Mature Skin Makeup Mistakes To AVOID

This is a great follow along video for you guys. So this is how to apply makeup for mature skin and the mistakes to avoid. I'm gonna be talking through all the things you should not be doing. I'm talking about the right type of foundation you should be using, the formulas you should be using, how you should be applying your makeup, a very simple, subtle look. So this isn't really about going crazy and showing you, oh my God, this looks so extremely bad how you do your makeup. This is about really talking you through what is the kind of technique that you should be avoiding and the kind of formulas that you should be avoiding and exactly how you should be applying it. So you're gonna be watching me and doing your makeup at the same time. I really, really urge you to do that because it's honestly gonna be a game changer. Now, obviously, I don't have mature skin in the sense that severe wrinkles or anything like that, but it doesn't mean that I don't understand mature skin because I do have countless clients that are mature. I would class that they have kind of maturing skin and I really want to kind of show you exactly how you should be doing it. So I already have my moisturizer on. You can use whatever your current moisturizer is. Now, mature skin tends to kind of dry as it gets older. So I would highly recommend using a hydrating moisturizer. Now, another thing that I wanna recommend is using an eye cream, which is a nice balmy finish to it. Sometimes what happens is a lot of the eye creams are so fluid that they kind of just sink in or they just leave this kind of veil of fluidity on the skin. What you want is something balmy that kind of stays put, but also kind of allows almost like a slow release of hydration being boosted into your skin. So I'm using my Drunk Elephant Sea Tango multivitamin eye cream, and I just apply this all the way around my eye, making sure that I don't go super, super close to my lash line. Smooth it around and you'll feel, it feels nice and balmy. It doesn't feel oily. It just feels like it's just very nicely smooth. Another really important thing you wanna do is make sure you don't skip primer because this is gonna be a godsend for you. So you wanna use a primer, which is gonna be giving you that extra boost of hydration. So I'm using my Beauty Blender Boost Firming and Smoothing Peptide Primer. This is great for adding that extra hydration. And also I feel like adding a hydrating primer on top of your moisturizer, which is already hydrating, is gonna help to almost allow that, almost like that delayed, there's just so much hydration going on on your skin that you know that when your moisturizer does its work, that there's still that hydration coming from the primer. So this is gonna ensure that you really are not left with that dry skin or kind of ultra matte skin before your foundation application. This is where people go wrong. They will use a foundation which is way too heavy and kind of cakey for them. So if it's too heavy, it's gonna end up looking cakey. What happens is thick coverage can end up sitting in the fine lines and the wrinkles, and it just makes everything look bad. And it ends up emphasizing your issues like your fine lines and your wrinkles rather than actually disguising them. Now, this is where we have a slight issue because I wanna keep it real with you. Matte foundation formulas can end up enhancing lines and wrinkles, and it also ends up enhancing kind of the dryness in the skin, whereas dewy foundations can end up highlighting kind of pores, like obvious open or larger pores, and also end up emphasizing texture. So where do we go with this? Because obviously I know that you guys want to make sure that you have that nice, smooth, flawless base, but you also don't wanna enhance the dryness, but you also don't wanna enhance the texture that you might have. So where do we go? So this is where I want you to think about getting the right type of formula. So don't focus on just something that is like advertising it to be a dewy foundation, and also don't focus on getting a formula which is promoting the fact that it's a matte, long-lasting foundation. Just try and find a foundation, which is very easy these days, which is infused with good skincare. Usually when it says it's infused with good skincare, like skincare ingredients I'm talking about, it is things like hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and these things are gonna be good for your skin and also help to just keep it kind of healthy looking without really drying it out or making the pores and texture look obvious. Now, that isn't where it stops though, because the way to avoid having your texture emphasized and having your dryness emphasized is to ensure that you get the technique right. And that means using the right powder after, using the right concealer, setting it in the correct way. And that's what I'm gonna be showing you now. So we're gonna go straight in with a foundation. I'm using my MAC Studio Radiant Serum Powered Foundation. Now I like this foundation because I've tried several different foundations and I do feel like this is a great foundation for mature skin, because the plus point that I have is that I end up using so many different foundations. So it's a