No one wants to feel like they look old or dated. Today, we’ll go over a few tips on how not to let that happen to you.

First of all, less is more! This is especially true for foundation and eye makeup. If you’ve started to notice fine (or not so fine) lines on your face, you might want to start avoiding powder over your foundation or powder foundations in general. Powders tend to accentuate those pesky lines as well as settle into wrinkles and expression lines.

I’d recommend going with something like a tinted moisturizer, a cream/gel formula, or a lightweight liquid foundation, possibly with a little soft light particle that can reflect the light and soften fine lines. You also don’t want to go with a foundation that is heavy, as this will also settle into lines and wrinkles.

Make sure the color of your foundation is your actual natural skin tone! Nothing says “little old lady” to me like seeing a woman who is wearing a foundation that’s much darker than her natural skin tone. I can understand the concept of wanting to have color so you don’t feel pale and washed out, but you can address that issue with a bronzer or a fresh cheek color rather than wearing a shade that doesn’t match.

As far as concealers, stay away from a heavy, pancake or cream and go more for a liquid formula. If you feel you need more coverage, it’s always better to layer a lighter weight formula rather than going witha heavier one. The heavier one will come off as cakey and settle into lines and wrinkles making the more noticeable.

Now let’s talk about eye makeup. Many women feel that when they get to a certain age, they can no longer wear a shimmer or glitter on the eye. This can be true to a point, because shimmer can absolutely accentuate your skin looking crepey, as well as highlighting your fine lines and wrinkles. However, to really brighten and open up the eye, I love nothing better than a shimmer on the brow bone, or on the inner corner of the eye. Use your own discretion and see how you feel about it.

As we get older, I think less is better on the eyes. I’d recommend no more than two eye shadow colors for daytime, with minimal liner and mascara. You should define the brows, but everything starts to lighten up and so should your brow color. If you’re blonde, you’ll most likely stay in the save hue as always. Redheads may need to lighten their shade, possibly going more blonde. Brunettes will have to adjust the most, depending on how much lighter your hair gets. You want to stay true to your past color, without looking too harsh. A brow that is too dark can be a severe and overpowering. I’d also look into using a brow powder or gel rather than a pencil as a pencil can sometimes look harsh and artificial.

For your cheeks, the blush you choose should be soft and natural. (Nothing too dark) You should also try to keep the blush in tones that look natural for your skin color. Once you find that color, just pop a bit of it on the apples of your cheeks and blend.

The main thing with lips is going to be lipstick “bleeding”, or travelling into the fine lines and wrinkles of your mouth. There are several easy solutions such as a lip primer (a lightweight, colorless cream applied on and around your lips), lip liners, or sometimes using a concealer on and around your lips before applying lip color can help the color tay put. I don’t really recommend a matte lipstick in this case because it can look harsh. The best thing is to look for a nice, creamy, moist formula in a shade that will give you some color without being too strong.

That’s about it; keeping things simple, fresh, but most of all… keeping it you.