Eyeshadow Tips and Tricks To Hide Wrinkles

Have you noticed that your eyeshadow is starting to accentuate the wrinkles around your eyes rather than making you feel beautiful? Whether it’s deep creases, wrinkles above your eyes, “hooded” eyes, puffy or dark circles under your eyes, or crow’s feet at the corners, you can use several different products and techniques to hide imperfections around your eyes.

Here are makeup techniques that will help women in looking younger in an instant with the help of makeup.

1. Wash and moisturize to prepare your skin

Tara Shakespeare, celebrity makeup artist, says it’s all about moisture. When you cleanse and tone, she advises in a video, use a cleanser that’s very nourishing and full of moisture.

Kelly, a makeup artist and esthetician for Ulta salon and cosmetics talks about the importance of preparing your skin in a video about minimizing the appearance of wrinkles around your eyes.

“One of the most important things you can do is use an eye treatment cream,” she advises. “The skin around the eyes is the thinnest, and most delicate on your entire body. It has very little moisture to begin with, so you want to make sure you’re hydrating the area and keeping that moisture barrier intact.”

She also recommends a “lifting product” or a “topical alternative to botox” for an “instant lifting” and softening appearance of the fine lines and wrinkles.

2. Apply primer around your eyes.

jammi says:
One word – Primer. They have made all the difference. Too Faced eyeshadow primer

facesoverfiftydotcom says:
I agree with the primer option. But don’t use foundation – you’re just asking for trouble. If you want to skip primer, look for a shadow that is “velvety,” and by that I mean matte and pigment dense. Cover Girl makes some-in fact they have a couple of terrific new trios out for around $6. Use the lightest shade as a “base” and blend the other colors over top. A creme shadow is NOT the way to go. These are for younger, super smooth lids!

3. Apply your favorite brand and color of eye shadow – carefully

What should you look for? A softer shadow with LESS pigment. Brands like MAC, Smashbox, Chanel, Lancome, and the like are very pigment-dense. That means that they are going to be challenging to work with on lids that have thin, wrinkled skin regardless of whether you use a base or not. IMHO I use a base only for a smokey eye on faces over fifty anyway.

Further stay away from the cremes – even the new ones with silicone – because they are hard to control. Unless you are quite masterful at application, you’ll end up with creme shadow in the outer creases of your eye.

So what to try, right?

Start with a base shadow that is close to the natural color of your facial skin – not the color of your lid. That could be anywhere from ivory to creme to french vanilla to peach to beige – I think you get the idea. It should be a soft matte. Meaning it should be sheer and powdery. Cover Girl has a few shades. Revlon has a few shades. NYX has a few. Sonia Kashuk has a great selection at Target.

Learn more about how you can look great even when you’re near or over 50 with these : Eyeshadow Tips and Tricks To Hide Wrinkles.