GO MATTE!

(It’ll knock years off ) The secret to looking younger is isn’t dewy makeup after all, says c celeb makeup artist Rae Morris

Contrary to popular belief, matte makeup won’t actually make you look older. “If you have fine lines, wrinkles or blemishes, matte is youry friend

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because shimmer and shine highlight and sink into wrinkles, which ages you,” says Rae.

Here’s how to upgrade your makeup kit and introduce matte formulas in the rightg places...

Eyes

Thee biggest makeumakeup mmistake Rae sees on wowomen over 45? “Frosty or shshimmery eyeshadow! They iintensify any lines you have a and make you look older,” she explains.e Choose matte brown or grey shashades instead – they open your eyes and disguise puffy, hooded lids. “Buff in slightly above the natural socket and contour under the eye to lift and define.” TRY Too Faceddnaturalnatural Matte Eyeshadowow CollectionColle $52 “Of all products products, foundation is the one that’ll make you look younger, as it evens out yyour your skin,” says Rae. “I prefer liqui liquids when lines and wrinkles are a concern,co as they move with yourour ski skin. Powders can settle into lines nes a and make your skin look flat and m muddy.” To further nix shine, use a translucent powder on top. T TRY Essence All About Matt! Oil-freeO Make-up $7.15, Nude by Nature Mineral Finishingng Veil $39.95

Lips

New matte lippiesmelippies mean less colour bleeding. “As we get older we have more lines around our mouth, so to minimise these, go for matte lippies as they barely run,” Rae explains. “When they first came out, they were very dehydrating but with new technology, they feel more luxurious and don’t have that drying effect. Plus, they d disguise wrinkles.” If you really love gloss, apply a dab to the middle of your lips. TRY Covergirl Katy Kat Matte Lipstick in Coral Kat $17.95

Cheeks

If you use powder as youryo ba bas base, choose a powder blush and bro bronzer,on otherwise go for creams as they’r they’re re more blendable. “My golden rule for app applyingply blush is to never smile. When you doo,do, you lift your cheeks so you’re not putting gt the blush in the right place – it’ll be too low.llow Also, when you smile your face wrink wrinkles,les so if you apply blush to a wrinkled area ay you won’t get into the creases and they’ll be accentuated.” TRYTR Napoleon Perdis Total Bae B Blush It! in Risky Business $29