Nickel Free Product Review: Skintifique

If you have chronic eczema or a nickel allergy I highly suggest you give Skintifique’s products a try. If you use my referral code 22140304 when you create an account on their website, you’ll receive a $15.00 credit.

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Trying to decipher the numerous ingredients in skin care products can make you feel like you need a background in chemistry. Welcome Skintifique – a fantastic skin care company formulating products for people like us with eczema and metal allergies, specifically nickel, chromium and cobalt. I also love how Skintifique proudly identifies the limited number of – 5, 8, or 13 – total ingredients in each bottle.

My face is the primary place where my eczema occurs on my body, making me very hesitant to use anything on it, including makeup. Many “natural” cosmetic products cause my eczema to flare up since many of the ingredients include foods high in nickel like shea butter, seeds or oats­­­.

Recently moving from the moist humid climate of Portland, Oregon to the dry sunny desert of Salt Lake City, Utah dramatically dried out my skin more than usual. Using twitter to ask if anyone knew of any nickel free facial lotions, Dr. Elisabeth Briand from Skintifique reached out to see if I wanted to try their products.

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A scientist and eczema sufferer herself, Dr. Briand understands the challenge of finding reliable cosmetic products. She spent countless hours in the lab formulating and testing each of their products. The idea to create cleansers and lotions for people with metal allergies occurred when “Dr. Jeffrey Karp (Skintifique’s co-founder) realized that the skin in contact with his wedding ring was becoming irritated, red and dry.” He was allergic to the nickel in his wedding band and “set about finding a solution” (source: Skintifique).

My spouse would tell me there were days where my body smelled “metallic,” before I started the low-nickel diet to manage my eczema, saying that “the creases on my neck oozed of a metal smell.” Apparently my skin smelled smell so bad, it seemed as if I had rubbed nickel on my skin. During my conversation with Dr. Briand she asked if my eczema is exasperated when I sweat, for instance when I exercise or in the summer? I’d never reflected on how sweating impacted my eczema.

cleaner-and-moisturizer

Prior to trying Skintifique, my daily facial routine involved splashing warm water on my face during my morning shower. Now I wash my face twice daily using Skintifique’s Cleanser P. I pour a tiny amount – probably ½-1 teaspoons – on a 100% cotton quilted round pad and swipe it all over my face, including above my eyes, around forehead, behind my ears and my neck. I do this both after my morning shower and in the evening before I go to bed. In the morning, I wait a couple minutes for the cleanser to dry on my face before rubbing a pea sized amount of Skintifique’s Moisturizing Lotion HP all over my face. I choose to not place any of the lotion on my face when I go to bed at night.

In my experience, I’ve found I need to always shake bottle containing the moisturizing lotion before placing it on my skin. When I make sure to shake the bottle and when I don’t use too much lotion, I’ve found my facial skin does feel oily by the end of the day.

If you have chronic eczema or a nickel allergy I highly suggest you try Skintifique’s products (referral affiliate link). Using Skintifique’s Cleanser P and Moisturizing Lotion HP daily has relieved the intensity of my eczema, even when I’ve occasionally eaten foods higher in nickel. In addition I believe using Skintifique’s cleanser has diminished my acne. I also enjoy using Skintifique’s Hydrating Gel Plus HS from time to time where my skin is especially dry or itchy.

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Using a cleanser on my face that is specifically designed for people like me with a severe nickel allergy in combination with the nickel free moisturizer twice daily probably has limited the amount of nickel secreting from my face as I sweat. Eczema is such an individual condition and what works for one person doesn’t always work for another. I appreciate Skintifique creating products to help alleviate my eczema!

Have you tried their products? I’d love to know what you think in the comment section below.

10 comments
    1. Hi Pauline,
      I’m sure you could use both products on your legs and arms. I do use the cleaner on one of my hands.
      The ingredients for the moisturizing lotion are Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, Pentylene Glycol, Bisabolol, Chlorphenesin, Ethylhexylglycerin.
      The ingredients for the cleanser are Aqua (Water) Isononyl Isononanoate. Calcium Carbonate, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate SE, 1,2-Hexanediol, Ceteareth-20, Carbomer, Chlorephenesin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Xanthan Gum.
      Check out their website, they have lots of info – https://www.skintifique.me
      Christy

  1. I have recently found I am allergic to nickel as well, and my reaction to hair dye is debilitating. I am knocked down by pain in my joints all over and fatigue, along with an itchy scalp. Do you know of any hair dye product lines that nickel free?

  2. Has anyone found a nickel-free toothpaste? VMV Hypoallergenics’ toothpaste causes no nickel reactions, but the toothpaste is sometimes so thick that I cannot get it out of the tube. The children’s toothpastes taste terrible. Thanks!

    1. Hi Loni,
      Thanks for your comment. For toothpaste, I use SLS-free Sensodyne Pronamel Gentle Whitening Fluoride Toothpaste, which does contain titanium dioxide, which some with systemic nickel allergies can’t tolerate.
      Warm regards,
      Christy

    1. Hi G,
      Thanks for your comment. I do not believe I have issues with isothiazolinone, I don’t have to be aware of that ingredient when I buy/use cosmetic products. One of the great things about Skintifique’s product is the limited number of ingredients in their products. I don’t believe that ingredient is in their products. You could always reach out and ask them for sure.  
      Warm regards,
      Christy

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