I'm 55—These Are the 5 Fountain-of-Youth Makeup Hacks I Swear By

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Melissa Meyers is a Los Angeles–based influencer with a focus on beauty, style, travel, and wellness. Her blog, The Glow Girl, aims to empower women to embrace the best version of themselves, age gracefully, and cultivate a glow from the inside out. She also happens to be a 55-year-old with a passion for beauty. Below, hear from Meyers on the top five makeup tips she swears by for feeling and looking 10 years younger.

At 55 years old, I've made a commitment to continue feeling and looking my best as I get older, and as a beauty lover, I'm always on the hunt for the very best products that can help me achieve this! I get lots of questions about my best tips for aging gracefully, and I definitely have a few great secrets in my bag to help turn back the clock a few years. Below, I'm sharing five makeup hacks I use regularly to help erase a few extra years off my face. Keep scrolling…

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Hack #1: Embrace Products With Blurring Power

Hack #2: Prioritize Your Brows

Hack #3: Get Glowy

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One of my top makeup hacks for looking 10 years younger than I actually am is to use glowy products. A highlighter can add definition to your bone structure and complexion while also gifting skin with a radiant, youthful luminosity. I recommend concentrating your application on top of your brow and cheekbones, and maybe just a touch along the bridge of your nose. 

Hack #4: Don't Neglect Your Lips

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Plump and condition your lips. As we get older, our lips thin, leaving our pouts not so plump! A great lip plumper will be your best friend if you find the right one. The big secret here is to find a formula that will moisturize and plump. I have a few favorites…

Hack #5: The Great Cover-Up

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Erin has been writing a mix of beauty and wellness content for Who What Wear for over four years. Prior to that, she spent two and half years writing for Byrdie. She now calls Santa Monica home but grew up in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and studied writing, rhetoric, and communication at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. She studied abroad in Galway, Ireland, and spent a summer in L.A. interning with the Byrdie and Who What Wear family. After graduating from UW, she spent one year in San Francisco, where she worked as a writer for Pottery Barn Kids and PBteen before moving down to L.A. to begin her career as a beauty editor. She considers her day-to-day beauty aesthetic very low-maintenance and relies on staples like clear brow serum (from Kimiko!), Lawless's Lip Plumping Mask in Cherry Vanilla, and an eyelash curler. For special occasions or days when she's taking more meetings or has an event, she'll wear anything and everything from Charlotte Tilbury (the foundations are game-changing), some shimmer on her lids (Stila and Róen do it best), and a few coats of the best mascara-type product on earth, Surratt's Noir Lash Tint.