How to Make-Up Hooded Lids: The Senior Woman’s Guide to a Stunning Eye (Video)
As a professional makeup artist, the question of how to make-up hooded lids and create a stunning eye is a frequent and enthusiastic query…
Read MoreHow to Make Your Eyelashes Look Fuller and Longer (VIDEO)
There are three stages to eyelash growth: resting, shedding and re-growth. Our lashes continuously cycle through these three stages. But as we get older, eyelash growth can slow or stop. But luckily there is a variety of different techniques…
Read MoreHow to Improve Thinning or Graying Hair: 10 Practical Tips for Women Over 60
Have you noticed your hair is thinner than 30 years ago? If so, you’re not alone. By middle age, most people’s hair becomes finer as the diameter of individual hair follicles, and the hair they produce, decreases. The good news is that several diet…
Read MoreSecrets for Going from a Day to Evening Look Using Drugstore Makeup (VIDEO)
It’s amazing how just a few tweaks and several additional products can transform our makeup from a daytime look to a more glamorous Holiday look. And that’s exactly what we’ll be doing today using only drugstore makeup. One of the many fun…
Read More8 Gorgeous Energy Exercises to Love Your Face at 60 Plus! (VIDEO)
At the age of 61, I find myself peering into my face with a kind of wonder. I know this face and yet it is constantly changing. I trace the lines around my eyes gently and with respect. These eyes have beheld so much beauty and also so much pain…
Read MorePro Makeup Artist Tips: Eyeshadow 101 for Older Women (VIDEO)
Often, the women I’ve worked with have shared with me why they hesitate to wear eyeshadow and some of these reasons may certainly resonate with you as well. Some feel it’s not really important or necessary or it takes too much time or is too difficult…
Read More7 Ways Older Women Can Make Their Eyes Look Bigger and More Lifted (VIDEO)
There are some wonderful makeup techniques we can use to create bigger and even more beautiful, lifted eyes. And since our eyes are the first place to show age, this is especially important for those of us over 50. The right makeup…
Read MoreWho Sells the Best Makeup for Mature Skin? Which Products Do You Love?
Like many women in our community, I still love wearing makeup. I don’t use anti-aging products to try to look younger. Instead, I use makeup for mature skin to highlight my best features. And, while I don’t want to look younger, I also don’t want…
Read MoreThe Power of Using Female Body Part Words – One Woman’s Reflections
You just don’t hear the word very often and it sounds, well, too strong, too technical or perhaps too much ‘off colour’. Is the word ‘vulva’ seen as vulgar because it starts with the same three letters? What if, instead, we associated it with a Swedish car?
Read MoreThe 9 Biggest Makeup Mistakes Those of Us Over 50 Make (#9 Will Surprise You!)
Today I want to share with you nine tips that are especially important for those of us over 50. These tips result from my experience over the past seven years as a professional makeup artist who specializes in helping older women. I’ve worked with hundreds…
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