good way for me to be able to tell you which is the best one for you to go for without you having to spend money on countless foundations, right? So having tried so many, sometimes it's not about what it says on the bottle. Sometimes it is really a case of trying it and seeing how it sits on the skin. And I'm not too sure what this actually promotes in terms of like the marketing side, like obviously the radiant side of it, but I'm not too sure if it promotes like a dewy look or anything like that. But all I do know is that this sits really well on the skin, especially combined with the right type of powder and setting it in the correct way. Now, how you apply this is gonna be really, really important. I'm gonna show you a very easy way. It's using your brush. We're gonna use the BK Beauty 106 brush. We're gonna really buff the foundation into the brush first. This is one pump and I've only taken half of it, not the whole pump. So let's really buff this in now. And I just wanna show you how you will not need a lot more foundation than this. I want you to really focus on spreading this out everywhere rather than trying to kind of cover one area and then moving to another. Because if you start spreading it everywhere, then what that means is you're gonna need less. If you focus on one area at a time, then you'll end up covering it really nicely on that one area, and then you'll need more product for the other areas. What I'm trying to do is help you to avoid using too much product on your skin. Now, this is enough. Honestly, that is enough. That was half a pump that I have put all over my skin. Now, at this point, you're gonna obviously see things like texture because it's quite a kind of obviously fluid finish, and you are gonna see the open pores. You are gonna see the texture. It isn't a matte foundation, which means it's not gonna emphasize the dryness, which is great. We've ticked that off, right? But now what we're dealing with is the texture. So we wanna avoid having to see all that stuff. Now, before we go in to try and kind of correct the issue of like seeing the texture and open pores, I wanna go into a concealer because obviously I understand. I have a lot of kind of mature clients who say to me, who write into me and everything can say, especially on the comments as well, and I always read them by the way, saying things like, I just feel like firstly, it's too heavy, which is what I'm trying to eradicate now. I'm trying to show you the right way to do it. Secondly, I feel like it's not giving me the coverage that I need. So if I try and avoid the dryness, if I try and avoid the texture and the open pores, fine, I managed to do that, but then I'm not getting the coverage. So this is where your concealer comes in. And what we want is we wanna avoid making the mistake of using too much concealer and using the wrong type of concealer and then applying in the wrong places. There are several different ways that you can do this, which is a mistake. So that's why there's no point me showing you the actual mistakes because there are so many different ways that you can actually make a mistake. I don't want you to think that, okay, she's shown that doing it in this way is a mistake, which means every other way is okay. That's where you're gonna be a bit misinformed. So I'd rather just show you the correct way and explain to you as I'm going along what the wrong way of doing it is and what the mistakes are. We're gonna use a concealer now, but we're not actually gonna be using a sponge throughout this entire process for the foundation or the concealer. Right, the concealer I'm gonna be using is the Makeup By Maria, Makeup By Maria, Makeup By Mario, Surreal Skin Awakening Concealer. I had to hold this so far away for me to read it. So anyway, my shade is 280 and this is basically very slightly lighter than my foundation. My foundation was NC38, by the way. So what I'm gonna be doing is I've got this on the back of my hand here. Got it at the back of my hand. What I wanna do now is get a good brush that I can use to apply this around the areas that I feel that I'm gonna need it. So what I'm gonna do is do the same thing that I did with that foundation. I'm gonna take half of that concealer and buff it into this brush first, exactly the same way. Now this is the Ilia Complexion Brush. This is a good size and shape for your eye area and other areas. Now we've buffed the concealer into the brush. Now this is where, very lightly, we're gonna do both eyes because I don't want all, like, too much to go on this side and then I'm left with a very small amount on this side. But I am basically very lightly pressing this into the skin. I'm not really pressing, I'm just dabbing. So can you see how that is brightening the eye area immediately? Now, I go along the bone area before I go close to the lash line. I actually don't want too much product to be on the actual lash line because that can end up looking quite, kind of like, that can immediately make you look like you've got too much concealer on. So all I would say is apply the least amount of product close to your lash line and focus on the kind of brightening of it on the exterior part of the eye area. So now I also like to go here on the inner corner there. That's gonna immediately help with