Platinum beauty guru and celebrity make-up artist Dottie Monaghan shares tips on how not to overdo your make-up. Connect with her at instagram.com/dottiemakeup.
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How do I apply make-up onto my mature skin without looking overly made up?’ It’s a question I often get. Sometimes it’s from people who have never applied make-up and feel they could benefit from a little help to look less tired and brighten their complexion or redefine areas like lips and brows, which can thin with age. But it’s also asked by people who find the products they apply no longer work as well for them now as they did in the past. Your skin is always evolving and its needs change, as does the shape of your face.
Think about what you want to achieve from your make-up and focus on enhancing your best features. You can’t hide wrinkles by applying extra make-up – it will only draw attention to them.
A great skincare routine is essential to looking fresh and having a healthy complexion. And the more hydration the skin has, the brighter it will be. Heavy moisturisers are not compatible with make-up so apply serums and skincare products with hydration added to them, then place a primer on top to seal it and help avoid make-up going into wrinkles.
Dottie’s how-to for enhancing what you’ve got!
It should only take five minutes and a few key products to transform skin from dull and tired to glowy and fresh.
● Not everyone needs foundation, but if you feel you do then opt for a tinted moisturiser or tinted serum. Use a brush to blend out to the ear and down the neck.
● A thin application of a creamy-textured concealer to the undereye and inner corners of the eye will really brighten the face yet won’t leave you feeling caked in make-up. Make sure to blend seamlessly onto the skin using a brush. Avoid the outer eye area as you don’t want make-up migrating into laughter lines.
● A colour-correcting concealer is great to hide age spots, blemishes or high pigment areas. Again, blend well.
● Define the eyebrows using a pencil or angled brush and build the colour up slowly. Open eyes look more youthful so use eyelash curlers before you apply mascara.
● Blush and highlighters are skin saviours offering warmth and radiance to bring your complexion back to life.
Apply blush to cheeks when the face is straight, and not when smiling. If applied the latter way, when you relax your face it will bring the colour l
