En español | "You look tired" is a phrase no 50-plus woman likes to hear. It's a loud and clear hint we're not coming across as fresh, healthy and attractive to others — and who needs that? Clearly some combination of stress, insomnia, the daily barrage of social media and news, family/work/health issues and a few too many late-night Netflix binges is throwing us serious shade. Here are nine ways to snap out of it with an at-home routine and a 911 fast fix.
1. Cold brew your face and bodyNo hitting the snooze button. Even if you feel and look like a zombie, a cold shower, steamy suds-up and icy rinse finish will get your senses tingling, smooth superficial creases from your face and lift any brain fog. Prefer languishing in a cozy bath? Do the cold, steamy, cool routine as you wash your face. The heated soothing cleanser part will still steam the lines and the cold will give your circulation a jolt.
2.Timing and technique matter. Think of a "tired" face like a deflated balloon, a "fresh" face like a round inflated one. If you lightly blot your face and immediately apply your hydrating cream or oil, skin gets plumped up. Wait five minutes, or 20, and you've lost that absorption window when emollients work best. Gently massage moisturizer into face, neck and décolletage for two or three minutes. This helps relax tension lines and gets a glow going.
3. Freshen eyes ASAPThe skin here is super thin and dry. It not only shows fatigue first, but amplifies it by going red, puffy, dark-circled and saggy. Clarify the "whites" with fast-acting drugstore drops like Lumify by Bausch & Lomb ($12, Target) or Alcon Naphcon-A Eye Drops ($11, target.com) both staples in A-list celeb makeup artist kits. Next a caffeine-packed eye cream like Garnier SkinActive Clearly Brighter Anti-Puff Eye Roller ($8, target.com) with vitamin C and caffeine, cool metallic roller tip soothes or Dickinson's Original Witch Hazel De-Puffing Eye Gel with caffeine and cucumber ($10, target.
com) — chilled if possible (keep it on call in the fridge) — to soothe and reduce swelling and discoloration. No drops or cream handy? Check the freezer for frozen peas or blueberries and apply the icy bag over closed lids for five minutes. Or try cooled tea bags.
When you look tired, stressed mature skin either gets temperamental (sensitive, ruddy and possibly prone to breakouts) or it can go desert dry (ashy, sallow), and expression lines and wrinkles seem to sink deeper. Either way, a creamy, dewy stick foundation with a wide range of 30-40 shades like Flesh Firm Flesh ThickStick Foundation ($18, ulta.com), Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation Stick ($46, sephora.com) or Hourglass Vanish Seamless Finish Foundation Stick ($46, sephora.com) pulls your face together fast. Pricey? Yes, but when you're aiming for authenticity instead of a mask, multipurpose coverage pays off. Using fingers, makeup brushes or sponges, dab and blend the foundation stick where and when needed on red, brown, blue or violet discolorations.
Instinct says go sunny and beachy — but hold it right there. Don’t reach for a self-tanner or bronzing powder. That's OK for your best days. But to restore a glow, grab a creamy pink or peach blush like Revlon Insta-Blush ($8, Target) or e.l.f. Beautifully Bare Blush ($4 target.com) and give cheeks a yoga-class flush in seconds.
Now's not the time for smoky dark eyes — black liner and dark brown shadows can look sexy at night in dim light, but they'll drag you down during the day. To restore sparkle, choose a nude palette in light to medium shades of mauve, peach and shimmery taupe like Maybelline Total Temptation Eyeshadow + Highlight Palette ($9, target.com) or NYX Professional Makeup Eyeshadow Palette in Soft & Rosy ($8, target.com). The combo of muted brown liner and mascara and pale shimmer on your upper lids restores shape and keeps the emphasis there. Skip makeup beneath the eyes, where liner and mascara can emphasize bags and crepey skin.
Pulling hair back or wearing it up can exacerbate a fatigued look, especially if hair is pulled too sleek and tight. Always let a few pieces float or cut feathery bangs if ponytails are your thing. Keep your hair loose, tousled and free and play up texture, wave or color. Yes, it's a distraction but one that works and makes you look lively, animated. Consider getting highlights around the face — it adds a frame of light just where you need it.