your dark circles or redness that you might have. The reason being is because sometimes that's the area we need it to make everything else appear less dark, if that makes sense. I know we immediately rush to covering up the areas like here and here, but sometimes you actually need less product on those areas and more in the areas that create more shadow so that it gives the illusion of a brighter eye area. So there you go. You can see smallest amount of concealer on my eyelids. Now, before we actually move on to the under eye area, I'm gonna set this. So what I want is a powder. Now, this is where I get a lot of questions about the kind of powder that you should be using. I'm gonna tell you right now, if you have mature skin, I would avoid baking. That is a mistake for very mature skin because it can end up making everything you've done. Even now, if I were to bake, everything's gonna end up looking a lot more cakier. So what we wanna do is keep that really nice, subtle finish to the skin. So what I am gonna be doing is using a pressed powder. I absolutely love this powder for mature skin. This is the Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish. I'm using the shade medium. So I have this here and I've got my Real Techniques Setting Brush. Now, what I'm gonna do here, first off, I'm gonna make sure there's no creasing on my lid. So if I were you, because I know it can happen when you're first trying this out, get a tissue and just place it on your table so that you can, in case you feel like you've still got too much product on your brush, you've been a bit heavy handed with it, dip onto the tissue and it will take the excess off before you go onto your skin. That was just a very quick bonus tip there for you. So I've got my Real Techniques Setting Brush. I'm gonna go into this. I'm gonna dip once onto the tissue. I am gonna make sure very quickly, I've got my complexion brush back here. There's nothing in my crease there. So you wanna stretch the eyelid to get any product out of any wrinkles. There you go. Now we're gonna go in with that powder and we're gonna press. You've gotta make sure there's no product buildup in your wrinkles before you actually set with your powder. And can you see, I'm just pressing. That's it. Go into this side, the other eye. Same way, gonna press that powder on. Now, obviously when I've done my makeup, it's gonna look probably a little bit less than what I usually would put on, but I only have my face to work on here. As soon as my mum visits, I'm gonna get her on this seat and do some videos for you, I promise. But in the meantime, I just have me. So for all you guys who are saying, yeah, but you don't have mature skin, well, I know, but I'm still trying to educate people. So here we go. Okay, so the eyelids are now set, but what we wanna do is we wanna work on this under eye area here. So we're gonna do the exact same thing. We're gonna buff this concealer into the brush, really buff it in. And again, if you feel like there's maybe too much product on there, this is trial and error. You gotta do this, see how it looks right at the end of it. And then the next time you do it, you know what to kind of change up and just try different things in case you're unsure as to what it is you did wrong. And eventually over time, you're gonna get there. This is where we are gonna press on the under eye area. Now I know that this brush is a little bit bigger for my under eye area. Like it won't really fit in really close to my lash line, but actually that's a good thing because I don't wanna cover up the area, the skin, which is so close to my lower lash line. The mistake that I really want you to avoid is applying your concealer super close to your lower lash line because immediately everything's gonna look cakey. So you don't wanna actually go too far up. So in actual fact, this brush is actually a good size for us because it's actually stopping us from going too far up. So can you see immediately that's brightened up? So even if you're using a brush and we're using the smallest amount of concealer and it's not even a heavy concealer, we're still getting that coverage, right? So we're gonna go into the other side now with whatever's left on this brush. There you go. Honestly, the worst mistake you could make is actually going into your concealer and then dipping right onto your face. That is like such a big no-no. I'm actually really excited about you guys doing this with me. So I really hope you're actually doing it with me. And if you're not, watch it to the end of the video. Then you know what you're kind of gonna need and then do it at the same time. I can't even begin to tell you how much of a difference that will make to your technique and to how good you're gonna be at this. I'm happy with the coverage I've got there. If you have other areas like discoloration or hyperpigmentation in certain areas, you go with whatever's left on the brush or you can go back into the concealer a little bit, dip onto a tissue, and then you just kind of like press it along those areas. Now, the great thing about using a brush like this is that you're not kind of piling on a whole load of makeup. Like you're always gonna have some residue on the brush so you can kind of take it to other areas and it's never gonna look