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Culling your make up

Culling your make up

Time to cull your make up

Culling your make up

How’s your make up stash? Have you a box full or multiple drawers of make up? Have you been collecting since the 80’s or are you someone that has a very small amount of make up?

Make up is like clothes

Make up is like clothes. You can only wear so much. If you have been hoarding the stuff for years, there will be drawers full of unhygienic matter, so maybe it’s time to cull.

Being organized and only carrying the right amount of anything is just a good idea, one that becomes more appealing to me as I grow older. So let’s get busy and cull our make up and get sorted in the make up department.

Ideally our make up should be a neat little package of the current cosmetics that are totally suited to us. Whenever I see my clients for a make up session or a personal stylist session, I always ask them to bring  all their make up along. That way we can determine together what is and what isn't helpful for them to wear.

What to throw away

The very first thing that must go is make up in the wrong colours. So many women say they have trouble getting the right foundation for example. So we find a foundation that’s perfect for them. It really is no use wearing the wrong make up just because you spent money on it.

Eyeshadows, lipsticks and blushes in the wrong colours have to go as well.

Black mascara and the wrong colour kohl pencils are not good to keep.

Any make up that’s over 2 years old, most definitely should be tossed out.

It will probably be going off.

They say we should even replace our mascara every 6 months. Putting the wand in and out and applying to our lashes can introduce little germs.

Old brushes are best to be replaced and brushes, make up bags and containers need a regular clean.

What make up do we need?

Make up of course is individual. Some women love make up and are very good at applying it and other women are completely lost when it comes to wearing make up.

As an Image consultant, my view is mature women need make up to cover aging signs and define those fading features, like brows and lips. We can have a more youthful look just by wearing our make up well.

Make up for mature women

Before and after-Make up in the right colours

Make up essentials.

Here is a little list of the make up basics that after the original outlay will not break the bank, because you’ll use every drop of each product.

  1. Foundation-A great place to start. In the right colour of course, the right foundation can make you look years younger. YCS Cosmetics has foundation for ALL skin tones. It’s then just about choosing the formula you love to wear.

YCS Foundation for mature skin

2. Concealer A must product for older clients as it hides the dark and aged skin tone. Also doubles as a lovely eye base as well. I use the #104 on all my clients.

Ycs Concealer

3. Eyeshadows.Choose 1-5 in light, medium and darker shades in your colour palette of course. Mix and match and create your own eyeshadow look.

YCS Eyeshadows

4. Kohl pencils 1 or 2 in your colours are ample. Use for tight lines, highlighting lids etc

YCS Kohl

5. Brown mascara. Is a must for mature eyes. So much softer and more appealing.

YCS Mascara  YCS Brown Mascara

6. Lip pencils. Mature lips need to be defined and no better way than a lip pencil. A couple in darker shades and lighter shades to highlight your lipstick colours. You can also use lip pencils to create lots of lip colour ideas.

YCS Retractable lip pencils

7. Lipsticks. My favourite so have as many as you like in your colours. Great for lip condition and YCS lipsticks are chock full of essential oils.

YCS Lipsticks

8. Powder-Powder is optional so go for a translucent powder or a neutral wet and dry powder to seal your foundation, remove shine or just act as a foundation on it’s own.

YCS Translucent powder YCS wet and dry powder

9. Blush or rose gold bronzer in your colours to lift cheeks, define and shine. It looks beautiful.

YCS BlushYCS Your Colours Bronzing powder

10 Brow kit. Our brows need colour and definition. They thin and go grey, so a brow kit does wonders.

Cougar brow kit

 

These are go anywhere, suit every make up solution.

If you would like a free make up session contact your colours and style. Or see our great hands on make up classes.

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10 Years younger Foundation

10 Years younger Foundation

YCS Cosmetics 10 years younger foundation


Hello all you Colour enthusiasts,

Hope you're all having or have had a great Christmas.

Looking forward as usual to the New Year and new challenges and positive changes.

