Four decades after stealing hearts as the "girl in the red Ferarri," 71-year-old Christie Brinkley still dazzles like she did at 20. So when she shared some of her beauty tips for women over 50 on Instagram, we stopped scrolling and started watching.
It’s safe to say that this Uptown Girl knows a little something about looking fabulous since she's graced the cover of more than 500 magazines. Of course, she has natural beauty, but even supermodels have to do a little work to maintain great skin, brows and lips. She gets her help from several tools that are pretty accessible — you can get them on Amazon.
Christie Brinkley perfects her beauty routine by starting with a wave of a wand — the Facial Instant Sculpting Wand. She is a brand ambassador for SBLA and uses the wand daily. It comes with an anti-aging serum that contains hyaluronic acid for hydration and peptides to stimulate collagen production for firmer skin. The regular wand is not available at the moment, but the Eye Lift Wand is and provides the same benefits at a smaller scale.
“Apply it to your forehead, around the eyes, around the mouth, and at night, almost everywhere. It'll even out skin tones," she said. "It'll tighten things up with peptides and active ingredients that build back collagen."
The ever-popular Beautyblender has an army of fans, and Christie Brinkley counts herself among them. She uses it with warm water and two foundations — a lighter one under her eyes and the darker one under her cheeks.
Then, she uses the blender to help soften any lines. “I just use whatever's left a little bit down the neck,” she demonstrated. “Down the décolletage, over the forehead.”
Step 3: Brows
If you haven’t noticed, the former cover girl has enviable eyebrows. She’s put a lot of thought into how she shapes them and uses two pencils to achieve her look: one from Lancôme and has a big point; the other from Kevyn Aucoin, which has a hard, finer point.
“I just paint with the hard one — little things that look like little hairs going in the direction,” she showed. “But I always focus along the top line only…you want to be thinking up, up, up. Defy gravity!”
She uses two colors on her cheeks: a warm shade, Laguna from Nars, and the lighter Christie Brinkley Authentic Beauty (no longer available but Nars pairs Laguna with Orgasm in a set that is available on Amazon).
“I put the warmer one down here, and I put this beautiful lighter one along the top,” she said. “Then I just sort of rub it all over my forehead and down the neck.”
Christie suggests using demi wispies false lashes to open up the eyes and enhance eyelashes because they thin with age.
“It’s such a shame that our stomachs and thighs don't thin,” she joked. “Just our eyelashes, our hair.”
And finally, because our lips get thin as we age too, she urges using lip plumpers. This hydrating formula is infused with peptides and creates a fuller look without the typical sting or dryness.
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