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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

3 years ago

10+ Tips for Sparse Eyebrows (Demos Using Different Techniques and Products)

If you are over 50, chances are you’ve noticed a few changes in your eyebrow area. Figuring out how to get the shape just right without making your brows look drawn on, too dark, too thick or uneven can be challenging. But with the right products, techniques…

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3 years ago

The Quickest, Easiest Eyeshadow Application for Older Women (VIDEO)

Eye shadow can do wonders to highlight our eyes and help us look our best. Yet I’ve heard from a number of you that eyeshadow application can be a bit challenging – and, frankly, just too time consuming and difficult…

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3 years ago

10 Pro Makeup Artist Tips to Save Money and Help Us Look Flawless (VIDEO)

If you’d like to save time and money, prevent frustration, and help your makeup look even more flawless, here are some tips that can help you accomplish one (or more!) of these objectives. You know how you can still see product in a tube…

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3 years ago

Exploring the Makeup Line of Merit, a Clean Beauty Makeup Brand (VIDEO)

As we all know, just about any makeup will look great on us when we’re 20 or 30, but how products perform on our over-50 skin is a whole other ballgame! So today, we’re going to take a look at the six new makeup products…

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3 years ago

Top 2020 Makeup Finds for Women 50+

As a professional working makeup artist who specializes in helping those of us over 50, one of the ways I hope I can help you is to test both high end and drugstore makeup to see how these products perform on mature skin…

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3 years ago

Highlighter How-Tos: A Game Changing Makeup Product for Older Women

One of the things we’re bound to notice when we look at a three-year-old’s face is healthy, glowing skin. Through the years, that glow naturally dims, but there’s a makeup product that can definitely revive a gorgeous glow: highlighter…

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4 years ago

8 Makeup Techniques That Make a Huge Difference for Older Women (VIDEO)

Our skin has changed just a bit since we were in our 20s and 30s, so those beautiful makeup looks we saw in Seventeen Magazine or Glamour may not be our best looks at this point in our lives. As a professional, working makeup artist…

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4 years ago

A 60-Plus-Year-Old Pro Makeup Artist Shares Her A.M. and P.M. Skin Care Routines

Since no one among us escapes the aging process, we certainly see a few changes in our skin as we reach our fifth decade. But we are fortunate that there are some great skin care products out there that can help. And finding a good skin care…

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4 years ago

5 Ways to Look Younger (NOT OLDER!) Wearing Blush and How to Keep Blush from Disappearing

I think many of us get a little nervous when we apply blush because we’ve all seen it go horribly wrong. But the good news is that for those of us with mature skin there are five things we can do to insure that blush gives us a beautiful, healthier…

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4 years ago

Pro Makeup Artist Tips for Solving the Top 10 Makeup Challenges for Older Women

As a professional working makeup artist who specializes in helping those of us over 50, I’ve met and worked with hundreds of wonderful women who’ve shared their makeup concerns and challenges with me over the past seven years…

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