Make up

giulia Many thanks for replying. It's great to have your recommendation and I will definitely give LFF a go. It sounds like a good idea to mix foundation and primer.

northernlass. Yes, I do use LFF. After a year, I have gradually collected all I need and would never revert to another brand. The products last a really long time (for example, for the foundation you only need one squirt mixed with one squirt of primer for total face coverage)and the total effect is to look healthy and well but NOT made up. Very subtle colouring and the video tips give you all the help you need.

I like Clinique, that's great ty.

fumanchu. Clinique's Even Better is easy to use,and Clinique's Beyond Perfection gives even more coverage.

I was going to come in here and ask about foundation that gives a decent coverage. I used to have excellent skin but lately I've got uneven skin tone with broken veins and browny bits.

Pittcity, thanks I'll try that

You clever grans, I use mascara every day, and some lipstick if going out, on a special occasion I will have blusher and eye shadow. I want to ask if anyone can recommend something to cover up black shadows under my eyes caused by statins, Is it best to use a foundation, or just a blemish stick, grateful for some tips.

I wear very little make-up now that I have retired, particularly when I have a little summer tan on my face. I find Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue really good as it moisturises and covers up veins and it gives a nice 'glow' and best of all it's just a quick sweep over my face with the fingertips. I use it if going into town or wherever. If a night out I top it (probably shouldn't but hey ho) with the bare minerals powder foundation and blusher, a little eyeshadow (no favorite brand) and Boots mascara. My very favorite make up item is Burts Bees tinted lip balm - it's the one thing I would "take to a desert island". It keeps my lips moisturised and adds a hint of colour. I've never been one for bright or dark lips and always had problems with lipstick drying my lips so I love this.

My chosen career meant I had to look 'good'.
I received expenses so was fortunate to afford the best in cosmetics. On retirement I discontinued my 'full gear' and now use tinted sun factors or tinted moisturizers with the odd mascara.

JulieF , try mixing the BB cream with your usual moisturiser to thin it out.

Moisturiser, liquid foundation to cover uneven skin tone. Cream blusher then dusted over with loose powder. I don't like the shiny look and I don't find it accentuates wrinkles. Gives a Matt velvety finish. Current powder is Avon MagiX which is white and adapts to any skin colour, even black and Asian. Before I discovered that I used Clinique Translucent.
Wunderbrow in blonde on eyebrows, it lasts three days. Grey or soft black mascara and lippy in a nude colour.

After 20 years of full make up and hair every day (Receprionist job), I now enjoy a bare face every day. It's so nice not to HAVE to plaster gunk on all the time, I feel I am giving my skin a long holiday. Cannot remember the last time the curling tongs came out of the drawer. As you get older, less is definitely more. On the rare occasion I need to dress up, its light foundation, mascara and lippy. The best part of make up in my book is taking it off.

I use a moisturiser from Aldi and in winter I use their BB cream on top. In the summer I like Benefit's Dew the Hoola which gives a matt tan finish. I've got a mousse blusher I bought in Aldi years ago and I use a tiny bit of it.

Love everything about make up - the buying, the applying - the lot. Don't wear it every day but it takes me about 15 mins and I do the lot!

I'm so impressed with you all - it's as much as I can do to cleanse and moisturise. I put some brown pencil on lower and upper eyelids ... evidently it's now called finelining. I use Chanel - extravagant but as it's all I use it feel the expense is justified.

Moisturizer, foundation, eyeliner, eye shadow and mascara. One has to make an effort...hahaha

As a bit of a troglodyte about make up, what's the difference between moisturiser, tinted moisturiser, and foundation? I like the idea of tinted moisturiser, but don't know where to start - what brands would you recommend? The last face make-up I bought was a BB cream from Garnier (read about it in a magazine) but I find it rather thick and heavy. All advice welcome

On the rare occasions when I'm not going anywhere in particular I don't wear make-up but 99% of the time I wear it. Olay moisturiser, Superdrug primer, Max Factor foundation and mascara, Corn Silk powder, M&S eye shadow, l'Oreal eyebrow wax, one of my selections of lipstick. At bedtime I remove eye make-up with Garner Micellar water and then use Superdrug's Melting gel cleanser with a face cloth and warm water. In the morning I wipe over with Micellar water on a cotton wool pad. At the moment it's the Micellar water with oil. It's gentle and soothing and not expensive. I have rosy cheeks, have never dared to wear blusher. Sometimes I use Garnier BB cream rather than foundation.

Interesting that many GNs use the upmarket brands. I always wear light foundation, eye pencil mascara lippy and a touch powder but usually cheaper brands. Think I might try some better brands in my old age. I love the sound of Revlon chubby sticks - must look at those thanks barleysugar

Bare Minerals BB cream
Ultraglow (that I've had for more than 20 years) blusher
Bobbi Brown/Clinique eye shadow
Bobbi Brown eyeliner
Bobbie Brown or Bare Minerals lipstick
Takes about 10 mins
I think I look better with it all on, but just today got home to find lipstick up above my lips, on my top lip. How does that happen when I left the house immaculate??

When I had an office job in the UK I would wear full make-up. Now that I live in rural France and are mostly outside for work, I usually only wear Liz Earle moisturiser. If I'm going to the big town for shopping (not groceries) then I will put on some mascara and lip gloss. If we (rarely) go out for dinner then I will wear eye shadow, lipstick, Benefit's Porefessional to smooth my colouring and pores and a touch of bronzer. I haven't tried buying make up in France so I do my purchasing online from Benefit and Liz Earle.
Teetime you could look at QVC (online or their TV channels) for brands like Laura Mercier and you can try them for a couple of weeks and if you don't like them you can return them and get your money back. They also have videos on how to use different items for the best results.

i use garnier pure and natural facial wipes on my face and neck - never soap and water. i follow that with m&s royal jelly and honey moisuriser.
generally when i'm at home i don't wear makeup but when i go out i generally use collection makeup - foundation and powder in the winter plus blusher plus eyeshadow, eyeliner and mascara.
i usually emphasise my eyes as i wear glasses - found that tip in a magazine years ago and it works.
and the pure and natural facial wipes also work for removing the makeup.
i've used all these for years - i've also used expensive brands and have never found that paying more makes any difference.

Make up has never been my forte, so I rarely wear it.

I use the face prime, eye prime, foundation and blusher, and some others, all excellent quality and value, would highly recommend. Her make up videos are also very good if you want to update your look. If you don't want to buy a set, try one thing and get on her mailing list, there's usually a weekly offer where you buy 3 things and get a4th half price or free. In the summer I blend a squirt of the face prime with a small squirt of the foundation, gives me perfect natural day long coverage.

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