As we get older, there is less spark in our look. Generally we lose our oily T-zone, for example, so there is no longer a natural glow that reflects light.

It is easy to duplicate this glow.

Remember that wherever you have light or reflected light, it draws attention to the area (or causes it to move forward) (and by default moves attention from another area.)

You can use light optically to highlight areas of your eyes, your face, your lips.

Here are some of the tricks I use:
Face
I use a powder with a bit of sparkle in it, creating my own mix. You can find my recipe here.

I highlight up the center of my face with liquid shimmer before my sparkly powder and/or with a powder highlighter after my sparkly powder. This gives a healthy glow. I vary which I do by how I feel or what I want to look like.

Eyes
I generally use some glitter (made for eyes) somewhere around my eyes, usually as dry liner. I don’t mind if it drifts some under my eyes or sideways, because it enhances my eyes. I’ve never had any get into my eyes. It draws your eye to my eyes and balances my face.

Lips
I highlight the center of my lips with a lighter color of lipstick or with gloss. I often use gloss to rim the outer edge instead of a lip pencil.

Many times, but not lately until yesterday and today, I use a Wet n Wild silver glitter gloss in the center of my bottom lip, then smoosh my lips together. I have a couple of W&W colors with glitter too, but the silver is my fave.

I found the gloss one year during Halloween, and I’ve used it ever since. It is a subtle change, but a nice one.

When my first wand got low, I opened the top, added some Stila Blush Shine gloss, then mixed it well with a chopstick to distribute the glitter through the Stila. I put the little plastic thing back on the top and use it whenever I want a sparkly rose colored gloss. I found I wasn’t using the Stila otherwise, and I like the formula.

You can make your own glitter gloss by either taking a clear or colored gloss and adding some fine cosmetic made-for-lips glitter. Any of Aromaleigh’s Rocks! glam glitter colors that are safe for lips (or another similar brand) would work.

I have had really good success adding Rocks! Glam Glitter to my lips, just by picking up a bit of the glitter on my lip brush and putting it on top of my lip color. The Rocks! glam glitter has a very soothing feel to it. I cannot speak to any other brands. In general, the smaller the micro particles the better it feels on your lips, but if the particles are too small they don’t show up. One of my favorite colors to do this with is shakeitup.

Hair
I use two shine products. The first, I apply to the top of my hair when my hair is wet. I have tried several brands of this. Some are heavier on your hair and work best if your hair is thicker and more coarse, not as fine. My favorite is Redken Glass smoothing serum. At the moment I am using John Frieda Frizz-Ease. I prefer Glass. I don’t notice that either product de-frizzes, just gives a bit of light reflection. I have also used a 3rd product, I’ll add the name later, but I find it heavier, and it weighs down my hair.

The second product is Paul Mitchell SoftStyle The Shine. I spritz this on the top and sides when my hair is dry. I like this product a lot.

Karin
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