10 Makeup Tricks to Take Years Off Your Face

Age is not kind to your face. Gravity affects firm, supple skin, leaving it saggy, droopy, and dreary. Sun exposure stains patchworks of spots and etches fine wrinkles onto once smooth surfaces. Considering time's ravages, it's easy to see why many women over 40 try to cover every wrinkle, crevice, and imperfection with cosmetics.

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It would be impossible to replicate the time-reversing, face-smoothing effects of Botox or plastic surgery at home. Yet a few clever makeup tricks can shave, if not decades, then at least a few years off your face.

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3. Accentuate your eyes The eyes may not literally be the windows to your soul as the adage suggests, but they're certainly the part of your face everyone notices first. That's why Linter aims straight for her clients' eyes when she begins a makeup session. Her secret to age-defying eyes? She starts with an eye shadow primer or base to smooth out the eyelids. Then she lines the eyes with a dark brown or black pencil to widen... more
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3. Accentuate your eyes The eyes may not literally be the windows to your soul as the adage suggests, but they're certainly the part of your face everyone notices first. That's why Linter aims straight for her clients' eyes when she begins a makeup session. Her secret to age-defying eyes? She starts with an eye shadow primer or base to smooth out the eyelids. Then she lines the eyes with a dark brown or black pencil to widen them. For the top of the lids she uses neutral eye shadows -- dark brown or gray on the outer corners of the eye, taupe in the crease, and a light shade on the lid. The final touch is to curl the eyelashes and apply black mascara. The overall effect makes the eyes look bigger and brighter. Once the eyes are perfect, the rest of the face just falls into place, Linter says. less

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