There are certain features and qualities that give away a woman’s age. Understanding where they are and how to enhance them is key if you want your make-up to look younger and fresher.
As we age our features fade away. Pigment in the lips and cheeks fade, eyebrows and lashes thin out and lines around the mouth and eyes add another distraction to our once very prominent features.
Ok – enough of this depressing information – here’s the good news, here are my steps to revitalize your appearance without going under the knife:
· Add a glow to your skin with a light reflective tinted moisturizer or foundation – nothing screams youth louder than a shine line on the apple of your cheeks or your cheekbones.
· Hide under eye circles with a dab of concealer. I prefer peachy/yellow tones as yellow is a great universal tone and peach knocks out blue circles quicker than you can say youthful glow!
· Add a splash of color to the apple of your cheeks. Sheer pink is great on pale skins, peach is fantastic on medium skin and fuchsia is yummy on darker skins.
· Define those lips once more – use a nude tone lip liner and put back what nature gave you and time stole! If you are not comfortable wearing nude alone, use it as your base and dab on a subtle lip-gloss over the top for more vavoom! Note, using a nude lip-liner as your base will help prevent the lip-gloss from collecting in the fine lines around your lips.
· Fill in those brows. Remember you don’t necessarily want to go back to the darkness of your youthful brows, just fill them in so they are thicker. Thicker and softer in color for maximum punch is what you should aim for.
· Thicken up that lash line. I prefer to use a dark brown or black pencil and smudge the line with a Q-tip – softness and drama here are key!
These are basic beauty techniques that all women regardless of age or ethnicity greatly benefit from.
