Lauren Hutton's Makeup Lessons

Makeup for Older Women

When model and actress Lauren Hutton began modeling again at age 46, she found that the makeup that once worked so well years before was now making her look older than she really was, even when applied by the best makeup artists. "The colors were too saturated, the textures too heavy, and the finish too sparkly," says Hutton. "It highlighted my wrinkles, rather than hiding them."

Since other women gripe about their makeup, too, she created Good Stuff, a line of cosmetics in muted shades designed to enhance 40-ish skin, and conceal imperfections at the same time.

Hutton offered to use her techniques to make over 46-year-old Joy Lewkowski, a Ladies' Home Journal reader and mother of two from Northfield, New Jersey, whose simple daily beauty routine consisted of moisturizing her face and curling her lashes. Here are the application secrets Hutton shared. "I still look like me, but a better me," says Lewkowski.