July 2020 www.womanthismonth.com 2 BEAUTY | styling Firstly, throw out the rule book – Going through all the make-up motions of a 20- or 30-something YouTuber may not be to your advantage. Overlook the extras like contouring, highlighting and ‘baking’. Concentrate on what you absolutely have to hide or need to play up, and keep a light hand while you’re at it. Laying the foundation – Primer gives make-up staying power and moisturiser will allow you to buff it all out without that dry, patchy finish. Go sheer and steer clear of full coverage bases that end up in a cake-face appearance. A tinted SPF by day and a light-weight foundation by night will help you achieve an even tone while keeping skin looking like skin (as opposed to the last pancake in the stack). Eyeing your beauty – Sparse eyebrows will do nothing to frame your face, so filling them in (ever so lightly for a natural effect) will make all the difference. You may be past the cut-crease and winged-liner look, but you can still befriend crinkly or pigmented eyelids with an eye-lid primer (or a dab of concealer) and a medium-toned eyeshadow that you can use to create a fake crease slightly above your natural crease to open up the eye. Smudge the upper lash line with a brown pencil or eyeshadow for soft, doey eyes. Skip this step for the lower lids; it tends to lend wise-with-age eyes a droopy look. A couple of coats of good quality mascara and you’re ready to receive admiring glances. A playful flush – Applying blush (muted hues please) slightly higher on the cheekbones with an upward sweep lifts the facial features. Lips that seal the deal – The formula of your lipstick can make or break your look. Stay away from the extremes – drying mattes or high-shine gloss. Choose colours that complement your undertone and use lip liner just a tad beyond the border to keep colour from bleeding. AMAZING AGEING GRACE Move over, ageism. The older woman has been savouring her moment in the global beauty spotlight for the last year. Not only is she looked up to for being ripe with wisdom, strength and life’s rich experiences, but also, the global beauty industry has made a beeline to create products particularly suited to mature skin and hair. Stunners like Helen Mirren, Meryl Streep, Naomi Campbell and Jenifer Lopez have demanded attention for epitomising ageless beauty and turning heads with effortless sophistication. Let’s take a leaf out of their books to look and feel like a million bucks, no matter how many years we have walked the earth. MAKE-UP The use of make-up is purely per choice, whether you are 25 or 55. It can, whenever you feel like it, be used to enhance your looks to come across as the best version of yourself. But when you’ve come this far with knowing yourself and speaking your mind, make sure to let the real ‘you’ shine through your make-up. Here’s how a dash of greasepaint can keep it looking elegant.
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