Make-up advice/suggestions please

I just use a cheap and cheerful Boots tinted moisturiser, but do need blusher or I resemble a ghost. My eyes are very sensitive so only use mascara on special occasions- just a little eyeliner for every day with a touch of eyeshadow. I like Mii Forever Eye Colour crayons as they don’t irritate and have a high concentration of pigment so they last. And aren’t expensive.
And my lipstick also disappears pronto so I use Max Factor Lipfinity or a very similar one from L’Oreal

I found Prime Prometics mascara on line. It has really helped my lashes recover.

Buy a good make of mascara. They are all advertised as water-proof and are claimed not to run, but in my experience Lancôme is the only one that lives up to this. So it is worth choosing a good make.

Anything else should preferably be guaranteed not to cause allergies, or aggravate any you may have. Face powder and foundation can be a cheaper brand, so can eye-shadow, but cheap lipstick does tend either to disappear, or to come off all over the place.

Ask advice from the girls selling make-up with regards to shade, or of a friend with the same skin-tone that you have. Face powder should always be a shade lighter than foundation.

And buy good removing cream or lotion.

Practice makes perfect as far as make-up goes, so place yourself in front of a well-lit mirror and practise.

book an appointment with no7 at boots?

www.boots.com/no7/no7-inspiration-and-advice/no7-book-an-appointment?srsltid=AfmBOooxyf4nH8beY59G2h_3oyNZrGxabUQcgRDWOk1H64JQVtVFQ73p&queueittoken=e_sale2024uk~q_9fa9238d-2461-4ab8-9f78-7b034bb5655e~ts_1742136842~ce_true~rt_safetynet~h_66070d5dbefcdab541a0c6509ed72fd213bf39e09550c1a97338cf4824e1dc5b

If yoh have a Boots near you, you can book a 15 min makeup. I was walking through not long ago, stopped to have a look at stuff and tge assistant asked if I needed help. Well of course I did, how can I make myself look 20 years younger! As she wasn't busy she gave me the 15 min makeover. I bought a foundation and I really like it. For me eyemake up is an nightmare, needing glasses for close work how do you apply liner/mascara when you can't see clearly.

Oh, girls, thanks for all this advice. But there are so many makes and ranges that it is making me dizzy. I will have to construct a spreadsheet to whittle things down, and with my luck I will make my choices and then find the shops don't have them! I'm interested in the lip-colour ideas cos my lips are non-existent nowadays.

I've been hunting for a blue eyeshadow for months but Boots tell me no-one wants it these days, it's all creams and browns.

Hey ho, into Stockport next week!

4allweknow Buy yourself a really strong magnifying mirror.

I use Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue moisturising foundation, and Zoeva metallic Khaki eye pencil.. both very light.. over moisturiser and skin primer..

Boots have a small magnifying mirror with suction pads on the back, so I stick it on to my main mirror & stand close to it. Ideal for holidays too👍

I like to put serum on first, it makes my skin smooth, I only wear foundation...no powder and a little blusher

4allweknow

If yoh have a Boots near you, you can book a 15 min makeup. I was walking through not long ago, stopped to have a look at stuff and tge assistant asked if I needed help. Well of course I did, how can I make myself look 20 years younger! As she wasn't busy she gave me the 15 min makeover. I bought a foundation and I really like it. For me eyemake up is an nightmare, needing glasses for close work how do you apply liner/mascara when you can't see clearly.

You can buy special glasses which have only one lens. This enables you to do one eye then flip the lens across to do the other. You can buy them on Amazon.