like you've got too much makeup there because of the way that you've buffed the product into the brush. So now what we wanna do is we wanna think about, do we wanna apply any blush or any kind of like liquid bronzer to the face? Now, I would suggest making sure that when it comes to your blush and it comes to your bronzer or your contour, if you have mature skin, always use fluid like liquid or cream products. They're gonna look far less harsh on your skin than what powder does. So if you can avoid having to use powder at all, other than your setting powder, that would be absolutely amazing. That is a step in the right direction. If you are using far more powder products than you are liquid or cream products within your routine, that is a mistake right there if you have mature skin. So I'm telling you, stick to cream or liquid textures. Now, when it comes to your blush, you can pick whatever type of blush you want. I'm actually gonna try this one today. This is the Huda Beauty Faux Filter in, I don't even know what this says. Like seriously, I cannot see. For the life of me, I cannot actually read this. Why do I just feel like things need to stand out a little bit more with the way that they write things on products, I just can't. Like it's white on pink. I can't see a thing. I'm having to take a picture and then zoom in. Okay, it's the Oob Cream. I don't even know if that's how you say it, guys. Is it Oob or is it Ooby? That's a bit weird. Okay, can you imagine if it's Ooby? That'd be great. I should be like the spokesperson for that particular product. Okay, so what we're doing is we're gonna be using a cream product here. I haven't used this colour yet, but I'm really intrigued to see what it's like. It's like a lilac-y colour. So what I'm gonna do here, I'm not gonna paint onto the top of my face. I'm gonna go onto the back of the hand, apply a bit of that colour. I am then gonna get a brush. You could use a sponge for this, by the way, if you want. Like a sponge or a brush, whatever you feel more comfortable with. I'm gonna use my Hourglass 15 brush. Now I'm gonna dip into this blush. I'm gonna make sure I've really buffed the product into the blush, into the brush, sorry. And now what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna focus on applying it around here. I would suggest applying it on this area for mature skin, because I feel like when you're dealing with mature skin, you are dealing with kind of jowls, that kind of like the lack of elasticity in the skin. Everything kind of drops a little bit more on your face. So what you really wanna do at the same time as applying your makeup and getting that perfect flawless finish, which looks very natural. I said everything so fast I didn't have, I was trying to get everything out and you know, should have just taken a breath. But I would highly suggest making sure you apply it in a certain way to give you that lift as well. And that would be on the upper part of your cheekbone. So just up here. Now when it comes to colors, ooh, this smells so good. I would suggest using colors which are quite kind of like healthy looking for your skin. So actually I really like this color because I feel like it's quite a healthy looking color. It's quite vibrant, but without being bold, if that makes sense. So I'm sticking to this upper area here. I would say a mistake. Like I said, is using powder and using a blush product, which is quite thick. You want something which is very transparent, not kind of too highly pigmented because you honestly don't need that when you have mature skin. You don't need super highly pigmented products because you need a very, very small amount and you need it to look transparent and healthy. So another mistake would be, I would say is to use products as your blush, which are way too kind of like, it's too much of a contrast between the color and your skin. So if you have much darker skin than me, you can get away with things like more kind of deep peachy colors, like more kind of terracotta colors. They're gonna look great on your skin. If you have much lighter skin than me, I would stick to kind of that really nice soft pink color would look great on you. Even olive skin tone can get away with things like, you know, a nice soft pink or a peach. You've kind of got the best of everything. You can just, if you're using a terracotta shade, then just don't be so heavy handed with it. If you're using a soft pink, again, don't be so heavy handed with it. So it's really about you figuring out what suits your skin as well. Okay, I am happy with the amount of blush we've applied here on the top parts of my cheekbone. I prefer not to apply it here because it does make your cheeks look a lot bigger. So moving on, we're now gonna use a liquid bronzer. Now, like I said, you can use cream contours if you want. I personally would actually just stick to using your bronzer as your contour, especially with mature skin. If you're using a contour product and then you're trying to use a bronzer as well, firstly, the contour is gonna be way too heavy for you. Secondly, you're using way too many layers when you could kind of like get everything done with one layer. So we are gonna be using a very light fluid product. I'm using my medium dark shade in the Makeup By Mario Soft