Product round-ups
Buyer's guides for sensitive and allergy-prone skin, from fragrance-free moisturisers to sulphate-free shampoos. Rather than just naming products, each round-up explains the criteria that actually matter, so you can judge any option on the shelf and check it against your own triggers.
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Additive-Free Kids' Snacks
Snacks without artificial colours or benzoate preservatives, for children prone to flares. The safe-bet categories, the additives to avoid, and a quick in-store screening trick.
FoodBenzoate-Free Soft Drinks: A UK Label Guide
How to choose soft drinks without benzoate preservatives if your skin reacts to them. The E-numbers to look for, why squashes and fizzy drinks are the usual offenders, and the safer categories to reach for.
FoodDye-Free Sweets and Snacks: A UK Label Guide
How to find sweets and snacks coloured with fruit and vegetable extracts rather than synthetic azo dyes. The colours to avoid on the label, the warning that flags them, and the treats that are usually safe bets.
Eczema-Safe Baby Products: A Gentle Buyer's Guide for Parents
How to choose wash, cream, wipes and detergent for a baby with eczema, without brand names. The criteria that matter, the ingredients to avoid, the INCI terms to read, and how to patch test safely.
Gentle, Fragrance-Free Cleansers for Sensitive Skin
How to choose a gentle, fragrance-free face wash that cleans without stripping, with no brand names. Why the cleanser sets the tone, the INCI terms to read, and what to avoid on the label.
How to Choose a Fragrance-Free Body Lotion for Sensitive Skin
Body lotion covers the largest area of skin you have, so fragrance here matters. A practical, product-neutral guide to choosing a fragrance-free body moisturiser and reading the INCI list.
How to Choose a Fragrance-Free Deodorant for Sensitive Underarms
Underarm skin is thin, occluded and often freshly shaved, which makes it quick to react. A product-neutral guide to choosing a fragrance-free deodorant and reading the label.
How to Choose a Fragrance-Free Hand Cream for Cracked, Sensitive Hands
Hands take a daily battering from washing and weather. A product-neutral guide to choosing a fragrance-free hand cream that repairs, and reading the INCI list.
How to Choose a Fragrance-Free Moisturiser for Sensitive Skin
A product-neutral buyer's guide to fragrance-free moisturisers for sensitive and eczema-prone skin: the criteria that matter, the ingredients to look for, and how to check any product.
How to Choose a Fragrance-Free Sunscreen for Sensitive Skin
Daily SPF is essential but a common irritant. A product-neutral guide to choosing a fragrance-free sunscreen, understanding mineral vs chemical filters, and reading the INCI list.
How to Choose Fragrance-Free Makeup for Sensitive, Reactive Skin
Makeup sits on the skin for hours and often near the eyes. A product-neutral guide to choosing fragrance-free base, eye and lip products and reading the INCI list.
FoodHow to Find Brands That Skip Artificial Colours
Rather than a list that dates instantly, here is how to reliably spot the brands and ranges that colour with natural sources instead of synthetic azo dyes, in any shop.
Lanolin-Free Lip Balms for Sensitive or Allergy-Prone Lips
How to choose a lanolin-free, fragrance-free lip balm that soothes rather than stings, without brand names. Why lips are so easily irritated, the INCI terms to read, and how to patch test.
Laundry Detergents for Sensitive Skin: What to Look For
How to choose a laundry detergent that is kinder to sensitive and eczema-prone skin, without brand names. Why detergent is an overlooked trigger, what to look for, and the residue-reducing habits that help.
FoodLow-Histamine Batch-Cook Ideas
Cook-and-freeze ideas that sidestep the leftover histamine build-up. The freeze-fresh rule that matters most, meals that freeze well, and the habits that keep a batch low-histamine for hives-prone skin.
FoodLow-Histamine Foods for Hives-Prone Skin
A practical starting list of lower and higher histamine foods for hives-prone skin. Why fresh and simply cooked tends to be lower, the everyday foods that usually suit, and how to test it properly.
MI-Free Wet Wipes for Sensitive Skin and Babies
How to choose wet wipes free of methylisothiazolinone and fragrance, without brand names. Why wipes earned a bad reputation, the INCI terms to read, and the gentler alternatives for reactive skin.
FoodNaturally Low-Salicylate Foods
Everyday foods that tend to sit low on the salicylate scale, for people testing a salicylate link to their skin. A starting list, the higher-salicylate foods a trial reduces, and a clear caution about doing it properly.
FoodNickel-Low Foods for Dyshidrotic Eczema
Lower-nickel choices for people whose pompholyx is diet-linked. A starting list of lower and higher nickel foods, plus the cookware, canned-food and tap-water points that often get missed.
Nickel-Safe Earrings for Sensitive Ears: What to Look For
Sore, itchy, weepy earlobes after wearing earrings usually mean nickel. Here is how to choose nickel-safe earrings and confirm a pair is genuinely low-release.
FoodSkin-Friendly Store-Cupboard Swaps
Simple swaps that quietly drop the most common additive and histamine triggers from your basket, without overhauling your whole diet. A practical swap-this-for-that list, anchored to UK labels.
Sulphate-Free Shampoos for Sensitive Scalps: How to Choose
A buyer's guide to sulphate-free shampoos for itchy or reactive scalps, with no brand names. What sulphate-free really means, the INCI terms to read, how to patch test, and what to avoid.
FoodSulphite-Free Wine and Dried Fruit Options
Lower-sulphite choices for people who flush or itch after wine and dried fruit. The E-numbers to look for, the swaps that work, and the honest limits of sulphite-free labelling, anchored to UK labels.