June 20, 2025

Timeless skincare rituals for glowing skin after 40: Our guide to radiant, ageless beauty

Let’s talk glow.

The kind of glow that doesn’t require Instagram filters, perfect lighting, or pretending you’ve only just discovered moisturiser for the first time in your adult life. The kind that feels earned, lived in, and completely yours.

Because glowing skin after 40?

It’s not just possible. It’s powerful.

Glow isn’t just for the Gen Z’ers of the world, thank you.

Forget the 15-step routines that leave you more confused than confident. Radiant, ageless beauty starts with rituals that work for you, not against your schedule, your skin, or your, hell—your sanity.

Start with skincare for mature women that actually shows up for your skin. Not just something that sits pretty on your shelf—but formulas that hydrate, strengthen, and support your skin through hormonal shifts, changing texture, and all the rest.

Hot tip: it’s not about transformation. It’s about giving your skin what it needs (and deserves) to thrive.

Then comes the base.

For me, it’s Studio10’s Skin Repair Perfect Canvas Treatment Foundation SPF30—an absolute staple in my collection.

Why?

Because it doesn’t just even out your skin tone. It acts like skincare in disguise, with built-in SPF for protection and a texture that glides over ageing pores instead of sitting in them, caking up and becoming a hot mess.

Instead, it hydrates, lifts, smooths, and protects.

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Skin Repair Perfect Canvas Treatment Foundation SPF30

Member price: £28.90

Non-member price: £34.00

No settling into fine lines. Just skin that looks like yours—rested, nourished, and dare I say it, glowing?!

If you’ve been searching for makeup for ageing pores, this is the answer. Lightweight enough to wear every day, and smart enough to multitask with skincare benefits. Exactly what midlife skin deserves.

Now let’s talk brows. Jesus, I remember when brows used to be pencil-thin. Then they swung the other way and took on the shape of thick caterpillars sometime in the 2010s. Now, I’m just grateful natural brows are ‘in’.

Regardless of trends, over the age of 40, our brows tend to thin, fade, or lose that clean definition we used to take for granted. The fix isn’t over-plucking or overly harsh pencils. It’s precision. It’s softness. It’s a formula that fills, lifts, and subtly frames your face without announcing itself.

The Brow Lift Perfecting Brow Pencil makes it pretty damn easy.

With a soft, easy-glide formula and a precise tip, it fills and shapes in seconds, lifting the whole face without looking heavy-handed. It’s one of those small steps that make a big difference.

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Brow Lift Perfecting Brow Pencil

Member price: £21.25

Non-member price: £25.00

Polished, but never overdone.

Together, these two products—SPF foundation for mature skin and a smart, featherlight brow pencil for mature skin—anchor your beauty ritual in simplicity and strength. And most importantly, they leave room for you to show up.

Radiance isn’t about youth. It’s about presence. It’s in the ease of your morning routine, the way your skin catches the light, the quiet confidence that says, “This is me—no tweaking necessary.”

So, whether your skincare ritual starts with a serum or simply with a quiet moment and a good brow pencil, know this: you don’t need to rewind the clock.

Just tune in. Glow forward, not back.