The next few months, I will be focusing on the best year yet and the little changes we can make toward looking younger, healthier and brighter. We don't have to get older and frumpier, we can be older, wiser and lovelier.

Here are a few of my colour clients and students. How fabulous do they look? A few of them have applied their own make up as well in the "Youthful make up"Class.

Make up for a 10 years younger look.

This week we look at choosing the right foundation for a more youthful look and it's all about the right colour, of course.

YCS Foundations offer great colours and formulas, that make your skin look like you're not wearing any make up at all.

It's so easy to choose the right colour that matches your skin completely, and only a few colours covers a lot of skin tones.

So 01 means light skin

02 Medium skin tone and

03 for all the darker toned skin

I suggest an oil based foundation or the Complete cover Formula for mature women.

If you have oily skin, roseacea or open pores our lovely oil free formula FW22 is fantastic.

If you're not sure about the right colour make up give me a call.

Ros 0413875471.

For the month of January I am offering a FREE concealer for a more even look.

I will send a #104 that is suitable for everyone.

Enjoy the rest of your break and see you in 2020.

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Foundation for mature women

How to choose the right foundation for mature skin

The right foundation colour for mature skin

Choosing a foundation that's right for your skin colour is a problem many women face.

There are 1000's of shades of foundation on the market and lots of different brands and formulas. How are you going to choose the right one? 

Is there a foundation that can make you look younger and more glamorous without looking like a made up doll?

And what can you do to avoid making the make up mistakes that are so common?

Colour is the main thing.

How many times have you purchased a foundation and not been happy with it?

Have you EVER been happy with your foundation?

Do you feel you look younger, fresher and attractive in your foundation?

Here are a few key tips that will ensure you make the best choice for make up confidence.

5 top tips for choosing the right colour foundation

  1. Colour is the key. Foundation needs to match your “under” skin tone to look natural. Make up artists and colour consultants use different techniques to determine what colours are best for you. But when it comes to foundation for mature women, my 13 years of experience tells me that beige, neutral and pink tones are more flattering to older women.

 Flattering foundation

 

  1. Choose a foundation you cannot see on the skin. This sounds counter intuitive but a lustrous skin look is gained with a foundation that isn’t detectable on the face.

 

  1. Apply a sheer layer of make up. Foundation looks more natural if it’s applied very thinly and not like a mask

 

  1. Don’t go to light. To avoid a wishy washy look that makes you look tired and lacklustre don’t choose a foundation shade that is too light or white

 

 Make up is too light and white

  1. Don’t choose a colour that’s too dark or orange.

 Many make up manufacturers use a base that is very yellow or orange. Young women seem to like this look, but it gives a heavy coverage and a dark, heavy and aged look

 Make up too orangey and dark

 

 YCS Foundations

Foundations for mature skin in the right colours.

YCS Foundations are amazing for mature women.

The creamy textures work well with drier skins particularly.

The wonderful thing about YCS Foundation is 3-4 shades will suit almost every woman, relieving all the stress of going through hundreds of colours to choose the right one for you.

Most mature women will need an oil based foundation for a dewy finish. Very few woman over the age of 40 have an oily skin. If you do, you can easily choose an oil free formula.

Here is how to get the right shade

01 is for light skin tone

02 is for medium skin tone

03 is for deep skin tone

04 is for dark skin tone.

The 3 formulas above FH Hydrating formula, Cover all foundation and wet and dry foundation can be used on it’s own or as a light dusting powder.

So choose the formula you like.

Eg. Hydrating formula. If you are light you will be FH01, Medium FH02, Deep FH03 very dark FH32.

Cover all foundation

Light #201

Medium #202

Dark #203

Deep #204

Wet and dry

Light #31

Medium #32

Dark #45

You also can have your colour matched over the phone.

All products are 100% Money back guarantee or you can change your colour for the next shade.

For further information

Contact Your Colours and style

 

 

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