As time progresses, our tastes evolve, so would our needs. Just like we change the styles in which we dress up through the decades, so is switching makeup that suits the changing needs of your skin. In this article, we talk about Makeup for mature skin for those who are ageing like fine wine. We understand your needs and concerns, the discoloration and lines that appear with age. While we you’re your laughing lines that frame your face, showing the countless moments of happiness you have had experienced earlier, which you wear with pride, we are here to help you out brush up your makeup needs that now evolved.
One of the most important things to look for while choosing make-up products for mature skin is to ensure they are hydrating. We would recommend to take a quick look at the ingredients. Presence of Hyaluronic acid is a good sign as it causes skin to have a more hydrating and plumping effect, giving you a natural glow. As a thumb rule, we recommend to favor creamy products more. Here are some of our top tips for the gorgeous women over their 50s.
Moisturizer
A proper skincare routine has always been the thumb rule and would remain so, even when the makeup is for mature skin. Do not forget to cleanse, moisture and exfoliate your skin before you begin your makeup routine. Regular skincare would make for a healthy complexion over time. We would also recommend you to switch to lighter moisturizer base before you proceed with applying makeup. We recommend Rose and restore moisturizing day face cream for its ingredients which contains natural Rose and Argan oils along with Vitamin E that would nourish your skin to make it look softer, and plump the ageing lines ensuring they are well covered with makeup.
Primer
Once the moisturizer is applied, identify the parts that need to be covered for presence of lines or dry patches and apply primer on these areas. Primers are one of the essential products in makeup for mature skin and we urge you to not skip this step as they are necessary in smoothening the surface of your skin. You can pick any of the formulae be it a serum or oil or a hydrating primer. Be sure to check if the ingredients contain hydrating factors such as hyaluronic acid, grape seed extract or sweet almond oil. If you choose a primer such as L’Oreal Paris Rehydrating and Reinvigorating Face Serum, you can either apply it directly on your skin or mix it with foundation. The hydrating formula softens your lines, and gives your skin a younger look.
Color correction
Color correction is an important step which would help you personalize your makeup and also make you use makeup less. Makeup has never been about one shoe fits all. Even for matured skin, it isn’t the case. Check for the color of your dark circles, whether they have blue, purple or red undertones. For fair or lighter skin tones, use pink corrector for shades of blue in your dark circles. Similarly, for light to medium skin tones, peach will be most suitable. For purple or brown spots in darker skin tones, use an orange corrector. For redness, green or yellow corrector works the best. Below is a snapshot to guide you better in picking a color according to your requirement.
The best way to use color correction is to use it in layers. Apply a thin layer of color corrector, set it up with a micro fine powder. Then add a concealer of your choice on top. This would effectively cover the blemishes, redness, broken capillaries and age spots. We recommend NYX color corrector palette which has six colors that are hydrating and soft on your skin, which blend easily and give maximum coverage.
Under Eye concealer
Signs of age tend to show up around your eyes first, with puffiness, crow’s feet and loose skin. Since the skin around the eyes is far more sensitive than the rest of the face, it is natural but for the ageing to show there first. The skin around your eyes might feel dry and it is because of the lack of moisture retention in this area. Make up for mature skin is incomplete without an eye concealer, hence. We recommend using an under eye concealer which would help you hydrate this part of the skin, in addition to providing coverage.
Blending
Now that the foundation is set in place, blend it well using a brush with synthetic bristles, the same shape as that of your eye crease brush. Not only in removing excess products, using a proper brush is necessary to make the application smoother and ensuring your look seems natural over all. While applying your product, we recommend you to apply it on the back of your hand first, whether you are using a brush or a sponge for application. This is to ensure that you do not use excess products. Using your hands also works especially when you are trying to cover a blemish. Apply it on the tip of your finger first, before dabbing it on the top of where you want to apply it on. While blending, move the sponge in smaller circles, moving away. The key is to build the look gradually.
Foundation
Since powdered foundation tend to settle on the lines of the skin, making them conspicuous, we would recommend you to choose liquid foundations. Presence of moisturizer to hydrate your skin is the key factor in all the products we have discussed so far, which is the same case with a moisturizer as well. For a better coverage, we would urge you to choose any foundation with a medium coverage as opposed to full-coverage to ensure it would not look cakey and create a mask like layer on your face.
Another key factor that differentiates mature skin makeup from that of the norm is that while picking your foundation, it is necessary to go for a shade darker than your complexion than the regular way of picking a shade closer to your own skin tone. The reason being the problem of mature skin looking washed out if the foundation looks too close to the skin color. A touch warmer and while focusing on the jawline should be able to bring out your features better than ever.
