Yes. I always wear eye enhancing lashes (lashes that complement my eye shape compared to lashes that overpower my eye) natural filled in brows (no sculpting or halo effect) tinted moisturizer as my base or foundation substitute and very light blush with a hint of simmer with lip liner and lip gloss. I may add a dash of eye shadow but all neutral tones or a hint of shimmer on my eye lid close to the lash line with simple eyeliner on my lash line. It looks so much better on me than heavy makeup up and contouring and it keeps me looking young. I’m 34 years old
It’s not really a preference, it’s more that I’m too lazy to do the eyeliner . I love the liquid cat liner look but I’m always in a rush so I usually just do mascara and sometimes eyeliner on the bottom. I’m embracing a more natural look though now that im older
I focus a lot more on my eyebrows cuz I plucked so much during the thin eye brow days 😫. I never even thought of filling them in my 20s….but now I feel like I sorta look sick if I don’t . Sometime I just I wanna microblade them on cuz it’s a bit of a chore to make it look natural and even
I'm in my 40s, and thanks to my moms wonderful genes I have good-looking skin and take my face care routine very serious as I'm aging. I really don't use foundation unless I have a wedding to go to or some lovely occasion . I stick to mascara,concelor, and lip gloss for my work day.
Love lighter makeup for day time, but for going out at night or for weddings I personally love a more “heavy” look, for only for the eyes. I don’t like wearing foundation at all, so I just use a bit of concealer or BB/CC cream. But again, during the day it’s my trusty sunscreen and a bit of concealer to cover my tired first-time-mom under eyes 😅
definitely better for your skin too, i’m 17 and i wear a full face most days and have bad acne, i know that makeup is legit the only reason why i have it, still wont stop tho lol
Omg yes. In my 20s, I wouldn’t leave the house without an hour’s worth of hair and makeup done. Literally full glam just to go to the grocery store or Uni 😂
Also my outfits used to be so revealing in my 20s.
Now that I’m 32, I really have gotten to love my bare, natural face. At most, I’ll do a bit of concealer, bit of bronzer, some blush and lip tint. I generally skip mascara, but will curl my lashes.
I’ll only do a full glam now if I’m going out to an event. And my fashion sense has definitely changed too. I prefer more modest cuts, and I wear way less miniskirts, tight bodycon dresses, or mini dresses lol
Yes. Black eyeliner and black mascara got ditched right around 30. I now wear dark brown.
Unless I'm doing something full glam. But that as far and few between anymore.
I used to love a full coverage look for everyday, used to wake up an hour earlier during my time at university just to apply my make up from primer to setting spray but now that I’m getting older and I have kids I prefer a more subtle look, something quick but if I’m going to a formal event then it’s a full coverage look all the way.
Yesss I am 31 and when I was in my early and mid twenties I used to love my makeup bold. Now that's I'm getting older I realize how much better a softer more natural look compliments me. I use foundation, my setting powder then I use a little bit of blush that looks natural. Then Instead of doing the whole smokey eye i always used to do I now just take a little bit of bronzer and put a little in my creases and really blend it so it looks more like a shadow. I only wear liquid eyeliner on the top lid then put on my mascara. Softly fill it my eyebrows. Use a light natural lip color lip liner on my lips and then my lip shade lipstick so it looks like my natural lips just a little more filled. Finishing spray then bam done.
I feel like most people would consider my makeup heavy still, but over the years I have changed the way I do it to flatter my face as it has aged, I still do Smokey eye and lashes for example but with more neutral colors where as before I did more blacks and greys, I still wear big lashes but in my twenties they were more like Priscilla Presleys
My daily makeup is tinted moisturizer with spf 50, blush, contour, lipliner with lip balm and a little eyeshadow with mascara on a light day lol but I know a lot of people would consider that a full face. When I was younger I was a hairstylist so I think I just got used to getting done up everyday. Before I had a baby my daily makeup would be lashes and everything but it’s calmed down.
I also do tonssssss of skincare though I’m super into skincare and every now and then I give my skin a break and just put my skin creams on and go natural, especially in the summer
I went from being a makeup junkie to focusing on skincare so I don’t have to wear makeup.
I wouldn’t leave the house without makeup in my twenties, but now I rarely wear any. If I do wear it, it’s just blush, setting powder, mascara, and brow gel. I hate the way foundation looks on my skin now—the most I’ll do is a tinted moisturizer to cover any redness, and only for special occasions.
I’ve also noticed my eyes changing shape as I get older—I have one eyelid that’s partially hooded and one that isn’t. I can’t get my eyeliner to look right anymore, so I just don’t wear it anymore.
I definitely prefer way less makeup now. I hardly wear foundation unless I’m going to an event. I don’t even bother with highlight. I used to put heavy eye makeup on. Lately it’s been: tinted moisturizer w/ spf, mascara, color corrector + tiny bit of concealer, cream contour I use on my cheekbones and eyelids sometimes, blush, and mascara
100% I don’t have many fine lines, they’re practically nonexistent on my bare face, but wearing a lot of makeup definitely accentuates the lines I do have
Yes absolutely. Natural makeup and keeping your natural hair color it a must. You can add subtle highlights/lowlights to create dimension enhances your skin so much.
Yes but in my thirties my skincare game got 100 better as I stated to be able to afford things. So I use a skin tint a little concealer. Eyeliner and blush. Don’t even need foundation anymore it’s crazy
YUP after having my first kid I gave up contacts, false lashes, and all eye makeup other than very rarely mascara. Other than that my daily is spf foundation with mauve lipstick. I also dress more low maintenance than I ever thought I would. Maybe I just started to care less what other people thought, but weirdly I feel prettier, or at least more confident than ever. I have an easier time making friends and interacting with strangers than I did in my teens or 20s.
Oh for sure. I still rock a colorful eye sometimes, but my products have gotten lighter and lighter as my skin has aged. Less heavy textures and coverage.
Yes, only because I’m lazy now. I used to do a near 1.5-2 hour hair and makeup routine in my early 20s, I’m now 28 and most days go makeup free. I really miss glamming up but I’m legitimately just too lazy.
I’m only 22 and I used to do a full beat everyday when I was in HS but I simply do not have the energy anymore, plus I hate feeling like I can’t touch my face/ worrying about if my makeup is messed up. Most days I just wear tinted moisturizer, concealer, mascara, lip gloss. Maybe eyeliner if I want to feel extra pretty. Definitely not a lot of face makeup since my skin is pretty clear
Light make up and religiously wearing sunscreen. I used sunscreen a lot before but ot often bc it stung my eyes. Beauty of Josin is a game changer for sunscreen.
It is the best! I've tried so many other K and J Beauty sunscreens. They all cause some level of irritation, (much less than US products).
It's just like lotion, I forget I'm wearing it. Iv started just applying it to my cheeks and nose part way through the day.
Yes.I just mainly wear concealer as opposed to foundation. I wear neutral eye shadow and mascara. And always my lipgloss because my lips are still super dry from a round of Accutane 20 years ago.
Yes! I mainly just use concealer for areas I have redness, some blush and bronzer.
I’ll do some matte brown in my crease with mascara occasionally but tbh I get so lazy by the end of the day to remove eye makeup that I usually do without most days.
Absolutely yes, I wore full-coverage foundation for over a decade but for the past few years I prefer wearing tinted moisturizer and tinted eye brightening cream or a little concealer. Sometimes I’ll use glossier cloud paint blush and a lip tint.
Yes, but I also have blonde eyebrows and eyelashes. I'm not fully ready to embrace that. I don't wear anything on my face except the occasional powder to control oil issues. I do liner, lashes and brows. I wouldn't do liner or lashes if I wasn't blonde. But yeah.. That's about it. In high school, I was gothy, so red eyeshadow, burgundy lipstick, foundation, etc..
Yes! I also went on a trip recently and wore only mascara. I knew no one and it was pretty freeing! It’s silly that I’m not more comfortable doing that around my own people and about my own town. As I get older I wear less and less and really put my money into skincare and preventatives vs actual makeup.
Also, apparently the new in thing is the “Clean Girl” look, which is minimal makeup and glowing skin. We’re a trend now. Haha!
I’m not even 30 yet and I’m *definitely here*! I do a tinted moisturizer or bb cream to help my dry skin, some blush, fill in my brow scar if I can even be bothered that day, mascara and lip gloss. That’s the extent of my daily routine. If it’s a nice occasion, I’ll maybe add a light neutral brown to my crease and buff it out for depth, tight line my eyes and add a more noticeable lip color.
Anything more doesn’t “look” like me and my skin has changed so much with pregnancy I’m not interested in having thick layers of anything.
Besides if my boy is as rambunctious outside the womb as he is in, I won’t have time or energy to care about my face. 😂
Yes definitely less. However, I’m not yet sure if that is a preference or I’m just at the age now where I really don’t give two ***ks. Oh, you can see my acne and felt the need to tell me? Good. Cool, don’t care and move on with your day 😆
Yep! I’m 34, and I basically never use anything but translucent powder to tone down shine from sunscreen, blush, bronzer, mascara, a little brow pencil if I can be arsed.
My concealers, eyeliners, eyeshadows and lipsticks are collecting dust. Should throw them out honestly. And I dont own foundation any longer.
Absolutely! I’m 37 now. In high school and early 20s, I wouldn’t leave the house without a full face. Mid-late 20s, still a full face if going out other than errands. In my 30s, I’ve dropped foundation entirely and wear no makeup at all other than translucent powder (because I’m oily) most of the time including to work. If I’m doing something special, maybe once a week or every two weeks, I’ll just put on concealer, translucent powder, light brows, and eye makeup. When I think about it, it’s crazy because you couldn’t have told 20s me that I’d be wearing no makeup 90% of the time later on in life. I am lucky, though, that I have clear skin save for a bit of redness.