8. Wear cheerful vibrant colorsA white shirt is a classic brightener and black makes us feel slim and chic, but juicy colors like orange, red, raspberry, yellow and bright blue signal an energetic attitude. Ditto to splashy prints, stripes — even in a scarf. When feeling blah, throw on some color. It’s an instant pick-me-up.
Let's say you're already at work, a meeting, a party or a restaurant when a "frenemy" delivers the "you look tired" news.
Grab an ice cube and head for the restroom. Rub the cube (or pat hands splashed with icy water) over your face right over face makeup. It revs up circulation like a cold shower. Brush your teeth or rinse your mouth with fresh water. Yawn to relax your jaw and de-tense facial muscles that exacerbate lines. Bend at the waist, run your hands through your hair and flip it back. Unbutton your blouse or shirt to a V to show more neck and upper chest, roll up your sleeves to show forearms, or take off your jacket or cardigan and go sleeveless — don't let it all be about your face. If possible, take a brief brisk walk. Movement has a caffeine-like effect that makes you look more alert. Breathe deeply from your diaphragm, five counts out and five counts in. Sit and stand up straight — no slouching — to appear more energetic. Add some statement glasses and bling. And smile: instant facelift.
‘How are you?’ It’s something we’re asked countless times a day by friends, family and colleagues, and the resounding response is usually along the lines of, ‘I feel tired.
’ One of the many outcomes of the upheavals of the past year and the uncertainty of the months ahead is a feeling of perpetual tiredness—and that fatigue is written all over our faces as dullness, dark circles and angry, misbehaving skin.
“This ongoing situation is having numerous indirect effects on our skin,” says Dr Anjali Mahto, a consultant dermatologist at Skin55 in London. “Many of us are suffering from increased levels of stress and anxiety, which means that not only are we feeling mentally tired, but levels of baseline chronic stress are affecting sleep patterns, resulting in physical tiredness and impacting the stress hormone, cortisol, aggravating any pre-existing skin conditions.”
It is the effects of stress that Noella Gabriel, co-founder and global president of Elemis, argues that we are noticing in our skin. “We need to understand that stress is not just something we go through, but something our skin has to contend with on a daily basis,” she says. “Our skin faces external stressors every single day, a fact that is then exacerbated by our own emotional stresses.
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So, even if we are sleeping well, the constant hum of stress that many of us are experiencing right now is causing us to feel tired and making our skin look fatigued in the process. Here’s what you can do about it, according to the experts.
“Around 9pm, as the day closes, the body prepares for sleep by producing melatonin, a powerful anti-inflammatory antioxidant,” explains Gabriel. “Melatonin helps to balance the circadian rhythm and counteract inflammation and oxidative stress, which are key players in ageing. If this process is interfered with by broken sleep, anxiety or stress, the body produces cortisol, which in turn prevents your skin from producing hyaluronic acid, its natural hydrator.” What all this means is, poor sleep can result in dry and dehydrated skin, leading to dullness and an impaired skin barrier.
With many of us working from home now and foregoing makeup, it’s tempting to skip an evening skincare routine, but if you do, you are missing out on an opportunity to support your skin’s repair mechanisms while you sleep.
In terms of the best products out there, Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair takes advantage of your circadian rhythm and helps to even out skin tone and boost glow, while Elemis Ultra Smart Pro-Collagen Night Genius is clinically proven to help strengthen the skin’s protective barrier, so it can hold on to its own moisture better and minimise sensitivity. It has also been shown to hydrate skin over 72 hours. Both help to make you look more rested than you may feel.
“When my patients tell me they think they look tired, what they are often referring to are changes in the upper third of their face, especially around their eyes,” says Dr Mahto. “Their concerns can range from pigmentation or dark circles to fine or deep wrinkles, to hollowing due to volume loss and subsequent tear troughs.”
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\x3c!--\x3e\x3c!-- Skin fatigue is a universal and most common syndrome, characteristic of all seasons. By the second or third month of winter, the skin gets tired of the cold, winds and heaters, by the end of summer the skin gets tired of the endless exposure to ultraviolet radiation, in spring and autumn the skin is “feverish” from temperature and humidity changes.
