Makeup, Hair & Jewelry Tips for Older Women
Monday November 26, 2007
Some fun tips I've learned from readers and friends over the years:
Downplay jowls with gorgeous earrings, but stay away from chokers, which bring eyes straight to your jawline. Love necklaces? They should hit at the collarbone or lower. Don't wear elaborate earrings and a necklace, pick one or the other. Both can be overkill.
Got a crepe-y neck? Haircuts that hit just below the chin will draw attention away from your neck. Long cuts attract the eye downward, according to stylist John Barrett in the November issue of O magazine. I also love the look of scarves, wrapped several times around the neck. Very European.
Downplay wrinkles by highlighting your eyes. Great eye makeup will make eyes "pop" and attract eyes away from the wrinkles on your face. Keep brows groomed and filled in.
Laugh lines around lips? Plump up lips and bring attention to THEM, not the surrounding area with a moisturizing lip gloss. Any time you add moisturizer to skin or lips, it plumps them up, making them appear more youthful.
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Downplay jowls with gorgeous earrings, but stay away from chokers, which bring eyes straight to your jawline. Love necklaces? They should hit at the collarbone or lower. Don't wear elaborate earrings and a necklace, pick one or the other. Both can be overkill.
Got a crepe-y neck? Haircuts that hit just below the chin will draw attention away from your neck. Long cuts attract the eye downward, according to stylist John Barrett in the November issue of O magazine. I also love the look of scarves, wrapped several times around the neck. Very European.
Downplay wrinkles by highlighting your eyes. Great eye makeup will make eyes "pop" and attract eyes away from the wrinkles on your face. Keep brows groomed and filled in.
Laugh lines around lips? Plump up lips and bring attention to THEM, not the surrounding area with a moisturizing lip gloss. Any time you add moisturizer to skin or lips, it plumps them up, making them appear more youthful.
Got great tips? Share them here...
Comments
About time. I very carefully go over all sites pertaining to beauty and none, but noe, tell us anything about older women. We, also, like to look good, as well as the younger ones. This was too short, I think. Let’s have more, please. Elaine
Julyne: This was an absouletly wonderful column on Beauty tips for older women Please continue to being more great Ideas for older women. Thank You Connie
I agree about having more for older women. How about old women, like 70 or more. We also wear makeup, eyebrows, lipstick. And we’d like to wear eye makeup, but the directions are always for younger women.
I agree, more for older women! And, we do have gray hair, so some tips on that too…
Please – PLEASE have more articles about make-up for older women. I see many articles for younger women but none for 50-plus. We have more money to spend so we are an untapped source! Also, to Jan – 70 isn’t old – you are in your PRIME!
HI EVERYONE,
I’m with everyone else about this. I am 51 & would love to see more about hair & beauty info for for vital women of a mature age. I am currently trying to grow out my hair it it’s natural color, which has alot of silver. Yes, I would really enjoy seeing pictures of women with natural silver, white & grey hair.
Many times the magazines & on-line sites are geared towards much younger women. We need more for our age group. So, thank you & keep up the good work! Happy Holidays to everyone! Judy K. from Chicago.
to seal in your lipstick and liner and accentuate your natural mouth, use a q-tip and a dot of concealer or foundation to outline your mouth. Blend in the make-up with the q-tip
Yes! I agree with everyone else about make-up for the older woman! I thoroughly enjoyed the article, and it felt like a tease, b/c I know that next week probably won’t have make-up advice about older woman, but I hope it does!
Yes, we do need REGULAR info about makeup AND hairstyles (cuts, tips, and care of the hair) for women 50, 60, and 70 too! What the fashion and beauty industry needs to realize is that “baby boomers” ARE the main women that formed our way as it is now. “Baby boomers” paved the way for everything else. A “baby boomer” is anyone born from 1946 to 1964. So that would make the oldest baby boomers 61 years old now, and we are vital and active women to say the least. More beauty tips for older ladies please!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL, and God Bless!
US GALS NEED MORE INFO REGARDING FASHION,MAKEUP ETC,MAGAZINES HAVE IT BUT DONT REALISTICALLY PERTAIN TO WORKING WOMEN WITH AVERAGE INCOMES AND FAMILIES TO SUPPORT,GIVE US AVERAGE GALS ” HOW TO BE FABULOUS” AT 50+…
For THE VERY BEST ANTI-AGING PRODUCTS for Older Women, try EUROPEAN WOMAN, 4432 River Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45204. For only $12.95 ppd, they will send you THE BEST BEAUTY PRODUCTS for Older Females to try!