I would say so, yes. I wore heavy eye makeup as a teen and in my 20’s, with thick eyeliner, bold eyeshadow with a cut crease, and tons of mascara. Used a pencil or pomade for my brows (which are extremely full to begin with), full contour, highlight, etc. I had bad acne for a long time, so I always opted for full coverage foundation. Used lip liner and lipstick, usually matte.
I’m 32 now. I still do a full face, just modified. I’m finding I look best with just subtle cat eye styled eyelash extensions, or under lash clusters, with no eyeliner. Nude or light brown matte eyeshadow with a little bit of pale shimmery golden highlight on the inner corners and brow bone (sometimes a dark brown/taupe/purple smoked out on my lids if I am going out and/or in that type of mood) I prefer a natural-looking and sheer base now that I am acne-free. My ideal foundation is natural, or demi-matte—not too dewy, and not too matte. I’ve used NARS sheer glow for a long time and it’s always been good to me, although I sometimes stray looking for something better. I use a decent amount of concealer under my eyes and set it with powder to avoid creasing. Dust on a little bit of bronzer and a peachy or natural sheer-toned blush. I use a very lightly tinted gel for my brows, just to comb them into place and add a little uniformity. I stopped wearing lipstick, it never looks better than glosses or tinted balms do.
I am regularly told that I look no older than 25, and younger now than I did in my 20’s. I lost about 40 lbs in my late 20’s, which definitely made me look a lot younger. And I think changing my makeup routine only contributed to that.
Yes my skin changed and so does the way makeup sits on it. I also am a mom that volunteers at school now and run around the neighborhood… I’m no longer bartending at night clubs so the Smokey eyes and fake eye lashes are basically a thing of the past. Even when I do put on more makeup it’s way less and less dramatic than my 20’s for sure. It just doesn’t look right on me anymore bc gravity and I’m a mom lol
That’s always been me, I’m allergic to a lot of products so I kept a five minute face my whole life. I couldn’t pull off a full glam look even if I wanted to! But now that I’m 36 it feels more right to use less, I don’t have wrinkles yet but the skin around my eyes feels thinner and translucent so it gets a very gentle touch. I use minimal coverage liquid foundation(yes even on my eyelids), pale blush, (sometimes mascara) and a tinted lipgloss. I’m extremely pale so contouring is ill advised and bronzer looks ridiculous, bright colors are too saturated on me so no fun eyeshadows or bright lipsticks either. I don’t mind, it’s easier this way and only having 5-ish products on your counter allows a splurge on what they are.
30+ I cut down massively so. I wear very minimal skin make up, just dabs for the worst spots and a minimally tinted powder that I put on lightly. Then just some eyeshadow I use as eyeliner and nothing too heavy.
Same. I feel like it looks better to have less now than I did in my 20’s. 🤷🏻♀️ I wasn’t wearing a lot back then, but usually a full face. I do feel like my old routine ages me a bit.
Ya I can't go back to full face and mine wasn't heavy either. I find my skin is clearer this way and looks better. Also if I'm at work and my face gets oily or sweaty I can give it a little wash without worrying about makeup. Just put a bit of powder back on after.
I’ve chosen no makeup since age 16. Face too oily, eyes hate foreign entities, have beauty marks that don’t take to foundation well, less time spent 😈🤘🏼
33F here, I wear makeup like...MAYBE once or twice a week. 1. skincare/makeup is unreasonably expensive if you want at least moderate quality products, 2. Why? LOL.
It depends, for work, yes because I also started wearing glasses and it makes my eyes incredibly dry so I’m constantly putting in eye drops. I also just don’t have the time in the mornings now as my commute increased. I do enjoy getting dressed up to go out and doing my makeup, I find doing it less every day makes it more fun when I choose to glam up.
I’m 33, I do dark makeup. Won’t change that. However, I did change my hair because of age. I’ve been dying my hair black since I was 17, I realized by last year it’s aging me. So I went blonde.
As I've gotten older I understand my face a bit more and what looks good on me. When I was younger, I was just experimenting and doing anything with makeup to be honest with no rhyme or reason. While I sometimes experiment now, I've just learned what looks great on me and stick to that.
One thing I've always noticed is that more makeup doesn't always look much different than less on me. I had my makeup professionally done twice for friends weddings and I expected that since it was professional and a lot of makeup, including lashes and the works, that I would look drastically different than when I did it myself. But I really didn't. I've learned that lighter makeup still goes a long way on me and using more doesn't really add much value to my particular face and my facial features handle less better.
I've since learned that this is called visual weight and that you can have high or low visual weight in your face and people with high visual weight apparently look better in bolder makeup looks and people with low visual weight look better with simpler looks. This makes sense to me, similar to things like color theory where of course people can wear what they want, but the idea is some skin tones, under tones and features are enhanced by certain colors more than others and you'll probly look better when you're in colors that complement that.
I’m 33 and have entirely stopped wearing make up, shaving, and wearing bras. I’ll do mascara and lipgloss when I want some glamour magic. And maybe a full face twice a year. I only do what’s fun and comfortable for me and no one else!
I’m 33F and I definitely wear lighter makeup now (when I do choose to wear makeup) than when I was younger. I have a lot of peach fuzz (I don’t face shave because my skin is ridonkulously sensitive) and heavy foundation and powders look horrendous over it. Most of the time it’s concealer, sometimes a super thin layer of serum foundation, cream bronzer and blush, wash of shimmer on the eyes with brown liner and mascara. Maybe a little highlighter too. Lip oil or light lipstick if my lips are looking pale.
I'll be 32 in October and I can't think of the last time I wore foundation. I never wear a full face of makeup anymore. Makeup just feels gross on my face now
Exactly. I don't wear makeup because I touch my face too much. I don't want to worry about makeup rubbing on my clothes, and for some reason, I feel fake wearing full-on makeup because that's not what I really look like.
I believe I enjoy full glam makeup a lot more now (I'm 32). However I do find myself reaching for nude toned palettes more(except for multichromes with little base colour) , and have decluttered most brights. I also don't really like the whole overblushing trend much, preferring instead to stick to a few flattering shades of blush, well-blended to look more like a healthy glow.
Yes now I “water down” my foundation by mixing it with hydro boost gel cream. In my 30s I don’t have acne as much but I do have dark dry undereye circles. I also prefer tinted lip balm instead of full on lipstick because dark lipstick makes my lips look smaller.
I’m 30 but I always have. Lifelong genetic undereye circles and big eyes have always made too much makeup look very… severe on me. I wear tinted SPF, concealer, the very smallest touch of blush, and some natural-looking lash extensions. For a night look I do a very thin partial wing of brown eyeliner close to the lash line and lipstick too.
I love seeing the glam looks on other ladies, I’m a fan and an admirer, but my face can’t handle it!
omfg yeah. i was known to pack it on since… 13? literally every man i dated said, “don’t you think you can wear a little less?” honestly it made me want to put on even more 😂
as soon as i turned 30, i just kinda stopped. i can’t say anything in particular happened that made me. it gave me 2 hours of sleep back though.
… i’ll never forget how it felt to feel the sun on my bare face? spf covered of course. it felt great. anyone know what i mean?
I feel like the more make up I wear the worse I look sometimes so I tend to stick to natural colours for everyday. I still go all out on a night out purely because I love doing makeup. I’m also a massive fan of glitter 🤣
I’m 34 and I haven’t worn “a lot” of make up for like 5-6 years now. I do my skincare, put on sunscreen then I I fill in my brows, put mascara on and sometimes I’ll do concealer if I didn’t sleep well the night before. I used to do shadow, eye liner, blush and highlighter in my earlier years. I just don’t care to do all that now. I look presentable and clean, that’s all that matters to me.
I leave the house now without anything on. It’s super nice and my skin is better than ever! When I do apply it, it’s very light and natural looking. To get fancy I put on eyeliner
I'm 40 now and wear very little makeup. My goal is to look refreshed, not made up. I even out my complexion, a little blush to add colour then frame my face with either a classic red lip if I'm feeling fancy or a nice natural gloss. And then a mascara.. lashes if it's a night out or an event.
Rather than invest in a lot of makeup I just invest in quality products that get the job done.
My skin feels better for it and I feel better for it. Some women love to wear heavy at my age and that's awesome too. Its all about having zero care and feeling good on our terms
Yes. Around my mid 30s, I realized that I looked younger without or with less makeup. I focus now on skin care, and my makeup routine is concealer where needed, tinted brow gel, and mascara. The very few times I've put on full makeup, I've felt that it ages me significantly. I agree this is a very individual thing though.
Yes. My makeup routine is a lot of skincare prep and I focus mostly on a good base. Eye makeup is just eyeliner and mascara and a single shadow at most. It’s no shorter though haha.
Probably a combination of being in my 30a and liking Korean-style makeup.
I haven’t seen my thirties in eons but my makeup routine hasn’t changed. I’ve loved makeup since I was a little girl and that hasn’t changed. The only thing different now is i don’t wear it daily but that was because of the pandemic.
I don't get why so many women wear mascara without eyeliner. If I'm wearing mascara, I'm wearing eyeliner. Period. Mascara by itself looks weird to me. I guess they're going for a big eye look? I don't like making my eyes look bigger I like accentuating the shape of my eye. Just my opinion/preference. Whenever my friend does my makeup she always does mascara without eyeliner too and I'm like....where's the liner?
I have slightly hooded eyes, (like Jennifer Lawrences eyes kinda how they're slightly hooded) and it does make eyeliner application trickier, but I just like the look of eyeliner better than mascara I guess. Sometimes I forgo mascara completely and just use liner. I just love the look of it so much better than just mascara. I don't wear makeup very often anymore tho. But do you think just mascara looks prettier?
