Makeup after 40 that looks younger

How beautiful and well-groomed a woman is does not depend on her age, but on her ability and desire to take care of herself. Not everyone is gifted with a winning appearance by nature, but in their youth purely natural data help out - delicate elastic skin, hair and nails that have not yet suffered from risky experiments

The age after 40 is a time when beauty does not depend on what nature has given you, but on what you can do for yourself to look better. The period of bold experiments is over, the emphasis is on making the natural healthy look part of the everyday look. It is not flashiness that is held in high esteem, but elegant restraint, not reckless adherence to fashion, but the choice of high-quality decorative and medical cosmetics.

It takes patience, experience, and self-respect to master the art of adult-appropriate makeup. Now there are many means to avoid the early appearance of signs of skin aging, on the one hand, and to hide those imperfections that inevitably appear with age, on the other. Anti-aging makeup plays a significant role in this.

To choose the right cosmetics, you need to know the features of makeup after the age of 40. First of all, all products must be of high quality and hypoallergenic, since the skin no longer recovers as quickly as in 20 years. Makeup after 40, which is young, relies on the following rules:

• A lighter foundation will help restore the fresh and radiant look lost with age to the skin. The cream should be lighter than the usual means, as a rule, by 1 tone. The light texture will help distribute it more evenly. The cream should have a water base and a high SPF factor. Another trick is to use a light-reflecting foundation to compensate for the lost natural radiance of the skin. Under it, it is desirable to use a corrective greenish tint, which will help hide dilated vessels.
• Blush should choose a gentle natural shade: beige, light pink, but not bronze. Blush is better to choose creamy, thanks to them the skin will receive additional moisture.
• Powder is better to use loose. It masks wrinkles well and muffles oily sheen.

• The shadows should also be lighter and less greasy than before. Too bright colors, on the one hand, attract attention, on the other hand, they reveal fine wrinkles and eye fatigue. Light golden or silver shades refresh the face well. Purple or blue colors will play a trick on you, emphasizing the dark circles around the eyes. Chocolate or red tones will make the eyes sore. Catchy mother-of-pearl shadows and sparkles will look messy.
• Mascara, eyeliner and pencil, it is desirable to use ashen or coffee color. When applying, blend them well, this will help to make the look deeper. Color the lower eyelashes only at the outer corners of the eyes by about a third.
• Do not get carried away with plucking eyebrows, it is enough just to correct their shape. Eyebrow thickness should be medium.The outer edges of the eyebrows should be at or slightly above the corners of the eyes so that the facial expression does not become sad.
• Before applying lipstick, carefully draw the contour of the lips with a pencil. The pencil should be just a little darker than the lipstick.
• Makeup should be applied in ascending lines to avoid a dull face.

The advantages of such make-up are that in addition to the decorative and corrective effect, anti-aging cosmetics improve the condition of the skin, are more comfortable to use and allow you to create an elegant look with spectacular means. The calm gamma makes anti-aging make-up ideal for business style. Properly placed accents will make it expressive enough as an evening make-up.

The technique of creating the perfect makeup may seem difficult, but the result, as a rule, justifies all the efforts made. Everyday makeup solves 2 main tasks: it corrects or masks skin imperfections that have appeared with age and creates a gentle, calm look.

Daytime make-up is characterized by restraint and apparent simplicity, hiding the careful work on the appearance. Calm matte tones do not emphasize individual details, but create the feeling of a healthy radiant face, skillfully illuminated by the play of light and shadow. It is necessary to apply daytime makeup in very good lighting in order to adjust its brightness and the compatibility of shades.

Evening makeup is also distinguished by restraint. It should not be overloaded with catchy shades and excess of details.Expressiveness is created by choosing its main scale - warm gentle tones. However, in the evening, a woman can afford to appear brighter and more solemn than in the daytime.

The overall tone of the make-up is chosen in accordance with the color of the hair and eyes. Blondes will look attractive and mysterious if they choose purple, deep blue or silver tones. Warm brown tones work well for dark-skinned brunettes. The brown-haired woman is refreshed by olive and coffee shades.

Gamma evening makeup should not be overly bright. At the same time, monotonous faded colors will not decorate a woman. The right choice lies somewhere in the middle.

When choosing cosmetics for 45-year-old women, you should stick to the golden mean and give preference to high-quality products with a moisturizing and tightening effect on the one hand, and matte pastel colors on the other. With age, the set of products is expanding, the main function of which is the correction of skin imperfections (correctors, concealers, special tonal products). They not only help to look younger, but also have a positive effect on the condition of the skin, slowing down its aging.

The choice of cosmetics in adulthood should be carefully considered. Not always a fashion brand will be the best tool for you. It is important that it is suitable for your skin type, does not cause irritation and you like it.

