Make up

I do my eyes first then the foundation. That way, if you make a mistake with the mascara you don't have to start all over again! Top from the duty free girls on a long ferry crossing

I you want a lipstick which lasts all day use Max Factor Lipfinity. I have been using it for quite a while and never leave the house without putting it on, similarly serum and moisturiser. The lipstick is £10.99 and doesn't last anywhere near as long as an ordinary lipstick but you can put it on in the morning and forget about it for the rest of the day.
I also use hazel coloured eyebrow pencil (I am very blonde), eyeliner, mascara and a pale green or light brown eye shadow. For dressing up occasions a tinted foundation.

I'm naked withuit earrings and lipstick. Nothing else matters.

I have just discovered 'Maybelline Brow Precise' brow mascara. My eyebrows have gone white and disappeared. I think brows define the face so I use it every time I go out,. I used to have white eyebrows when I was six and didn't like the look even then!!

Moisturise, bronzer,eyebrow brush, mascara powder blush pale lipstick. Most days

On the days I leave the house I wear makeup , Clinique foundation, eyeliner in a colour ie blue green or grey under my eyes , body shop eye shadow in a grey or taupe , Clinique mascara and various colours of lipstick . Always cleanse and moisturise every day . I would love to try a different foundation but it is too expensive to make a mistake and the makeover girls in Boots only use the ones they are selling on their own counters . I am very pale with reddish hair, and look washed out and old without makeup !

Atm I am using Aldi moisturiser with SPF, a bit of LFF concealer under the eyes and on a couple of blemishes and maybe a bit of brown eye pencil across top of eyes.
To go out I use LFF primers then a BB cream, concealer, LFF highlighter, bit of blush, shadow and eye pencil. Not usually mascara as I get panda eyes. I also have eyebrow mascara for grey days. I prefer a lip gloss but usually stick to a bit of vaseline.

Tinted moisturiser most of the time, unless I'm going to an event, then I use BB cream with the usual eyeshadow/mascara etc. Have stopped using lipstick however and just use a tinted lip balm, much softer on the lips. I like to look as natutal as possible with a bit of help!

I like the idea of '5 minutes' Barleysugar!
I have a Boots No 7 Pop & Glow Cream blush which is very quick and looks natural.

Every single day ! Clarins moisturiser, Tinted in winter, Lancome Mascara - is the best ever, Benefit Bronzer, Revlon Chubby Eye Pencil, which is so quick easy to use, & Revlon Chubby Stick Lipstick. I couldn't be without Revlon Chubby Sticks! This takes about 5 minutes!

Most days I wear foundation, concealer, lipgloss and mascara. Always use SP15 moisturiser from Aldi!

I've been thinking about buying Look Fabulous Forever (LFF) makeup but the thought of spending c.£100 in one go paralyses me!

Then I read on LFF's owner's blog that she lives in London, has a house in the south of France and has just bought herself a new sports car (either BMW or Merc, can't remember). So, I got to thinking that I resent paying a lot of money to fund that kind of life style!

Have any Gransnetters used LFF products and would you recommend?

AIBU to be put off buying the products that really may be fabulous and do what they say on the tin?!

When I'm working it's either foundation or, if it's hot, tinted moisturiser. Eye liner , mascara and lipstick but a lot wears off and I just don't have time to reapply during the day. I recently spent quite a bit on some bare minerals foundation and powder but it doesn't last all day either and then I look soooo washed out. Any recommendations for foundation that lasts ?

(parents') TCH! Must remember to use the preview button!!!

Oriel thanks for the kind suggestion. I have found my comfort zone and can look back with a wry smile at my parent's comments. They meant the best. I have had full make-up professionally done for my own and subsequent weddings, attended Avon and other make-up parties over the years and learned by trial and error what colour work for me ... When I was fifteen, I attended a 'Making the Most of Yourself' Duke of Edinbrugh course ... funny to look back on that.
I will never forget when an older work colleague mischievously asked me if I had been in a fight after I explored a 'purple and plum' eyeshadow palette for the first time, aged 18!
If I am with DD, who is very confident and manages to do wonderful things with her eyes - beautiful anyway and definitely gilding the lily, but still impressive - then I happily hand over the reins to her. Part of the problem for me is that I am extremely short-sighted and magnifying mirrors tend to distort so I tend to squint and make the best of it - then go for repair once I put my specs back on!