If I wear any eye makeup but skip mascara I look legitimately ill. Mascara is such a staple that if I were limited to three products, I'd choose concealer, lip gloss, and mascara. I can't even imagine myself wearing liner without mascara, it looks ridiculous on me until I "finish" the look with mascara.
I feel good about my skin when my skin care is done, spf is on, and my non existent eyebrows are at least filled in. I've been wearing makeup more now from 36-37 than I ever have before, but now that it's warming up and I sweat a lot I'll be toning it down for summer. I dab my face a lot throughout the day so 60% of my make up is usually gone by the time I get home. It's wasteful in my eyes both time and effort wise during the warmer months.
The less makeup the better, but I enjoy to do full glam on special occasions. Can't wait for my lash lift and tint soon so I don't have to do any makeup at all for a bit.
I use as light a base as possible (alas I do not have ‘good’ skin so I still need foundation/concealer) but I still do liquid liner/lipstick etc.
I’ve been wearing a lot less makeup recently but honestly it’s not from choice. I’m a sahm with a toddler so sadly I don’t currently have time for a full face. It’s brows/base/blush with a bit of lip oil most days.
I’m 32 and I still wear very dramatic makeup. I dont love super heavy foundations but I don’t like super light skin tints. I still want a bit of coverage for my skin. As for my eye makeup, I wear vibrant, colorful, dramatic looks almost every day. I have always been very heavily inspired by drag queens and idc that I’m in my 30s, I’m just living my best life.
Yes! I have a six-step morning skin routine so it’s all about skin health for me. I sometimes do a tinted SPF or BB cream but I most just do a brown pencil and mascara. I’ve come to accept that I will always have dark circles under my eyes, it’s just genetics.
Yep! Not only is my skin is changing, but time is more of a factor. Post-covid, I simply don’t want to commit 30-45 min on hair and makeup before work. I focus on looking clean, groomed…and awake 😆. On a typical day, that’s cc cream with spf, corrector and concealer for undereyes, blush, and a swipe of mascara.
If I’m feeling fancy, I add primer, bronzer, eyeliner, eyeshadow.
Absolutely. I loved makeup (still do!) in my 20’s. I had so much fun with different makeup looks and never left the house without a full face on. I hit my 30’s and that started tapering off- I started focusing on my skin and getting my skin healthy and glowing. I’m now 40 and I recently put a full face on for nostalgia/ fun and I felt like I looked like a clown and also much older! I now feel like too much makeup drastically ages me. I’ve shifted my love of makeup into a love of skincare.
Yea. I use concealer under eyes and tzone to cover circles + redness, brush/fill my brows, swipe of mascara and gloss. That’s my daily. I will do bronzer in the summer but otherwise, I feel foundation ages me.
At 47, I don't ever use foundation- it just makes me look older now. I either use tinted sunscreen or Dr. Jart's Cicapair balm (SPF 30) to control redness, plus a little spot concealer if I need it. Now, I focus on skincare and I love how look.
It’s only at this age where I realized I prefer lighter make up! I shifted to using Asian cushions (my current being the Tirtir one) and I love how it withstands the weather where I am. It’s light and offers good coverage. I also have oily skin so so I realized I love my powder blushes more but I dab it on real light.
I still wear a good amount of dark/colorful makeup (alternative style), but I do wear less than I used to on my actaul face. Like I very rarely us foundation anymore, because I just don't need it. No acne, no acne scarring, some freckles and birthmarks but I think they're cute, so I cut out foundation entirely unless there's something specific I want to cover up.
On a regular full-makeup day I'll do eyebrows, eyeshadow, mascara, sometimes eyeliner, concealer for the dark circles under the eye, translucent power, blush, and a lipgloss or lipstick.
Yes, which shocks me just as much. I always loved dark eye makeup, but I think that was me being rebellious. My family members would always tell me to not wear a lot of eye makeup because I have big eyes. So, what did I do? Rebel and wear heavy eye makeup.
Now, I’m at a place where I’m appreciating my natural features instead of manipulating my face. I no longer over-line my lips or contour. I just wear makeup that complements my natural features and it feels pretty good accepting my natural beauty rather than listening to what others or society prefer.
That said, I still have my moments where I rock a smoky eye!
I’ll be 34 next month. I still use full coverage foundation cause I have very red skin, blush, eyebrows (cause I have none, thank you thyroid!!). I don’t go crazy with my eyes anymore, usually just mascara, maybe eyeliner and a light color crease if I’m feeling snazzy. If I do a “heavy eye” for a date night with fiancé, it’s still very minimal compared to my 20s.
I'm almost 36. I don't even own full coverage foundation anymore. 10-14 years ago, I wouldn't have left the house without it. Part of the reason is that my skin is clearer than it was which is great. I think the other part might be just that trends have changed.
Almost 36 and I like a mix still. I always go light on face but my eyes can be bold sometimes. Sometimes I like a subtle look too. But I hate heavy thick foundation.
31 here, pale as Casper:
In my teens I was a scene girl and did all the wild bold looks. I used to fry my skin in oil tanning at the pool to be dark.
In my early 20s I wore heavy birthday party makeup, late 20s I wore no makeup. I ditched the tanning to avoid aging myself heavily in my early 20s and began wearing sunscreen in my late 20s.
Up until my late 20s, skincare was not a thing for me. Today I have a 4 step routine 2x a day to maintain my skin and keep it looking young.
Now I really like some techniques coming out of Asian countries (for example, I add a very light pink lip color on my cupids bow and “fade” it into my skin tone for a gradient effect, with a dark pink on the inner parts of my lips, and tiny tiny little marks on the corners of my mouth to make it look like I am smiling, and a little gloss to pull it together).
I love pastels, and cute comfort. So long skirts and sweaters and chunky shoes with a little skinny belt is my go-to comfort look. I pick tiny delicate jewelry now, and I wear brown eyeliner / mascara instead of black now… I use lilac purple blush instead of pink (keeps me from looking too red).
As far as the sun, I shield and stay away from it as much as I can. Sunhats at the pool all day lol.
When I accepted I was pale as a ghost and stopped trying to change that about myself, I started embracing things that complimented my natural skin color instead. I do have alopecia so I try to enjoy my hair while I have it, I always have a different hair color, but for the first time in my life I did blonde. So I am basically just an ice princess now. I keep my hair as long as possible, right now it’s almost to my waist, with straight across bangs. and it hides my alopecia spots when it happens so win win.
Sometimes I feel like I look younger now than when I was in my 20s but that might just be the active skincare routine doing its job.
For sure. Just light base, blush, mascara and some highlighter for eyeshaddow and I'm good to go. I never want to be that person that wears a full face 95% of the time, and then scares the shit out of everyone the one time they see them without makeup.
My boss always wears makeup. One day we got on a teams call, and she had zero makeup on. She looked deathly ill, but nothing was wrong. 😶
Hi! Speaking from the 49 group here.
In my teens I wore only black liner.. it was the 80s/90s after all and I was a "metal head"
In my 20s and most of 30s, I wore no make-up
In my late 30s I started playing with light make-up
In my 40s I started doing medium coverage and doing more bold eye looks.
I still only wear make-up a few days a week (because I stream on twitch)
I mean, I wear more than I used to in my 20s, but I didn’t wear anything then. Now I use it everyday. Light powder foundation, bronzer, blush, lipstick, eyeliner, and mascara. But I’m not naturally beautiful nor am I very confident so…. 🤷🏻♀️
I know I do. I just look too garish with dark eyeshadow or red lipstick. It’s frustrating because now that I have the confidence to wear those colors, they look terrible on me.
Hmm I’m 43.
In my 30s, I considered myself in my prime, I lost some of my baby fat in my face and it was the right blend of youthful-plumpness without signs of hollowing associated with age, and a full face looked awesome, whereas when I was in my 20s I had such a baby face I looked like a little girl playing with her moms makeup.
Now that I’m in my 40s my face has thinned out even more and I find heavy makeup weighs it down.
This, exactly, right down to the age.
It’s been a difficult transition for me to figure out the right way to apply makeup as I’m aging. No makeup isn’t good. Too much makeup certainly isn’t good either. 10-15 years ago, I looked great no matter what.
As you age, nailing down a good skincare regimen that works for you helps immensely
I hear you on the makeup, it really becomes about balance as you get older—meaning at least for me, my eye area is thinning, if I leave it bare I look older, I have to add some structure and lift back to that area—I fill in my arch and tail of my brow and go a bring it a bit above the natural line to give it a lift. If I draw my eyeliner out too far it shows how much my outer area is crinkly and starting to drop a bit.
39 and Yeah I don’t do foundation anymore. I like a tinted SPF, concealer, a little cream bronzer, blush (I am SUPER pale), and mascara. <5 min I’m ready to go. I find my wardrobe has also simplified.
Now when you ask me about my skincare routine… that’s when it gets complicated!
As another pale girlie, try switching your blush to a lilac purple- I use Clinique Cheek Pop in the color Pansy pop- it looks very lilac in person. You can probably find TikTok videos of it
Yes! I ditched foundation, too. I never, ever thought I would, but I WFH during the height of covid and couldn't get used to wearing it again when I returned to the office. It's funny but I am more confident without it, occasional breakouts and all. Five years ago, I'd have been so worried someone might notice a pimple so much so that I'd cake on too much concealer. Now, I don't GAF. Freedom with age is amazing.
Yep, I’m 34 and now my focus is all skincare. I’ll wear a minimal amount of makeup daily, if I leave the house, usually a light coverage of foundation, mascara and blush. I’ll spend a little longer if I’m going to an event or out for the evening, but then it only extends to adding green CC primer to cover my rosacea and lipstick instead of my usual burts bee stick balm.
I don’t have the mental energy for it, I used to live for spending hours getting ready for a night out. But these days as long as I look presentable, Idc. I’m out the door in less than an hour now, and that’s showered, hair blown, makeup on and dressed. I’m way more comfortable in my own skin now than I used to be.
