Q&A for How to Apply Eye Makeup (for Women Over 50)

Keep your look natural and simple. Use mascara and eyeliner, and focus on shaping your brows to bring attention to your eyes. For your eyeshadow, use natural tone eye colors, but nothing too heavy.

Purples and plums are the most flattering eye shadow color for green eyes. Why? When selecting colors to accentuate and stand out, you want to look at the opposite color on a color wheel.

Correct eyeshadow application is what matters most, whether you wear glasses or not. Always start with an eyeshadow primer—this preps the eye for perfect eyeshadow application by preventing creasing from a heavy application. This allows your eyeshadow to glide on more smoothly; plus, it will prevent fallout. With primer, your eye makeup will wear more evenly and last throughout the day.

If you want to wear shimmering eye shadow, wear it. If it makes you feel pretty, go for it. Life is too short for ridiculous rules.

I would recommend applying a small amount of translucent powder (even talc) on your eyelids and below your eye before eye shadow and eyeliner. From personal experience it tends to help prevent smudging having the powder base.

Light, cool toned, neutral shadows. Matte and shimmer shades are best, avoid glitter because it'll make the eyelids look flaky and dry.

Eyebrows are having a moment right now, so in any drug store you will find several different types of cosmetics to fill and define eyebrows. There are powders and gels and pencils. Try a combo of a gel that simulates hair with a powder that fils in the loose space.

Although they are underrated, drugstore mascaras are quite good, as they are thick and almost industrial sized. I would recommend Colossal by Maybelline.

Certainly! You can do as you please. Don't worry about what other people might think. If you are nervous about wearing false lashes, consider going for a "natural" look rather than a "glamorous" look.

If you want to wear eyeshadow, choose purple and gold tones to bring out the color of your eyes. Applying eyeliner on the top lid only will help make your eyes appear larger.

It can make women over 50 look older depending on whether or not you have oily skin, bad eye bags, or dark circles, but it can certainly look good.

Use a natural color, close to your natural lip color, and line your lips in a color true to your lips, then add a nice gloss to make them moist.

Red is a bold but timeless color, a favorite to many. For everyday wear, I recommend going light and neutral with they eyes so the focal point is your lips. For nighttime or an event, a light or heavy smoky eye would go perfectly with red lips.

Your eyeliner smudges down to your eye bags because your eyeliner is sweating throughout the day, or you are rubbing it down. Try to buy waterproof eyeliner to fix this problem.

Nyx Angel Veil is a professional quality face primer that you can get at a drugstore price.

Use a lighter eye shadow with a shimmer, like beige or silver. Line only a thin line close to the roots. Apply mascara upward so that it opens the eyes.

Plum/purple makes green eyes pop. However, lining your lower water line will make your eyes look smaller. Instead, use a soft plum pencil right on your lower lash line.

You wear what makes you feel pretty. One day that might be fire engine red, the next day a soft stain of berry pink. You make the rules when you are nearly sixty.

You can go to the drugstore to buy fake lashes. It's not so much how you apply the lashes to make them natural, but which lashes you choose. If you want natural lashes, try to choose thin, wispy lashes with a clear lash band.

Using tape on the outer V of your eye can help create a sharper line. Store sell eyeshields for under your eye as well. Make sure to tap off extra product before applying your shadows.

The good news is, when you have brown eyes, any colored eye shadow works best. If you want a neutral color, go for a pink that's close to your lip color.

Shades of brown will definitely work for you. I think using a liner will emphasize your beautiful eyes. Apply a little concealer if you want to cover the bags.

Soft beige or pink are good choices, but be sure to avoid anything sparkly. Choose matte colors that will blend in naturally with your eyelids.

Try applying it very lightly to the eyelid, then blending it into a brown color in the crease. Use black eyeliner on your lashline for definition, and black mascara and/or false eyelashes. You may also want to fill in the eyebrows a little darker than usual to create more definition, which will soften the impact of the dramatic red.

The waterproof makeup will always smear off with oils because oil breaks down makeup! If you wash your face, try using a very soft towel to reduce peeling up more skin. You could also wash your face using toilet paper instead of a towel to avoid rough textures altogether. Try finding a heavy moisturizer and apply a generous coat twice a day, once in the morning and once at night.

Brown or bronze colors look gorgeous with green eyes. A smokey eye look makes any eye appear bigger. Wearing liner is great, but I would recommend doing liquid liner on the top of the lash line and smoking out the bottom for a more natural look.

Well, you should probably go for an eye-popping look as well with some bold colors. Otherwise you may want to consider a lighter pink for your lips.

You can just follow the same steps. The only change you might need to make is avoiding mascara, as that can sometimes rub off on your lenses when you blink.

You can use either, but the brush tends to go quicker and give you more control. However, it can be streaky. The sponge works well, but you must make sure that the foundation is evenly placed.

Neutral eye makeup works well.