Beauty How to take 10 years off with makeup and hair tips and tricks

Your ultimate FRESH-FACED makeup kit! Say hello to youthful skin with our guide to the latest wonder products

PLUMP UP YOUR POUT

Add volume to thin lips with a lippie that contains collagen. Look for hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid or oils. Try 1 It Cosmetics Vitality Lip Blush Hydrating Gloss Stain $34 – it conditions and minimises lines, too.

UPGRADE YOUR TOOLS

For an airbrushed finish, switch your makeup brush (or fingertips!) for a blending sponge. Use it to apply liquid, cream or powder, but wet it slightly first so product blends seamlessly and doesn’t sink into wrinkles. Try 2 Beautyblender $30

LOOK AFTER YOUR LASHES

Eyelashes become finer and straighter over time, so curling them before applying a volumising and nourishing mascara such as 3 L’oreal Paris Volume Million Lashes $24.95 will do wonders. Always wash off before bed as pigments can accentuate dark circles.

PREP & PRIME

If you’re a stranger to primer, get acquainted now! It does way more than just keep your face in place. Invest in one that also blurs lines, evens out skin texture and brightens. We like 4 Dermalogica Skinperfect Primer SPF30 $72.50

COLOUR & DEFINE

As we age, our complexion can appear sallow and skin can dry out. Bring back a natural flush to your cheeks with a liquid blush like 5 Perricone MD No Blush Blush $50. This clever anti-ageing treatment adapts to your skin tone with shade-adjusting technology. To define and slim, we like 6 Maybelline Master Contour V-face Duo Stick $19.95

BUILD UP YOUR BROWS

Good eyebrows can knock years off by framing and lifting your face. Brow hair becomes more sparse the older we get, so softly fill them in with a light, waxy crayon like 7 L’oreal Paris Brow Artist Maker $20.95

CONCEAL & CORRECT

If you want to disguise dark circles then steer clear of light-reflecting correctors – they make imperfections more noticeable on mature skin. Instead choose a lightweight, hydrating product such as 8 Ellis Faas Concealer $46

BOOST YOUR BASE

Upgrade to a collagenboosting formula such as 9 O Cosmedics 1Skin Natural Fusion Treatment Foundation $59 or 10 Revlon Age Defying DNA Advantage Powder $34.95