The Makeup Mistake That's Making You Look Older (And How to Fix It) | EP216

About this episode

In this episode, Amy Sherman and guest Kate Talbert discuss essential beauty tips for women over 40, focusing on simplifying makeup and skincare routines.

REPLAY! Consider this your sign to finally listen to the episode everyone keeps talking about. If you have been searching for beauty tips that actually work after 40, this is the episode. Kate Talbert, MUA and beauty educator, joins Wellness Junkies host Amy Sherman for the kind of conversation you want to have with a friend who just happens to know everything about makeup and skincare. Kate did not take the obvious path to beauty education. She was a kindergarten teacher, then a stay-at-home mom who started hosting small makeup classes around her kitchen table for women who had spent years putting themselves last. Then COVID hit, a friend suggested a Zoom makeup tutorial, and it went viral. Four years later she has built a following around one idea that sounds simple but changes everything. You are probably using too much and doing too much, and your skin would look better with less. She brings that same honesty to her beauty product recommendations. The brands worth knowing about, the classics worth keeping, and the places where the drugstore version is genuinely just as good. No hype, no sponsorship energy, just what she actually uses and why. Her skincare tips follow the same…

People in this episode

Host: Amy Sherman

Guest: Kate Talbert

Topics covered

• makeup tips
• skincare
• beauty education
• women over 40
• product recommendations

Keywords

• makeup mistake
• look older
• beauty tips
• skincare
• product recommendations
• women 40+

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: COVID

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