We can’t stop aging, but we can slow, and sometimes, even reverse the signs of aging that become evident on our faces, hands, and bodies. Women and men go to great lengths to stay fit and maintain a youthful appearance. If you are a woman who is seeking non invasive ways to look younger, you need not look beyond the cosmetic counter. You just need to know what to look for. There is a wide range of products, including creams and lotions, concealers and foundations, and various forms of makeup that claim to help fight the signs of aging. Here are a few tips about making the best choices.
Anti Aging Tips For The Eyes
Under eyes makeup
The eyes are often the first area of the face to show signs of aging. Years of smiling, laughing, crying, and rubbing our eyes can cause noticeable wrinkles around your eyes. These become even more apparent for women who drink alcohol, smoke, suffer from allergies, or who spend a great deal of time in the sun. Add this to the fact that the eyes are often the first feature noticed when someone looks at your face, and you know that if you do not take steps to hide or reverse the effects of aging around your eyes, you will look years older.
The skin around your eyes is very thin and fragile. It loses its elasticity as we grow older, but there are steps you can take to slow this process. Start with a good eye cream and use it daily. Look for a cream that is light weight and is fortified with vitamins. Vitamins help fight dark circles that form under the eyes, making you look tired and fatigued even when you are not. Also be sure to choose an eye cream that is created to fight wrinkles. These creams effectively plump up the skin around the eyes, filling in many of the fine lines and ridges that form with age and tighten up the eye area to decrease sagging at the corners.
Your next step after the eye cream is a concealer. The concealer should have a yellow tone shade; it should be lightweight, and you should choose a shade that is one shade lighter than your foundation. Dab over under eye circles and blemishes. Do not rub; when you apply your foundation, gently blend. It is recommended that when you apply makeup around your eyes, you always use your ring finger. This finger holds the least strength and applies the least pressure, which is best for the sensitive skin in this area.
More Eye Tips
A few more steps to help you gain a youthful look include avoiding heavy eye liner, making your eye liner on your top lids more prominent than that on the bottom, and using matte shadows. An excellent eye shadow technique for saggy eyes is to apply a medium or dark shadow, starting at the upper outside corner of the eye and sweeping downward and inward. Then brush from the lower corner of the lid and brush upward toward the crease, forming a sideways “V” shape. The result will be an illusion of firmer, lifted eyes.
Don’t forget the lashes and brows. Sparse eyelashes are a sign of advancing age. You can minimize this effect by using an eyelash curler daily, and by applying your mascara first to the roots of your lashes, then applying a second coat after this one dries.
Full eyebrows give a youthful look, so be sure to fill in your brows. You can do this with an eyebrow pencil, or with a little bit of shadow. It does not need to be a dramatic change, but it will make a difference overall.
Anti Aging Tips For The Lips
Lipstick
Another area that is notorious for showing signs of aging is the mouth. Laughing, smoking, talking, and eating all work together to cause fine lines and wrinkles around the mouth. Using a sun screen under or in your foundation and applying a wrinkle cream daily will help prevent these. There are cosmetics that are also great for helping you gain and maintain a more youthful appearance.
As we age, our lips become thinner. Dark lipstick colors serve to emphasize this and can make you look even older. Choose lipstick colors that are lighter and more natural looking. One way to figure out the best shade for your lips is to pull down your lower lip and look at the underside. The shade of that skin will be the ideal shade for your lips. Remember that a little color is always better than a lot. Go with translucent shades with a little bit of gloss for best results.
Once you have chosen a shade and applied it to your lips, dab a small amount of gloss to the center of your lower lip; this little trick effectively reflects light and makes your lips appear more full. It will also help your color last longer before reapplication becomes necessary.
Your Overall Look
When you look in the mirror and you look at the wrinkles beginning to appear around your eyes and mouth, and the sun coaxed blemishes that seem to be showing up overnight, the temptation will be to slather on the concealer and the foundation to cover it all up. Remember that a heavy layer of makeup will only serve to add years, not erase them. Be strategic in your applications; use lightweight makeup in slightly lighter shades than you have used in the past. A little concealer and an even layer of foundation may not cover everything, but it will not draw the attention to your “problem spots” like heavy layers of dark makeup will.
There are foundations on the market that contain vitamins, sunscreen, and wrinkle fighting ingredients. If the product is also lightweight and is available in a shade that is appropriate, this may be an excellent choice. While covering your current signs of aging, you will also be taking steps to prevent additional wrinkles, sagging, and other unwanted changes. If you want however to go all the way with your fight agains wrinkles and to actually get rid of them instead of just hiding them consider using an anti wrinkle cream like Lifecell and an anti aging HGH Supplement.
Everyone should be using a sunscreen on their face and some sort of lip balm on their lips. These are two basic things what will make your appearance much brighter and healthier looking.