Beauty

[Krimpette]

I admit, I'm a senior citizen and not very prone to "trends".  But I've been noticing so many very shiny faces on some of the live TV shows.  To me, it seems to look greasy/oily.  Do people do make up to look that way?  Or is it a fresh-scrubbed face without any makeup?  Thx.

[2blonde]

Yes, I think they use their makeup to look like that.  It's "in" to have a "dewy" look, but shiny is really not the goal, I think.  I used to have to put powder on my face when I was young because my skin was soooo oily. Now that I'm much older, I have to do the opposite.......lots of moisturizer with just a little glowy makeup so I don't look old and cakey!  It seems like I'm always adjusting my routine as my face continues to age!

[millieshops]

I don't like oily shiny, but I detest powdery.  Thus, I work daily to find what is working for me that day --and it does seem to vary.

[Chisos]

I like shiny, Dewey faces. I hate the foundation with powder look. I'm 61 & most of my friends have the powder + foundation mixture. it looks like dough. I am trying to develop a Dewey look. it is not that it is hard to achieve - it's just that hours later it looks yuk. any suggestions?

[ChynnaBlue]

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@Chisos wrote:
I like shiny, Dewey faces. I hate the foundation with powder look. I'm 61 & most of my friends have the powder + foundation mixture. it looks like dough. I am trying to develop a Dewey look. it is not that it is hard to achieve - it's just that hours later it looks yuk. any suggestions?

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I powder in the places more likely to get oily and use blotting papers, which reduce the oily shine but don't leave skin powdery or cakey.

You can also use a matte/satin foundation and then add a luminizer over it. Some of the all over dewy foundations can wind up looking oily in the wrong places, so using a matte/satin foundation and then putting the luminizer only where you want the shine is helpful. 

[Nightowlz]

A dewy look is good. That grease slick is not a good look. 

[Jacie]

IMO the dewy look can only look good up until a certain age, depending on your skin.

Sometimes it translates as looking "sweaty" or oily

[IMissSuperPoke]

I wonder with all these glow products if some of us will look back and cringe, like how some of us thought the looks of the 80's looked great at the time.  

[wilma]

I am over 50 and still have very oily skin. I have tried all kinds of matte products and skincare lines but I am still shiny all the time. The last thing I want is a product that makes me look "dewy". i apologize if my shiny skin offends anyone, but powder and blotting papers can only do so much. One good thing about all that oil is that I have very few wrinkles compared to other people my age. 

[RainyDayGal]

I noticed this on one of the award shows recently.  And on some of the hosts.  Not a look I like at all.  There's a huge difference between "dewy" and this all over "glow/shine/oil slick" look.