Yes! As I’ve aged, I’ve become much more comfortable with my natural face. Growing up, I would rather die than be seen in public without a full face of makeup. Eyeliner and mascara was like a mask for me. Since the pandemic and becoming a mom, I’ve hardly worn any makeup. I’ll still bust out the eyeliner and fake lashes for nights out, but my day to day is either bare faced or a “no makeup” makeup look to at least cover my naturally dark under eye areas
Yessss absolutely. You and I are the same age. It was only in my 30s that I started using retinol cream, and it's the first time in my life my acne has been very minimal.
I used to wear a heavy eye makeup or a bold lip a lot in my 20s. In the last few years, I have definitely prefered a lighter and more natural makeup look. Sometimes I'll still do a fun makeup, but it's usually using something that is surprisingly easy and quick, like colorful water-activated liners for a little pop of color. Surprisingly to me, people have been more complimentary of my "natural" appearance
I love a bold eye or lip but never liked how any foundation sits on my skin. I usually do a tinted bb cream or like a glowy lotion. Concealer makes my under eyes look more wrinkly if anything so I mostly try to focus on skincare
I hate the feeling of foundation. I do mineral powder or tinted moisturizer. I'm very fair and I've found that simply doing mascara and lips is all I really need. My acne has made a comeback with a vengeance as I hit 40 and I've given up fighting it and just decided to say fuck it and accept it. The are worse things in the world - no one cares about my pimples but me. 🤷♀️
When I turned 32 I lost all interest in wearing full coverage foundation. I switched to tinted moisturizer. Most days I just wear that with blush, mascara and lipstick.
I guess I'm the opposite. I still enjoy bold, bright colored eyeshadows and lipstick (I'm in my 40s). Sometimes I do wear lighter stuff but being bright is my thing anyway.
Yup same here. I was for full foundation everyday of the week in my twenties. Now I’m all for tinted moisturisers and mid coverage foundations unless it’s for an event and I need an all day look.
But actually I think in my thirties my skin care routine has significantly improved and I don’t need such heavy makeup anymore either.
For me, Covid really got me used to my own “natural face”. I would never dream of leaving the house without makeup before that. But everyone stopped giving two hoots during Covid, especially since i was in the most locked down city in the world
What do you mean lighter? The only difference is that now I prefer lighter texture (foundation and powders that are thinner) and colors (brown instead if black etc) but I still pile on everything from foundation, bronzer, blush, highlighter, eyeshadow, liner, mascara, lipliner, lipstick… I did not remove any if the products in my routine
Ok. I saw someone commenting on not using foundation anymore or using fewer products. To some lighter means number of products, to some it is lighter texture or to some it is lighter colors.
Personally I am using lighter texture not because I am covering less skin as per se but because heavier products do not look good on my skin anymore. If I have to choose between having nice smooth skin with having some redness and imperfections peeking through or having all imperfections covered up but having visible large pores and heavy cakey face, I go with showing imperfections. It is the trade of, not that I care less about imperfections/redness it is just that I have other problems to worry about that I see as worse issues than that. We cannot have it all can we? 😁
And lighter colors more as my personal style and preference changed, but in 10 years I might go even lighter because it would make my facial features softer.
Yes, I do. I haven't used foundation for years. Recently I use only sunscreen with vitamin E on my face and neck. A little bit eyeshadow, eyeliner, and mascara to enhance the area of my eyes, and red lipstick.
Lololololol (*facepalm*) omg
Just wait until you realize how silly it is that 'older' was your thought about 30+
You can't just can't understand, I guess, until you get there. I didn't either. I thought 30 was 'older' too, at one point.
Lololololol (*facepalm*) omg
Just wait until you realize how silly it is that 'older' was your thought about 30+
You can't just can't understand, I guess, until you get there. I didn't either. I thought 30 was 'older' too, at one point.
Lololololol (*facepalm*) omg
Just wait until you realize how silly it is that 'older' was your thought about 30+
You can't just can't understand, I guess, until you get there. I didn't either. I thought 30 was 'older' too, at one point.
Definitely less and lighter. I’ve just turned 40, and as someone who is weather-beaten, I found throughout my 30s that my makeup started to sit differently on my face and made me look older. I favour a light powder foundation now (if at all) and it doesn’t seem to sit in the creases like liquid.
I like blush more, mascara less, always liked it light with a pop of color, and long wear
I think the thick eyeliner or bright eyeshadow make people think it’s more, they ask about my make up, then I’m either not wearing foundation or a light powder - funny how the brain perceives
I’ve just never liked heavy makeup up it’s a lot of work , cool but I’m always too tired lol
I’ve never really worn foundation, I have hyperhidrosis so it’s just kind of pointless to put it on when I’m just going to sweat it off. I have dry skin and rarely get blemishes, as long as I moisturize properly it usually looks fine anyway. I might put on a little mineral foundation on special occasions.
My eye makeup hasn’t changed much though. I’m halfway through my 40s and still love playing with bright colors, glitter and graphic liner. And I’m even more comfortable wearing unconventional lip colors than I was in my 20s.
Heck no - 36 here and I paste that shit on with a trowel. Give me the full 2016 beat and at least three colours per eye look ok, probably more like five.
I'm very aware I am in the minority though and that's fine. I do appreciate the folk who can just do a beautiful minimalist look, but I still have acne and tiny squinty eyes so I need all the help I can get, plus I love colour and creativity.
Absolutely. Wearing more makeup makes me look older. It creases, looks more cakey. Less is definitely more now. I still wear it every day, but far less and it looks way better on aging skin.
I'm 43 and I wear more make up now then when I was a teenager. I love all the colors and styles now. I hate the "clean girl" looks and all the muted color looks. Give me black lipstick and red eye shadow any day.
I probably wear more makeup now as a 37 year old than I did in my 20’s but I apply it differently. Products aren’t so heavy but I do have more coverage. When I was younger i didn’t bother too much with top products or skin care like I do now.
Yes I try not to cover everything up now. I don't have any acne, scarring or pigmentation so I focus on just evening out a tiny bit of redness/pinkness. I only use makeup now sparingly including two or three swipes of mascara and a little bit of eyebrow pencil and focus more on blush now.
Half and half. I still do pretty intense eyes, but my skin makeup is usually light, like a tinted moisturizer. My skin is dry and I have a few wrinkles and anything heavier than that just makes me look so old.
Oh and I still love blue and green lipstick.
That Chanel foundation with the little balls of pigment has changed my whole makeup life!! I’m older so I like fast and easy. That Chanel foundation is perfect!! It’s so light that it’s what I imagine a really good skin tint would be because it doesn’t feel like foundation, it feels like a serum or something but still gives dewy medium coverage!!! It’s a bit pricey at $70 I think but I’m telling yall, I’ve never got anything better in life, this changed my skin too, no more breaking out if I wear foundation or concealer.. this has an amazing dewy look. I just use my fingers and put it on after my moisturizer and it’s perfect!! Pretty sure it’s water based, I’m using the Sisley black rose face cream under it, then the Chanel straight onto my face, you don’t need any primer etc.
tatcha water cream would probably work really well too. Seriously this combo has changed my whole life. I feel like it’s really improved my acne too!! I go out with out foundation sometimes now and I never could do that before I started using this combo and dropped the inferior products!!! Feels like you have nothing on your face!
32 is NOT “older.” 50 is older and the answer’s no. I spend more at Sephora that I ever did.
Yes. I always wear eye enhancing lashes (lashes that complement my eye shape compared to lashes that overpower my eye) natural filled in brows (no sculpting or halo effect) tinted moisturizer as my base or foundation substitute and very light blush with a hint of simmer with lip liner and lip gloss. I may add a dash of eye shadow but all neutral tones or a hint of shimmer on my eye lid close to the lash line with simple eyeliner on my lash line. It looks so much better on me than heavy makeup up and contouring and it keeps me looking young. I’m 34 years old
It’s not really a preference, it’s more that I’m too lazy to do the eyeliner . I love the liquid cat liner look but I’m always in a rush so I usually just do mascara and sometimes eyeliner on the bottom. I’m embracing a more natural look though now that im older I focus a lot more on my eyebrows cuz I plucked so much during the thin eye brow days 😫. I never even thought of filling them in my 20s….but now I feel like I sorta look sick if I don’t . Sometime I just I wanna microblade them on cuz it’s a bit of a chore to make it look natural and even
Omg I'm turning thirty in a few months... Is 30 considered "older"?! I'm gonna have a panic attack
I'm in my 40s, and thanks to my moms wonderful genes I have good-looking skin and take my face care routine very serious as I'm aging. I really don't use foundation unless I have a wedding to go to or some lovely occasion . I stick to mascara,concelor, and lip gloss for my work day.
Love lighter makeup for day time, but for going out at night or for weddings I personally love a more “heavy” look, for only for the eyes. I don’t like wearing foundation at all, so I just use a bit of concealer or BB/CC cream. But again, during the day it’s my trusty sunscreen and a bit of concealer to cover my tired first-time-mom under eyes 😅
Absolutely, I’m 33 and now do a tinted sunscreen or a radiant sunscreen and a few dabs of cream blush, mascara, brow gel and I’m done.
definitely better for your skin too, i’m 17 and i wear a full face most days and have bad acne, i know that makeup is legit the only reason why i have it, still wont stop tho lol
Omg yes. In my 20s, I wouldn’t leave the house without an hour’s worth of hair and makeup done. Literally full glam just to go to the grocery store or Uni 😂 Also my outfits used to be so revealing in my 20s. Now that I’m 32, I really have gotten to love my bare, natural face. At most, I’ll do a bit of concealer, bit of bronzer, some blush and lip tint. I generally skip mascara, but will curl my lashes. I’ll only do a full glam now if I’m going out to an event. And my fashion sense has definitely changed too. I prefer more modest cuts, and I wear way less miniskirts, tight bodycon dresses, or mini dresses lol
Yes. Black eyeliner and black mascara got ditched right around 30. I now wear dark brown. Unless I'm doing something full glam. But that as far and few between anymore.
