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<\/p>\nA MAKEUP expert has been praised after sharing her essential skincare tips for women over 40.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Erica Taylor (@ericataylor2347) said women need to overhaul their beauty routine as they age to maintain a youthful appearance.<\/p>\n
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She has gained a staggering 1.1 million followers on TikTok from sharing the lessons learned during her 25 years working in the cosmetics industry.<\/p>\n
Erica took to the social media platform to share her \u201cmaturing makeup survival guide.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wearing a sheet mask around her eyes, she said: \u201cNobody ever told us certain things that were going to happen as we approached 40s, 50s, beyond to our skin and what we would need to do different to our makeup.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust like no one told us that when we sneeze we would pee and at about 45 you can\u2019t see anything, you need readers all over your house.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like an Easter egg hunt of readers. But let\u2019s talk about the makeup.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all eye masking every day will significantly decrease your puffiness and darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peeling off her mask, she continued: \u201cThis is Dennis Gross, those can be pricey.\u201d<\/p>\n
She held up a cheaper alternative eye mask from Patchology while reassuring her viewers that the price doesn\u2019t matter as long as they use one every day.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Erica said: \u201cMy cousin started doing this in her seventies and I have noticed a significant decrease in her puffiness and darkness.<\/p>\n \u201cIt works at any age. It\u2019s a cumulative eye masking to help with crepey on the lids and puffiness and darkness.<\/p>\n \u201cNext, before your concealer, you must use the right prep. Like an eye balm or an eye oil.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s lots of different price ranges, I\u2019m not trying to sell you a product I\u2019m telling you the s**t we need that will make our concealer not look crepey.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s talk eye serums. If you want to preserve the texture of the lid you need eye serums that can go 360 around the lid.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of my favorites is the L\u2019Oreal Revitalift. It doesn\u2019t have to be a million dollars, you can use more expensive or less.<\/p>\n \u201cBut you must eye serum so it doesn\u2019t look like tissue paper and your makeup will go on smoother.<\/p>\n \u201cIf your foundation looks crusty you have to exfoliate the dead skin.<\/p>\n \u201cAs we get more mature our skin doesn\u2019t do that for itself anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOur skin cycle that was 28 days has now moved to 60 or 90 days, so we have to expedite the process.<\/p>\n \u201cThese are my favorite because they\u2019re gentle, they are the First Aid Radiant Beauty pads.<\/p>\n \u201cSomething to gently exfoliate the skin before you put on your treatment and foundation so your skin doesn\u2019t look crusty.<\/p>\n \u201cNo makeup no matter how cheap or expensive will look good on dead skin.\u201d<\/p>\n After wiping her face with the pads, Erica applied an eye balm she bought from Dollar Tree to her under-eye areas and said eye oil could be used alternatively.<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cJust because your concealer is light it won\u2019t make you look more awake.<\/p>\n \u201cIf our concealer is too light we actually look more puffy and more tired.<\/p>\n \u201cHave your concealer just match your skin and not go super light.\u201d<\/p>\n The makeup artist accidentally applied too much concealer to her face as she rushed to demonstrate the tip.<\/p>\n She held her hand up to her cheek as she started to show the best way to contour.\u00a0<\/p>\n She said: \u201cIf you contour too low you\u2019re going to look hollow and also like you have a sideburn.<\/p>\n \u201cSo you contour on the bone and you always put your hand right there then go over the bone, on and a little higher.<\/p>\n \u201cYou will get more of a lifted shape.<\/p>\n \u201cBasically wherever you're putting your makeup someone should\u2019ve told us when you hit 40 move everything up about a half inch.<\/p>\n \u201cIncluding the eye shadow, everything has to go higher than you think.<\/p>\n \u201cIn your thirties, forties, fifties, or whenever your skin starts to change.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe rules of the game of makeup start to change and as we know I have been doing it for many years.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll help you along the process, somebody should\u2019ve told us but now I will. Let\u2019s go!\u201d<\/p>\n Viewers were grateful for the advice and the video quickly racked up over 7,800 likes.\u00a0<\/p>\n One person wrote: \u201cLove your demo. I turned 50 and these tips help a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Another commented: \u201cWe all need this survival guide.\u201d<\/p>\n A third said: \u201cI LOVE this. Showing us the right and wrong way to do it and laughing along with it. You are awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n A fourth added: \u201cI\u2019m so happy you\u2019re on here giving us all the wisdom! Love it. Thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DD-liam-payne_COMP.jpg\")
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