How to Do Makeup if You Are Over 50

Aging doesn't mean you have to forgo beauty.

As you age it is inevitable that body parts will change and you will have to adjust the way you dress and apply your makeup to accommodate your changing features. As a woman in your 50s it is likely your skin has changed since your younger days; you have matured. Your beauty has enhanced with telling signs such as laugh lines that show your enjoyment of life. Using the same makeup application techniques at 50 that you used in your 20s makes you look older than your young 50; adjusting the application of your makeup will take years off and make you appear even younger than 50.

Things You'll Need

• Moisturizer
• Tinted moisturizer
• Blush
• Brow enchancer
• Eye shadow
• Mascara
• Lip liner
• Lipstick

Instructions

1. Use a thick, strong moisturizer every morning. As you age, skin becomes sallow and dry, which can make you look older and your makeup won't look as good on your skin. Every morning apply a thick moisturizer to keep your skin moisturized and healthy.

2. Skip foundation and use tinted moisturizer instead. Foundation has a tendency to settle into fine lines, which causes your makeup to look harsh and unattractive. Tinted moisturizer will give you the same coverage without settling into any fine lines you have. Use your fingertips to apply the tinted moisturizer to your face for the most natural coverage; blend it in carefully around your hairline and your neck to avoid unattractive makeup lines.

3. Apply a cream blush -- not a powder blush -- to the apples of your cheeks in a circular motion. Cream blush provides aging skin with additional moisturizer.

4. Apply brow corrector -- choose a shade that matches your hair color -- to your eyebrows with an eyebrow brush to define your face and make your eyes pop. Filling in your eyebrows is one of the easiest ways to add definition to your face.

5. Brush on a shimmery highlighting powder to your brow bones, directly beneath your eyebrows to highlight your eyes. Apply a darker gray or plum eye shadow to the outer corners of your eyes, and a lighter shade of the same color scheme on the lids of your eyes.

6. Apply a coat of mascara to your upper and lower lashes. Black makes your eyes pop, but if the look is too harsh for your skin tone, you can choose to use a navy blue or brown shade of mascara as an alternative.

7. Draw on a nude lip liner to the outer lines of your lips; top and bottom. Over the nude liner add a sheer or pearlescent lipstick. Steer clear of lip gloss, which is too young for the mature face.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are not comfortable skipping the foundation altogether, you can apply it lightly over your tinted moisturizer; applying it over the moisturizer will prevent it from sinking into lines as much as without the moisturizer.

References

• ThirdAge.com: Bobbi Brown's Makeup Tips for Women Over 50