If you have thinning or missing hair use a matching Eye Color and a stiff, angled Brow Brush to appy color directly to the scalp. It stops light from reflecting off the scalp which makes your hair appear thicker…old trick I learned in Hollywood that really works!
How much makeup do you really need when all you want to do is look natural and not spend a lot of time? The answer is to spend your time only on the areas that are going to create the biggest before and after impact. Which is really only 4 areas and just takes a couple of minutes and still gives you a finished balanced face that looks effortless. Here is the technique explained in easy steps. The 4 areas to pay attention to: concealing any discoloration around the eye area .
The beauty magazines just recycle the same, useless advice unless you are under 35. You can’t go to a department store makeup counter and have a 23 year old girl, who only knows the line she represents with sales quotas to meet, give you any makeup guidance… plus they will usually make you exactly how they do their own face. That’s why I love the products I have made, all geared to truly solving makeup problems of a more mature face. No woman should now be wearing eye shadows that are frosted or are a true color, only choose matte shades that compliment your coloring in a natural way. When I teach a lesson I can show you how you can lift the 5 areas of your face just by the shade, brush, and where you place the makeup. The areas where you especially will notice a visible lift is by lifting the brow line, the top eye line, the cheekbone, the top lip line and firming up under the jaw. I know the answers, I’ve been working on it daily for over 30 years as a professional makeup artist and using my own face as it has changed as my test and research department! Stay tuned for more makeup advice for women over 40 and 50 as I share my knowledge with women who know they can look better just by learning an updated way to apply their makeup, and I always love to get your beauty questions! Ask me on my Marilyn Young Beauty website!
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Here’s Step Two for bringing back the light under and between your eyes… Apply my bestselling Custom-blended Concealer thinly, using the concealer brush that I designed to make it easy and mistake-proof!
First apply concealer in your inner eye corner and slightly upward between your eyes (on the inner sides of the nose). Second spot, also outer eye corners to lift the eye upward… this will turn back time! …only a dab using the brush on the outer eye corners. Then blend, blend the edges lightly with your finger.
Choose Custom-blended Concealer in “light” if you are fair skinned or extremely dark and go for “tan” if you’re medium. I have been making this concealer for over 30 years and it works, covers and lasts… especially when set with a light dusting of powder. The unique yellow base of this product is what minimizes the blue, red or grey shadows…. gone , gone , gone!
Custom Blended Concealer
Concealer Brush
“I want to grow old without facelifts…I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I’ve made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you’d never complete your life,would you? You’d never wholly know you.”
Marilyn Monroe
I have great news for you!… Yes, you CAN look younger just by how you apply your makeup…
Here is the first thing I teach all my clients over 40 or 50 to do that brings back the brightness around the eye area that we lose as we age.
Step 1. Apply eye primer thinly all over the upper eye area (lashes to brows) using your finger.Choose the eye primer in “light” shade if you are fair…… or extremely dark behind your upper eye……. or want a more dramatic eye look. Use eye primer in the “natural” shade if you are medium toned skin…… or want a natural, less makeup look? Set with powder lightly all over before applying your eye shadows. Your eyes will be brighter again!
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“How do you make it look so perfect?”, I am often asked by my clients. The secret it to take a total overall look at the colors in the face, the neck and the hands….and include everything I see in one customized shade that I create a recipe for, including sunblock and moisturizer, sheer to lots of coverage. I let each women make the choices with my advice. Foundation is 70% of your makeup look so super important to look natural and your skin tone even all the way to the jaw.
” I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it.”
Marilyn Monroe
The Secret!….edge your eyes with black on the top and brown on the bottom for a softer , younger look….with the bottom lash line lighter than the top, it creates an illusion of brighter eyes. You can also put Sparkle Dust #37 in the inner eye corners….why wait for evening occasion? Everyday is a great day to be all the woman you can!
“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right. You believe lies so eventually you can learn to trust in yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
Marilyn Monroe
