Two dazzler terms that accept soared in popularity in recent years are contouring and highlighting.

While these makeup techniques have been around for years, there has been a stronger emphasis placed on them as people seek to attain a more defined look.

The purpose of contouring is to add together dimension to your confront by enhancing your features and sculpting your face shape.

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Highlighting, meanwhile, brings attention to where the light hits your face and gives your skin a gorgeous glow.

Equally beneficial every bit these ii techniques are in your makeup routine, they are besides notoriously piece of cake to get wrong.

Bearing that in listen, esteemed makeup creative person Gillian Stapleton has shared her elevation tips on how to master contouring and highlighting on mature skin which will help create a youthful and lit-from-within glow.

How to contour mature skin

"Not everybody needs contour as you get older," Gillian tells RSVP Live.

"Some people, even though they're kind of hollowed out, still profile and that'south a mistake. You don't want to look more hollow because information technology will brand you lot look older. You're already chiselled there, don't add together to it."

The beauty expert's number ane tip is to use bronzer and always place information technology high on your cheeks.

She adds: "Never smile while applying it, because when you lot're not smiling so information technology volition exist in the wrong place.

"Look in the mirror, and place it high upward on the cheek, where yous desire it to stay."

How to highlight mature skin

At that place are so many highlighting products on the market correct now, but Gillian favours using liquid options on older peel equally powders tin depict attention to wrinkles and fine lines.

"If you have wrinkly pare, keep away from pulverisation highlighters," she says.

"I like using liquid ones, I use the Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Light Wand.

"It's not glittery or powdery, and what I like about it is if someone has a lot of wrinkles on their cheeks and side of their eyes, it won't highlight the wrinkles.

"It gives a glow to the skin, a real editorial cease."

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Beauty Salon Concept. Attractive Centre-Aged Woman Putting On Make Up Looking At Camera Isolated Over Gray Studio Wall

Looking for more than beauty tips from Gillian?

Her secret to younger-looking eyes is a mascara with a skinny wand.

She says it's a must-have for your makeup purse as you get older because it gives a much more natural end and it is easier to avoid common mascara mistakes such as clumpy lashes.

"I love using mascara with a skinny wand, it volition give you a ameliorate curl and y'all don't get clumpiness," she says.

"If you've got thin eyelashes and they clump together it looks odd, but if you go for the skinnier wand you get much ameliorate, longer and separated lashes and you can too build on that while avoiding that clumpy weird look.

"It's one of the chief things you should apply as yous go older."

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