The topo:we want freshness, always, and also naturalness but in a blurred way. For that, we lighten the complexion to death, otherwise, a bit of too much texture will immediately slip into the fine lines and it will mark. We don't try to hide everything on pain of a frozen effect (=the mask).
The silicone base:its job? Unify, smooth features and dilated pores, blur imperfections. It is applied like a foundation, like a very fine veil, by melting it from the center of the face outwards.
The foundation:then we put on the color! We choose a very fine texture, without material and without covering effect (even if, sometimes, it is tempting) with a care dimension for comfort. We put it only in targeted, under and around the nose, at the corner of the lips, on the chin:that's where it must be perfectly clear. You don't even have to stretch the material on the sides
The tinted anti-wrinkle treatment:At 40, we sometimes send to send waltz all the complexion products. The catch? You suddenly find that everything marks and you need a lot, a lot of comfort. In addition, we want it to go quickly (one gesture rather than two). There, you can adopt a real tinted treatment, strong in anti-wrinkles, to put on the whole face + neck.
The blush:we move on to cream and gel materials. They require a little help but you get used to it quickly. The good thing:they don't mark fine lines at all. We use them to restore skin tone, bring blood to the cheeks (we lose a little color with age, yes!). We smile in front of the mirror and tap the bulge of the cheek and the top of the brow bone in an "I just got some fresh air" way. If you can't part with your powder blush, apply it with a round brush to the heart of the cheeks, then diffuse with round movements.
The joker:the illuminating pen (type "Touche Eclat"). This little lighting genius can be used instead of foundation. Or, like photographers, light box style on the key points of the face:after foundation, in the hollow of the dark circle, on the top of the cheekbones, at the base of the Lyon wrinkle, in the nasolabial fold, at the base of the nose to add shine. At the outer corners of the lips, it raises the mouth by optical effect. On small spots, it blurs. On the eyelids, it serves as a base.
The bad habits to shoot:
The iridescent blush, especially in powder, that marks to death.
Covering textures, foundations that are too siliconed (or keep the silicone for the colorless base), under the pretext of hiding:they extinguish the complexion.
Tons of it:while that's true at any age, it's even truer at 40. We use a micro dab of foundation for the whole face. And we take it easy on the blush. If we can, we work in the light of day.