The tricks of anti-aging makeup are to choose the right shade and texture of cosmetics.Natural gamma, lack of excess shine, creamy texture and moisturizing ingredients are the main characteristics of age-related cosmetics.

If at the age of 40 it is still possible to hide minor flaws in appearance with the help of foundation and concealer, at the age of 48 this task is not so easily solved. It is necessary to apply masks with a tightening effect, a complex of special anti-aging products, adjust the diet, excluding fatty and sweet foods from it, drink more clean water.

At home, with experience and patience, some imperfections can be smoothed out without resorting to radical means. For example, with lowered eyelids, using a light shade of shadows as the main background and a darker shade to highlight the crease area and the outer corner of the eye will help. As at any age, shadows should not be applied too thickly: they roll, clog in folds and give the impression of sloppiness.

It is also not recommended to apply mascara with a thick layer that sticks together eyelashes. If you line your upper eyelid with a dark gray or chocolate-colored pencil along the line ascending to the outer corner, you can visually lift the upper eyelid.

The inner corners of the eyes can be highlighted with a transparent base. With the help of matte shadows of a light pastel shade, applied below the eyebrows, you can restore expressiveness and freshness to this area of ​​​​the face. Applying dark brown or purple shadows to the upper eyelids is not worth it - the look becomes heavy, and the overall impression is painful.

In an effort to create their ideal image, women after 40 years of age apply rejuvenating makeup step by step, observing the following rules:

• make-up should be done only after cleansing and moisturizing the skin with special products 40+, preferably using a tonic, anti-aging cream or tightening mask;
• all products that are used at the preparatory stage must be completely absorbed;
• a translucent base should be evenly and thinly distributed over the skin of the face;
• age spots and vessels should be masked with a corrector;
• foundation should be applied with even short strokes;

• if the skin of the hands and face is warm, the cream will lie more evenly;
• small wrinkles and circles under the eyes can be masked with a concealer;
• the result is fixed with loose powder;
• the protruding part of the cheekbones is shaded with delicate cream blush;
• light shades of pastel shades should be applied to the upper eyelids; in a darker tone, highlight the area above the crease of the eyelid, which will help make the look more expressive;

• the upper eyelid must be emphasized with ash-gray arrows, lifting the line at the outer corner;
• dark gray or brown mascara tint the eyelashes using a curling brush;
• outline the lips with a contour pencil along their natural borders;
• apply matte lipstick in 2 layers; if it is everyday makeup, you can use gloss.

The choice of gamma is determined not only by taste, but also by the color of the eyes and hair. If we are talking about shadows, then the expressiveness of the eyes is achieved due to some difference between the color of the iris and the tone of the shadows themselves. For example, light turquoise and golden hues can show all the beauty of brown eyes. Blue and lilac shadows look natural and fresh in owners of light eyes and skin. Brunettes look quite expressive without shadows.

Makeup artists know a lot of secrets of how to visually rejuvenate the face, even if the signs of age are quite noticeable. Makeup is applied in stages, and anti-aging and decorative products should complement each other.

One of these secrets is the method of applying the foundation:

• a concealer is applied to cleansed and moisturized skin, masking age spots, dilated vessels and bruises;
• a light tonal base should be applied over thin strokes; where there are folds, the foundation should be carefully driven in with your fingertips, without stretching the skin;
• at the end of the procedure, the face can be powdered a little.

The created beautiful image is complemented with tasteful clothes in the same range as the make-up, as well as an exquisite light perfume.

Age over 40 often encourages women to attend a lifting master class. Indeed, the visual correction of the image is a great art, but time has not yet been lost and it is possible to improve the condition of the skin with the help of special procedures. Anti-aging creams and masks with a lifting effect help tighten the skin and make the face oval clearer, eliminate dryness and tightness of the skin.

After the age of 40, the skin needs nutrition and hydration, however, oil-based products should be avoided. There is a wide variety of cosmetics with hyaluronic acid and coenzyme Q10 on the market, which have proven to be effective anti-aging products.

Another trick of anti-aging makeup is the elimination of blue under the eyes. A corrector will help to cope with this problem, and the choice of its color depends on the shade of the bruises. If they are reddish, you should choose a pale yellow corrector, but if they are more blue, then a pinkish-peach corrector can hide them.

If the face has a pale earthy color, you can use a purple shade corrector, which is evenly distributed over the skin of the face before applying the foundation. The best option in any case is a pull-up corrector. At home, use a piece of ice or chilled teaspoons, which are applied to problem areas and have a tightening effect.

A stylish make-up is not a scheme that can be applied to any woman, regardless of the situation. Its quality is determined precisely by the extent to which it takes into account all the features of appearance, including age. The more mature the skin becomes, the more attention and care it requires when caring for it. Age makeup trends reflect the desire for simplicity and naturalness. Paradoxically, it is the age after 40 that is the time when you can be yourself, while maintaining the harmony of experience and style, age and timeless charm.

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