Anti-aging is not an issue that belongs on the operating table. You can also look younger with a few simple beauty tricks! Because sometimes we make ourselves up older than we are. Complexion, eyebrows, hair – they play a major role in our perception. We reveal how you can make up properly to conceal wrinkles and which make-up tricks work like an optical lift to make you look fresher!

1. Remove eye circles

Concealer helps to cover dark shadows or small wrinkles around the eyes. Dab a very thin layer of concealer on the inner corner of the eye and under the eye and blend out. Important: Find the right concealer shade. It is best to choose a shade lighter than the rest of the make-up, this also applies to the powder. Ideal against veins that shimmer through bluish: products with a yellowish undertone.

2. Hide the naso-labial fold

Naso-labial folds around the mouth can also appear optically less deep with a little concealer. Dab the naso-labial line with the applicator and then carefully tap in with your fingers and blend.

3. Hello Beauty! For a more alert look

For a more alert look: Apply concealer under the eyebrows and on the unmade eyelid. This visually brightens the eye area a little and makes it more radiant. To boost your eyesight: Dab softly shimmering eye shadow or highlighter in champagne into the inner corners of the eyes.

4. Prepare the face

We can make up for five years thanks to wrinkle filler creams, especially important before we apply make-up and makeup, because it is only too happy to blend into the lines. Wrinkle fillers often contain matting silica, quick-smoothing waxes and oils and light-reflecting particles that have an immediate effect: They cover the skin and wrinkles like a soft focus. A simple mini-lift for at home and special evenings.

5. Draw the eyeliner

Bright eyes can cheat away seven years and cleverly distract from wrinkles. An absolute must: a fine eyelid line. It visually thickens the lashes, because they grow sparser over the years. Then give the hairs an upward curl with the eyelash curler, apply volume mascara or a special white base mascara that gives the lashes more fullness before the normal mascara.

6. Style eyebrows

We can easily cheat away five years if the eyebrows are in top shape. And this is how it works: Remove wild growing hairs below the arch, pluck the last third narrower towards the end. You look more alert immediately. Emphasize pale eyebrows with a medium brown pencil in short strokes. Finer hairs can be reworked with brow powder for a more natural look. If you have extremely thin eyebrows, you should never use a pencil solution!

Microblading is the permanent way to strengthen the eyebrows. The new trend Microshading is supposed to be even more natural, as only single points within the eyebrows are filled with permanent make-up.

7. Apple cheeks

Delicately dosed pink blush imitates the fine redness of young skin, which normally shimmers well supplied with blood. Above the foundation it refreshes the pale complexion – an effect when the skin gets older. If pink is too bright, you can choose a delicate apricot. Smile first before applying – no joke, because the cheeks lift up and a slight hollow is formed under the cheekbones. Now stroke back and forth along the hollow with a little powder rouge in a large brush (a rosewood tone suits most women). Finally, apply a little color directly to the cheeks. Also pretty – if the skin tone is a little darker – a little bronzer on the cheeks. Dust with a wide blush brush.

8. No dark tones for the lips

Extremely strong shades of red and brown make the lips look thinner. A transparent gloss or lipstick in lighter shades of pink or apricot gives a fresher look. It is best to trace the edges beforehand with a colorless contour pencil and blur the contours slightly for a natural look. Be careful with too garish tones: Narrow lips and small wrinkles around the mouth are even more noticeable with garish tones.

9. Not without my mascara!

Inked eyelashes act like a magnifying glass, opening the eye. Deep black mascara brings the biggest effect, brown mascara is good for a softer look.

10. Boost eyelashes

If you have too straight lashes, you can use an eyelash curler to give the eyelashes momentum. Always apply the pliers before applying the mascara, after applying the mascara the lashes break too easily. Afterwards, apply mascara vigorously and remove the remains with a cotton swab and oil-free eye make-up remover.

11. Set highlights

Be careful with too much matting powder, because it likes to settle in wrinkles and makes the skin look dull – rather use transparent powder for make-up. The skin looks even more radiant if individual areas are slightly shiny. Accents can be set with a highlighter to which light-reflecting particles have been added. Powders that are applied directly with a brush or mixed into the day cream are suitable for use on the face or décolleté. Fluids can be smudged with a finger and are ideal for highlighting individual areas such as the eyelids, chin and cheekbones.

12. More volume for fine hair

Fine hair is sensitive, becomes even finer over the years and therefore needs special care. As they are usually closer to the scalp, they quickly become greasy and weak, so they need to be washed more often. The shampoo should be correspondingly mild and sparingly dosed (e.g. baby shampoo). In addition, daily cleansing should not overburden the hair with too much care substances, otherwise it will quickly become weakened. New volume shampoos try to achieve exactly this balance between gentle cleansing and light care, they have a reduced care level or are more easily dosed. In addition, targeted substances are used that improve the condition of the hair without weighing it down, such as vitamins like niacinamide, which provide elasticity and shine. Special peeling shampoos additionally free the hair every few weeks from a heavy film caused by too many styling products.

13. Wear bangs

It actually makes you younger. And not only by simply covering wrinkles on the forehead, it makes the face look softer. If you have slightly wavy hair, you can use a straightening iron to bring your bangs into the right shape. Do not forget before: Heat protection spray into the hair and only apply the iron to dry hair.

Also very popular – Alexa Chung and other celebrities showed us how – is the kring, a grown out pony, which is integrated into the top hair in steps. But also an ultra short pony, the Micro Fringe, makes us look fresher.

14. Take care of beautiful hands

The hands reveal the true age: If you have a tendency to pigment spots on your hands, you should use special care for them. A lot of cream is important to prevent the hands from looking dry and wrinkled.

15. Which nail polish tone makes you look younger?

That goes hand in hand: Classic red or pink tones on the nails look fresher than pale nuances. Gray and beige tones are also in vogue, but appear less lively.