How to look younger with make-up
With the right tricks, turning back the clock can be as simple as opening your make-up bag
Moisturise
Before you even think of applying make-up – as in while your skin is still damp from cleansing – slather on a good quality moisturiser.
With the right tricks, turning back the clock can be as simple as opening your make-up bag
Moisturise
Before you even think of applying make-up – as in while your skin is still damp from cleansing – slather on a good quality moisturiser.
Choose liquid concealer
As you age, you have more to conceal, but concealer can draw attention to lines. You should go for a product that hides redness and circles without getting cakey, and that means you want a liquid cover-up in a click pen. Anything that comes in a pan has a wax base and will look waxy on the skin. A click-pen formula covers just as well and doesn't seep into lines.
As you age, you have more to conceal, but concealer can draw attention to lines. You should go for a product that hides redness and circles without getting cakey, and that means you want a liquid cover-up in a click pen. Anything that comes in a pan has a wax base and will look waxy on the skin. A click-pen formula covers just as well and doesn't seep into lines.
Buy a foundation that matches your skin tone
Pick a hue that warms up your beautiful skin tone because the warmer your skin looks, the younger it
looks. This goes for all skin types.
Pick a hue that warms up your beautiful skin tone because the warmer your skin looks, the younger it
looks. This goes for all skin types.
Use a sponge
You may be tempted to cover up every imperfection with foundation. Well... don't! A damp sponge is your new best friend. Quickly wet your sponge under the faucet, squeeze out the water, and put a dab of foundation on the back of your hand. Pick up the foundation you need with the tip and apply it in dabbing motions on your face. Between the sponge absorbing some of the foundation and the water thinning the rest, you will get the optimal sheer coverage. You may need to blend it with your fingers, but the point is that it
won't look cakey or opaque.
You may be tempted to cover up every imperfection with foundation. Well... don't! A damp sponge is your new best friend. Quickly wet your sponge under the faucet, squeeze out the water, and put a dab of foundation on the back of your hand. Pick up the foundation you need with the tip and apply it in dabbing motions on your face. Between the sponge absorbing some of the foundation and the water thinning the rest, you will get the optimal sheer coverage. You may need to blend it with your fingers, but the point is that it
won't look cakey or opaque.
Skip tinted face powder
Covering your skin in powder is a really bad idea. So, its better to just skip it. If you feel naked without powder, use translucent, light-diffusing powder, nothing tinted, to set your base and apply it in sunlight so you know what it actually looks like.
Covering your skin in powder is a really bad idea. So, its better to just skip it. If you feel naked without powder, use translucent, light-diffusing powder, nothing tinted, to set your base and apply it in sunlight so you know what it actually looks like.
Keep piling on the moisture
Nothing makes you look older than heavy powder formulas. Make-up artists recommend stocking your bag with creams, gels, liquids, and products that generally don't require the use of a brush. The more hydrated your skin, the younger it looks.
Nothing makes you look older than heavy powder formulas. Make-up artists recommend stocking your bag with creams, gels, liquids, and products that generally don't require the use of a brush. The more hydrated your skin, the younger it looks.
Show off your bone structure
After years of smiling into a mirror to isolate the apples of your cheeks, you can now give it a rest. Women lose fat in their face as they age. Take advantage of that! Rub your blush in along the highest
points of your cheekbones – it makes your bone structure stand out.
After years of smiling into a mirror to isolate the apples of your cheeks, you can now give it a rest. Women lose fat in their face as they age. Take advantage of that! Rub your blush in along the highest
points of your cheekbones – it makes your bone structure stand out.
Choose a light brow pencil
When you're filling in your brows, use a pencil that's a shade lighter than your natural colouring and hold it at a 45-degree angle, as opposed to perpendicular to the skin. The strokes will be softer, and the brows will look more natural. This is a good thing because it makes your full, thick and lush brows look totally real!
When you're filling in your brows, use a pencil that's a shade lighter than your natural colouring and hold it at a 45-degree angle, as opposed to perpendicular to the skin. The strokes will be softer, and the brows will look more natural. This is a good thing because it makes your full, thick and lush brows look totally real!
Curl your lashes
Unearth your eyelash curler. If you're over 35, you need to be curling your lashes. Eyelashes flatten as you age, and you need to keep everything going upward, against gravity. Even if you skip mascara, curling your lashes makes your eyes look bigger and brighter.
