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Beauty in Your Forties: Makeup, Skin and Style Tips For Women
In Their 40?s

So, you?re partying days of your 20's are over, your stressful
days of your 30?s are fading and you feel like you finally
know exactly who you are. But, as you look in the mirror you
may worry and start to have trouble recognizing the woman
starting back at you. As you are leaving 30's behind, instead
of going forward with fear be sure to embrace your new age
with an updated skin care and makeup outlook. The best things
about your 40's is the fact you can still have fun without
worrying about every little ?crisis? life throws your way. So,
embrace your new life joys and age!

Age Appropriate Makeup Advice: Women In Their Early To Late
Forties

Maybe you spent too much time in the sun when you were younger
or maybe you just didn?t think about skin care before now, but
chances are you are now noticing the sun damage and signs of
aging from your past. You might have blotchiness, red spots
and fine lines appearing. As you?re aging and turning fourty
years old, your skin is changing too. It?s losing collagen and
elasticity so it will retain much less moisture. This
ultimately means you?ll not only start noticing more wrinkles
but also lose some of your natural glow. You need to continue
to preserve, maintain and repair your skin.

Skin Care: Women In Their 40?s

By your 40th birthday, you should already be in a great skin
care and beauty routine. However, it needs to change a bit as
you enter this new decade of life and celebrate. Things you
should know already about skin care should only be modified a
bit. Start using a creamy cleanser both day and night (skip
the gel) and follow with a broad-spectrum moisturizer with
SPF 15 or 20. Find a moisturizer with at least two kinds of
antioxidants such as green tea, soy or lycopene. Different
antioxidants target different things in the skin. You can also
find a formula with peptides to help collagen strength. If you
have dry skin problems, try something with shea butter,
petrolatum or hyaluronic acid. Always use a nighttime
treatment to help reduce brown spots, soften your lines and
thicken your epidermis (prescription retinoid is recommended).
Words of wisdom: if the prescription retinoid bothers your
skin, try it every other night.

Age Appropriate Makeup and Cosmetics: Women In Their 40?s

Much like your hair has changed over the years to fit your age
and style, so should your make up style. While facts may tell
you that you should go with the ?mom makeup? you may find
yourself curious with thoughts about new makeup trends. As
long as the trends don?t involve neon colored eye shadow or
glitter, go for them!

When choosing a foundation in your 40s, think about spending a
little more to get one with a built in SPF 15 or 20 and
peptides. This will help you get the coverage you need and
build in extra skin care benefits at the same time. Always opt
to use a concealer to help cover up that redness and
blotchiness you?re likely seeing from past sun damage. Apply
the foundation first and then the concealer, blending both
together to get a seamless look. Dealing with a foundation and
concealer from the same brand can be helpful, as blending two
brands together can bring great difficulty if you want natural
results.

Keep the blush light and focused on the apples of your cheeks,
looking for natural glowing colors to help you gain back some
of the natural glow time is taking away from your skin.

Instead of using heavy lipstick and liner, think about getting
a tinted gloss or cream lipstick that will allow you to have a
youthful look on your lips. When doing this, try to stay away
from dark colors and opt for melon colors, pink colors, peach
colors or chic nude colors.

Eye shadow colors of brown, gray, silver or purple are often
great for those in their 40?s. Be sure not to overdo it with
the eyeshadow and unless you don?t have very many eye area
wrinkles be sure to steer clear of frosty formulas and only
use them for highlighting purposes. Also, remember to keep
your eyebrows perfectly plucked or waxed and use a soft
eyebrow powder to fill in any sparse areas instead of a heavy
eyebrow pencil.



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