredient list, then if you get the reaction from any other product – compare the lists. If it is an allergic reaction, once you know the culprit ingredient, life gets so much easier (even if you do have to practically ruin your eyesight reading every ingredient list for every product!)

Where did you get them from? MECCA has an amazing refund/exhange policy if you purchased from them. I think if a product breaks you out then it’s really irritating your skin and it would be best to stop using it completely.

I remember when I first got into makeup, I’d use the Nars Laguna Bronzer religiously even if it broke me out. After doing some research, I later discovered that I was ALLERGIC to the ingredient ‘bismuth oxychloride’. I went through all my makeup to check and funnily enough the products that caused breakouts or irritation (which I ignored) all contained the ingredient – from eyebrow pencils to powders and eyeshadows.