The 9 Makeup Essentials To Own If You’re 40+ And Very Tired
by The Candidly Team
This very concept is apparently so complex that it took us like 4 hours to find a stock photo to go with this article. See above. She’s so pretty. Stock sites just don’t really seem to get that we need more than JUST 23 year olds with poreless, perfect skin. (Perhaps a great side business?)
Because once we hit 40, our needs change. Shimmer makes skin texture 27 times worse. Too-matte formulas make us look like crypt-keepers. Less. Is. More.
We need simple, hardworking products that perform. Products that don’t crease or cake. Products that make us look like we had 378 hours of sleep even though we haven’t slept since the Reagan administration.
These 9 essentials do that. And more. Let’s go.
Bonus: And here’s 3 more, for the serious makeup aficionados.
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