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Make Up Made Easy for Mature Skin
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items Beauty products for ladies of a certain age whose first crush might have been David Cassidy or Bobby Sherman, who didn’t use sunscreen until you were 40 🙋🏼♀️, and who don’t have the time and patience for high maintenance makeup.
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Easy Make Up
Skin Care
Hair Care
Easy Make Up
Because ain’t nobody got time for that! 😁 ⏰
Described by the creator as “lazy girl make-up” and it’s true. Dab it on with your fingertip and go. Takes 5 seconds. Hydrating. Feels like a balm. Gives a fresh wash of sheer color for the “no makeup” makeup look.
Jillian Dempsey Lid Tint (Various Shades)
I love any eyeshadow you don’t have to pull out 4 specialized brushes to apply. Swipe one swish of Lidstar on your lid and blend up with your fingertip for pretty, sheer colorwash. It's buildable if you want more impact, but at my age I gotta be car...
Lidstar
These affordable eye sticks are great dupes for the more expensive LM ones. They go on smoothly, blend out easily, and come in a bajillion colors. You can also use as an eyeliner if you want a softer line. Almost always on sale on Amazon.
Eyeshadow 101 Crème-to-Powder Eyeshadow Stick
Unfortunately genetic dark circles come with the territory in my family. (Why couldn’t I have inherited Mom’s petite figure instead)? Anyway, I feel like this does a decent job of under eye color correction, is very hydrating, and doesn’t settle in t...
Luminous Eye Corrector SPF 41 - Medium
This Catrice under eye brightener is a good budget dupe for the DRMTGY one I posted. It’s creamy and smooth and easy to apply with fingertips. The only downside for me is that the perfect shade is a mix of the Rose and the Nude but hey- still saves ...
Catrice Under Eye Brightener 020 Warm Nude
The only thing taking away the luggage rack of bags under my eyes is surgery, but I feel like product does a commendable job at making a valiant attempt to tighten them up. A big bonus for me is that unlike other under eye tighteners, this one can be...
Bye Bye Under Eye Bags Daytime Treatment
This is my splurge mascara and I love it. The formula plus the curved brush give my lashes length, lift, volume and definition.
Lash Idôle Lash Lift Mascara - Lifting & Volumizing - Lancôme
One of my favorite drug store mascaras. Good dupe for Idolé.
Sometimes you can find them in a 3-pack at Costco for around $18.
L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Lash Paradise Mascara
Another really good drugstore mascara.
Highly Rated Anti-Gravity Mascara
My eyebrows are pretty sparse these days which isn’t a good look unless I’m auditioning to be a white walker on Game of Thrones. I find this pencil easy to use to get a natural look with the wider tip and spooley brush. There’s a fine tip version to...
Shop Brow Power Universal Eyebrow Pencil
It's too dang hot and humid in the lowcountry to wear heavy foundation, but you want to have some coverage and you gotta moisturize and wear sunscreen. This product does all three. I wear shade Natural Pecan (05)
Tinted Moisturizer | Award Winning | Matte, SPF & Hydrating
I mix a little of this with my tinted moisturizer to give a little glow, especially in the summer. Shade 903 medium for me.
Lumi Glow
Good pigment while easily blendable. Better staying power and less drying than powder blushes IMO. Currently trying Divine Rose.
Divine Cream Blush: Legendary Glow Color Balm
I find all of Pat McGrath’s lip products to be excellent, and if it’s good enough for Taylor, it’s good enough for me. Long staying power and big color payout but soft and moisturizing at the same time. This doesn’t bleed so you can skip the lip line...
SatinAllure™ Lipstick
So what do a multi-award winning, platinum record selling bombshell Caribbean singer/beauty businesswoman and a middle aged white church lady from the South have in
common? We’re both super cool, duh! Ok maybe not, but we do both love this lip gloss...
Gloss Bomb Heat Universal Lip Luminizer + Plumper
Skin Care
Trying to reverse all those years sitting on the beach with baby oil and Sun In
The 🐐 of the Vitamin C serums. I was skeptical before I tried it but it really does help take dullness away and brighten the skin. Yes it smells like hot dogs at first but that disappears quickly. I use 3 drops and it lasts me appx 6 months so the ...
