Here's how to minimize the chances of makeup irritating your eyes when you're wearing your lenses. If you have a very strong prescription, and simply can't focus without corrective help, you don't have much choice - you'll have to apply your makeup with the lenses in. This way, any tiny flakes, powder granules or other fallout from your makeup can be dealt with before they fall into your eyes. If you apply your makeup with the lenses already in, you risk having to remove them again, clear your lens of the irritating object, flush your eye with water, and start again. This rule applies to everything you are going to be putting on your face, and not just around your eyes.
Face powder Let's start with powder.
If you use a large brush or powerpuff to dust loose translucent powder over your face, it's inevitable that many of the powder particles are only loosely attached to your face. There is a very good chance that at least one or two will fall into your eyes, and cause them to become irritated and red. There are two ways to get around this problem. The first is to replace the loose powder with pressed powder. Although you still run some risk with pressed powder, the particles are at least not free-falling, and are pressed rather than brushed onto your skin.