Some Tips Before We Proceed...

The end result of a good makeup is supple-looking, even skin, balanced features and a youthful appearance overall.



Now that you've taken the steps to revitalize your skin with proper skin care, and invest in your face value, it's easy to make a few small errors in your makeup that will age you more! Remember the blush... circular shapes on the front of the cheeks, not the angular line along the cheek bone...? Let's look ahead to developing our look, and skip the downfalls that could decrease your face value.



Priming your skin, choosing the correct foundation type, and applying a shade of blush that isn't too overpowering and placed correctly should give your skin an even and supple appearance. The idea is to have your makeup enhance your skin, not coat it like a clay mask. The less makeup you wear, the more natural it looks and the younger you appear!



CHOOSE A FEATURE:



When doing your makeup, you can choose to pull attention to your eyes, your lips, or balance the look with some focus on each.



Some women feel that to have one featured over the other that the eyes or lips must be darker in color. While this can work, using shimmers and colors that attract attention can work just as well as going smokey or vamp. In fact, lighter shades that reflect more light, make features appear larger and can attract more attention on a more mature face.



When doing your eyes, try not to use colors that are too dark or too glittery, and keep these products away from the outer corner of the eye. These colors will define any sagging or crepiness in the skin...settling into the fine lines, and exaggerating your age. Keep the color and shadow on the eyes focused on the lid, and under the brow...less on the crease and outer corner.



Lips should always be lined. Lining the lips and using a lipstick or gloss over a lip that has been filled in with a pencil will really help define the lip line, as well as keeping color from bleeding into the fine lines around the lips. You have to worry about this less if you wear neutral and soft shades.



Brows are also a feature that needs to be enhanced. Using two shades of powder or a combination of powder and pencil will give you a nice natural look, and frame your eyes...and highlighting the area under the brows can give you a bright lift that lifts and shapes the area around the eyes. In my personal opinion, youth is in the cheek and the brows!



Now with this in mind, let's move on to eyes...