How to do eyeshadow

How to do eyeshadow

Shakespeare was right – the eyes are the window to the soul and the feature that shows your sparkle to the world. Some women lose confidence wearing eyeshadow beyond a certain age, but careful choice of product and application can give a youth-boosting,...
Give your lips the wow factor with a liner

Give your lips the wow factor with a liner

As we mature, collagen and elastin break down in the skin and fragile area, and the lips and under-eye area tend to show this the most. It’s a bugger. Focusing on the lips, the fat pads and muscles in the area steadily diminish, resulting in thinner and visibly...
Five mascara tips for older women

Five mascara tips for older women

Finding mascara tricky to apply is not defined by age. You can have challenges whatever your age – if you have hooded eyes for instance. Having said that, our eyes do change as we age. The eyelid skin becomes looser and thinner and can become puffier, which...
My current favourite lipstick

My current favourite lipstick

Right from a child, I had crooked teeth. My dentist offered to straighten them (I was about eight at the time, I think), but it was all a bit rudimental back then and my parents decided not to go ahead with it. I guess they didn’t see it as a problem, and to be...
Beauty Awards 2022

Beauty Awards 2022

In the January 2023 issue Red magazine published its yearly Red Beauty Awards and I was very happy to get my hands on a copy.I’m not going to talk about them all here. Instead, I am showcasing the six products I am currently using or have used, and added 10 others...