10 Winter Beauty Tips For Women Over 40
Frigid temperatures, indoor heating, and low humidity can strip the skin and hair of their moisture. As the temperatures drop, some of us may need to modify our makeup and skincare routines. If your face feels like the Sahara desert and your hands feel like sandpaper, here’s what can help you adjust to the weather.
1. Consider using a tinted lip balm instead of lipstick. Lipstick can be drying, but a tinted balm will keep your lips moisturized and still look pretty with a bit of color.
2. Switch to a lighter shade of foundation. With less sun, your skin will naturally lose some color and your foundation should too. There’s nothing worse than the foundation that doesn’t match your skin–it should always look natural with no line of demarcation.
3. Use bronzer sparingly. Apply it on the forehead, across the bridge of the nose, cheeks, and chin, where the sun would naturally kiss your face. It will warm up your face and give it a nice glow. Hint: Bronzer is also available in cream and gel formulas, but the powder is pretty much foolproof as long as you use a light hand and a big fluffy brush. IT Cosmetics makes a very natural, matte bronzer, which I like.
Other winter beauty tips for women over 40 include:
4. Change your powder blush to cream. Powder blush can look cakey, while cream blushes look fresh and youthful. Dab a bit on the apples of the cheeks and blend upward into the temples with fingers or a cosmetic sponge. Choose a shade that matches your cheeks after a walk in brisk weather. BECCA Beach Tints are gel stains with a wonderful texture, and the new shade of Papaya is a warm red.
5. Don’t over-powder. For those with drier skin, I suggest skipping the powder altogether. The powder can settle into fine lines and highlight wrinkles, making you look older. I never powder under my eyes.
6. Exfoliate, exfoliate exfoliate. Use a facial scrub or at-home microdermabrasion at least once a week to slough off dull, dry, dead skin cells and reveal younger, fresher-looking skin.
7. Switch to a heavier moisturizer. Cold temperatures can suck the moisture right out of your skin. Look for a moisturizer that has hyaluronic acid to help bind moisture to the skin. Layer under your moisturizer to give your skin a big drink of water!
8. Get a good body moisturizer. The brand Champney’s (an extremely luxurious spa in England frequented by royals) is a great line. The bath and body line comes in four luscious scents with body scrubs, lotions, body washes, and hand creams. Hint: Moisturizers work by trapping water in your skin’s outer layers, so use body creams after showering while your skin is still damp.
9. Use a smoothing serum to tame flyaways in dry weather. Apply only a pea-sized amount to damp hair and then blow-dry. I love Marc Anthony Oil of Morocco Argan Oil Treatment—it tames dry tresses and smells divine—all for only around $7!
10. If you are going out in the wind and extreme cold, you might want to wear waterproof mascara. My eyes always water in the cold and wind.
Keep cozy, ladies!!!
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One thing I am sure of after reading your post is “I am ready for winter”! Thanks for enumerating good natural tips on how we can take care of our skin during winter and still enjoy this season without worrying about our skin anymore. I know many women can relate to this, and like me, they must be thankful for it.
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