@Effie54 Thanks for the referrel!
@smoochy I'm not sure if your skin is dry or oily or normal, but powder foundation is difficult to wear at our age. A powdered look even it covers every flaw can sometimes be aging. It settles into lines and a dry, powdered look is not a youthful look.
Would you be willing to try a stick foundation with medium coverage and then use your concealer to cover any other spots? You may also want to try a primer first to even out the skin. There are ones that moisturize, matte where skin is more prone to get oily and some that are blurring. Then your concealer and a bit of powder to set. I like to wear a tinted SPF and then foundation (if I'm wearing any) on top. The tint for me begins the "covering" so that I can wear less makeup.
Hears where I get "preachy". Not what most women want to hear, but less makeup is the way to go to look more natural and the more that's on your skin, well it can be aging. Not every spot or area needs to be covered. That gives the face an unnatural "flat" powdered look. Younger skin is somewhat dewey....powdered in the T Zone, but some shine left of the cheeks. A filtered look is not attractive on most older women. I think of the HOUSEWIVE'S shows I used to watch and how unnatural and overdone they looked.
I see many women get in a rut and wear the same makeup prducts they did decades ago. It may have worked for them then, feels comfortable and familair, but needs to be changed up as we age to provide coverage, but be natural.
As far as looking at yourself close up in broad daylight? Anyone who gets that close to me is in my personal space and way too close. I also don't worry about every spot and line. We've earned those. They show a life well lived. No one expects a woman of 60 or 70 to look 40 or 50. It's really helps to change our mindset to accept the process, smile and be happy at any age.
BTW, I only use the magnifying side of my mirror to tweeze brows and stray hairs on chin (hate those). It's doesn't make me happy to concentrate on flaws. I put on a smile and face my day...even if I don't look perfect. Other women in their 70's don't either. It's impossible to cover everything. I wouldn't want that much coverage. For me, a few spots left to see means I can wear a lighter weight foundation which feels better on my skin, lets it breathe, doesn't clog pores and I hate to use the word, but is a more youthful look.
Also if you use concealer under eyes and on your face, you won't need two different shades anymore. For several years, women have used the same shade for both. If the concealer is too light under the eyes, it calls attention to that area. A stick foundation for me is used as foundation, but also creamy enough for a concealer. I go over my face with the stick and a bit under the eyes. Then with one brush blend it all together.
****Lancome makes a good stick foundation, so does Merit and many other makeup lines.
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