How to look younger and older.

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Shannon B.

Dec 13, 2013

Shannon B.

What are different ways I can make myself look younger or older with make up. Does anyone know?

Dana K.

Dec 13, 2013

Dana K.

Well to make yourself look younger you need to focus on four things, bigger eyes, smaller lips, sparser brows, and chubbier cheeks.
So start by highlighting your inner corner, line your waterline with white, do a VERY thin line of eyeliner, or don't do one at all, and try to have thinner and longer eyelashes, rather than thick and voluminous.
For your lips stick with a color thats fairly light, maybe similar to your skin tone but pinker. I know dark colors technically make your lips look smaller, but they also make you look older. So light colors for the lips, maybe even try to line them smaller than your natural shape.
For your brows, you could probably just leave yours in a natural state considering they are fairly light. But if you want to fill them in do it very lightly and make more of a curve rather than an arch.
To finish up, stay away from contouring and add just a little bit of a light pink blush on your apples and then move back just a little.

To make yourself look older the factors are bold eyes, big lips, and high cheekbones. These are all kind of a stretch, I know, because not every older person has these factors. I'm almost 17 and I still have the cheeks of a 5 year old lol.
But to go about this, with your eyes you can change it up a lot, but despite your eyeshadow for the day, make sure to define your eyes with a black or brown eyeliner. Winged eyeliner always makes people look older, too. Also big brows, a sharper arch, bolder color. And thick lashes, too.
With your lips you can overline them if you want. Lighter colors make your lips look plumper, but darker colors give the natural appeal of being older. So you go either route with that.
For your cheeks just define them with a contour; you actually already have pretty amazing cheekbones. But to raise them a little more just add a highlight. Really just contouring and highlighting in the usual spots should really make a difference.

Shannon B.

Dec 14, 2013

Shannon B.

Thank you!! This really helped :)

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