CC cream has been a revelation for me- I used to use Bare Minerals powder foundation but I find CC cream gives a lovely soft finish in half the time.

I do use a blusher & I wear eye makeup every day - the works. 3 shadows, eye liner, mascara (eyelash curlers)eyebrow pencil. I have not been out of the house without makeup since I was 15 years old & hopefully never will!

I have recently converted to using Tropic facial products- all natural with no chemicals- not tested on animals & cheaper than the make I was using previously. They smell divine too. I am very impressed by how much better my skin is looking. Unfortunately you cannot buy them in the shops yet but it is no trouble to order online. I order from a girl the other end of the country to me & they get here the next day. Excellent products.

When I was young, insecure about my looks and worried about other people's opinions of me I wore the whole lot - foundation, blusher, lipstick, eye-shadow, mascara and lipstick.
Now (in my early 60s) I don't bother except for eyebrow pencil (brows almost non-existent due to over-enthusiastic plucking/chemo) and lip-salve, sometimes lipstick if I'm going somewhere a bit special - not very often. Do we really need all that gunk? I try to make sure my untinted hair is well styled and I wear fancy earrings - I don't fear ageing but I don't want to look like a bulldog.

I'm an outdoorsy, thread veiny blonde of 68 - so lots to deal with. Use a micro fibre cloth (fine) for cleaning. Dye lashes every 6 weeks (otherwise look baldy). Use 'The Ordinary' and 'Niod' odds and ends - goods results. After daughters wedding where I had a professional 'face paint' - I have learnt that any 'colour' is better dotted from the back of your hand and blended in with a brush just as if painting - matches better, does not sit in lines and blends in.

Bobbie Brown tinted moisturising balm. Amazing.

Loads of typos, my tablet thinks it knows better than I do, I really should preview!

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O use make up every day of I'm going out of the house, I give my face a rest of staying I doors, just use a facial cleansing wipe and moisturiser. For going out I use a bit of concealer (to cover/disguise she spots)then Laura Geller Balance and Brighten mineral powder foundation (bought from QVC or Ebay) which gives a light, natural coverage, then eye shadow (various makes, but do love the Laura Geller ones)and then Max Factor mascara (waterproof) Laura Geller blusher, bronzer, or highlighted as I think on the day/season. I finish off with a slick of natural colour lipstick/gloss, any make, whatever I see that I like. It all takes 10 to 15 minutes max. Then I'm ready to go.

I'm a full-face-of-makeup woman too, although it's all a lot less heavy than in my younger days. Lots of moisturiser, and either Estee Lauder 24-hour foundation or a mineral powder which gives a light covering and also hides blemishes. Always, always mascara and eyeshadow, and these days the eyebrows need help. When I say help, I mean finding! Blusher or bronzer and a light pink lipstick. I have it all down to a fine art and can wash my hair, dry and straighten it and put my face on in half an hour. My husband is quite impressed!

I tend to use foundation lipstick eyeshadow, liner mascara. I was worrying that my foundation was making me look older so I went to .boots to try the Bare Minerals one. I was worried that it would look powdery but no, it is brilliant! Hardly looks like make up but covers up the thread veins shadows etc. Think I am converted now!

I use Younique BiBi Cream, it gives a lovely light coverage and a dewy finish. I use Younique Bronzer, Eyebrow pencil, brownish shadow (just in the crease) eyeliner, Mascara, highlighter & lip bon bon.

Clear moisturiser, eye makeup (I wear glasses). A touch of concealer under the eyes as my prescription eye drops have darkened the skin there. I always wear makeup. Once my DH said 'why are you wearing makeup, no ones going to see you today?' I said yes they are, me.

I do experiment with eye make and recently threw out many that I have cast aside. It is difficult finding a good grey eyebrow pencil. There is a chain of hairdressers in France that sell Peggy Sage eye makeup with a perfect Gris, so I buy one when on holiday there. I have several in stock!

I haven't worn face powder since in my teens and prefer a natural look. I hate that 'face in a sack of flour' look, some women sport. Although I am sure you ladies have the perfect light touch.