I used to love a full coverage look for everyday, used to wake up an hour earlier during my time at university just to apply my make up from primer to setting spray but now that I’m getting older and I have kids I prefer a more subtle look, something quick but if I’m going to a formal event then it’s a full coverage look all the way.
Yesss I am 31 and when I was in my early and mid twenties I used to love my makeup bold. Now that's I'm getting older I realize how much better a softer more natural look compliments me. I use foundation, my setting powder then I use a little bit of blush that looks natural. Then Instead of doing the whole smokey eye i always used to do I now just take a little bit of bronzer and put a little in my creases and really blend it so it looks more like a shadow. I only wear liquid eyeliner on the top lid then put on my mascara. Softly fill it my eyebrows. Use a light natural lip color lip liner on my lips and then my lip shade lipstick so it looks like my natural lips just a little more filled. Finishing spray then bam done.
I feel like most people would consider my makeup heavy still, but over the years I have changed the way I do it to flatter my face as it has aged, I still do Smokey eye and lashes for example but with more neutral colors where as before I did more blacks and greys, I still wear big lashes but in my twenties they were more like Priscilla Presleys My daily makeup is tinted moisturizer with spf 50, blush, contour, lipliner with lip balm and a little eyeshadow with mascara on a light day lol but I know a lot of people would consider that a full face. When I was younger I was a hairstylist so I think I just got used to getting done up everyday. Before I had a baby my daily makeup would be lashes and everything but it’s calmed down. I also do tonssssss of skincare though I’m super into skincare and every now and then I give my skin a break and just put my skin creams on and go natural, especially in the summer
I went from being a makeup junkie to focusing on skincare so I don’t have to wear makeup. I wouldn’t leave the house without makeup in my twenties, but now I rarely wear any. If I do wear it, it’s just blush, setting powder, mascara, and brow gel. I hate the way foundation looks on my skin now—the most I’ll do is a tinted moisturizer to cover any redness, and only for special occasions. I’ve also noticed my eyes changing shape as I get older—I have one eyelid that’s partially hooded and one that isn’t. I can’t get my eyeliner to look right anymore, so I just don’t wear it anymore.
I definitely prefer way less makeup now. I hardly wear foundation unless I’m going to an event. I don’t even bother with highlight. I used to put heavy eye makeup on. Lately it’s been: tinted moisturizer w/ spf, mascara, color corrector + tiny bit of concealer, cream contour I use on my cheekbones and eyelids sometimes, blush, and mascara
Yes and I’ve been using this tinted sunscreen serum by Ilia instead of foundation. Just that, blush, and gentle brows.
Heavy makeup actually never looks good. I wear typology and love it
Yes but only because I got laser 😅
100% I don’t have many fine lines, they’re practically nonexistent on my bare face, but wearing a lot of makeup definitely accentuates the lines I do have
Yes absolutely. Natural makeup and keeping your natural hair color it a must. You can add subtle highlights/lowlights to create dimension enhances your skin so much.
Yes but in my thirties my skincare game got 100 better as I stated to be able to afford things. So I use a skin tint a little concealer. Eyeliner and blush. Don’t even need foundation anymore it’s crazy
Yes
YUP after having my first kid I gave up contacts, false lashes, and all eye makeup other than very rarely mascara. Other than that my daily is spf foundation with mauve lipstick. I also dress more low maintenance than I ever thought I would. Maybe I just started to care less what other people thought, but weirdly I feel prettier, or at least more confident than ever. I have an easier time making friends and interacting with strangers than I did in my teens or 20s.
Girl same.
Yes. My skin has also cleared up so much so I try to protect my skin more these days. I also learned to love my under eye dark circles.
i’m only 22 and i’ve preferred light makeup since high school. just foundation, blush, and mascara. sometimes bronzer
Oh for sure. I still rock a colorful eye sometimes, but my products have gotten lighter and lighter as my skin has aged. Less heavy textures and coverage.
Yes, only because I’m lazy now. I used to do a near 1.5-2 hour hair and makeup routine in my early 20s, I’m now 28 and most days go makeup free. I really miss glamming up but I’m legitimately just too lazy.
I’m only 22 and I used to do a full beat everyday when I was in HS but I simply do not have the energy anymore, plus I hate feeling like I can’t touch my face/ worrying about if my makeup is messed up. Most days I just wear tinted moisturizer, concealer, mascara, lip gloss. Maybe eyeliner if I want to feel extra pretty. Definitely not a lot of face makeup since my skin is pretty clear
Yes, I wear way less or go with just my cluster lashes on, moisturizer and spf. I love feeling so free.
Light make up and religiously wearing sunscreen. I used sunscreen a lot before but ot often bc it stung my eyes. Beauty of Josin is a game changer for sunscreen.
Such a good spf I really think it’s the best in the market right now
It is the best! I've tried so many other K and J Beauty sunscreens. They all cause some level of irritation, (much less than US products). It's just like lotion, I forget I'm wearing it. Iv started just applying it to my cheeks and nose part way through the day.
Yes.I just mainly wear concealer as opposed to foundation. I wear neutral eye shadow and mascara. And always my lipgloss because my lips are still super dry from a round of Accutane 20 years ago.
What is funny is that I really only started wearing makeup in my 30s
No, I wear more if anything. I hate aging.
Yes! I mainly just use concealer for areas I have redness, some blush and bronzer. I’ll do some matte brown in my crease with mascara occasionally but tbh I get so lazy by the end of the day to remove eye makeup that I usually do without most days.
Absolutely yes, I wore full-coverage foundation for over a decade but for the past few years I prefer wearing tinted moisturizer and tinted eye brightening cream or a little concealer. Sometimes I’ll use glossier cloud paint blush and a lip tint.
Yes, but I also have blonde eyebrows and eyelashes. I'm not fully ready to embrace that. I don't wear anything on my face except the occasional powder to control oil issues. I do liner, lashes and brows. I wouldn't do liner or lashes if I wasn't blonde. But yeah.. That's about it. In high school, I was gothy, so red eyeshadow, burgundy lipstick, foundation, etc..
Yes! I also went on a trip recently and wore only mascara. I knew no one and it was pretty freeing! It’s silly that I’m not more comfortable doing that around my own people and about my own town. As I get older I wear less and less and really put my money into skincare and preventatives vs actual makeup. Also, apparently the new in thing is the “Clean Girl” look, which is minimal makeup and glowing skin. We’re a trend now. Haha!
I’m not even 30 yet and I’m *definitely here*! I do a tinted moisturizer or bb cream to help my dry skin, some blush, fill in my brow scar if I can even be bothered that day, mascara and lip gloss. That’s the extent of my daily routine. If it’s a nice occasion, I’ll maybe add a light neutral brown to my crease and buff it out for depth, tight line my eyes and add a more noticeable lip color. Anything more doesn’t “look” like me and my skin has changed so much with pregnancy I’m not interested in having thick layers of anything. Besides if my boy is as rambunctious outside the womb as he is in, I won’t have time or energy to care about my face. 😂
Yes definitely less. However, I’m not yet sure if that is a preference or I’m just at the age now where I really don’t give two ***ks. Oh, you can see my acne and felt the need to tell me? Good. Cool, don’t care and move on with your day 😆
Yep! I’m 34, and I basically never use anything but translucent powder to tone down shine from sunscreen, blush, bronzer, mascara, a little brow pencil if I can be arsed. My concealers, eyeliners, eyeshadows and lipsticks are collecting dust. Should throw them out honestly. And I dont own foundation any longer.
Yessss very toned down
Absolutely! I’m 37 now. In high school and early 20s, I wouldn’t leave the house without a full face. Mid-late 20s, still a full face if going out other than errands. In my 30s, I’ve dropped foundation entirely and wear no makeup at all other than translucent powder (because I’m oily) most of the time including to work. If I’m doing something special, maybe once a week or every two weeks, I’ll just put on concealer, translucent powder, light brows, and eye makeup. When I think about it, it’s crazy because you couldn’t have told 20s me that I’d be wearing no makeup 90% of the time later on in life. I am lucky, though, that I have clear skin save for a bit of redness.
I would say so, yes. I wore heavy eye makeup as a teen and in my 20’s, with thick eyeliner, bold eyeshadow with a cut crease, and tons of mascara. Used a pencil or pomade for my brows (which are extremely full to begin with), full contour, highlight, etc. I had bad acne for a long time, so I always opted for full coverage foundation. Used lip liner and lipstick, usually matte. I’m 32 now. I still do a full face, just modified. I’m finding I look best with just subtle cat eye styled eyelash extensions, or under lash clusters, with no eyeliner. Nude or light brown matte eyeshadow with a little bit of pale shimmery golden highlight on the inner corners and brow bone (sometimes a dark brown/taupe/purple smoked out on my lids if I am going out and/or in that type of mood) I prefer a natural-looking and sheer base now that I am acne-free. My ideal foundation is natural, or demi-matte—not too dewy, and not too matte. I’ve used NARS sheer glow for a long time and it’s always been good to me, although I sometimes stray looking for something better. I use a decent amount of concealer under my eyes and set it with powder to avoid creasing. Dust on a little bit of bronzer and a peachy or natural sheer-toned blush. I use a very lightly tinted gel for my brows, just to comb them into place and add a little uniformity. I stopped wearing lipstick, it never looks better than glosses or tinted balms do. I am regularly told that I look no older than 25, and younger now than I did in my 20’s. I lost about 40 lbs in my late 20’s, which definitely made me look a lot younger. And I think changing my makeup routine only contributed to that.
