MAKEUP for a younger look!

To look younger isn't piling on with alot of blusher nor is it slapping on the fake lashes for that "bewildered deer staring into the oncoming headlights look".
Observe the skin of a younger person. It is less lined, skin is clearer (with exceptions of the breakout prone, hormonal charged acne skin) and lips more plumper. Skin has a certain glow and always looking less tired (until the clubbing years starts).

10 tips and products to use to look fresher/younger!

1) Do not overlayer your skin with moisturiser. It is a MISTAKE to overlayer the skin with too much moisturiser.
I do not see why there should be too much moisturiser use due to the humidity, unless you have true dry skin which can get irritated if you do not hydrate enough.

Excessive moisturisers on skin allows makeup to slide off easier, makes the face look sweatier/greasy and do not really soften the depper lines.
Epidermal lines are soften with hydration from a good toner and mosituriser (laden too much and it looks like you dip your face cooking oil).

Hydrate your skin with a good toner, currently I am in love with Neutrogena Fine Fairness Toner for its Vit C presence and hydrating properties.Use fingers and palm to massage the toner into the skin for optimal hydration.
For a gorgeous lightweight hydration before sunscreen (in the day time), I am in love with Caudalie Vinosource range Quenching Sorbet-Creme. This lightweight moisturiser is amazing for hydration on skin before apply makeup on. The packing allows the product to stay fresh longer.

Summary, the cleaner hydrated skin always look younger and supple or than an overmositurise grease-ladened one.

2) Use a lightweight liquid foundation.
Adjust the coverage you need to the product being used.
If your skin is excellent, use a tinted moisturiser or a sheer foundation to even out the skin colour. Try Sephora Light Veil Foundation (avaliable in 6 colours).
For those who want higher coverage, use Urban Decay Surreal Skin Cream To Powder Foundation. Texture like a cream but apply on skin and it finishes to a powder finish. Forget the powder to prevent the powdered look. Less foundation based product on the skin, less lined the skin looks!

3) Use products with film forming agents to lessen the look of lines facial lines. Apply a THIN layer over the affected area (after all skincare, before sunscreen during daytime) before applying foundation. This will coat the area to hold the skin, lessening the look of lines. Can be applied on any part of the face which have lines. Just rememeber not to overlayer products too much. But rememeber these create illusions to LESSEN the lines, nothing will remove the lines except asthetics surgery.

Examples are
>Shu Uemura stage performer signs-off instant replenishing line smoother
>MAC Prep+Prime Line Filler
>Good Skin Labs Tri-Aktiline Instant Deep Wrinkle Filler
>Dior Capture Totale Multi-Perfection Concentrate (yes it can be use as a base for foundation, I am judging on the formulation.)

4) Use a blush that give a glow upon the skin rather than a shocking burst of colours. No fuschia pink, bright orangy coral or a bright red blush will make your skin youthful, instead it turns your face into a DRAG queen doll. Use blushers that give you a beautiful glow.
I love Urban Decay Afterglow Glide-On Cheek Tint for that wash of flush from within! For those with oiler skins, currently I am in love with Clarins Blush Prodige for their user-friendly colours avaliable and that beautiful radiance imparted to the skin.

5) Give yourself a SOFTER COLOURED, thicker brow.
Give yourself a fuller brows. Yes you heard it a fuller brow always do make you look younger (look at the korean stars who keep their brows fuller). The trick is not to make your brows the same colour as your hair. Bring down the brow colour 2-3 tones lighter than your hair colour but filling up the brows more, the illusion is that one is younger.
I love using Cle De Peau EyeBrow Liner (choose the lighter shade).

NO MOREoverpluck eye brows please!!!!

6) Keeping the skin clean looking without the oil slick.
Mattify your oiler Tzone with Sloane Inc Sheer Mineral Powder, keep the sides of the face powder free to sustain the freshness. Powder too much and the skin might appear dull or just pancaked on.

7) Using too light a shade of concealer around the eyes to hide dark undereye circles (resulting in a ring of “light” that makes you look like you have reverse panda eyes).

(Answer lifted off my earlier postings)
I hate that look too. That look occur when people still stick to methods from the late 80's / early 90's when we do not have proper coloured undereye concealers and the reverse panda eyes occur too when some traditonalist love using beige/white eye shadow on the eye circle which will also create the reverse panda look.

For undereyes circle, we always target to lighten what we see.
Redness on the eye area, a yellow based concealer.
Greyness/Blueness under the eyes will need a warm/peach based concealer.
Purpley under the eyes will need BOTH tones.
A good guide for the concealers will be that if there is a strange grey hue on the skin or the concealer appearing ashy on the undereye, IT IS TOO LIGHT and move on to the next darker colour.
For fair to medium dark skin, you can use a very light yellow loose powder to set the concealer.
For dark and deep dark skin, using a warm peachy LOOSE powder will work better.

I LOVE MAC STUDIO SCULPT CONCEALERS for under eyes, the coverage and smoothen out texture is amazing!

8) Lines on the eye lids?
STOP USING PRODUCTS THAT HAVE TOO MUCH SHINE! Shimmery eye shaodws don't dicpict youth. It shoWs lines! Matte and Satin eye shadows appear more flattering on lids. Use taupish pinks and neutral corals to give warmth the eye area. Blues might be in trend but it will not work on a more mature skin.


9) Create a fuller lip for that youthful pout.
Trick?
Using a neutral lip pencil line just on the lipline to create a fuller lip look, I love the texture of Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Lip Pencil which glides on smoothly and has amazing wearing power.
Layer on with a full colour gloss like SILKYGIRL’s Gloss On Lipcolor (avaliable in 9 shades) for that sexy pout. How to acheive that pout? Focus on applying the gloss from the centre of the lips outwards, this placement of gloss from the centre giving the illusion of fullness of youthful lips (tho this will never work with those with VERY thin lips and wrinkly lips)

10) Do not overladen oneself with too much lipcolour if it is a casual look. Give your lips a wash of colour with conditioning effects like Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm (coming in march/april). I love the colours of Hibiscus (a clean pink), Rose (neutral red) and Red Dahila (Berry stain) which impart a beautiful glaze of colour while the fantastic formula norishes the dry lips!