- Hi there, I'm Amanda Ramsay, your over 40s makeup expert.
And in this video, you're going to see trends
that you used to wear, that you can still wear now,
just updated and re-imagined.
I've seen a few trends come and go.
I was a child of the '70s, a teen in the '80s,
and I thought that we would look at the top five trends
in makeup from the '80s and how we can modernize them
so that they are flattering for your face.
Let's go. Okay.
Trend one.
Trend one, colorful eyeshadow.
Blue.
So I've got two things I'm gonna show you.
The first one is just a soft wash of a pastel-y pink.
You can choose any tone of pink.
This is actually a blush brick from Bobby Brown.
Just pop a really soft wash of that
over my eyelids.
Now, he comes to the blue.
So I'm using the Eye of Horus Lazuli Blue Goddess Pencil.
To start with, just pop it in the water line.
And you're really trying to just paint, draw,
use the pencil, on your lower lash bed, okay?
And that might be enough for some of you.
For the rest of you that are feeling like,
"Let's crank it up, girlfriend!"
Then, you're going to push that pencil
along the lower lash bed, just below the lashes.
I find using my finger to pull my skin just a tiny bit,
it can be quite helpful,
and pulling this ridiculous face.
For some reason, the ridiculous face is really helpful.
Okay, once you've got your blue eyeliner on,
just take a small pencil, with a socket shape brush
with a little bit of something on it.
So I'm just going to pinch a little bit at the pink.
This is just to help sort of smudge and set,
and just swoosh, just to sit and soften.
Now, I like to just flick it up a touch at the corner.
Just was to give the eyes a bit of a lift,
just ever so slightly.
Trend one, updated.
Trend two was that heavy pancake foundation
that was a couple of shades lighter than your skin tone.
Nothing ages you prematurely more than that trend.
So let's update it and freshen up your look
with a luminous foundation that delivers
that lit-from-within vibe.
I'm not going to demo this.
If you'd like a whole demo
on choosing the right foundation color
or applying the Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation,
comment below and let us know.
But this is the foundation.
The key word in here is luminous, luminous silk.
It's a lightweight liquid formula,
and it's just going to give you that beautiful,
fresh, glowy, healthy, natural looking skin.
So that's how you're going to update
and modernize that trend for foundation.
Trend three was bright, bright, super bright,
and quite strong, punchy blush.
And there was loads of it.
So how are we gonna update that trend
is just a nice natural pop of flush blush.
I'm going to show you two different options.
One is with a cream blush.
This looks crazy bright,
but we're gonna use a tiny touch of that.
High on the cheekbones.
It's quite a vibrant pink,
but you're just gonna use a tiny little bit
and blend that into the top of your cheekbone
to give you that kind of just pinched look,
but it also just lifts your complexion.
So that's how we are updating that trend.
Plus, I'll just show you with a blush,
a powder blush as well.
Just slightly sweep it at the top of the cheekbones,
sweeping backwards to keep everything lifted.
Okay, so we've just updated, freshened up your look
with a soft wash of a pinky blush,
rather than this full-on stripes of bright pink blush, okay?
Trend four was bushy, a la Brooke Shields, eyebrows.
This is the '80s, okay?
So in the '70s we were pretty pencil thin,
in the '80s we went a la bushy.
So I'm going to use this 24-hour brow setting gel
from Benefit Cosmetics,
and just use that to brush eyebrows up.
That way I can really see where the gaps are
that I need to fill.
Then I'm going to take my Goof Proof Brow Pencil,
again, from Benefit Cosmetics,
it has the spoolie in one end.
Just make sure that gel's set.
Now, even if you have thin brows,
you want to create more like parallel lines
through the head of the brow,
and then your tail can just taper off.
Now you have natural fluffy looking brows,
which just updates and modernizes your makeup look.
Okay, trend five was heavy black matte eyeliner,
the whole way around the eye.
Now, that can really close down
already sort of disappearing eyes.
Instead, I'm not gonna show you this,
but if you wanna know more, please comment below.
If you wanna still use a black eyeliner,
absolutely go for it.
Just use that pencil socket brush I showed you before,
and really soften and blend, smudge out the line
so it's not quite so harsh.
Another option is to swap the black for a softer tone.
So this is a INIKA Organic,
this is the color Purple Minx.
And it's just got a bit more softness to it.
So you can still line your eyes if you like that look,
but just maybe modernize it a little bit
or make it a bit more flattering
for mature eyes by using something like a purple,
or an olive green, or a navy blue.
Something just has a little more softness to it.
You do you, if you love your blue eyeshadow,
if you love your lots of pink cheeks, you go for it, girl,
because makeup is all about how it makes you feel.
One last thing, the frosty white eyeshadow.
I'm going to say categorically
it ain't doing you any favors anymore.
This is a bonus tip.
I said I only had five, but here's the sixth.
So you got your trusty pencil brush.
You've got your favorite white frosted eye shadow.
And you're just going to tap it
into the inner corners of your eyes.
Okay, so you don't need to throw it out.
You're just going to re-imagine it
and pop it in those inner corners of your eyes
for an instant wake me up.
Okay, so the good news was you can rock all of those trends
you loved in the '80s with tweaks to bring them up
to be current and flattering for all of you,
mature skin beauties.
That's the good news.
And the other good news is you're rocking those trends,
and you love them, and they make you feel good.
That's what it's all about,
is how it makes you feel.
Makeup needs to make you feel fabulous.
That's its purpose.
So I hope you've enjoyed this video
on trends that you wore in the '80s,
and how to update them to flatter your mature skin now.
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That's it from me.
Amanda Ramsay, your over 40s makeup expert,
and I'll see you again soon.
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