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Let’s get one thing straight: mature skin is beautiful. Period. But if your skin’s been looking a little “meh” lately—or if your makeup isn’t hitting like it used to—you’re not imagining it. As skin changes with age (hey there, collagen loss and dryness), our routines need to shift too.
The good news? You don’t need a million products or a glam squad to bring your skin back to life. Just a few intentional steps and some Laura Mercier staples can absolutely turn the clock back (or at least make it look like you got a full 8 hours of sleep and a green juice).
1. Start With a Hydrated, Glowy Base
What to Use:
Mature skin tends to be drier, which means texture, lines, and dullness show up more easily. So before we even think about foundation, we prime—and we prime well.
The hydrating primer gives you that juicy, plumped-up look, while the illuminating primer adds a soft glow that hits just right in natural light. Layer them if you’re feeling fancy. Trust, you’ll see the difference.
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Pure Canvas Primer Hydrating
Improves and extends the wear of makeup while providing instant and overtime hydration.
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Pure Canvas Primer Illuminating
Extends the wear of makeup, and brightens the complexion to provide a natural dimension.
2. Ditch the Cake, Go for Skin-Like Coverage
What to Use:
Say goodbye to heavy, matte foundations that settle into lines and make everything look... older. You want something lightweight, breathable, and skin-loving.
Our Real Flawless Foundation is like a second skin—but better. It blurs, smooths, and hydrates all at once. Prefer a more natural vibe? Go with Tinted Moisturizer for that “I woke up like this” finish (plus SPF, because we’re not skipping sunscreen anymore).
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Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Waterproof Foundation
Waterproof, long-wearing, medium buildable coverage with 12 hours of fade-proof wear.
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Tinted Moisturizer Natural Dewy SPF 30
16-hour buildable coverage and 24+ hour hydration for softer, smoother, brighter skin.
3. Brighten, Don’t Bake
What to Use:
We’ve officially retired baking (RIP 2016). Now, it’s all about targeted brightening—just enough to make you look well-rested, without creasing or caking.
Start with the Real Flawless Concealer. It’s weightless, blendable, and doesn’t settle into fine lines—aka exactly what mature under eyes need. Dab a little in the inner and outer corners, blend it in with your finger or a brush, and then…
Set it like a pro with Secret Brightening Powder for Under Eyes. It’s ultra-fine, weightless, and gives your under eyes that soft-focus, lifted effect. No flashback, no dryness—just a brighter, smoother look that stays put all day.
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Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Serum Concealer
Buildable coverage, natural finish and long-lasting, waterproof and crease-proof wear.
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Secret Brightening Color Correcting Under Eye Setting Powder
Sets & extends concealer while brightening for an instant eye-awakening effect.
4. Warm Up Your Face With Soft Color
What to Use:
As we age, our skin can lose some of its natural color. Solution? Bring it back—with blush and bronzer.
Skip the harsh contour and swirl Bronze Color Infusion along your cheekbones, temples, and jawline for soft warmth. Then pop a natural-toned Blush Color Infusion on the apples of your cheeks. It's an instant facelift in a compact.
Pro tip: peachy or rosy tones = youthful glow.
5. Glow Where It Matters
What to Use:
The goal is healthy, lit-from-within radiance—not glitter bomb. Lightly tap highlighter onto the tops of your cheekbones and maybe a little on the brow bone. If you want a “my skin just does this naturally” vibe, go for a dewy cream blush instead.
Think glow, not sparkle.
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Face Illuminator Highlighting Powder
Create custom illumination with a powder that builds from subtle to strobe-worthy.
6. Brows = Instant Eye Lift
What to Use:
Overplucked in the '90s? Same. Let’s bring those brows back. Fuller, softly defined brows give your face structure and instantly lift your look.
Use the pomade to define, then fill in any sparse areas with the powder. Feather it out and set if needed. Brow game = elevated.
7. Keep the Eyes Soft and Smudgy
What to Use:
Skip heavy black eyeliner or complicated smoky eyes. Soft, diffused color is your BFF. Swipe on a Caviar Stick (bronze, taupe, or rose gold are chef’s kiss) and blend with your finger. Line tight to the lashes for subtle definition and finish with a volumizing mascara to open everything up.
Easy, flattering, foolproof.
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Caviar Stick Eye Shadow
High-impact, long-wearing, creamy texture that glides on for 24-hour life-proof wear.
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8. Lip Trick: Liner + Hydration = Full, Youthful Lips
What to Use:
Thinner lips are a thing with age—but nothing a little lip liner can’t fix. Start by defining the shape with a Perfecting Lip Liner, then layer a creamy, hydrating lipstick and dab some Gloss in the center to add volume.
Go for soft pinks, peaches, and rosy nudes—they’re ultra-flattering and make your whole face feel fresh.
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Caviar Hydra-Crème Refillable Lipstick
A silky creme lipstick that promotes softer, healthier lips over time.
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Lip Glacé
24 hours of moisture, Feels like a lip balm and the mirror-like shine of a lip gloss.
9. Set, But Make It Blurring
What to Use:
Set strategically. You don’t need to mattify your whole face—just the T-zone or anywhere that tends to crease. Ultra-Blur is your MVP here: it softens lines and keeps everything in place without looking powdery or dry.
10. Finish With a Mist (aka Real-Life Face Filter)
What to Use:
A hydrating setting spray is the finishing touch that makes it all come together. It melts everything into the skin and gives you that dewy, real-skin finish and 24HR hydration that says, “I look like this on vacation.”
You don’t need a facelift—you just need a few tweaks. Hydration, lightweight coverage, soft color, and glow in the right places. With the right formulas (aka Laura Mercier essentials), your skin will be looking—and feeling—more youthful in no time.
Because age isn’t the enemy. Dull, cakey makeup is.