Sculpt bronzing and shaping product. I've got one pump. You need a very small amount of this, by the way. One pump of this on the back of my hand. I'm gonna use a brush and I'm using the Makeup By Mario F4 brush. We're gonna take a very small amount of that product, really buff it into the brush. I'm using the smaller side. Then I'm gonna take the excess off on a tissue. I'm probably gonna dab on there three times just to be safe. And now this is where you wanna focus on the perimeter of your face. You don't need to apply too much on the center part. So the mistake that I see quite often is way too much bronzer just around this area here and just all over. I know people say you've gotta apply the bronzer where the sun hits your face. Apply it strategically, right? Some people are gonna get very confused with that statement. Apply it where the sun hits your face. Well, not a lot of people realize the areas that, they're just gonna think that's the forehead and that's it. Do you know what I mean? So what I would do is be very strategic with it. I feel like it's a very confusing thing to say to someone like apply it where the sun hits your face. So this is where I wanna break it down for you. You wanna focus on the perimeter of your face which is just gonna help to add more shape to your face so it doesn't look so flat. You also wanna apply it just around this area here to just help sculpt the cheekbones but not too much. You need the smallest amount. So first off, let's go along the perimeter of the face. So we're just gonna focus on the sides of the forehead here. I'm applying a very small amount. I'm pressing. And you're gonna see, even though this might seem like it's the smallest amount, it makes a difference. So I'm going back into the product, buffing it into the skin, dipping onto the tissue once. Now this is where we're gonna go along the cheekbone. So all of this is kinda classed as the perimeter of the face because we are focusing on the outside part first. Can you see how I'm going up into the hairline and then I'm pressing along this area here? You can go further in if you want to but not too much. And we're gonna do this here. And I'm not applying a lot. I've got such a small amount on the brush. I keep calling the brush a blush. But can you see now, we're starting to get that nice shape where it doesn't look like I've got lines everywhere. It's just warming up the face. And every time I'm grabbing a tiny bit of that bronzing product, buffing it into the brush and then buffing it onto a tissue. Now this is where, this is really gonna help underneath the jawline here to just help with any jowling. Go underneath, not on top. And just go side to side. But you've gotta make sure there's a smallest amount on the brush. There's too much, it's just gonna look like a strip, a line, it's gonna look very wrong. I personally feel like this is enough. I feel like that will be enough for you guys. So we're all good with that. Something I wanna do very quickly before we go in with the powder. I wanna make sure there's no creasing anywhere. Now this is where you need to analyse your own face because obviously it's gonna be different to mine and figure out where is it that you have your most prominent wrinkles all over your face or fine lines? Where are those areas? In those areas, what I want you to do, and you might need to apply the powder step by step here. It might not be a case of getting rid of the product that's built up into the fine lines or wrinkles all at once and then going in with powder. It might be a case of doing each section at a time. So if you have a lot of deep wrinkles on your face, I would suggest doing it step by step. So for example, focus on the forehead first, get rid of any kind of product that's built up in any lines and then press the powder in and then move on to the next area. So figure out what it is you need to do first. I am gonna do area by area. Even though I know I don't need it, I just wanna show you. So let's focus on the forehead first. I don't have any wrinkles there, very subtle fine lines. I don't usually get products sitting in my fine lines, but if I did, this is what I would do. I would go back to my complexion brush. I'd make sure there's nothing on it, just dip it on a tissue. I would just go over the areas where I've got the lines, which are kinda, I can start to see the product building up there. I would then get my powder, get my Real Techniques brush, dip into the powder. I would then press. You can use a bigger brush if you want, by the way, here. You don't have to use this small brush everywhere. So can you see I'm making sure I'm really pressing it in all over the forehead? There you go. One layer is enough, that's all you're gonna need. Then I would go to the under eye area. I would really have a look, right, okay, is there product built up within the lines, which there always will be on anyone because it's normal to have lines there. Now, I would probably get a smaller brush now. I'd probably get like a fluff brush, like an eyeshadow brush, something that doesn't have anything on it. And then I would actually go on my under eye area and I would stretch my eye and I would just really skim the brush back and forth over where I've got the product built up in the line. So this can kind