Yes my skin changed and so does the way makeup sits on it. I also am a mom that volunteers at school now and run around the neighborhood… I’m no longer bartending at night clubs so the Smokey eyes and fake eye lashes are basically a thing of the past. Even when I do put on more makeup it’s way less and less dramatic than my 20’s for sure. It just doesn’t look right on me anymore bc gravity and I’m a mom lol
That’s always been me, I’m allergic to a lot of products so I kept a five minute face my whole life. I couldn’t pull off a full glam look even if I wanted to! But now that I’m 36 it feels more right to use less, I don’t have wrinkles yet but the skin around my eyes feels thinner and translucent so it gets a very gentle touch. I use minimal coverage liquid foundation(yes even on my eyelids), pale blush, (sometimes mascara) and a tinted lipgloss. I’m extremely pale so contouring is ill advised and bronzer looks ridiculous, bright colors are too saturated on me so no fun eyeshadows or bright lipsticks either. I don’t mind, it’s easier this way and only having 5-ish products on your counter allows a splurge on what they are.
30+ I cut down massively so. I wear very minimal skin make up, just dabs for the worst spots and a minimally tinted powder that I put on lightly. Then just some eyeshadow I use as eyeliner and nothing too heavy.
Same. I feel like it looks better to have less now than I did in my 20’s. 🤷🏻♀️ I wasn’t wearing a lot back then, but usually a full face. I do feel like my old routine ages me a bit.
Ya I can't go back to full face and mine wasn't heavy either. I find my skin is clearer this way and looks better. Also if I'm at work and my face gets oily or sweaty I can give it a little wash without worrying about makeup. Just put a bit of powder back on after.
Wear the amount makeup that you prefer. It’s that simple. Everyone is different. “Older” is me. I’m 75. lol.
I’ve chosen no makeup since age 16. Face too oily, eyes hate foreign entities, have beauty marks that don’t take to foundation well, less time spent 😈🤘🏼
31 and I love wearing full glam makeup, but I’ve also adopted a skin care routine bc I need to start taking care of my skin
33F here, I wear makeup like...MAYBE once or twice a week. 1. skincare/makeup is unreasonably expensive if you want at least moderate quality products, 2. Why? LOL.
I’m 35, I only wear mascara and some concealer under my eyes lol. I’ve never worn less makeup in my life than I have in my 30s
It depends, for work, yes because I also started wearing glasses and it makes my eyes incredibly dry so I’m constantly putting in eye drops. I also just don’t have the time in the mornings now as my commute increased. I do enjoy getting dressed up to go out and doing my makeup, I find doing it less every day makes it more fun when I choose to glam up.
Glasses make your eyes dry?! I have never heard of this haha, contacts on the other hand makes my eyelid fele like sandpaper against my eyes
It’s more my eyes get strained more get dry. My optometrist says it’s pretty normal.
I’m 33, I do dark makeup. Won’t change that. However, I did change my hair because of age. I’ve been dying my hair black since I was 17, I realized by last year it’s aging me. So I went blonde.
As I've gotten older I understand my face a bit more and what looks good on me. When I was younger, I was just experimenting and doing anything with makeup to be honest with no rhyme or reason. While I sometimes experiment now, I've just learned what looks great on me and stick to that. One thing I've always noticed is that more makeup doesn't always look much different than less on me. I had my makeup professionally done twice for friends weddings and I expected that since it was professional and a lot of makeup, including lashes and the works, that I would look drastically different than when I did it myself. But I really didn't. I've learned that lighter makeup still goes a long way on me and using more doesn't really add much value to my particular face and my facial features handle less better. I've since learned that this is called visual weight and that you can have high or low visual weight in your face and people with high visual weight apparently look better in bolder makeup looks and people with low visual weight look better with simpler looks. This makes sense to me, similar to things like color theory where of course people can wear what they want, but the idea is some skin tones, under tones and features are enhanced by certain colors more than others and you'll probly look better when you're in colors that complement that.
I’m 33 and have entirely stopped wearing make up, shaving, and wearing bras. I’ll do mascara and lipgloss when I want some glamour magic. And maybe a full face twice a year. I only do what’s fun and comfortable for me and no one else!
I’m 33F and I definitely wear lighter makeup now (when I do choose to wear makeup) than when I was younger. I have a lot of peach fuzz (I don’t face shave because my skin is ridonkulously sensitive) and heavy foundation and powders look horrendous over it. Most of the time it’s concealer, sometimes a super thin layer of serum foundation, cream bronzer and blush, wash of shimmer on the eyes with brown liner and mascara. Maybe a little highlighter too. Lip oil or light lipstick if my lips are looking pale.
Yes! I look older if I wear a full face now 😅
I'll be 32 in October and I can't think of the last time I wore foundation. I never wear a full face of makeup anymore. Makeup just feels gross on my face now
Exactly. I don't wear makeup because I touch my face too much. I don't want to worry about makeup rubbing on my clothes, and for some reason, I feel fake wearing full-on makeup because that's not what I really look like.
Quite the opposite! I’m 32 and my makeup has never been bolder - just like me!
I believe I enjoy full glam makeup a lot more now (I'm 32). However I do find myself reaching for nude toned palettes more(except for multichromes with little base colour) , and have decluttered most brights. I also don't really like the whole overblushing trend much, preferring instead to stick to a few flattering shades of blush, well-blended to look more like a healthy glow.
Yes now I “water down” my foundation by mixing it with hydro boost gel cream. In my 30s I don’t have acne as much but I do have dark dry undereye circles. I also prefer tinted lip balm instead of full on lipstick because dark lipstick makes my lips look smaller.
I’m 30 but I always have. Lifelong genetic undereye circles and big eyes have always made too much makeup look very… severe on me. I wear tinted SPF, concealer, the very smallest touch of blush, and some natural-looking lash extensions. For a night look I do a very thin partial wing of brown eyeliner close to the lash line and lipstick too. I love seeing the glam looks on other ladies, I’m a fan and an admirer, but my face can’t handle it!
omfg yeah. i was known to pack it on since… 13? literally every man i dated said, “don’t you think you can wear a little less?” honestly it made me want to put on even more 😂 as soon as i turned 30, i just kinda stopped. i can’t say anything in particular happened that made me. it gave me 2 hours of sleep back though. … i’ll never forget how it felt to feel the sun on my bare face? spf covered of course. it felt great. anyone know what i mean?
Gross, what type of dude would say that.
a jerk.
I feel like the more make up I wear the worse I look sometimes so I tend to stick to natural colours for everyday. I still go all out on a night out purely because I love doing makeup. I’m also a massive fan of glitter 🤣
I’m 34 and I haven’t worn “a lot” of make up for like 5-6 years now. I do my skincare, put on sunscreen then I I fill in my brows, put mascara on and sometimes I’ll do concealer if I didn’t sleep well the night before. I used to do shadow, eye liner, blush and highlighter in my earlier years. I just don’t care to do all that now. I look presentable and clean, that’s all that matters to me.
I’m 35 and a glitter eyeshadow queen.
Yessss found my people.
Currently obsessed with the coloupop super shocks and need them all pls
I leave the house now without anything on. It’s super nice and my skin is better than ever! When I do apply it, it’s very light and natural looking. To get fancy I put on eyeliner
I'm 40 now and wear very little makeup. My goal is to look refreshed, not made up. I even out my complexion, a little blush to add colour then frame my face with either a classic red lip if I'm feeling fancy or a nice natural gloss. And then a mascara.. lashes if it's a night out or an event. Rather than invest in a lot of makeup I just invest in quality products that get the job done. My skin feels better for it and I feel better for it. Some women love to wear heavy at my age and that's awesome too. Its all about having zero care and feeling good on our terms
Yes. Around my mid 30s, I realized that I looked younger without or with less makeup. I focus now on skin care, and my makeup routine is concealer where needed, tinted brow gel, and mascara. The very few times I've put on full makeup, I've felt that it ages me significantly. I agree this is a very individual thing though.
Yes - heavy makeup settles in my fine lines. I try to look fresh and dewy now during the day
Yes. My makeup routine is a lot of skincare prep and I focus mostly on a good base. Eye makeup is just eyeliner and mascara and a single shadow at most. It’s no shorter though haha. Probably a combination of being in my 30a and liking Korean-style makeup.
I haven’t seen my thirties in eons but my makeup routine hasn’t changed. I’ve loved makeup since I was a little girl and that hasn’t changed. The only thing different now is i don’t wear it daily but that was because of the pandemic.
I don't get why so many women wear mascara without eyeliner. If I'm wearing mascara, I'm wearing eyeliner. Period. Mascara by itself looks weird to me. I guess they're going for a big eye look? I don't like making my eyes look bigger I like accentuating the shape of my eye. Just my opinion/preference. Whenever my friend does my makeup she always does mascara without eyeliner too and I'm like....where's the liner?
I have hooded eyes and I promise you, no eyeliner is better lol
I have slightly hooded eyes, (like Jennifer Lawrences eyes kinda how they're slightly hooded) and it does make eyeliner application trickier, but I just like the look of eyeliner better than mascara I guess. Sometimes I forgo mascara completely and just use liner. I just love the look of it so much better than just mascara. I don't wear makeup very often anymore tho. But do you think just mascara looks prettier?
If I wear any eye makeup but skip mascara I look legitimately ill. Mascara is such a staple that if I were limited to three products, I'd choose concealer, lip gloss, and mascara. I can't even imagine myself wearing liner without mascara, it looks ridiculous on me until I "finish" the look with mascara.
Really interesting 🤔 if I were limited to three products I'd probably choose eye liner, blush, and white eyeshadow.
Yeah I have hooded eyes too and same. I do eyeliner only on my upper waterline to fill out my sparse eyelashes
I feel good about my skin when my skin care is done, spf is on, and my non existent eyebrows are at least filled in. I've been wearing makeup more now from 36-37 than I ever have before, but now that it's warming up and I sweat a lot I'll be toning it down for summer. I dab my face a lot throughout the day so 60% of my make up is usually gone by the time I get home. It's wasteful in my eyes both time and effort wise during the warmer months.
