October Beauty

 

October Beauty: Fall Skincare and Makeup Tips for Women Over 50 

As the crisp air of October sweeps in, it's the perfect time to revamp your beauty routine for fall!  For women over 50, the changing weather can bring unique skincare and makeup challenges, but with a few simple tweaks, you can keep your glow radiant all season long. Here’s how to keep your skin hydrated, your makeup fresh, and your beauty on point as the temperatures drop.

1. Switch to a Richer Moisturizer

With cooler air comes drier skin, so it’s essential to swap your lightweight summer moisturizer for something richer. Look for hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and ceramides. These help retain moisture and keep your skin looking plump and soft.

Tip: Apply moisturizer immediately after cleansing to lock in moisture.

2. Exfoliate Regularly but Gently

Dry, flaky skin is common in the fall, but over-exfoliating can strip your skin of essential oils. Choose a gentle exfoliant that contains lactic or glycolic acid to slough off dead skin cells and reveal smoother, brighter skin without irritation.

Tip: Exfoliate 1-2 times a week for best results.

3. Update Your Foundation

As your skin becomes drier, consider switching to a hydrating foundation with a luminous finish. Opt for a formula that provides buildable coverage and a dewy glow, avoiding powders that can settle into fine lines.

Tip: Use a damp beauty sponge to blend your foundation seamlessly.

4. Focus on Fall-Friendly Colors

This season’s makeup trends are all about warm, earthy tones. Think rich browns, deep burgundies, and golden hues. These shades complement all skin tones and add warmth to your complexion.

Tip: A swipe of deep plum lipstick can be the perfect way to transition into fall.

5. Protect Your Lips

Cold air and wind can leave your lips dry and chapped. Keep them soft and supple by using a hydrating lip balm with SPF, followed by a nourishing lipstick.

Tip: Use a lip scrub once a week to exfoliate and then apply a thick layer of balm before bed for an overnight treatment.

6. Don’t Forget Sunscreen

Just because summer is over doesn’t mean you can skip the SPF! UV rays can still penetrate clouds and cause skin damage, so make sure to apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen daily, even in the fall.

Tip: A moisturizer with SPF built-in makes it easier to stay protected.

7. Embrace the Glow

Fall is the perfect time to embrace a more natural, glowing look. Use a cream blush and highlighter to add a subtle flush and dewy sheen to your cheeks and brow bones.

Tip: Apply a bit of highlighter to the inner corners of your eyes for a youthful, brightening effect.

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Fall is a time of change, and your beauty routine should adapt accordingly! With these simple tips, you’ll be ready to face the season with confidence, looking as radiant as ever. Remember, beauty is about feeling your best, and at any age, that starts with taking care of yourself inside and out. 

What’s your go-to beauty switch for fall? Let me know in the comments! 

What it Does

When it comes to contouring, defining, and creating the perfect pout, this deep-nude twist-up liner is the definition of d-vine. It’s super soft and creamy with impressive staying power that helps enhance your lip shape and prevent feathering for hours and hours.

How to Use it

Give the pencil a twist to reveal more of its tip. Hold the liner flat against your lips with the tip pointed up, then use short strokes to create a perfect outline. Fill in the rest with the liner before applying your fave lippie to extend its longevity.

What it Does

The key to a perfect makeup application? This face primer. It helps blur and smooth over pores and uneven texture, giving your face the perfect base for foundation. And dry patches? They’re no match against the hyaluronic acid and niacinamide in this formula that help to hydrate and nourish thirsty complexions.

How to Use it

Use this as the last step of your skincare routine and right before makeup. Massage a bit all over your face until skin becomes slightly tacky, then follow with foundation.

What it Does

A deeply nourishing body butter that smells yummy and doesn’t irritate sensitive skin? Honey, you’re looking at it. This vitamin E–enriched body cream instantly melts into skin to help hydrate, soften, and protect it against environmental stressors all day long.

How to Use it

Slather a generous amount of this butter all over your slightly damp skin right out of the shower to lock in moisture without tugging and pulling on your skin.

What it Does

For a full-on flush of radiant and coral-pink cheeks, reach for this powder blush. It’s highly pigmented and buttery soft for a perfect pop of color on your cheeks.

How to Use it

Take your fluffy brush and swirl it over the powdery pigments, then sweep it over the apples of your cheeks.

What it Does

Dark circles, crow’s feet, and fine lines weighing you down? Not with this featherweight eye cream. It does some heavy-duty lifting to help tighten, brighten, and fade away visible signs of aging with skin-plumping peptides, wrinkle-smoothing squalane, and energizing ginseng extract.

How to Use it

Use as the last step of your a.m. and p.m. routines. Just dot a small amount (about the size of a rice grain) around your eyes and gently massage with your ring finger until your skin’s soaked up the goodness.