The skin can get tired from sleepless nights, from a rigid diet, from stress, workaholism, lack of vitamins and minerals, in general, from everything in the world. Let's find out what tired skin looks like, what factors affect it most detrimentally, and, most importantly, what to do with it all! nine0005
Symptoms of skin fatigue are familiar to everyone: if you sadly nodded at 2-3 points from the list, then your skin is clearly time to "vacate". So, tired skin:
- Dull, with an unhealthy grayish, bluish tint, or simply too pale, as if Dracula visited you.
- Dehydrated, dry, rough to the touch.
- It's peeling off.
- Sluggish, without tone, flabby. nine0007
- Suddenly covered with a mass of new small wrinkles.
- No blush - even after a workout or a long walk.
An additional and very telling symptom: you suddenly find it difficult to apply tone. Previously, he lay down evenly and well, whether it was foundation or powder, but now he does not want to evenly shade, the skin even after application looks uneven, flaky, some kind of stale.
What to do? nine0005 Returning the skin to its proper tone is a matter of two stages:
1. It is necessary to neutralize the effect of negative factors. If your skin is "tired" of ultraviolet radiation, get a good protective cream and try to be out in the sun less often. If it's a lack of sleep, try to establish a normal sleep pattern. If the drying effect of heaters is the problem, increase the humidity level in your home with the same humidifier. In general, deal with the reasons! nine0007
2. Support the skin and help it recover with the help of natural cosmetics with targeted action . Sometimes, if the skin looks tired from a couple of sleepless nights, it may be enough to get enough sleep and a facial massage to get everything back to normal, but sometimes it's not so simple: you can't “turn off” the winter or dodge all the stress in the world. In this case, properly selected cosmetics can help a lot: tone, revitalize, stimulate the skin, restore its healthy color, smoothness and freshness.
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Well-chosen basic care will make up for some of the damage: if your cream properly and deeply moisturizes, protects and nourishes the skin, then it will already help it recover to some extent. But in order to truly change the situation in your favor, you will have to use more concentrated shock means: masks, concentrates, serums.
If your skin fatigue is situational (did not get enough sleep, went on a diet for a week, experienced acute stress for a short time). The best choice in this case is quick-acting SOS masks, including disposable ones, for example, tissue ultra-moisturizing and stimulating masks, patch masks under the eyes, complex action sachet masks with the effect of moisturizing, regeneration, detox. Serums are suitable for general action, complex - and they need to be applied in a short shock mode, daily (if the manufacturer does not prohibit daily use) or even twice a day, in the morning and in the evening. Also in such cases, a good option is ampoule serums with a stimulating effect.
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If skin fatigue is chronic. Accumulated skin fatigue can only be “cured” with the help of course additional care, using highly concentrated products for at least 2-3 weeks. How to choose the right tool? First, determine which symptoms of fatigue are most pronounced. Skin laxity? Dryness? Flabbiness? Unhealthy tone? Dehydration? Based on this, select a mask or serum with a leading effect and suitable additional properties. For example, your skin suffers from dryness, dehydration, and also does not have a healthy tone. A deeply moisturizing mask with a toning effect or a moisturizing serum will suit you, which additionally nourishes the skin with useful microelements, stimulates it and revitalizes it. Or, say, the skin has become flabby, lethargic, rough due to fatigue; in this case, you need a tonic lifting mask with an accumulative effect, a restorative lifting serum. nine0007
If the skin has become sluggish, has lost elasticity .
Pay attention to masks and serums that stimulate the production of collagen and elastin, as well as tightening and anti-aging products (if they are suitable for your age). In parallel, you can use oils and oil mixtures (1-2 times a week) - instead of a mask or night cream, focusing on your skin type. If your skin is oily or combination, use hazelnut oil, rice bran, if the skin is rather dry or normal - argan, jojoba, macadamia, sasanqua oil. Remember that oil must be applied to damp skin. The oil does not replace either face cream or highly concentrated serums, but as an additional care it can perfectly soften the skin and increase its tone. Another important point: to restore skin elasticity, additional funds should be used regularly and at least in a course - no less than 3-4 weeks in a row. And if your skin is generally thin, dry or aging, it is advisable to include a lifting serum in your regular care, applying it at least several times a week. nine0007
If the skin is dry and feels like parchment.