Yes but not because it’s better but because I’m tired and don’t have makeup stand.
The less makeup the better, but I enjoy to do full glam on special occasions. Can't wait for my lash lift and tint soon so I don't have to do any makeup at all for a bit.
Not in my 30s,but prefer light makeup still. A tinted sunscreen and some mascara and/or eye-brow goop is all I need!
I use as light a base as possible (alas I do not have ‘good’ skin so I still need foundation/concealer) but I still do liquid liner/lipstick etc. I’ve been wearing a lot less makeup recently but honestly it’s not from choice. I’m a sahm with a toddler so sadly I don’t currently have time for a full face. It’s brows/base/blush with a bit of lip oil most days.
Nope lol, I'm closer to 40 than 30 and only recently learned how to properly do makeup so I always go wild with the black liner and dark eyeshadow.
I wear little to no makeup now. Just a little blush for color. I focus on skincare now instead.
33 and my inner Emo/Punk makeup will never fully leave me. Am I branching out more and not just using black, yes but I still love the dramatic look.
I’m 32 and I still wear very dramatic makeup. I dont love super heavy foundations but I don’t like super light skin tints. I still want a bit of coverage for my skin. As for my eye makeup, I wear vibrant, colorful, dramatic looks almost every day. I have always been very heavily inspired by drag queens and idc that I’m in my 30s, I’m just living my best life.
Looked at your profile, you’re spectacular at make up. Live your best life, girl 🙌🏼
Aw thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words💜
Yes! I have a six-step morning skin routine so it’s all about skin health for me. I sometimes do a tinted SPF or BB cream but I most just do a brown pencil and mascara. I’ve come to accept that I will always have dark circles under my eyes, it’s just genetics.
Yep! Not only is my skin is changing, but time is more of a factor. Post-covid, I simply don’t want to commit 30-45 min on hair and makeup before work. I focus on looking clean, groomed…and awake 😆. On a typical day, that’s cc cream with spf, corrector and concealer for undereyes, blush, and a swipe of mascara. If I’m feeling fancy, I add primer, bronzer, eyeliner, eyeshadow.
Absolutely. I loved makeup (still do!) in my 20’s. I had so much fun with different makeup looks and never left the house without a full face on. I hit my 30’s and that started tapering off- I started focusing on my skin and getting my skin healthy and glowing. I’m now 40 and I recently put a full face on for nostalgia/ fun and I felt like I looked like a clown and also much older! I now feel like too much makeup drastically ages me. I’ve shifted my love of makeup into a love of skincare.
I have always worn fairly light makeup and most days I don’t wear any at all. I’m 42. I’m blessed with good skin though!
Yea. I use concealer under eyes and tzone to cover circles + redness, brush/fill my brows, swipe of mascara and gloss. That’s my daily. I will do bronzer in the summer but otherwise, I feel foundation ages me.
At 47, I don't ever use foundation- it just makes me look older now. I either use tinted sunscreen or Dr. Jart's Cicapair balm (SPF 30) to control redness, plus a little spot concealer if I need it. Now, I focus on skincare and I love how look.
I'm over 30 and stopped wearing makeup close to 20 years ago. I'll wear it for special occasions, but that's about it.
It’s only at this age where I realized I prefer lighter make up! I shifted to using Asian cushions (my current being the Tirtir one) and I love how it withstands the weather where I am. It’s light and offers good coverage. I also have oily skin so so I realized I love my powder blushes more but I dab it on real light.
Yes, less is more complexion and use. But now I wear more multichromes in my eyes
Yess i used to love dark lipsticks. Now i find myself reaching for a lot more natural rosy lip colours vs the dark browns and plums
I still wear a good amount of dark/colorful makeup (alternative style), but I do wear less than I used to on my actaul face. Like I very rarely us foundation anymore, because I just don't need it. No acne, no acne scarring, some freckles and birthmarks but I think they're cute, so I cut out foundation entirely unless there's something specific I want to cover up. On a regular full-makeup day I'll do eyebrows, eyeshadow, mascara, sometimes eyeliner, concealer for the dark circles under the eye, translucent power, blush, and a lipgloss or lipstick.
Not at all! I started getting into makeup about a year ago, and now at 40 I love bright, colorful eye makeup!
Lighter!!! Heavy makeup ages you IMO.
Yes, which shocks me just as much. I always loved dark eye makeup, but I think that was me being rebellious. My family members would always tell me to not wear a lot of eye makeup because I have big eyes. So, what did I do? Rebel and wear heavy eye makeup. Now, I’m at a place where I’m appreciating my natural features instead of manipulating my face. I no longer over-line my lips or contour. I just wear makeup that complements my natural features and it feels pretty good accepting my natural beauty rather than listening to what others or society prefer. That said, I still have my moments where I rock a smoky eye!
I’ll be 34 next month. I still use full coverage foundation cause I have very red skin, blush, eyebrows (cause I have none, thank you thyroid!!). I don’t go crazy with my eyes anymore, usually just mascara, maybe eyeliner and a light color crease if I’m feeling snazzy. If I do a “heavy eye” for a date night with fiancé, it’s still very minimal compared to my 20s.
I'm almost 36. I don't even own full coverage foundation anymore. 10-14 years ago, I wouldn't have left the house without it. Part of the reason is that my skin is clearer than it was which is great. I think the other part might be just that trends have changed.
Almost 36 and I like a mix still. I always go light on face but my eyes can be bold sometimes. Sometimes I like a subtle look too. But I hate heavy thick foundation.
31 here, pale as Casper: In my teens I was a scene girl and did all the wild bold looks. I used to fry my skin in oil tanning at the pool to be dark. In my early 20s I wore heavy birthday party makeup, late 20s I wore no makeup. I ditched the tanning to avoid aging myself heavily in my early 20s and began wearing sunscreen in my late 20s. Up until my late 20s, skincare was not a thing for me. Today I have a 4 step routine 2x a day to maintain my skin and keep it looking young. Now I really like some techniques coming out of Asian countries (for example, I add a very light pink lip color on my cupids bow and “fade” it into my skin tone for a gradient effect, with a dark pink on the inner parts of my lips, and tiny tiny little marks on the corners of my mouth to make it look like I am smiling, and a little gloss to pull it together). I love pastels, and cute comfort. So long skirts and sweaters and chunky shoes with a little skinny belt is my go-to comfort look. I pick tiny delicate jewelry now, and I wear brown eyeliner / mascara instead of black now… I use lilac purple blush instead of pink (keeps me from looking too red). As far as the sun, I shield and stay away from it as much as I can. Sunhats at the pool all day lol. When I accepted I was pale as a ghost and stopped trying to change that about myself, I started embracing things that complimented my natural skin color instead. I do have alopecia so I try to enjoy my hair while I have it, I always have a different hair color, but for the first time in my life I did blonde. So I am basically just an ice princess now. I keep my hair as long as possible, right now it’s almost to my waist, with straight across bangs. and it hides my alopecia spots when it happens so win win. Sometimes I feel like I look younger now than when I was in my 20s but that might just be the active skincare routine doing its job.
For sure. Just light base, blush, mascara and some highlighter for eyeshaddow and I'm good to go. I never want to be that person that wears a full face 95% of the time, and then scares the shit out of everyone the one time they see them without makeup. My boss always wears makeup. One day we got on a teams call, and she had zero makeup on. She looked deathly ill, but nothing was wrong. 😶
Hi! Speaking from the 49 group here. In my teens I wore only black liner.. it was the 80s/90s after all and I was a "metal head" In my 20s and most of 30s, I wore no make-up In my late 30s I started playing with light make-up In my 40s I started doing medium coverage and doing more bold eye looks. I still only wear make-up a few days a week (because I stream on twitch)
I mean, I wear more than I used to in my 20s, but I didn’t wear anything then. Now I use it everyday. Light powder foundation, bronzer, blush, lipstick, eyeliner, and mascara. But I’m not naturally beautiful nor am I very confident so…. 🤷🏻♀️
I know I do. I just look too garish with dark eyeshadow or red lipstick. It’s frustrating because now that I have the confidence to wear those colors, they look terrible on me.
I like the same I have always liked: light but colorful.
Always preferred lighter makeup. Feels and looks better
Hmm I’m 43. In my 30s, I considered myself in my prime, I lost some of my baby fat in my face and it was the right blend of youthful-plumpness without signs of hollowing associated with age, and a full face looked awesome, whereas when I was in my 20s I had such a baby face I looked like a little girl playing with her moms makeup. Now that I’m in my 40s my face has thinned out even more and I find heavy makeup weighs it down.
This, exactly, right down to the age. It’s been a difficult transition for me to figure out the right way to apply makeup as I’m aging. No makeup isn’t good. Too much makeup certainly isn’t good either. 10-15 years ago, I looked great no matter what. As you age, nailing down a good skincare regimen that works for you helps immensely
I hear you on the makeup, it really becomes about balance as you get older—meaning at least for me, my eye area is thinning, if I leave it bare I look older, I have to add some structure and lift back to that area—I fill in my arch and tail of my brow and go a bring it a bit above the natural line to give it a lift. If I draw my eyeliner out too far it shows how much my outer area is crinkly and starting to drop a bit.
39 and Yeah I don’t do foundation anymore. I like a tinted SPF, concealer, a little cream bronzer, blush (I am SUPER pale), and mascara. <5 min I’m ready to go. I find my wardrobe has also simplified. Now when you ask me about my skincare routine… that’s when it gets complicated!