Ohh, by-the-way, the product line (referenced above), is “European Woman”, but the place is Nefertari’s Salon & Spa. Same address though; TRY IT; IT IS WELL WORTH IT!!!!
More information would be appreciated.
I have never worn much makeup. I couldn’t, I would break out in horrible skin rashes. Today, I heared about and have experimented with some wonderful products and the products do not break me out.
And I don’t know how to use the products: foundation, highlighter, makeup, rouge, day makeup, night makeup.
It makes this older woman shudder.
Yes.. We have ,seen it,been there, got the ‘T’ shirt..at our age,BUT we still need to know new products which work and won’t rip us off.
We may not be big earners, so we buy something with a lot of thought, we need to know the truth about products and not be ripped off with silly packaging and long words about the ingredients.
Someone, please get ALL the facts about these companies who promote youthful skin for the over 50’s. We should NOT have to be tempted, each time a new product flashes on the Telly, or pushes out from the magazine pages saying it is the ONLY product for mature skin that works. Lets have someone who tells it like it is so we don’t pay the Billions of £’s to this industry for products, which, in affect are basically all the same!
Call the website COST METICS!
Thanks for reading my site. I have an entire section devoted to hair and makeup and skincare tips for women over 50. I don’t pander to ads, and I tell it to you straight. Good luck!
http://beauty.about.com/od/spassalons/Beauty_Over_Age_50_Beauty_Tips_for_Women_Over_Age_50.htm
Julyne
I have silver gray hair and I don’t know what colors I should use for my makeup now. I used to be a brown blonde (lots of highlights). What I wore then does not seem appropriate now. Please give more information on makeup for gray hair. I like you site would would like more about eyebrows, eye liner, eye shadow and blush.
thanks
You should show pictures about the hair length and earrings.
All the makeup tips for eyebrows say to use a shade that matches your hair. Well, my hair is white and I’ve yet to see eyebrow makeup in that shade! Haven’t figured out what to do with my white eyebrows. Any suggestions?
I am 67 and want/need a lift. I’ve been reading about primers – have any of you tried make-up primers? Do they really work? Do they breathe or slide off in hot weather?
I also want creme blush. I can share that since my lips seem to be turning white around the edge, especially on the bottom lip, I use Revelon ColorStay Overtime Sheer in Sheer Mocha like a lip liner. I don’t like the way it feels all over my lips. I just use the lip gloss and it looks natural and fresh.
I have a head full of gray hair and its beautiful but i think im a little young for it at 47. So i purchase a lace wig and love it I love swimming and i can swim in it not like a traditional bulky wig it looks like my own and i love it if you wanna get one the sites called http://www.lacewigswholesaledirect.com it was pretty inexpensive and has lasted over a year.
MS. Agusta Blues
At age 48 I figured out that makeup I have worn for years just didn’t work for me. Went for years without any makeup until I realized I needed more polish and began researching. Basics I learned – lighter hair, softer around eyes, matte light eye shadow (with a light primer – real eye brightener), less liner. Key for me has been skin care and EXFOLIATION! Stay away from powder (cream blush and tinted moisterizer instead of foundation) Stay away from shimmer!
How about some tips for those of us with glasses? Hairstyles and makeup, especially for eyes. I am 52 and have just had to give up wearing my contact lenses. Bummer! The hairstyles that looked cute pre-glasses are not working, and I need a mascara that will not leave undereye spider tracks as I look down through my no-lines!
Thank you for your acknowledgment of us seasoned beauties. Living in a world that favors youth over age is discouraging and sends horrible messages to women in general. Thank you for not contributing to societies flaws on this matter. After all, we are older a lot longer than we are young, and that accounts for a lot! Weather we choose to wear makeup or just a little, its nice to stay updated. we all have something we like to accent. There comes a time just pinching the cheeks and adding lipstick is not enough. Fact is, Women as a whole matter, and tips that help embrace and celebrate our lives as “older” people is well deserved. Thank you for your acknowledgment. in return, we acknowledge you …
I agree with the comments made. More please. Are there any foundations that won’t sink into the wrinkles that would be affordable on a limited budget? I’m a 70 year old with lots of wrinkles and sensitive skin.
“Long cuts attract the eye downward”
Question: Since the face is “dropping”, don’t shorter cuts “uplift”? Help.
Yes! The right short cut (just above or below the jaw line) is very flattering.
Hi there – I will be 80 next month and believe it or not I still do make-up and love to read all these tips etc. I guess that ladies all like to look attractive irrespective of our age. In my imagination I am still young – only the mirror tells another story. Have good skin though – must be in my genes. Love to you all.
I agree with everyone else. I’m a 50 year old woman and could use more advice and tips on makeup and beautifying ourselves.