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A MAKEUP artist has revealed how the makeup tricks you learnt in the 90s are now probably ageing you.
Erica Taylor has explained that as you get older, the techniques you use when applying your eyeshadows and eyeliners should change, as they could be adding years to your appearance.
The beauty guru said: “Alright friends, if we're in our 40s and up, even later 30s, and you've been doing the same makeup that you learned in high school or in your 20s for the last 20 to 30 years, 40 years possibly, this is for you.
“I was a makeup artist in the 90s, 2000s, and I probably taught you these very same techniques.”
Known as ‘’ on TikTok, Erica shared a makeup tutorial that has since garnered over seven million views.
She begins by addressing the common practice of applying a light shade across the entire lid, suggesting this technique should be avoided.
Erica says: “We always thought this made our eyes look bright and awake.
“But here's what's up. Now, if we go light all over the lid, an issue can be crinkling and puffing or sagging of the lid.
“You put something that's light on something that's protruding, and it's going to make it just look a little bigger and a little more hanging.
"So instead, I say, start with a medium tone.
“I'm using the ColourPop palette, so this is just your basic palette.
“Use a medium tone and go on the lid and then bring it up to actually get the puff a little more down and recede versus coming at you.”
Next, she talks about lifting the eye and explains why the traditional “light, dark, light, dark” method will make your eye appear to fall.
Instead, she suggests going “uncomfortably high to lift your eye” before then taking a “lighter colour” and applying it to the inner corners.
She also debunks the myth of “only using matte if you are mature.” Erica continues: “No, that looks dusty.”
She urges people not to be afraid to put some “luminosity on the lid” as it “catches the light and brings volume and dimension.”
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Many beauty fans praised Erica for sharing her makeup tutorial as they rushed to the comments section to share their thoughts.
One wrote: “Thank you so much for this!”
A second added: “Omg, thank you. I am 54 and realized I have been pretty much doing the dated version.”
Whilst a third said: “I’ve just turned 40 and I could not figure out why my make up didn’t look good anymore…I’ve been doing EXACTLY what you did on the ‘wrong’ side.”
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