Concealer can double as a highlighter by brightening eyes without using eyeshadow, but be sure to start with a light amount of concealer and blend with your finger or concealer brush. You can keep adding layers to intensify the brightness, and set the look with a loose powder to ensure it stays all day.
Although cream eyeshadow has gained a reputation for being easier to apply, a powder eyeshadow will always flatter mature eyes better because it is less likely to migrate across the skin and sink into fine lines.
Eyeshadow for aging eyes also requires careful application. Start with a primer and apply your cream or matte shadow once it's dried. Start with a lighter color base on your lids and use a gentle “windshield-wiping” motion to gradually darken your creases with a brush.
Apply your eye shadow in broad, even coverage across the eye lid. This will intensify the eye lid just a little bit more. Follow this up with a slightly darker shade on the crease just to give a more defined look. To find the crease, glide your brush along the bone line and come down to meet your last eyelash.
Eyeliners for older women should have staying power, should offer smooth application, and not should not cause creasing. They can go anywhere from a few bucks at a drugstore to well over $40 for more upscale brands. We've put together a list of our favorite eyeliners for older women.
DON'T wear mascara on your lower lashes. Playing up your lower lashes can make your eyes look droopy and draw attention to dark circles. It makes the eyes look older and accentuates the under eye wrinkles.
Move over classic cat eye, because 2021 is ditching the overdone eyeliner look. If the whole world can agree on just one thing, it's this: the cat eye is overdone. The winged eyeliner trend has been with us for years; the look is tired and deserves to take a break in 2021.
Almost all makeup artists will agree that matte eyeshadow and low shimmer is better suited for the mature woman's skin. Shimmery and frosty eyeshadows tend to accentuate wrinkles and make a woman look older. You want to accentuate your eyes without actually taking attention away from them.
With age, that fat loses volume, clumps up, and shifts downward, so features that were formerly round may sink, and skin that was smooth and tight gets loose and sags. Meanwhile other parts of the face gain fat, particularly the lower half, so we tend to get baggy around the chin and jowly in the neck.
Lighter hair color makes you look younger – but the tone you go for is paramount. Stay away from cool, ashy tones and add some warmth to your look with golden highlights. Go for shades like honey to give your complexion a healthy, youthful glow!
Wearing eyeliner on the bottom of the eye can brighten the eye, create a smoky look full of sex appeal and drama, or add light definition. However, if overdone, this same look can give the eye a bulky, sagging appearance.
Precision. Under the guidance of an experienced, steady hand, liquid eyeliner can create super crisp lines. Even the sharpest pencil can't quite create the precision of liquid. Waterproof liquid eyeliner also has a budge-proof staying power pencil can't beat.
Lip gloss will be popping in 2022
The great Ariana Grande once said, "my gloss is poppin'," and truer words have never been spoken. The move away from dry, matte lips has been confirmed by glossy runway looks heavily featured in the Spring/Summer 2022 runway by Blumarine (via Harper's Bazaar).
A smooth pencil glides on easily, doesn't tug, and is more forgiving with shaky hands than liquid or gel. "Similar to writing with a pencil, an eyeliner pencil is the easiest and most fail-proof eyeliner to use for beginners," says Loiz. "Just hold as you would a regular pencil and draw along your lash line.
Hooded eyes is a condition where excess skin folds down from the brow line. It is usually more noticeable toward the outer edge of the eye, where the eyebrow tapers toward the temple.