How to Stop Your Makeup from Settling Into Lines in Your 40s

There’s nothing more annoying than looking in the mirror a few hours after doing your makeup and realizing it’s all gathered in your smile lines or under your eyes. Like, we spend all this time trying to look fresh and polished, only for our foundation and concealer to look awful by lunch time. If you’re in your 40s, you already know our skin isn’t as smooth and forgiving as it used to be. Lines are literally a fact of life from this point on. But that doesn’t mean our makeup has to settle in them.

The key is to work with your skin, not against it. A lot of people blame the products, but most of the time it’s the prep and technique that make or break the final look. So here’s what actually works.