What make-up looks like after 45 and how to apply it?

Makeup that is suitable for women over 45 is called anti-aging. Perhaps this sounds rude and premature in the context of the revision of age periods (it is worth recalling that now youth lasts up to 44, and from 45 to 59 years - the average age, so the WHO claims). And yet, behind the words and definitions, the main thing is hidden: a make-up, which is optimal for women with the first significant age-related changes. He hides them, but does it gently and does not allow the woman to look "youthful".

After 45 years, the aging of the skin is hard not to notice: the tone goes away, fine wrinkles slowly turn into more noticeable fractures, the oval of the face also begins to "float". Bags under the eyes become more pronounced, pigmentation appears - in a word, one way or another, biology is doing its job. But anti-aging makeup exists to correct the true state of affairs, to mask age-related manifestations with varying degrees of effectiveness.

Here are the main features of a rejuvenating make-up.

• Avoiding dark colors on lips and cheekbones - dark lipsticks can not be completely ruled out, but the basis of the cosmetic bag will be lighter tones. Blush of a burgundy shade, dark bronze colors give status, but not youthful.

• Refusal of foundations with dense textures, matting effect. It is believed that such a strong tone will definitely remove wrinkles and hide pigmentation, but it looks heavier, makes the face more severe and, paradoxically, only emphasizes wrinkles.

• The use of sculpting techniques that are based on the possibilities of chiaroscuro. Yes, not only professional makeup artists know how to do this, you can learn it yourself.

• Combination of color of clothes and makeup. Not necessarily straightforward and austere, but noticeable. With the help of such simple tricks, harmony appears in the image, it distracts from noticeable age-related manifestations, acts as an accent. It also emphasizes good taste.

• Avoiding shimmering pearlescent shadows. Alas, they age, emit wrinkles, draw attention to skin irregularities.

• Choosing the right eyebrow shape. The strings of eyebrows went to silent film actresses, but now they do not go practically to anyone. Too wide is the lot of younger women. Such a decision will make the image of women 45+ more rude.

Everything else is very individual. Women after 45 can look not just different, but with radical differences. Therefore, someone will need serious sculpting (contouring), and someone will need minor actions to level the tone of the face and a minimum of makeup. By the way, the overload of cosmetics on the face does not suit anyone: it looks hard, it can look theatrical and pretentious.

The process begins with a thorough preparation of the skin. It is necessary to remove grease, possible contamination (makeup residues). To do this, use milk, tonic, lotion or any other makeup remover.

Makeup after 45 years - step by step instructions.

• After cleaning, the skin needs to be toned. A tonic or micellar water will help.

• BB cream is applied. It is a lightweight foundation with a soft texture and a moisturizing effect. You can immediately add a highlighter to the cream (also in a cream base). The ratio is approximately 1: 3 (BB cream: highlighter).

• The concealer masks bags under the eyes and other possible problem areas. So, you can apply it in the place of pigmentation or irritation on the skin.

• You can powder your face, just avoid the areas under the eyes. The powder should also be light, not matting.

• Creamy blush will help highlight the cheekbones. Very little of them need to be applied to the bone - from temple to nose. Muted peach or beige is the best choice. If the skin is fair and in good condition, you can also use a soft pink blush.

• The work on the eyebrows should begin by drawing the hairs with a pencil. Today eyebrows are very accentuated on the face, therefore their make-up is obligatory and important. You need to find your pencil, which will not be very dark or with an unpleasant reddish undertone, and literally draw the hairs with them one at a time. Then you can apply gel on them, shade the pencil lightly, very quickly - the result will be lasting.

• You can start working with the eyes by drawing the mucous membrane of the lower eyelid. To make your eyes wide open, you need to take a light, white kayal. The upper eyelid can be brought up with a soft brown pencil, then slightly shaded this line. The contour line thickens to the outer edge, goes up.

• The inner corners of the eyes are highlighted with white shadows, and a light line is also drawn under the eyebrows. You can dye your eyelashes, not necessarily with black mascara, the graphite color will also be successful.

• Lips lose volume with age. Their contour must be highlighted with a pencil, which is slightly lighter than the shade of lipstick. Then you can apply the lipstick itself, preferably with a brush. Next, you need to blot the applied layer with a napkin, apply a second layer.

Makeup can be daytime and evening. The second is also sometimes worn during the day, but for some kind of festive event, which is likely to turn into an evening format.

You can make a make-up in different ways, because even the daily option involves a huge number of branches. It depends on the taste and preferences of a woman, on her work and lifestyle, features of appearance, color type and much more.

Daily makeup options are important recommendations.

