Make up

BTW - Sunday Riley moisturisers and good genes therapy are great products - expensive but good for 3, months if running up to a big event and u want your skin glowing which seems to be the buzz word now

I use Bobby Brown Tinted moisturising balsam which I can't recommend highly enough , a bit more than a tinted moisturiser but less than foundation. Saw great idea for eyeliner which is if u use it run it just inside top lid , makes your eyes look great but no black lines are visible , I use a YSL felt tip liner and it sits in wet area all day , very subtle . Run the thinnest line in lash area on bottom of eye , get eyebrows dyed light brown as can always see pencil marks on friends ,

My DGD pinched my Soap & Glory lip-gloss glamma She said it made her lips feel all tingly (sadly I never got chance to try it).

Thanks for the mascara recommendation Maggiemaybe I will look out for it this weekend.

Serum, moisturiser, eyebrow pencil, a little eye shadow, creme blusher and moisturising lipstick. 6 minutes in total. Have never used foundation - yet!

During the day I always wear Pure BB cream in "fair" as it suits my blonde colouring perfectly and lasts 6/7 hours Aldi Black Mascara which is the best I have found after being told about it on GN finished off with Soap&Glory Lip Gloss all easy and keeps me looking human to some extent.

When I have time I like the full works serum moisturiser bronzer eye primer eye shadow eye liner mascara lipstick lip gloss max factor ageless elixir is my favourite foundation it doesn't sit in the wrinkles and gives great coverage I and my two DDs are all makeup addicts and are always trying out new products I think if you enjoy using it great but if not then go with the natural look as I've grown older and especially when I hit my 60s it gives me a bit of a boost and I feel confident

Goodness me, you lot are amazing. I conside that I am pushing the boat out if I have a wash and a scented squirt of something.

Imperfect. How sad that your parents' critical comments still affect you now. If you'd like to wear makeup and be more confident in its application why don't you pop into, say, your local boots and have your makeup done? If you go during the week when they're not busy it should be a relaxing, fun time.

My dil swears by that 2000 cal mascara too.She will never buy any other.
Make up can look completely different depending on how you apply it and what "tools" you use to apply it with. For foundation to look natural and be lightly applied I use a bright orange gear drop shaped sponge that is slightly damp , it spreads the foundation evenly and gives a light finish as long as you don't apply too much that is . I find a pea sized drop is enough

Always the facial oil and moisturiser. Then a light foundation, cream blusher, black eye pencil, mascara, lip pencil, lippie. No particular brands apart from the mascara. I've used Max Factor 2000 Calorie for years, and would definitely recommend, gillybob. I've a box full of other stuff that I rarely use (highlighters etc).

I love eye shadow, but was warned off it because of my contact lenses, so only use it on big nights out.

Imperfect27 . I keep meeting you this morning!

And just by way of linking threads ... YES, I am procrastinating ...loitering here instead of getting ready to take my car for the dreaded MOT!!!

I have never been confident with make-up - had a very strict up-bringing along the lines of 'only tarts wear it' and never quite shook off that parental voice of criticism if I was tempted to be adventurous in my younger years. Over recent years, as the age defects have started to show, I have moved from not using anything at all apart from a light eye-shadow and mascara to experimenting with foundation and powder, but overall feel too 'made up' with the full works. I have recently been converted to using a body / facial butter as the foundation sticky - and just a light dusting of matte powder. It gives a gentle, natural look and is reliable for a few hours. Eye-shadow - still sparing and usually just a white / light beige and a bint of mascara. Never going to stop the world, but trying to make the best of it .

Summer, factor 50 sunblock. Winter tinted moisturiser. Hide the blemish Stick in a couple of places. Lip gloss when I remember. Naturally dark eyebrows and eyelashes so leave those alone. I can see that I really do low maintenance but the more I put on the worse I look. Only really make up properly if going out for an occasion. Probably I'm just lazy!

Wow....
....I tend to go to John Lewis for my make up nowadays, I like having the mini make overs to help me decide, and I usually take the girl's advice .

* blusher sometimes

I do the works. Every day.
Estee Lauder 24 hour foundation
Eye shadow, Avon Glimmersticks liner
Rimmel waterproof mascara
Avon Glimmersticks brow filler in blonde
Rimmel lipstick Amethhyst
Blushed sometimes.
Shortish hair, run a bit of gel through it and rough it up.
I'm pale with very blonde lashes and eyebrows and look poorly without makeup. I'm 68.

Oh....and a smattering of powder over the t-zone coz I read that over the whole face it sits in creases and is ageing

I always use baby lotion as cleanser. In winter I might use a light foundation but in summer just some sunscreen on nicer days.
I use eyeshadow ,black liner and mascara.
Then lip liner and long lasting lipstick.
I will not go out without my lippy on!

I use elemis products for my skin and mostly benefit or Bobby Brown make up. Day to day wear is a bit of bronzed ,mascara and lipstick and grow products. When I'm going out I wear primer. foundation. powder to set it and then blusher and bronzer to contour. I always do mascara and brows .If it's a really special outing I will do eyeshadow too.

I was interested to read this because I had thought of starting a thread myself after spending the day with an old school friend.

I thought her foundation was very heavy and seemed to sit in the wrinkles and she kept reapplying a violent shade of pink lipstick. She kept looking at me, likewise, because my make-up, after a longish walk, and two train journeys, had completely disappeared. Is there a foundation that covers without looking heavy, and that lasts? Ditto lipstick.

OOOh you are such a brand queen Teetime

My "routine" if you could call it that is;

Tinted moisturiser, blusher, eye pencil, mascara, lip-gloss DONE.

Can anyone suggest a good waterproof mascara btw?

Would it be possible at some stage LauraGransnet to have a thread with a guest blog or Q and A or similar from a cruelty free cosmetics company? I believe Look Fabulous Forever is cruelty free, as is Pixi, and of course Beauty without Cruelty, but there aren't many of them around. Personally I think there have been too many from the larger non cruelty free brands.

Nothing at all! I go for the weather-beaten look...