I’m a style whizz – the five makeup styles which make you look ancient… and, girls, it’s time to ditch the dark lippie
THE saying goes beauty is only skin deep, but if you’ve got the wrong make-up on your fine lines will look even deeper.
Make-up is brilliant for enhancing what you love and also concealing what you don’t.
But much like clothes and hair, make-up has trends.
And some of those trends could be ageing you.
From buying outdated products to putting them in the wrong place, here Fabulous’ fashion editor Clemmie Fieldsend reveals what make-up looks are ageing you - and highlighting your wrinkles.
POWER EYE SHADOW
Put down that small, sponge eyeshadow applicator that came inside the palette.
In fact, ditch the palette altogether.
Eyeshadows that are powders gather in every line, including crows feet when you do an extended eye, and make your eyelids look more droopy than before.
Switch your eye routine to cream shadows, they’re so much easier to work with, are buildable and don’t smash into smithereens if you so much as knock them like palettes do.
WATERLINE LINER
Carving kohl eyeliner into your waterline may have been your go-to look in your teens but the look is actually ageing you.
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Adding the black to the waterline makes your eyes appear smaller and dulls the complexion around your eyes which makes you, and your skin, look older.
Plus, pulling the skin under your eye down to get to the waterline reduces the elasticity in your skin making under eye bags worse.
Make-up mogul Kim Kardashian used to wear black on her waterline, but now she’s stopped at 42 - she looks younger and fresher.
However adding some to the lash line is no bad thing, it gives the illusion of fuller, thicker lashes.
HIGHLIGHTER
Using a thick strip of highlighter on your cheek bones, or along the eyelid, to make you face appear brighter is actually having the opposite effect.
High pigmentation colours, like shimmery highlighters, exaggerate the appearance of dry skin and fine lines.
To make your face appear brighter don’t use so many products that layer up and show off every crack in your skin.
Instead use light, cream products in neutral toned bronzers and blushes with a very subtle shimmer.
MATTE POWDER
Do you hate it when you go to hug someone hello and feel yourself pulling your face away so as to not get any make-up on them?
As painful as it can be, the person you’re greeting won’t appreciate an imprint of your face on their shoulder.
Matte powders can cancel unwanted oils in the skin skin but not only do they make a mess but they settle into fine lines and love to hold onto dry skin.
Try loose powders that aren’t fitted into a compact and apply very, very lightly with a brush - not sponge.
DARK LIPSTICK
Lipsticks on the darker ends of the spectrum have high impact but are also very ageing.
Even 21-year-old Kaia Gerber looks tired and aged in a deep oxblood hue.
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The darker the lipstick, the smaller your lips look, and the drama of the colour draws attention to fine lines around the mouth and cheeks.
Berry shades with warm undertones aren’t as ageing, but if you want to look bright in the face go for a bright lip.