HERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT TIPS FOR APPLYING MAKEUP ONCE YOU GET INTO YOUR FORTIES OR WHEN YOU START TO SEE MORE LINES AND WRINKLES. FIRST AND FORMOST DO NOT USE SHIMMERS. THESE SHIMMERS ACT LIKE HIGHLIGHTERS AND MAKE WRINKLES AND FINE LINES LOOK MORE PRONOUNCED. USING MATTE, CREAMS AND/OR SATINS MAKE AREAS LOOK MORE SMOOTH AND FLAWLESS. IF YOUR SKIN IS ALSO DRY STAY AWAY FROM MINERAL POWDERS. I KNOW THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TOLD THAT LOOK BEST ON THIS TYPE OF SKIN BUT MOST OF THESE POWDERS CONTAIN "MICA" THAT IS A LIGHT REFLECTOR SO AGAIN CAN MAKE US LOOK MORE AGED BY SETTING UP IN WRINKLES. ALSO, AS WE AGE OUR SKIN GETS DRIER SO WE NEED TO ADD MOISTURE TO OUR SKIN TO GIVE US A HEALTHIER GLOW SO I USUALLY SUGGEST TINTED MOISTURIZERS, CREME FOUNDATIONS, OR COLORED MOUSSES. ADD A POP OF COLOR TO THE CHEEKS. WE LOSE PIGMENT AND COLORING IN OUR SKIN AND TEND TO LOOK SALLOW AND UNHEALTHY SO ADDING A PRETTY PINK, APRICOT, OR RASBERRY COLOR GIVES US A NICE HEALTHY GLOW TO THE SKIN. STAY AWAY FROM TOO MUCH EYELINER AND LIP LINER. THESE CAN AGE US AND MAKE US LOOK TOO HARD. SMUDGE SOME SOFT LINERS AROUND THESE AREAS WITH NO HARD LINES. LIP GLOSS CAN BE YOUR BEST FRIEND. NOT ONLY DOES IT GIVE YOU MORE MOISTURE IN THE MOUTH IT ALSO MAKES LIPS APPEAR FULLER AND GIVES YOU A MORE YOUTHFUL MOUTH. |