C E Ferulic® with 15% L-Ascorbic Acid - SERUMS
Major splurge item so I use it sparingly but dang can I tell the difference. So saturating and leaves my skin so soft. Buy it when it’s on sale.
Triple Lipid Restore 2:4:2 Moisturizer Cream
Trentinoin has significantly improved the texture of my face that has spent too much time in the sun unprotected. I used to have sebaceous filaments on my chin that drove me crazy but those disappeared not long after I started trentinoin treatment. H...
Mylan TRETINOIN 0.025 % CREAM (Tube, 20 Gram)
Absolutely love this sunscreen for the face. Very light, non-greasy. Comes in a tinted formula as well.
Broad Spectrum Face Sunscreen for Sensitive Skin
This would be one of my three luxury items if I were a contestant on “Survivor.” It’s a workhorse.
Aquaphor Healing Ointment® (14oz.)
This has been my facial cleanser for years. Leaves my skin clean and hydrated. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
8.0 oz Hydrating Facial Cleanser - CeraVe | Ulta Beauty
You know how sometimes you’re just too dang tired to wash your face at night and you don’t want to get waked up by splashing water on your face? Yeah, me too. That’s when I use these bad boys. The Hydroboost wipes take off my makeup well, including m...
Hydro Boost Facial Cleansing Wipes - Neutrogena | Ulta Beauty
After all those years of tanning so easily, I can’t believe I’m at the age where my legs no longer tan, but here we are and I’m verklempt. At least this product helps me fake it. This self tanner really does work fast to produce natural color but he...
Self Tan Express Bronzing Mousse
This is the mitt I use for self tanner application. Unfortunately it doesn’t come with a husband to help apply to your back but if they ever do I’m placing an order.
SwanMyst Self Tanning Mitt, 2 Double-Side Gloves
Hair Care
My hair identifies as brown with highlights but is really about 85% gray, and as such is always thirsty and needs help with humidity frizz. Here are some products that have worked for me.
Some influencer I saw on IG said that this Aussie Miracle Moist shampoo and conditioner was just as good as the pricier ones that smooth and moisturize, but I witnessed the same influencer just biting in to a Kit Kat bar all willy nilly instead of b...
Aussie Miracle Moist Shampoo and Conditioner Dual Pack Hair Set, 26.2 fl oz
Never in a million years did I think I’d ever pay over $50 for a hair product. I’m not an everlivin’ Rockafeller for Pete’s sake. However, I tried this product when I was on a trip with my sister once and I never looked back. I’m not kidding you whe...
Supershine Moisturizing Hair Cream
This styler dryer was a game changer for me, mostly because I’m uncoordinated with a dryer in one hand and a round brush in another. (Don’t judge). I use it pretty much every day.
Pro tip though, from my hair stylist who actually is a professional, ...
Pink One-Step Volumizer PLUS 2.0 Hair Dryer and Hot Air Brush - Revlon | Ulta Beauty
Lowcountry humidity is brutal, and the only time I get a good hair day is if the temps dip below freezing, which is rarely. This Moroccanoil shampoo helps smooth out my hair as well as add moisture. I use it in conjunction with the conditioner and oi...
Shop Sulfate Free, Antioxidant Rich Shampoos for all Hair Types
There’s a reason this oil has such a following. It truly does deliver on helping to smooth out frizz and flyaways give hair nice shine. My hair is always parched so I use the regular formula but there is a light version too.
Moroccanoil Treatment
See notes on the Morocannoil shampoo.
Frizz Control Conditioner
My favorite hairspray ever was Aquage, but they changed their formula (how dare they) and then it became difficult to find. This Bumble & Bumble spray is a close second. It claims medium flexible hold but I’d say it’s on the lighter end of medium...
Spray de Mode Flexible Hold Hairspray
The adult version of “No More Tears” detangler.
Miracle Leave-In Product - 10.0 oz
Use this with the detangler. Handy dandy hook end so you can hang it in or near the shower.
Conair Detangle & Smooth Shower Comb
My gray roots started making their uninvited, unwelcome appearance about 3-4 weeks after color application. I get my hair colored every 5 weeks, so I use root spray to help tie me over and prevent the skunk look. I should have bought stock in it for ...
Light Brown Root Cover Up - L'Oréal | Ulta Beauty