sixtyandme logo

Elise Marquam-Jahns is a professional makeup artist who is passionate about helping women 50+ get their glow back. She is the founder of Boomer and Beyond Beauty and runs the “Boomer and Beyond Beauty with Elise” YouTube channel. Elise has authored the free guide The Top Four Research-Proven Makeup Techniques That Help Us Look Our Best Now.

Latest Posts By Elise Marquam-Jahns

1 week ago

The Easiest Way to Create Perfect Brows

It’s been said that nothing frames the face so beautifully or gives an instantaneous lift quite like beautifully shaped eyebrows. Eyebrows are one of our most important facial features because of the many functions they perform. They help accentuate our eyes, shape the face and play a powerful role…

Read More
3 months ago

What Can I Do About These Jowls? Here Are Some Answers!

Do you ever find yourself looking in the mirror and occasionally pulling the skin tighter around your jaw line? I certainly have! For many of us, that once sharp and defined jaw line we used to have has gone the way of the mimeograph machine and transistor radio…

Read More
6 months ago

Best of the Best 2025 Makeup Products for Mature Skin (So Far)

With Halloween behind us, it seems appropriate to take a look back and focus on some of the truly outstanding skincare and makeup products that are new or new to me this year. Let me note that many of them are from the drugstore. First up is Merit’s Great Skin Instant Glow Serum…

Read More
6 months ago

Transform Your Face in 8 Minutes (Or Less!) with These Drugstore Makeup Products

Whether we use makeup every day, only for special occasions – or we don’t use makeup at all – one thing is certain: these creams, powders and liquids can transform us. Makeup can hide signs of tiredness, skin flaws, signs of aging and can give us a wonderful sense…

Read More
6 months ago

How to Keep Your Makeup from Settling into Fine Lines and Wrinkles

Upon finishing our makeup, you look in the mirror for a final check and there it is: the annoying problem that many of us deal with as we get older. Rather than looking smooth and flawless, our makeup has managed to settle into a number of fine lines which makes those wrinkles look…

Read More
7 months ago

How I Transform My Hooded Eyes

I’m often asked, “How can I make my hooded eyes look bigger, brighter and just plain better?” Since the eyes are usually the first thing we notice about another person, it’s not surprising that we need to learn some new techniques to highlight them as changes occur. So today I’ll guide…

Read More
7 months ago

Must-Try Pro Makeup Artist Tips for Over 50

Have you ever finished applying your makeup, looked at yourself in the mirror and thought: Something’s off here. My makeup just doesn’t look quite right. It might be that your complexion products just aren’t working well, or something might be off with your brows…

Read More
7 months ago

Over 60? How to Solve More of Your Biggest Beauty Problems, Part 2

Today we’ll shine a light on ways to solve six beauty issues that many of us with mature skin also experience. And by the way, there are certainly procedures available through dermatologists and plastic surgeons that can also help solve these problems, but we’ll just be focusing on ways…

Read More
8 months ago

Surprising Winner! Which Blushes Really Work Best and Look Best on Mature Skin, Part 2

Have you struggled to find a blush that not only works the best on your mature skin but also looks the best? Well, if you have, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to Part 2 of my quest to help women with mature skin find the very best options of blushes…

Read More
8 months ago

Which Blush Really Works Best on Mature Skin?

By any chance, have you – like me – noticed any changes in your skin over the past few years? For most of us, these changes have meant a few adjustments to our skincare and makeup routines. And for me, a makeup product that I once didn’t give much thought to has become…

Read More