7+ Ways to Easily Look Younger, According to Beauty Experts
Aging is a phenomenon that none of us can escape. We can, however, change our appearances to seem as though we are younger than we are. While we cannot reverse time, we can soften its effects on our appearance.
For many people, aging is scary and something they do not want to experience. However, if you know the right tricks, you can make yourself seem ten years younger than you are.
Knowing the tricks to make yourself appear younger can be challenging, so we've compiled a list that will simplify everything. By the end of this article, we will have given you many helpful hints, based on expert suggestions, on making you look more youthful.
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These seven handy tips involve adjustments in the way you apply makeup, style your hair, and take care of your skin. Apart from making you look more youthful, these easy hacks will even make you feel more confident in your own skin.
Highlight Cheeks and Blend Your Blush from Your Cheekbones Out
The placement of your makeup is an essential factor to consider when you want to appear more youthful. Placing a warm-toned highlighter with a noticeable sheen to your cheeks and décolletage will help you look younger, as per celebrity makeup artist Jillian Dempsey.
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Celeb makeup artist Monika Blunder also says applying your blush in a specific way will make your face seem plumper and younger. Instead of blending your blush from the apples of your cheeks up, blend from the apples of your cheeks out. This makes your face appear plumper in usually thin areas as you age.
Wear Messy Ponytails
When you were younger, ponytails were all the rage, but as it turns out, they can also be beneficial as you age. Wearing a messy ponytail can contribute to a more youthful look, says celebrity hairstylist Matt Fugate.
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Ensure that when styling your hair in a messy ponytail, you use a copious amount of texturizing spray or dry shampoo to help add volume and texture to your hair. This will cause it to seem like your hair is thicker.
Use Lipliner to Make Your Lips Appear Fuller
As we age, our lips tend to become thinner. To fake a more youthful appearance, you can focus on your lips. Makeup artist Ashlee Glazer suggests you find a lip liner similar to your lip color and line your lips with that to fake a fuller pout.
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A helpful trick is slightly overlining the bottom lip and the cupid's bow of your upper lip. This will make your lips look fuller and more luscious without making your makeup look messy.
Dye Your Hair Golden
Although we tend to shy away from grey hair, it is there to soften the facial features as we age; because of this, it's a good idea to soften your features with hair colors that complement them.
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Celeb hairstylist Frederic Moine says if you cannot fathom having grey hair, ask your colorist to dye your hair with warm tones. Golden tones are popular and can frame the face beautifully. If you do not want the grey look, avoid ash tones.
Cut Long Bangs to Frame Your Face
When your hair is not up in a ponytail, you might still need something to help you appear more youthful. This is where long bangs come in. Long bangs are excellent assistants at hiding the effects of aging.
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Moine says long bangs frame the face beautifully and hide signs of aging like fine lines and wrinkles. Try adding layers to your hair so movement and texture are present rather than your hair seeming stiff.
Fill In Your Eyebrows
Many people have shied away from the thicker eyebrow trend, having learned about makeup and facial grooming when thin brows were all the rage. However, Huda Kattan, founder of Huda Beauty believes thick brows might be your key to success.
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Defined eyebrows give the illusion of a younger face because they effectively frame it. Filling in the gaps in your eyebrows will allow them to frame your face all the better.
Wear SPF Daily
Many publications have shared this information primarily because of its effectiveness. Applying SPF daily to your face, hands, and neck reduces the effects of sun damage on the skin.
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The skin is one of the things that age fastest, and protecting your facial and hand skin will lead to your skin looking younger for longer, says founder and CEO of Shiffa, Dr. Lamees Hamdan. Ensure to moisturize your skin to plump it up.
Some More Helpful Tips
Wear a lighter lipstick. When you have successfully made your lips look fuller with your lipliner, you can move on to lipstick. This is another thing you should do carefully.
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Choosing lighter-colored lipsticks will allow your face to appear fresh, dewy, and ultimately younger than having a heavier, darker color on your lips as told by Matin Maulawizada, a celebrity makeup artist.
Try to tighten your pores. Your pores are something that can make you seem instantly older, which is why tightening them and reducing their appearance can help you look younger.
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Esthetician Ada Lamela suggests washing your face with warm water to open your pores and allow your products to seep in, then rinse with cold water to close your pores back up and tighten them.
Take vitamins. Our bodies could always use a little extra help, so taking a daily vitamin supplement is a good idea for anyone trying to have the best skin and hair.
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You can find supplements specifically geared at helping your skin and hair, or find a general multivitamin that will help your whole body. DreamDry senior stylist Jenn Bradford says great skin and hair start from within.
Wash your face before bed. This tip may feel self-explanatory, but one of the things that makes skin age the fastest is wearing your makeup to bed. You should always wash your makeup off before going to sleep, says cosmetic dermatologist Patricia Wexler.
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Even if you have no makeup on, it's important to cleanse your skin before bed as you need to clear away the debris of the day to allow your skin to breathe at night.
With these tips, you will hopefully be able to seemingly reverse the effects that aging has had on your skin and hair and feel much younger and more confident! As Dr. Dendy Engelmen once said: "Aging gracefully is a mentality!"