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Beauty Essentials for Women over 40
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items Babe say goodbye to cakey makeup and hello to effortless radiance! These must-have foundations, concealers, and finishing touches smooth fine lines, brighten your skin, and keep you looking fresh ALL day. Perfect for women 40+ who want to feel confid...
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Best Foundations For Mature Skin That Won’t Settle Into Fine Lines
Best Concealers for Mature Skin That Won’t Settle Into Fine Lines
Best Setting Powders For Mature Skin That Won’t Settle Into Fine Lines
Best Primers For Mature Skin
Best Setting Spray For Mature Skin
Best Foundations For Mature Skin That Won’t Settle Into Fine Lines
Mature skin always benefits from foundations that offer a soft-focus finish and weightless texture. This foundation blurs pores and fine lines while leaving the skin with a fresh finish.
Go get a sample if you don’t want to commit but I promise you w...
Luminous Silk Perfect Natural Glow Foundation
On lazy mornings or if I am running late, It Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream never lets me down. Is like a three-in-one foundation, broad-spectrum SPF 50 sunscreen, and color corrector. It has hyaluronic acid and it also contains two antioxi...
IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream SPF 50+ Full Coverage
I love this drugstore foundation! It’s so creamy, and easy to blend, and it can easily be layered for a more full-coverage look. It doesn’t have skin-care ingredients like the other foundations on this list, but it still has that smooth, buttery feel...
L'Oreal True Match Makeup Collection | Lightweight, Blendable Formulas
If you are you're craving light, breathable coverage that looks super natural, try Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint. It contains hyaluronic acid, squalane, and shea butter to nourish your skin. If you are a dry skin girly and want a plumping tint w...
Hourglass Veil™ Hydrating Skin Tint Foundation
If you're looking coverage and skin care, Nars Light Reflecting Foundation is ideal for mature skin that craves hydration without heaviness. This foundation adapts to light so your skin tone looks natural for selfies or professional photos. Perfect f...
Mont Blanc Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation - NARS
If full coverage is your thing this foundation fits the bill. This formula is incredibly lightweight, buildable, and never cakey.
All you need is one pump or less. If you have dry skin make sure to really moisturize your skin.
MAKEUP BY MARIO SurrealSkin® Luminous Hydrating Foundation
In the summer time when I’m extra oily I love wearing this foundation. It blends seamlessly and you don’t even need to set it with powder. It contains Diamond Core Powder, which diffuses light and blurs imperfections for a silky smooth, lit-from-with...
PAT McGRATH LABS Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Foundation
If you want a full beat or barely there make up, this foundation will cater to your needs. Buildable coverage for less than 10 dollars!
e.l.f. Soft Glam Foundation, Medium Coverage, 25 Light Neutral
This multi use hybrid liquid filter is infused with hyaluronic acid. You can wear it on its own, under, or over makeup, mix in with your favorite foundation for a fresh, dewy finish, or use as a highlighter to illuminate the high points of your face....
e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter, 2 Fair/Light
Best Concealers for Mature Skin That Won’t Settle Into Fine Lines
If you are on a budget and searching for a buildable, medium coverage concealer that leaves a soft, natural, blurred finish and doesn’t break the bank, look no further! This magic pen will hide all your imperfections. It gives you a dewy natural fini...
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser | Dark Circles Concealer
This bougie cult-favorite concealer illuminates and brightens your skin. My go to when I want a no make up make up look.
Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat Awakening Concealer Click Pen
This concealer is creamy, buildable and transfer proof. It hides redness, dark spots, blemishes and reduces the look of under-eye circles. It’s worth every single penny!
Dior Concealers: Skin & Undereye Color Corrector Products | DIOR US
I think by far my favorite concealer. It brightens, conceals and corrects, and it never looks cakey.
NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer with Hydrating Medium Coverage
This concealer is hydrating, long lasting and has a medium coverage.
Its formula has glycerin, caffeine and vitamin E ti help you achieve a flawless look.
I can’t be without it!
Luminous Silk Hydrating & Brightening Concealer
If you have sensitive skin you should definitely try this concealer. It will cover your redness, pimples, dark circles or any imperfections without irritating your skin. Perfect if you suffer from rosacea. It contains centella asiatica and hyaluronic...