Unearth your eyelash curler. If you're over 35, you need to be curling your lashes. Eyelashes flatten as you age, and you need to keep everything going upward, against gravity. Even if you skip mascara, curling your lashes makes your eyes look bigger and brighter.
Apply eye-shadow base
Patting the tiniest dab of eye-shadow base or primer on the lids before your shadow will keep it in place. This is especially important if your lids have even the slightest wrinkles. Fine lines can exacerbate creasing, and creasing exacerbates the appearance of lines.
Patting the tiniest dab of eye-shadow base or primer on the lids before your shadow will keep it in place. This is especially important if your lids have even the slightest wrinkles. Fine lines can exacerbate creasing, and creasing exacerbates the appearance of lines.
Wear brown eyeliner
You have been using black eyeliner since college, you wear it every day, and you could apply it with
your eyes closed (and probably do). It's time to end that relationship. Deep brown has the impact of black, but looks less jarring. It gives you all the intensity, but in a more sophisticated, subtle way. Draw the pencil along the upper lashes only, and lift the lines at the outer corners with a cotton swab. You can also flick the liner up at the outer corners with the cotton swab to create the tiniest wings. It's an easy way of opening up the eyes.
You have been using black eyeliner since college, you wear it every day, and you could apply it with
your eyes closed (and probably do). It's time to end that relationship. Deep brown has the impact of black, but looks less jarring. It gives you all the intensity, but in a more sophisticated, subtle way. Draw the pencil along the upper lashes only, and lift the lines at the outer corners with a cotton swab. You can also flick the liner up at the outer corners with the cotton swab to create the tiniest wings. It's an easy way of opening up the eyes.
Don't shy away from shimmer
A bit of soft shimmer is flattering as you get older because it brings light to the face. The skin starts losing its inherent radiance when a woman hits her 30s. You can opt for a creamy neutral shadow, like champagne, pewter, or rose gold. Dab it on the inner corners of the eyes to wake up the face.
Choose a lengthening mascara
Lashes get thinner as you age, so conventional wisdom says you need a thickening mascara to bulk them up, but common wisdom is wrong. Your lashes can't support the extra weight. Heavy formulas flatten the lashes. Instead, use a lengthening mascara, like Lancôme High Definition Mascara, which
tends to be lighter on the lashes, and look for mascaras with thin wands so you can easily coat each lash.
A bit of soft shimmer is flattering as you get older because it brings light to the face. The skin starts losing its inherent radiance when a woman hits her 30s. You can opt for a creamy neutral shadow, like champagne, pewter, or rose gold. Dab it on the inner corners of the eyes to wake up the face.
Choose a lengthening mascara
Lashes get thinner as you age, so conventional wisdom says you need a thickening mascara to bulk them up, but common wisdom is wrong. Your lashes can't support the extra weight. Heavy formulas flatten the lashes. Instead, use a lengthening mascara, like Lancôme High Definition Mascara, which
tends to be lighter on the lashes, and look for mascaras with thin wands so you can easily coat each lash.
Switch to nude lips
It's a sad fact that as we age, our lips get smaller, especially the upper lip. The best approach is to stick to shades that enhance your natural lip tone, rather than bringing attention to the area. Look for something
between your natural lip colour and a berry shade. That will just boost your natural tone. And go for a stain instead of a creamy lipstick to prevent the colour from bleeding. Then top it off with a clear gloss or balm to keep lips looking full and hydrated.
It's a sad fact that as we age, our lips get smaller, especially the upper lip. The best approach is to stick to shades that enhance your natural lip tone, rather than bringing attention to the area. Look for something
between your natural lip colour and a berry shade. That will just boost your natural tone. And go for a stain instead of a creamy lipstick to prevent the colour from bleeding. Then top it off with a clear gloss or balm to keep lips looking full and hydrated.
Try highlighter
If that shiny-old-lady look creeps you out, you're not alone. But there is a way to use highlighter to your advantage. Dab a very sheer formula just on the cheekbones, not on the brow bones, the apples of the cheeks, or the lips. It prevents the flat-face look. It adds a very subtle, youthful, and pretty dimension to your features.
If that shiny-old-lady look creeps you out, you're not alone. But there is a way to use highlighter to your advantage. Dab a very sheer formula just on the cheekbones, not on the brow bones, the apples of the cheeks, or the lips. It prevents the flat-face look. It adds a very subtle, youthful, and pretty dimension to your features.
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