of, you know, get rid of all that excess product. Oops, I would then get my powder and I would then press. I would look up and press on my under eye area. There you go. So stretch your eye when you're applying the powder. There you go. This is where I would see, where do I want to apply powder everywhere, like anywhere else on my face? Some of you might say, do you know what? Actually, I don't feel like I want powder anywhere else. I'm just good with it on my under eyes and the areas where I have the wrinkles and that's it. The rest of the face, I'm okay with it looking a little bit dewy. Maybe you've got certain areas which don't have obvious texture and open pores, like larger pores, and you're okay with it looking kind of nice and dewy because the foundation you've used doesn't actually emphasise the texture or the open pores. But on other areas, you might decide that you want it. So you would do the same thing. You would get rid of any product that's built up in the line, such as your smile line. You'd go into your powder, set that area. There you go. So at this point, I don't have any lines anywhere else. So I'm just going to go over very lightly with the powder. I have texture there, so I would like to go over that area and the nose. I don't really like that looking shiny anyway. There you go. So that is the base done, along with the blush and the bronzer. So can you see how we've got a really nice natural base and it doesn't look cakey. You know, everything is kind of looking very smooth and flawless, but not heavy. So when it comes to the brows, first thing we're going to do, I've got a wet wipe here. I'm just going to get rid of any product that's sitting on my brows. There you go. You want the brows to be very natural. You don't want them to look heavy. A big mistake you want to avoid is using a product which is way too heavy or dark or highly pigmented for your eyebrow because the eyebrows really do frame the face. If they look heavy and everything else looks natural, the main focus when someone looks at you is immediately going to be your brows and you really don't want that. So I would suggest using the colour which complements your skin tone and matches your hair well. I would always recommend going a little bit lighter on your brows. So if you have black hair, don't go with a black product for your brows. You want to go just slightly kind of lighter. If you have very thick black hair, then obviously I would suggest going for a more kind of cooler black because the warmer blacks can kind of end up looking just, it's almost like a black-brown, but it's warm. So it looks really obvious where you've applied it. Now, I'm assuming when you are in your kind of like 60s, 70s, 80s, whatever, you are kind of like either using a brow tin or you're dying your brows or you might not and you might just leave them as they are. Whatever your choice is, is absolutely fine, but you want to go with the colour that you want. The only thing I would suggest is make sure it isn't too dark, especially if you have paler skin, you want something which is going to complement your skin tone. So you can either just go with a brow tint. That will be more than enough. If you can get away with that, just a brow tint, go with that. You don't need to really spend a lot of time doing your brows. Now I'm going to be using a brow pen. I have very sparse brows, so I am going to be using a brow pen to replicate some hairs. So let me very quickly do that. And that's really a case of just drawing in hairs from the bottom part of my brow. I just do it very lightly. Okay, so next thing I do is I get a pencil and this is where this just helps to kind of shade in the areas where I've clearly got no hair. I'm using my Benefit Precisely My Brow Pencil in 3.5. And this is where I just shade in, like it kind of helps me to shape the brow a bit as well. So I'm just kind of shading in. Okay, so now that the brows are done, we can move on to the eyes. Now a big mistake with the eyes is when people use a lot of product on the eyes, like a lot of eyeshadow. You really don't need as much as you think. Also, stay away from powder eyeshadows. Honestly, they are going to enhance any dryness or lines that you have around that area. I would highly recommend sticking to liquid or cream eyeshadows. If you really want to apply an eyeshadow, like I love the Charlotte Tilbury Mesmerizing Eyes Cream Eyeshadows. I just think they're very light. You really need the smallest amount and you can just apply it with your finger and that's it. Another big mistake is using liquid liner on mature eyes because it really does enhance any creppiness that you have around the eye area. Avoid that completely. You also want to try and avoid doing a super long flick. If you really want to do it, do it. It's fine because it might actually suit your face shape. So it really depends. But I personally would avoid doing a really long flick because all it's going to do is enhance any kind of droopiness that you have on the outer eye. Like your crow's feet area, which is there, is unless you're having Botox and everything and it really is kind of quite smooth, if you have very mature skin, it is going to droop. Everything goes down a little bit. So it's going to be much harder for you to create a flick. So be