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Makeup artist spills her tips for mature skin - including the £29 primer that will prevent your makeup from disappearing
A £29 primer that prevents your makeup from disappearing and settling into creases is being hailed 'essential if you wear foundation' by those with mature skin.
Look Fabulous Forever is the beauty line specifically for older women, and it's got a huge fan base who adore its 'pro-age philosophy'. Offering luminosity and staying power, the brand's Forever Smooth Like Silk Face Primer is the number one makeup hack for older skin types, and it could be the game-changing tip you need.
Mature skin is particularly absorbent, so before applying your foundation or base product a primer like the Smooth Like Silk Face Primer will help fill in fine lines, preventing the makeup from settling.
Preventing your makeup from disappearing, leaving it looking fresher for longer, this primer also leaves skin looking soft and matte.
Applying the Smooth Like Silk Face Primer has helped shoppers with their makeup application, helping it stay on longer and not settle into any fine lines
Makeup founder, Tricia Cusden, created Look Fabulous Forever a range of make-up and skincare specifically formulated, made for and attractive to older women.
Enhancing beauty in older faces, this is a brand that will help you celebrate your age. And the best mature makeup tip according to experts? Start with the Forever Smooth Like Silk Face Primer. A brand bestseller, the primer has over 380 reviews from shoppers who claim it helps keep your makeup from disappearing.
'Simply the best' raved one user. 'I have tried several primers and I have to say this is the best I have ever used. My face feels so silky and my makeup goes on so easily. Absolutely love this product.'.
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As we get older, our skin loses hydration and becomes more absorbent, which can cause makeup to settle into fine lines and appear dry and dehydrated.
Look Fabulous Forever brand ambassador Sally, a makeup artist with over 35 years of experience, has revealed her number one makeup tip for mature skin. The answer, a primer, and top of her list? The £29 Smooth Like Silk Face Primer.
'It’s vital that you start with primers to keep your makeup from disappearing' she writes. 'Face prime with aloe vera and silica fills open pores and fine lines and provides the perfect base for long-lasting makeup.'
The result? Foundation and concealer not only goes on more smoothly but also keeps you makeup from seeping into creases, keeping your makeup looking fresh all day. Helping application on more mature skin types, it could make all the difference to your base.
The face primer uses aloe vera and silica to fill open pores and fine lines thereby preventing makeup from settling
For the best results, Look Fabulous Forever recommends applying after a serum or moisturiser are fully absorbed. You then pump a pea-sized amount onto the back of your hand and starting from the cheeks, gently smooth over your face with your fingertips.
And shoppers have been wowed by the results, with one writing: 'Goes on very smoothly and a little goes a long way. After I have put it on my foundation will then glide over the top, giving a smooth finish as it doesn’t get stuck in any creases! Makes it last all day too!'.
Another agreed, adding: 'I have rather dry skin and without prime it is easy for products to become chalky or to drag the skin. It makes makeup last so much longer. I use it every single time I wear makeup and wouldn't be without it.'
Look Fabulous Forever makeup edit
If your foundation can feel powdery or heavy, settling into fine lines and making dry skin look worse, then opting for a more lightweight foundation is a great tip.
The brand's beauty balm is lightweight yet helps to even out the skin tone and leaves a natural glow.
For any where that needs an extra dose of coverage then you can go in with a concealer. This Cover to Cover concealer can help to cover blemishes, age spots, broken veins and darkness around the eyes.
Another brand bestseller and user-loved buy, the Never Feather Lip Prime help to keep you lipstick in place without it bleeding into lip creases for a flawlessly applied look that stays.
For mascara that doesn't end up looking messy, the Lithe Lash Mascara is a shopper favourite.
As we age our eyelashes naturally become thinner and more sparse but this mascara helps to subtly define your lashes without clumping so it’s more flattering to mature eyes.
Add a youthful glow to the cheeks with the brand's Real Radiance Blush.
The cream-to-powder blush is easy to use yet helps to flatter mature skin as it glides on smoothly as a cream and dries as a powder for lasting colour.
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