• Many women of this age perceive black eyeliner as almost the main beauty tool in a cosmetic bag. Eyes that are not turned on seem to be faded, and only a black pencil can save this. Of course, this approach is terribly outdated. Black in its pure form does not suit everyone, people of Slavic appearance - less often. And if this is an anti-aging make-up, black is used minimally in it. It is worth trying a brown, graphite, chocolate or coffee pencil once, and a woman will see for herself: her appearance has softened, wrinkles have become less noticeable, the severity of the image is gone.

• The shape of the eyebrows can be rejuvenating, and can be very old. Yes, natural, natural form usually goes best. But with age, the tone changes, and even the natural form can "squint". It is worth going to a professional once, who will choose the optimal shape correctly, and the whole face will change. The drooping ends of the eyebrows are definitely not youthful. There is a rule: the break of the eyebrow should correspond to the break of the lips (be guided by the place of the notch above the lips).

• Pearlescent shadows are inappropriate either day or evening. It is after 45 that this option is extremely undesirable. But palettes with shadows are very diverse, you can find your own muted matte version, which will not accentuate wrinkles and will not look like an inappropriate accent. In the daytime, a good enough pencil is enough, which gently paints over the eyelash growth line and is perfectly shaded.

• It is imperative to moisturize your lips. Therefore, even those women who do not like to paint their lips at all should use a balm or hygienic lipstick. Moreover, this is enough for a daytime make-up.

• Foundations should be used with high SPF. The sun after 45 years is an unequivocal enemy for the skin.

• If you like bright lipsticks and do not want to give them up even during the day, you should take not red tones, but raspberry or burgundy ones. They look especially good on brown-eyed women with a good oval face.

An evening make-up is an exit image that can and should be made brighter and more expressive.

Let's consider what options for its creation are worth highlighting.

• Shine and bright lipstick. Making everything expressive - both eyes and lips - is risky. Something should still get more attention. As a rule, a make-up with a perfectly aligned tone looks good, in which there is a lot of highlighter. On the lips - active berry or raspberry lipstick, you can with shine. And the eyes are not drawn thickly, perhaps with a light dark lash line and lengthening mascara.

• Eyes and lips in one tone. Such a make-up can suit blondes with blue or light gray eyes. Then, for the eyes, golden shadows with a matte texture are used, that is, more terracotta than gold, and lipstick will be similar in tone. The eyebrows should not be very dark.

• Cat's eyes. There are types of persons who suit exactly this option. Usually these are light-eyed women with not the fullest face. In a cat's make-up, the arrows are long, going up. Eyelashes are painted with a guideline towards the temples, as if diagonally. Both top and bottom. In this case, a dark eyeliner is required.

• Make-up to match the color of your clothes. The outfit for the celebration can be played up with makeup. For example, a blue dress and a blue pencil eyeliner. Or an outfit in beige tone will overlap with the same shadows and the general direction of the make-up.

You can learn by studying interesting images, noticing their features and analyzing the constituent parts of makeup.

Excellent make-up options 45+.

• An open face of the correct shape, perfect tone, modernly designed eyebrows, optimal eye makeup. Together with the current haircut, it is the best option for a beautiful prolongation of youth.

• If this lady would still have shadows and active blush - write wasted. But she managed to make a delicate evening make-up, in which there are no frills and a conspicuous hopeless pursuit of youth.

• Noble makeup, in which (fortunately) there was no room for black. And if we imagine that the model has a black pencil in front of her eyes, the image would be much sharper, rougher, and would add years to her.

• An excellent, natural option for a soft daytime make-up. Delicate tones and a barely noticeable coffee pencil on the eyes - just enough to create a convincing feminine look.

• The mascara is black, but the eyeliner is brown. And it is right! Such eyes must be highlighted, but, as you can see here, shadows and long arrows (or even double ones) are not at all the right tool. Sufficiency, softness - these are the 45+ make-up rules.

• Young, well-shaped faces do not need abrupt transitions. You need a tone, shine, a brown range of eye products and a delicate pale pink lipstick on the lips.

• Ladies in their 60s or so can be beautiful and inspiring. And bright arrows, shadows, burgundy blush and thick lip lines are not needed for this. Everything is delicate, subtle, created only to emphasize the undeniably beautiful features of the face.

• It was impossible not to include in this list Sharon Stone, who at 45 looked almost better than at 30. And her eyebrows flying up and a good oval of her face helped her incredibly in this.

• There is a lot of tenderness, gentleness, wisdom in this image. And if you imagine that the lower eyelid is drawn in black, on the lips there is dark lipstick and burgundy blush, there will be a realistic image from the street, heaven and earth, as they say.

Good luck in the make-up!

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