clever about it and use something like a soft pencil, but use it in a brown, something lighter. It doesn't have to be black. It doesn't have to be so harsh. And just apply it just on the lash line. So if I show you, I'm going to use a brown. This is my Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil Extreme. And this is in Limitless Brown. And I am just going to add a very small amount just to my upper lash. Go really close to your lash line and go halfway across. You don't have to go all the way in. Then use your finger and go back and forth. And then with your finger, whatever is on your finger, you're basically dragging this in to the area that you didn't actually apply any. And that is more than enough to give you a really nice, soft kind of like, there's some emphasis there, but it doesn't look obvious, right? So same thing on this side. You want to draw a line from the end of your lash line, halfway in. That's it. Doesn't matter if it's messy. Get your finger, go back and forth, but start going in, in towards the area that you didn't apply any. There you go. That is it. You can apply this to the lower lash line if you really want, but if I were you, I would actually apply it to the back of my hand, get your finger, and then with your tip of your finger, touch the root of your lash on either side, on the ends. That's it. That's all you're going to need. Please avoid going directly with the pencil on the lower lash line. It looks way too harsh. Okay, so now you want to get your lash curler and just curl your lashes because this is going to be a game changer. Your mascara. A big mistake is not curling your lashes. Big mistake. I don't know why anytime I say big mistake, it reminds me of Julia Roberts' Our Pretty Woman because I love that movie. She was like, big mistake. You know when she goes into the store and they don't want to serve her? Or no, when she goes back in. Yeah, when she goes back in and she's just like, big mistake because she had all the bags. Oh my God, I'm going to watch Pretty Woman now. Okay, so I've got my Hourglass Unlocked Mascara. You want to get a mascara which is not too dry, not too volumizing because it can end up looking really clumpy and flaky, and you want to really go through your lashes. If you want a thicker root, jiggle it side to side into the root before you drag it through. If you just want to focus on length, don't move it side to side. So remember that. Wiggle it around side to side into the root underneath the lashes before you drag through. If you want volume, if you don't want volume and you just want length, just drag it through the lashes and that's it. So that's a really good mascara for you because it isn't clumpy. It doesn't start looking thick and all sorts. It's really good. Now for lower lashes, don't go into the root. I just feel like it looks way too much. Just drag it through the lashes. A big tip I'm going to give you here. People make this mistake all the time. They go in and out of their mascara way too many times. Number one, what's happening there is you're going to shorten the life of your mascara immediately because you're going in and out, in and out. Secondly, you're applying too much product on other areas. Now the only time I will dip into this is twice while I'm using the mascara. Once is when I actually take it out and I use it on the upper lashes here, right? I don't actually go back in. Second, I go back in again for the second eye and I do the upper lashes. Then I don't go back into the mascara. Whatever is left on this is more than enough for my lower lashes on both sides. So do not go in and out of your mascara tube over and over, it's a big mistake. You are going to love this product. This is the Dual Lip Maximizer. It's a collagen product. I have been using this for years. I stocked up ages ago and this stuff is amazing. So I apply this to my lips. I never have any issues with my lips, touch wood. And I think it's because this is the one product I use daily, like without fail I use this daily. Every morning I put this on and it helps to keep my lips plump and it keeps them hydrated. I don't get the dryness, even though it is like it's winter in Dubai, but obviously it's not compared to other places in the world but it is still quite cold and we do feel it sometimes. But it isn't like I don't get the dryness on my lips. It just keeps everything really smooth. Now exfoliating is key for your lips in getting that smooth finish. I like to kind of exfoliate my lips when I'm using my face scrub weekly. So I just put it on my lips as well at the same time and I just do that once a week. You can use separate exfoliators for your lips because they're quite delicate if you want. But honestly, using like your usual scrub or something like that, just do it lightly over your lips is more than enough. Or a big tip, I've been doing this, well I've been telling my clients to do this for many, many years. I used to do this back in the day, is you get some Vaseline and you put a thick layer on your lips and then you get an old toothbrush or a new toothbrush, which you're not gonna use for anything other than this, but it's gotta be a soft bristle brush. And you basically very lightly scrub over your lips and that's gonna get rid of any dryness and that's a great way to