Looking old ..makeup making matters worse

[Elasticatedwaist]

I’m 44 and I’ve always been reasonably happy with how I look . I’ve always cleansed and moisturised , don’t smoke , drink or sunbathe .
My skin this winter got very dry and sensitive so I’ve had to find different skincare that works for that BUT even so , seemingly overnight I look old and lined and putting makeup on is no longer fun as it just seems
To be making me look worse !
Is it time to accept I can’t look nice anymore and pack in the makeup ?
Feel a bit sad .

Don’t be silly, you mustn’t give up just try some new products! Have you tried a primer? I use a maybelline one and it gives a really nice smooth base. Also are you moisturising day and night with a rich moisturiser? I’ve started to do this and use a serum at night and it’s really helping my skin now I’ve noticed it becoming much drier (I’m 39).
Also use a moisturiser with an spf of at least 30.

Oh, Also - don’t use powdery makeup. I only use a dab of pressed powder on my nose and chin to stop shine then a swirl of peachy pink blusher on my cheeks. I don’t use much eyeshadow either and I use natural colours (for instance I’ve recently changed my usual Liquid pen eyeliner From black to brown as it looks more natural). You don’t want to look harsh or overly-done up. Try using a lip gloss rather than lipstick. Or I sometimes just use chapstick and go over it with a lip,liner (Bobbi brown ballet pink is lovely).

Maybe change the type/style/look of your makeup? Try an in store makeover using a brand you like, and ask for suggestions? (Often free or cost can be redeemed for products)

I've stopped using under eye concealer,if I don't use it and just use the last bit of foundation I have on my brush I look fine BUT the second I use concealer I suddenly have horrible lines

I think you just need a make up overhaul as skin and hair colour and skin type changes at this age.

I have had to stop wearing matte or heavy foundation, and need to be more careful with concealer around my eye area. Just took a while to find ones that I was happy with (and am not entirely happy with them yet!)

I just use B.B. cream now it's much more flattering for me than foundation.

It’s the type of make up. It’s not all make up. You just need new make up.

Any heavy moisturizer recommendations? I'm finding my skin has dried a lot as I age.

CeraVe hydrating wash and CeraVe cream in the tube- fabulous stuff!

Put a drop of loreal iluminator in yr make up. It makes the make glow a bit but not a silly amount!
Also, i think, a pinker cream blush than i have worn
in years.

So i need new makeup , any recommendations ? I am pale with fair hair and looking (at the moment ) Washed out .

I have been using an Avon moisturiser for the last few years and for someone younger it might feel a bit heavy I suppose, but for me, in my early fifties, it's brilliant. Works really well underneath EL Double Wear, which I find is too dry without a decent moisturiser underneath.

Anyway - it's this.

Sorry - posted the link for the night cream, but it's the day cream you'd want. Here.

I was thinking of giving up on foundations as it sits in my lines, but at 59 still need some coverage, so today is no foundation day, what I did is wear is tinted 30 spf, over that I just brought from super drug gosh primer plus base it's a skin adaptor goes on white but changes colour to blend in with your skin colour, over that a touch of Laura mercier mineral foundation, I can't believe the staying power, and it didn't sit in my lines as much, it lasted all day, just my nose and chin worn off a bit, that happens with every foundation I use, even double wear.

Have a look at the Look Fabulous Forever website.

I've felt the same way recently

I was recommended on here both Clarins Glow and IT Cosmetics CC cream, they are both really good.

I’m 43 and having similar issues to you. I recently swapped to Charlotte tilbury powder and it’s been much better. It really does have an almost airbrushes finish. The pressed powder doesn’t say very long though as I hit pan within a few weeks.

I have also found using a cc/bb cream is better than a foundation for my skin now. I don’t need the coverage of a foundation just a bit of colour correction and some moisturiser.

If I want to wear foundation then I like the chanel vitalumiere. The ordinary serum foundation is a good budget option. But definitely not the full coverage one that’s too drying and settles in even the tiniest of lines.

Late 50's here. I wear a small amount of a no7 foundation, applied by fingers (clean, obs) which seems to warm it into the skin, and look like a lighter application. Tend to just wear brown eyeliner pencil, at the outside of my eye, and smudged with a cotton bud. I also wear brown mascara, and try to leave myself time for lipstick applied with a brush, which gives a lighter touch.

I have your skin type and colouring I think but am a few years ahead.

Change your cleanser. Exfoliate. Use primer, cream blusher, lighter foundations, ditch concealers.

I like Lancome primer, Dior primer, Clarins beauty flash balm primer.

Dior, Lancome and Boots no 7 foundations work for me.

My lipsticks double as cream blusher. It works v v well.

Botox and Dior foundation

You need good quality make up applied with a light hand. I use Laura Mercier Candleglow foundation applied with a damp make up sponge, and I spend a good 3-4 minutes buffing it into my skin and over my eye area. I use a dot of Collection concealer in the corner of my eyes as it doesn't settle in any lines.

I tight line under my upper lashes with a dark brown eyeshadow and really work it into the base of the lashes.

I then curl my lashes before using Masterpiece mascara by Max Factor because it never clumps or flakes.

I buff a rosy pink creme blusher into the tops of my cheeks, I use a Bobbi Brown one, and then just press a tiny bit of pressed powder onto the tip of my nose to prevent shine but I no longer use it anywhere else on my face.

Lastly I use a soft pink lipstick like Clinique's Tenderheart or just the tinted Vaseline in Rose.

The look I aim for is 'still pretty but in a delicately faded way'

I am 61 and find that less is more. I don't want the Barbara Cartland look. I can't find a BB cream or tinted moisturiser that doesn't make me look orange, and find that foundation is too heavy for me. So I mixed a foundation in the right colour with some moisturiser, and it is perfect.

I just use eye pencil and mascara for a night out for eye make up.

Mac silver light as an illuminator, use it as a base, then personally I like Chanel le teint ultra foundation and Charlotte tilbury magic genius powder. Makes me all dewy and sort of Illuminated, in a good healthy way. Like perfect skin.

Can anyone recommend a good primer that will soften fine lines and give me a (very slight) glow?