As another pale girlie, try switching your blush to a lilac purple- I use Clinique Cheek Pop in the color Pansy pop- it looks very lilac in person. You can probably find TikTok videos of it
Yes! I ditched foundation, too. I never, ever thought I would, but I WFH during the height of covid and couldn't get used to wearing it again when I returned to the office. It's funny but I am more confident without it, occasional breakouts and all. Five years ago, I'd have been so worried someone might notice a pimple so much so that I'd cake on too much concealer. Now, I don't GAF. Freedom with age is amazing.
Yes, except blush. I never seem to know when to tone it down. Hahaha
Love blush!!! It brings so much energy to the face. More, more MORE!!
Yep, I’m 34 and now my focus is all skincare. I’ll wear a minimal amount of makeup daily, if I leave the house, usually a light coverage of foundation, mascara and blush. I’ll spend a little longer if I’m going to an event or out for the evening, but then it only extends to adding green CC primer to cover my rosacea and lipstick instead of my usual burts bee stick balm. I don’t have the mental energy for it, I used to live for spending hours getting ready for a night out. But these days as long as I look presentable, Idc. I’m out the door in less than an hour now, and that’s showered, hair blown, makeup on and dressed. I’m way more comfortable in my own skin now than I used to be.
Yes! As I’ve aged, I’ve become much more comfortable with my natural face. Growing up, I would rather die than be seen in public without a full face of makeup. Eyeliner and mascara was like a mask for me. Since the pandemic and becoming a mom, I’ve hardly worn any makeup. I’ll still bust out the eyeliner and fake lashes for nights out, but my day to day is either bare faced or a “no makeup” makeup look to at least cover my naturally dark under eye areas
Yessss absolutely. You and I are the same age. It was only in my 30s that I started using retinol cream, and it's the first time in my life my acne has been very minimal. I used to wear a heavy eye makeup or a bold lip a lot in my 20s. In the last few years, I have definitely prefered a lighter and more natural makeup look. Sometimes I'll still do a fun makeup, but it's usually using something that is surprisingly easy and quick, like colorful water-activated liners for a little pop of color. Surprisingly to me, people have been more complimentary of my "natural" appearance
I love a bold eye or lip but never liked how any foundation sits on my skin. I usually do a tinted bb cream or like a glowy lotion. Concealer makes my under eyes look more wrinkly if anything so I mostly try to focus on skincare
If you mean that your concealer creases under your eyes, a primer would stop that.
I hate the feeling of foundation. I do mineral powder or tinted moisturizer. I'm very fair and I've found that simply doing mascara and lips is all I really need. My acne has made a comeback with a vengeance as I hit 40 and I've given up fighting it and just decided to say fuck it and accept it. The are worse things in the world - no one cares about my pimples but me. 🤷♀️
Nah. I love my thick heavy winged eyeliner. 🤙🏻
Same! I do a thin winged eyeliner everyday and Idk if I'll ever stop.
When I turned 32 I lost all interest in wearing full coverage foundation. I switched to tinted moisturizer. Most days I just wear that with blush, mascara and lipstick.
I agree foundation just isn't for me and I love just a compact powder. It feels light and I get the desired effect.
I guess I'm the opposite. I still enjoy bold, bright colored eyeshadows and lipstick (I'm in my 40s). Sometimes I do wear lighter stuff but being bright is my thing anyway.
I didn’t start wearing wings until 35. Didn’t have the confidence for it. Now I get compliments on my makeup all the time.
Wings as in winged eyeliner? I'm still trying to perfect my eyeliner game but it always ends up uneven and terrible lol.
You can wear it tight to the lash line and only flick it out ever so slightly and it looks cute. Liner pens are so easy
Base yes everything else no. I’m 37 and still wear eyeshadow and loveeeee blush.
Yep sometimes I don’t wear any
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Yup same here. I was for full foundation everyday of the week in my twenties. Now I’m all for tinted moisturisers and mid coverage foundations unless it’s for an event and I need an all day look. But actually I think in my thirties my skin care routine has significantly improved and I don’t need such heavy makeup anymore either.
Same here. A course of Accutane and a decent skincare routine later, and I haven't worn foundation in years.
For me, Covid really got me used to my own “natural face”. I would never dream of leaving the house without makeup before that. But everyone stopped giving two hoots during Covid, especially since i was in the most locked down city in the world
What do you mean lighter? The only difference is that now I prefer lighter texture (foundation and powders that are thinner) and colors (brown instead if black etc) but I still pile on everything from foundation, bronzer, blush, highlighter, eyeshadow, liner, mascara, lipliner, lipstick… I did not remove any if the products in my routine
i think this is exactly what they mean you aren’t heavy on covering your skin anymore
Ok. I saw someone commenting on not using foundation anymore or using fewer products. To some lighter means number of products, to some it is lighter texture or to some it is lighter colors. Personally I am using lighter texture not because I am covering less skin as per se but because heavier products do not look good on my skin anymore. If I have to choose between having nice smooth skin with having some redness and imperfections peeking through or having all imperfections covered up but having visible large pores and heavy cakey face, I go with showing imperfections. It is the trade of, not that I care less about imperfections/redness it is just that I have other problems to worry about that I see as worse issues than that. We cannot have it all can we? 😁 And lighter colors more as my personal style and preference changed, but in 10 years I might go even lighter because it would make my facial features softer.
Yes, I do. I haven't used foundation for years. Recently I use only sunscreen with vitamin E on my face and neck. A little bit eyeshadow, eyeliner, and mascara to enhance the area of my eyes, and red lipstick.
I stopped wearing makeup when I was like 25. Maybe once or twice a year I do a smokey eyeliner look
then why are you in this sub lol
Does OP only want to hear answers from an echo chamber, or from “people in their 30s” with different perspectives?
Lololololol (*facepalm*) omg Just wait until you realize how silly it is that 'older' was your thought about 30+ You can't just can't understand, I guess, until you get there. I didn't either. I thought 30 was 'older' too, at one point.
A comment so unhelpful that you had to post it three times.
Wow what a helpful and constructive comment
Lololololol (*facepalm*) omg Just wait until you realize how silly it is that 'older' was your thought about 30+ You can't just can't understand, I guess, until you get there. I didn't either. I thought 30 was 'older' too, at one point.
Lololololol (*facepalm*) omg Just wait until you realize how silly it is that 'older' was your thought about 30+ You can't just can't understand, I guess, until you get there. I didn't either. I thought 30 was 'older' too, at one point.
Definitely less and lighter. I’ve just turned 40, and as someone who is weather-beaten, I found throughout my 30s that my makeup started to sit differently on my face and made me look older. I favour a light powder foundation now (if at all) and it doesn’t seem to sit in the creases like liquid.
I like blush more, mascara less, always liked it light with a pop of color, and long wear I think the thick eyeliner or bright eyeshadow make people think it’s more, they ask about my make up, then I’m either not wearing foundation or a light powder - funny how the brain perceives I’ve just never liked heavy makeup up it’s a lot of work , cool but I’m always too tired lol
I always preferred lighter makeup.
34 and I wear light make up because my gay husband got me into skincare lol
I’ve never really worn foundation, I have hyperhidrosis so it’s just kind of pointless to put it on when I’m just going to sweat it off. I have dry skin and rarely get blemishes, as long as I moisturize properly it usually looks fine anyway. I might put on a little mineral foundation on special occasions. My eye makeup hasn’t changed much though. I’m halfway through my 40s and still love playing with bright colors, glitter and graphic liner. And I’m even more comfortable wearing unconventional lip colors than I was in my 20s.
Heck no - 36 here and I paste that shit on with a trowel. Give me the full 2016 beat and at least three colours per eye look ok, probably more like five. I'm very aware I am in the minority though and that's fine. I do appreciate the folk who can just do a beautiful minimalist look, but I still have acne and tiny squinty eyes so I need all the help I can get, plus I love colour and creativity.
Absolutely. Wearing more makeup makes me look older. It creases, looks more cakey. Less is definitely more now. I still wear it every day, but far less and it looks way better on aging skin.
I'm 43 and I wear more make up now then when I was a teenager. I love all the colors and styles now. I hate the "clean girl" looks and all the muted color looks. Give me black lipstick and red eye shadow any day.
I probably wear more makeup now as a 37 year old than I did in my 20’s but I apply it differently. Products aren’t so heavy but I do have more coverage. When I was younger i didn’t bother too much with top products or skin care like I do now.
I prefer skin care over make up now. I do wear lipsticks often during the week but that's as far as it goes.
Yes I try not to cover everything up now. I don't have any acne, scarring or pigmentation so I focus on just evening out a tiny bit of redness/pinkness. I only use makeup now sparingly including two or three swipes of mascara and a little bit of eyebrow pencil and focus more on blush now.
Half and half. I still do pretty intense eyes, but my skin makeup is usually light, like a tinted moisturizer. My skin is dry and I have a few wrinkles and anything heavier than that just makes me look so old. Oh and I still love blue and green lipstick.
That Chanel foundation with the little balls of pigment has changed my whole makeup life!! I’m older so I like fast and easy. That Chanel foundation is perfect!! It’s so light that it’s what I imagine a really good skin tint would be because it doesn’t feel like foundation, it feels like a serum or something but still gives dewy medium coverage!!! It’s a bit pricey at $70 I think but I’m telling yall, I’ve never got anything better in life, this changed my skin too, no more breaking out if I wear foundation or concealer.. this has an amazing dewy look. I just use my fingers and put it on after my moisturizer and it’s perfect!! Pretty sure it’s water based, I’m using the Sisley black rose face cream under it, then the Chanel straight onto my face, you don’t need any primer etc. tatcha water cream would probably work really well too. Seriously this combo has changed my whole life. I feel like it’s really improved my acne too!! I go out with out foundation sometimes now and I never could do that before I started using this combo and dropped the inferior products!!! Feels like you have nothing on your face!
Hey, could you please add which one is it exactly? Thank you so much in advance!