Understanding Mature Skin: Picking Your Foundation

By a Pro Makeup Artist

If you gracefully glide into your mature years, you may feel like finding the perfect foundation isn’t as easy as it was in your younger years. You want the foundation to smooth your skin, not look greasy yet have a subtle glow, stay in place all day yet not make your skin look like a dried-up prune, and maybe, just maybe, make your skin look a little younger. That would be great, right?

You see, as we age like fine wine, our skin goes through some changes. And while we're all about embracing every beautiful wrinkle and laugh line, finding a foundation that works with mature skin can be a bit of a challenge. Here's why: