My 10 Top Easy Anti-Aging Secrets

This Month Features My Top Ten Age Defying Beauty Secrets

Lightly pencil your eyebrows with one shade lighter than your brow color. You will achieve the definition without looking too harsh. Hold brows up with moustache wax (available at drugstores) for an instant face lift. The moustache wax will hold your brows up indefinitely (better than any brow gel I have tried!)

Aging (sagging) eyes can be lifted cosmetically by creating a sideways "v" on the outside of each eye. Using a eyeliner pencil, or if you can handle liquid or cream eyeliner, start at the middle of the eye and aim "up" to visually lift the eye area.

To disguise under eye bags use a warm shadow and line it across the lower lids. A shadow is much more forgiving than liner (which can appear harsh), and the attention will go to the eye, away from the sagging or wrinkling.

Now is the time to turn to sparkling or colorful studs to light up the face. Since
the ears tend to droop as we age, the studs will hold their place (unlike hoops or chandelier earrings) which will only drag the ear further down. Just be sure that the studs are large enough to cover most of the ear lobe. This simple trick will also keep the attention at the mid cheek, and not the jowling or double chin.

Ask your stylist to create "cheek bangs", a flattering layering along the face that will soften lines and sagging along the cheek and chin areas.

After brushing your teeth, gently brush your lips. This exfoliates lines that develop on the lips by softening them. Rather than choosing balm as a lip protectant, apply eye moisturizer both on and around the lips.

Wearing too much foundation can be aging. Plus it accentuates every wrinkle. Add a small amount of moisturizer to your foundation for a smoother application. This will create a dewy, more youthful glow. Stay away from powder.

Add a bit of baby oil to powdered eye shadow to make eyes sparkle & deemphasize wrinkling.

Switch to cream blush. Not only is it more youthful, but blends more forgivingly. We have been told
to apply blush to the apple of the cheek. But as we age, it is necessary to apply it only to the top of the apple almost into the under eye area. It will disguise the hollow that is starting to develop as well as highlight the eye.

To firm up the neck, make a compress of strong coffee. Apply brewed coffee to the neck with a
wash cloth for about 5 minutes. The caffeine firms the area. Follow up by tracing bronzing powder along the jaw line. The slight shadowing disguises a double chin & jowling.