Swipe Hydrating Serum Concealer
I am obsessed with this concealer! It’s super creamy and hydrating but it won’t crease, once it sets its perfection for hours! It’s brightening and it really conceals my dark circles and wrinkles.
Kosas Revealer Super Creamy + Brightening Concealer ...
Best Setting Powders For Mature Skin That Won’t Settle Into Fine Lines
This powder is literally lighter than air! It sets your concealer and gives you an instant eye awakening effect. I use the Transparent but I would love to try the pink.
Secret Brightening Under Eye Powder – Now in 5 New Shades
I use the original setting powder and my make up stays and looks flawless throughout the day. No flashback and it controls the shine without being heavy.
Translucent Loose Setting Powder
For only a few bucks you can achieve flawless make up. This powder never looks cakey even after applying layer and layers of it. The best part… it has a blurring effect!
Wet n Wild : Face Powders
Perfect to set the under eye area without accentuating fine lines and wrinkles.
Supper affordable and and little bit goes a long way!
L'Oreal Infallible Blur-fection Loose Powder
If I could only splurge in one setting powder I will definitely put my money on this Charlotte Tilbury setting powder. It really gives you an airbrushed finish look. I use the number 1 to set my under eye area and number 2 for the rest of my face.
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Powder
If you love a full beat this setting powder was made for you! It blurs uneven pores and absorbs oil like no other. Comes in different shades to choose from based on your needs.
EASY BAKE LOOSE POWDER Banana Bread
This blotting powder is perfect for on the go. It mattifies shiny skin without feeling too heavy. It has excellent staying power and no flashback. Also I love the packaging!
Invisimatte Instant Setting + Blotting Powder - FENTY BEAUTY by Rihanna
Best Primers For Mature Skin
I could easily say that this is my favorite primer but that would be a lie…
This primer will ensure that your make up
stays flawless for up to 12 hrs while hydrating your skin with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide.
Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Gripping Primer
My all time favorite primer since 2002. I have bought countless and I will continue to do so!
This primer is velvety, lightweight and instantly smooths and blurs fine lines and pores, nourishes skin with vitamins A and E, and helps makeup look and f...
Primer Makeup | Face Primers For Dry and Oily Skin
Did you know that Laura Geller invented the original makeup primer and named it Spackle? Laura Geller primer will always have my heart! It was the first primer I ever bought in 2001 and was on easy pay on QVC! I still remeber the smell and the look o...
Spackle Skin Perfecting Primer: Original Clear
I will repurchase this primer over and over again! My make up stays put and looks flawless for hours and I don’t have to spend more than 20 bucks!
Power Grip Primer
When I feel my skin needs a little more than just a primer I grab this Power Grip Primer with Niacinamide. It leaves your skin looking dewy with a glowy finish.
Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide
The L'Oréal Paris Age Perfect Face Blurring Primer is hands down the best for mature skin. It instantly diffuses fine lines while giving the skin a healthy glow thanks to its rosy hue. This primer is infused with a serum and ingredients to improve yo...
L'Oreal Age Perfect Face Blurring Primer
Best Setting Spray For Mature Skin
L’Oreal never disappoints. This Infallible 3-Second Makeup Setting Spray with microfine mist provides up to 36 hour wear in just one spray, for lip, eye and face makeup that is transfer, sweat and smudge-resistant all day.
And it’s super affordable!
L'Oreal Paris Infallible 3-Second Setting Spray
Since 2008 I have been a loyal customer to the OG Skindinavia Make Up Spray. This setting spray helps reduce makeup from settling into pores, fine lines, & wrinkles.
For so many years I was using the Urban Decay All Nighter, and I still have a b...
Skindinavia Makeup Finishing Spray, 2oz
Best EVER Setting Spray for when you want a Dewy look! It really locks the makeup in for hours, and with the primer, it gives you such a glowing look.
Hydro Grip Setting + Refreshing Spray - MILK MAKEUP
If you want to achieve a dewy glass skin look you need this face spray. Just one spritz will give your skin a burst of hydration, keeping you refreshed and glowing all day long.
Spritz on for a hydration boost anytime, as a toner & serum in your...
d'alba Piedmont White Truffle Spray Serum
You can never go wrong with this MAC fix+ setting spray. The first setting spray I ever bought in 2001. This multitasking setting spray hydrates, primes, refreshes and sets makeup.
In all honesty I miss the old packaging.
Fix+ | Makeup Setting Spray