BB creams are popular now. Part skincare, part foundation. The Korean brand Eborian is very popular and I am a fan. Not the cheapest, but lasts ages. Might only be available on line though.
TBH, I think that blue eyeshadow is a bit dated - neutral browny shades are better.
I am a fan of MAC lipsticks, which have great staying power. And Clarins.
TKMaxx can be fun for a rummage - it’s surprising what you find - picked up a couple of brilliant cheap Italian lipsticks here.
No.7 mascaras are good and inexpensive.
Agree with the benefits of blusher and currently using a cream one. But they don’t always sit well on older skins. I would pick the lightest one possible for you skin tone and be prepared to layer it up.
If you do go down the consultation route, Don’t buy things at the time however much pressure you’re put under. Wait until you’ve left the shop and seen yourself in daylight and in your own home before you decide. Things never look the same in shop lighting.

I don’t wear make up either (I’m 69) , historically I have dabbled a couple of times in having my eyebrows and eyelashes dyed which did I have to say looked good especially as it meant I didn’t have to faff having to apply makeup with my limited skills in that area

I use Max Factor Lipfinity. Can last 24 hours! Only disappears with eating, but even then the outer edge remains! So quick fill in if you eat, and it won’t budge!

Madmeg I've never bothered with make up, other than mascara, until last year and I'm 73, but I suddenly decided to have a go with it. I have a horror of looking overdone!
I start with any moisturiser I've got on clean skin and let it settle.
Then primer if I have any to help make up stay put.
Then very light foundation blended using a make up sponge and finishing at the chin, none on my neck.
Then blusher blended so I can hardly see it.
Then tiny dabs of concealer blended on the red bits and a bit, blended to nothing, on my eyelids.
Occasionally, I put a vestige of darkish blue eye shadow just above my upper eye lashes.
I fill in the missing bits of my eyebrows with tiny lines of brown kohl pencil and do the whole brows with benefit Gimme Brow number 3
I use Max Factor 2000 calorie mascara in black/brown just on the top lashes.
Very rarely lipstick but I've never yet found the right colour.
The various products I use are in the photo. I applied everything, even though it's Sunday, and took a photo but so far I haven't managed to attach it here.

I don't wear any now- just serum and a good moisturiser. I was out with a friend recently who had lashes caked in mascara. I wanted to say less is more but didn't...maybe I should have? She may have said something to me about the state of my face!

keepingquiet

I don't wear any now- just serum and a good moisturiser. I was out with a friend recently who had lashes caked in mascara. I wanted to say less is more but didn't...maybe I should have? She may have said something to me about the state of my face!

😂😂

My go too for tutorials. I wear LFF eye primer on both my eyes and lips and their face primer too. Always use a good Cleanser, toner, moisturiser routine. I use Tropic.

I use to work for Oriflame in the 1980s and remember always prepare your canvas ( face)

I wanted to modernise my makeup for a special wedding. I booked two appointments with the boots No7 consultant at my local branch one for skin and one for makeup each was free for 30 minutes and I was under no obligation to buy and only bought what I wanted. On the day I was able to replicate it defo worth doing.

I like No7. First a moisturiser, then a primer then Clinique CC Moisture Surge tinted foundation. Friends say I don't look as if I'm wearing make up at all
Avon glimmersticks eyebrow pencil and eyeliner. Avon eyeshadow. Occasionally No 7 mascara
None of these are too expensive and often No 7 has good deals .Avon lipstick Twilight Pink . I have worn this for years.

Madmeg

Oh, girls, thanks for all this advice. But there are so many makes and ranges that it is making me dizzy. I will have to construct a spreadsheet to whittle things down, and with my luck I will make my choices and then find the shops don't have them! I'm interested in the lip-colour ideas cos my lips are non-existent nowadays.

I've been hunting for a blue eyeshadow for months but Boots tell me no-one wants it these days, it's all creams and browns.

Hey ho, into Stockport next week!

MadMeg
If you’re determined to wear blue eyeshadow 😱 here you are.
Always look on eBay. 😁
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That looks ridiculous, doesn’t it 😂

Not a good look!

I like Laura Geller too.

I'll be 70 in October but I have been blessed with good genes not one wrinkle,yet! Both my mum and gran were the same as was my dad. I'm very thankful. I love Laura Geller makeup and Nars. Also use Mac and L'oreal