exfoliate your lips. Do that once a week. Now when it comes to your lips and when you're maturing or you are mature, your lips are gonna become a lot thinner, less plumpness to them and you're gonna see the lines, the wrinkles through your lips a lot more. So I would suggest if you have very thin lips, avoid using bold, dark colours because they're just gonna make everything look smaller and they do actually enhance any kind of lines that you have there. I would actually recommend using more kind of like hydrating balms or glosses. Like glosses doesn't always mean that it has to be super glossy in your face. Like that Dior Lip Maximiser comes in different shades and it's like a very subtle kind of transparent colour. So you can get different colours in that. So, and it's like this, but I always, without fail, but I never go out like this with this glossy. I blot it once. I let it sit there for a little while and then I blot it after a little while and then I'm done. And it stays hydrated for the rest of the day. So I've blot that now. I just wanna show you what I do next. You wanna get a lip pencil, which is nice and creamy. Something which is either waxy or creamy. A straight, traditional, old school lip pencil, which is just a normal lip pencil is gonna be not that easy for you to use because of the dryness in your skin. So you want something which is hydrating. I personally love the Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Iconic Nude. If you've been here a while, you know I always use this. I'm very, very transparent and just honest about the things that I love because you'll see me using them all the time. Now and again, I mix it up so I can give you guys variety and give you, you know, my real opinion on what products I like. But honestly, I'll stick with the ones that I really do love. This is what I want you to do. A big mistake that I see happening is people will overline their lips when they are mature and it doesn't look good at all. There's a very clever way to do this. So firstly, you're using a collagen lip product, which is gonna help to plump up your lips. So that gives you that plumpness to begin with before you've even lined your lips. Try and get that plumpness from actual products that will plump your lips rather than always kind of like relying on actual, like a pencil to do it. So first thing we're gonna do is make the lips look bigger by going on the upper part of the lip line at the top, right? So we've not gone directly above it. We've stayed on the lip line, but we've gone on the upper part of it. Now, I like to just smudge this inwards and that gives me a very natural look. It just looks like it's my actual real lip. And then I do the same thing here. So below the, like on the lower part of my lip line, not directly below it on the skin. And then I just smudge this side to side. I personally feel like that is enough. I don't feel like I need to add any more lip liner. If you really do want some colour on the lips, you can go with like, like I said, use things like liquid or cream products on the lips that are gonna keep your lips hydrated. I personally love the Rare Beauty Lip Souffle. This is in Brave and I love this colour. So what I tend to do is just apply a little bit. I don't go like that. You don't need to do that every time you do your lips. Then I get my finger and I pat it. What this is doing is actually you're pressing the lips. You're actually increasing the blood circulation. So you're plumping them up naturally yourselves. Yourselves. Yourself. There you go. I've got a really nice subtle colour on my lips. It isn't too strong, but there's something there. And I feel like I haven't applied, it doesn't look heavy or cakey. That is honestly it guys. It's honestly like so easy if you just follow the steps. That's why I really want you guys, I'm just wiping my hands as I'm going along. That's why I really want you guys to actually follow along and do this, because I feel like you're really gonna realise how much of a difference it makes. If you go away and you try this and you're not even watching this video, I can promise you there's something that you'll feel like it doesn't look right to you. Or you feel like, oh, it isn't as good as I want it to be. Do it at the same time. Trust me. Put the video on again. Please do this for me. If there's one thing you're gonna do, please, please do this today or whenever you wanna watch it and do it, because I feel like it's gonna make a huge difference. So I really do hope you try that. Okay, so I am really, really glad I showed you that, because I just feel like there's so many things that people, especially the comments that I get, there's so many things that people struggle with when it comes to mature skin, so I'm really hoping this has helped you out. Again, I don't have, I wouldn't class my skin to be mature, but I have myself to work on, so it doesn't stop me from showing you, right? So hopefully it's helped you, and I really hope you've enjoyed it. Please don't forget that we have a magazine, an online magazine called The Beauty Breakfast Club. I'd love you to join and subscribe. There are two versions of the subscription. One is free, which gives you access to the occasional newsletter. 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