- Hello, I'm Amanda Ramsay,
your over 40s makeup expert and I'm back!
We're going to talk top hacks
for lipstick when you're over 40.
So my best lipstick tips
and some of my fave products are hanging around.
I am going to spill the tea on those
for all of you mature skin beauties.
Let's do it.
Let's talk lipstick formulas.
I think it goes without saying there's a theme with
everything you'll hear me talk about
for us mature skin beauties.
And that's hydration.
A genuinely hydrating lipstick
that moisturises and hydrates your lips
will make them look fuller.
It's a bit of a no brainer.
Matte finished lipsticks will really flatten your look.
I know we like a long wear flat lipstick.
Yes, it stays on all day, but I have a solution for that.
They're not doing you any favours. Okay?
Our lips are shrinking.
The elasticity around the lip line.
Plus the muscles that have had a lot of work,
If you talked half as much as I do,
so they're a bit worn out.
A more satin finish, hydrating lipstick
will give you a version of a plumper, fuller looking lip.
Another thing to think about here,
another hack is colour.
The bright coloured lipstick
will really lift your complexion.
So if you're feeling a bit meh,
a bit lacklustre choose something with some vibrancy in it,
I'm not saying it's got to be hot pink
every day of your life.
But even if you go for a nude or neutral shade,
make sure it's got some punch to it.
A little bit of vibrancy,
will just lift your complexion.
Having said that if you want to wear a really dark lipstick,
then you do you,
whatever you feel really great in,
is what you should wear.
Colour wise, for me,
my best tip is choose something
with a bit of extra vibrancy.
Don't always play it safe.
Let me just walk you through some application tips,
take a lip liner,
preferably something quite waxy and neutral
and ever so slightly, if you look really closely
in the mirror,
most of us have a slight outer lip line.
So outside the pink,
just ever so slightly
outside your vermilion line.
And the waxier the pencil,
the more likely it will help stop
the bleed into those cracks in your lip line.
So you've got some added fullness in a really neutral colour.
It doesn't matter what you put over the top.
So line your lips.
Top tip.
Next, you want to try something like a stain.
This is for all of you that love a long-wearing lippy.
A stain literally does that.
Stains your lips.
So no matter how many cups of tea
or glasses of wine you have,
you're always left with a little bit of something.
So I'm just using the DB Cosmetics
Pigment Pout in Blushing Nude.
Then I'm going to stain my lips
using the Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Stain.
So I usually take my finger just to
pat that stain in.
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What's next, Amanda?
Lipstick.
This is the Nude By Nature.
Now it says Creamy Matte Lipstick,
but it's not super matte.
It's got a little bit of sheen to it,
and these are 100% natural.
So they're packed with ingredients
that are great for treating your lips.
So I would put that in the neutral family, but see,
it's just got a little bit of oomph,
it's got a little bit of punch to it.
So then you lay your lippy over the top,
and then if you wanted to now, a gloss.
and that lip liner will help keep the gloss.
You want something that's not too sticky.
So I'm going to put on
the Ultra Violette Hydrating Lip Balm.
And I'm going to focus this
right in the centre of my lip to give that.
Okay, so strategic placement of your gloss
right in the centre to give that nice flip.
One more little hack
that I think we forget about
is lip balm.
So a really beautiful hydrating,
genuinely hydrating lip balm.
Load up at nighttime, before you go to bed.
Have one in your handbag,
Have one on your desk,
have one everywhere.
So that you're tempted just to
constantly put that lip balm on.
The more hydrated your lips are, the fuller they will look.
So then my top hacks.
Now let's have a quick look at some of my fave lipstick
products on Adore Beauty.
Lipsticks by designer brand DB Cosmetics,
Australian brand, cruelty free, vegan brand.
These are lovely.
So creamy satin lip, creamy matte lip.
Says matte, but I find this quite, like it says creamy,
not too flat.
This is called Skinny Latte.
They're really comfortable to wear.
Nice and creamy.
I'd probably want to put a little bit of that lip balm.
The Ultra Violette Hydrating Lip Balm SPF 50 over the top,
just to make that look a little more three dimensional.
It's a lovely colour.
Come in so many colours.
This is called Too Nude.
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Beautiful.
Really like that.
Love the texture of those.
What else do I love?
Ooh, Bobbi Brown.
I do like a Bobbi Brown lippy.
Oh, it's a lovely rich red.
So when you are wearing a stronger lip colour,
you do want to,
you've already done your nude just to give you that fullness
and that barrier.
Then want to come back and just define the line
with a complimentary lip liner.
I'm using MAC Ruby Woo.
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It's such a gorgeous colour.
That is called New York Sunset.
And it's a Luxe Lip Colour from Bobbi Brown.
One more hack for you girls is to really hydrate your lips.
Like genuinely hydrate your lips.
This Biologi Lip Serum.
Use it at night before you go to bed.
Have one in your handbag as well,
so you can top up throughout the day.
Hydrated lips are fuller, plumper looking lips.
I'm Amanda Ramsay.
I hope you've enjoyed those top tips.
My lipstick hacks
for us mature skin beauties.
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