As you age, it’s important to give your eyes some extra love with a quality eye cream to brighten, soothe and firm the delicate skin around them. Plus the bonus care will go a long way in bringing back that sparkle!
Why so baggy?
As you age, the pad of fat under your eyes moves, forming a bump of what is commonly referred to as a “puffy bag”. The occipital bone – the one your eyeball sits neatly into – also enlarges with age due to bone loss. Hence, your eyes begin to sit a little deeper in your face, creating hollowing under them.
As skin loses firmness and density, so too does the area around the eyes. The trick is to embrace it, adopt a few clever skincare and makeup tricks, then treat it the best you can!
Do you really need an eye cream?
The eye area is more delicate as the skin there is the finest on the body. Eyes are generally more sensitive for the majority of people and they are the first place to show signs of ageing.
Quality eye creams are important to help not only hydrate and improve the skin texture. But also protect the delicate eye tissue from premature ageing.
What do you recommend?
You don’t need to splurge on an expensive eye cream to get great results. Especially formulated for mature skin, L’Oréal Paris Age Perfect Golden Age Rosy Radient Care Eye Cream, is our top pick for perfect peepers. It’s enriched with radiant pink pigments to immediately brighten and correct dark circles, and works to restore skin density. Simply smooth over your eye contours in the morning and evening, starting from the inner to the outer corner of your eye.
What about the rest of my face?
With age, the facial contours across the rest of your face begin to sag too. Skin loses its firmness, becomes thinner and can appear washed out. To complete your skincare routine, try the rest of the L’Oréal Paris Age Perfect Golden Age range, which stars Rosy Day Cream, Day Cream SPF 15, Night Cream, and Peony Rosy Oil-Serum, to help fight sagging and re-activate your radiance.
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Mature eye make-up tricks to try
Stick to soft tones & get strategic
Call in a neutral palette, like Natio Mineral Eyeshadow Palette in Nudes. Taupes, beiges and warm browns are universally flattering, and won’t weigh down the area or accentuate fine lines like heavier hues can. Go one step further and create a fake crease by applying a matte shadow just above your natural crease, this will give the illusion of lifted, open eyes.
Brighten with concealer
Apply concealer in a triangle from the inner corner of your eye to the middle of your cheek. Next, blend upwards to boost and brighten. Choose a multi-purpose formula, like L’Oréal Paris True Match Radiant Serum Concealer. This product corrects like a concealer and hydrates like an eye serum, and won’t settle into fine lines.
Curl & lift
Use an eyelash curler to open up the eyes and create an instant lift. Follow with Elizabeth Arden Lasting Impression Mascara, concentrating on the outer lashes. Keep the focus upward and apply two coats to your top lashes for a wide-eyed look. After that apply a single coat to your bottom lashes or skip your lower-lash mascara altogether to avoid heaviness.
Frame away
Fuller brows frame the eyes and provide subtle structure, helping to create a youthful look. Softly fill in any sparse areas with Glossier Boy Brow Arch. By using short, feathery strokes, then brush eyebrows upwards with MCoBeauty Hair & Brow Magic Wand, for a natural brow lift.
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