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✨ Cutie Beauty Favorites: Eyes, Lips & Face for those of us over 40
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items Beauty should be fun! Your skin should look great! There’s no rules to feeling your best. I've rounded up some of my favourite skin care, makeup finds for eyes, lips, and face to help play with colour, try something new, and add a little joy (and may...
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Skin care : great skin is not about your age
Face : a touch of glow
Eyes : sparkle and wink
Lips : smiles in colour
Skin care : great skin is not about your age
Taking a few moments for skincare always feels like a little act of kindness. Here are the products I keep reaching for because they leave my skin feeling fresh, nourished. I don't need to look younger when my skin feels this good.
A skin firming stick I swear by! Firms my neck, decolletage and elbows. Soft and magical retinol for the body. my #1
RoC Derm Correxion Firming Serum Stick 30G
A leave-on toner that exfoliates all day. I use it for more than my face: arms, knees, feet - wherever its a little rough. Then a moisturizer and you're all set
Glycolic Acid 7% Exfoliating Toning Solution - The Ordinary | Sephora
When you don't want heavy makeup, you can condition your natural beauty. This works for your lashes and brows.
Lash Serum
This is a staple in my routine - just enough retinol for the task, and lots of hydrating squaline to stay smooth. The job it does, and the price keep me coming back
Retinol 1% in Squalane
Regenerate is a soothing blend of plant oils that calms and nourishes skins, reducing fine lines and brings back my glow. I like it especially for my winter daily routine
Regenerate Face Serum
A top notch Vitamin C serum doesn't have to break the bank. As long as it has over 15% Vit C you're in a good space. A few drops on your skin after cleansing will keep your look bright.
Vitamin C Serum Trader Joe
Paula's Choice was a favorite go-to formula for controlling oil, clearing pores and make them less visible. Its a gentle daily, leave on liquid or gel
2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant Paula's Choice
Most sunscreens give a white, chalky cast, but this is a sheer, no-cast light sunscreen with 50+ protection. Excellent for face and body.
La Roche Posay Anthelios Face & Body SPF 50+
Face : a touch of glow
I like the combo of cheek and lip together - not to heavy and always blendable
Benetint Cheek & Lip Stain | Benefit Cosmetics
The juicy lip melt makes lips feel smooth and sleek and stays put! Add the extra layer of colour to plump up
day to night lip kit - Tarte
Birch babe lip and cheek tints and balms are certified all natural and have lots of shades. The tins are sleek and the tubes keeps your hands clean
Lip & Cheek Tints and Balm
Eyes : sparkle and wink
From soft everyday looks to a little extra drama, these eye favorites help make every blink a little more magical.
I find a cream based eye colour to be a simple way to simplify a daily colour routine, I love all these different shades
Eye2Eye
I found this mega palette of intense shades! Highly pigmented - the combinations are stunning: matte, shimmer and metallics
40 Color Eye Shadow Highly Pigmented
A staple for the make up bag for ages! It works - your colour stays put with out creasing.
Mini Anti-Aging Eyeshadow Primer Potion - Urban Decay | Sephora
I like these for the dramatic length, and the little tuffs of colour accents give it the personalized flair
Colored Lash Extensions
Eye colours can have a softside too. Not every occasion or mood calls for intense colour. I like this set with lots or colour for that soft pastel look
e.l.f. Perfect 10 Eyeshadow Palette
I love a big selection of colours in a palette - so much potential for every mood, this one has a good balance between neutrals and accents
The New Classics Eyeshadow Palette-elf
Lips : smiles in colour
Some days call for barely-there balm, others deserve a bold pop of color. These are the lip products that never fail to make me smile
A winter staple of mine! Perfect on the lips, but also makes a great cold weather barrier for the cheeks when skiing, and for chapped knuckles
Botanic Serum Lip Balm
Glossy and glowing - this is a lovely smooth finish and dewy transluscent colour
Dior Addict Lip Maximizer Plumping Gloss - DIOR | Sephora
Want of glossy tint without the high price tag - this one fools many discerning eyes! tinted or sheer, gives great results
Glow Reviver Lip Oil - ELF
Glossy, moisturizing, shimmering, plumping, Vitamin E, Shea Butter and Peptides skincare for lips that is the OG and deserves all the awards its won
Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer — Pink Dragonfly