As you get older, you may notice that applying makeup is becoming increasingly challenging, starting with your skin’s texture, you may find that your skin isn’t as smooth as it used to be. This means applying the base products directly will result in the foundation and concealers settling into your problem areas.
To smooth out your skin, invest in a hydrating and blurring primer that fills and blurs out pores and fine lines to provide a smooth canvas for the base products to go on.
Switch to a soft matte foundation that hydrates while keeping you matte. When applying your foundation, make sure to use it sparingly in thin layers to avoid it from caking.
Switch your highlighting concealer to a darker concealer when it comes to tackling age spots. Applying a lighter concealer can make them look ashy, so going in with a concealer that’s one shade darker than your foundation will cover them entirely.
Ditch your compact powders for setting your makeup and opt for a translucent powder, applying it lightly to set the base.
Keep the brows light and feathery to avoid looking harsh, fill them in lightly with a thin brow pencil in hair-like strokes, and set with a brow gel.
Opt for matte blushes and bronzers; if you have a lot of texture, skip the highlighter entirely, or opt for a formula that looks natural on the skin.
You’d also want to switch to a beauty sponge to blend in your base products rather than brushes.
As you age, your eyelids also tend to get wrinkly and droopy, and when you apply shimmer to it, it only emphasizes the wrinkles. Now is when you should switch to soft, matte eye shadows to define the crease and a matte shade to brighten the lid and the eyes’ inner corner.
Eyeliners on textured eyes are a big no; opt for tight-lining instead. Tightlining is when you line the upper lash line of your eye with a brown or a black pencil to give it an appearance of thicker lashes and a barely-there eyeliner.
Use a coat of mascara, a creamy lipstick on the lips, and you’re good to go!