Mature Beauty YouTuber Confessions That May Surprise You 2026 💄

Now I must say it has been a little bit challenging trying to schedule my videoing around Archie's nap schedule. Archie is my 12 week old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and he just woke up from a nap. So I'm hoping his toys and his chew toys are going to keep him busy because today I am doing an old school beauty YouTube tag video. Now a tag video is where different creators answer the same series of questions. This particular tag I believe was created by Gemma who has the channel Pampered Wolf and I have really enjoyed seeing some of my favorite creators do this tag such as Dez Beauty and Lifestyle, Tina's Best Midlife, Melissa 55 and Patty Rockstar Mom. I will link all their channels in the description box below. Anyway if you are a creator consider yourself tagged and even if you're not a creator please feel free to answer any or all of the questions in the comment box because it's a really fun way to get to know each other and I will list all of the questions in the description box below. Question number one. If you could only use one high-end product for the next five years and the rest must be affordable, which high-end product would you choose? Now I must say drugstore products have come such a long way over the past I don't know 10 or 15 years. It used to be a real challenge to find good products and now I use a lot of drugstore products in fact in every single category but my mind first went to my beloved Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder which is very expensive. I have completely used it up and even though it's pricey this lasted me at least four or five years. It is the most gorgeous powder and at age 66 with very dry skin powders are really difficult. This has been a favorite for years. However I recently saw a video by Amanda Z who's a younger gal and she said the CoverGirl TrueBlend Skin Enhancing Powder. I put my glasses on so I can see the actual name of this. CoverGirl Baked Luminous Finishing Powder. She said it was a dupe so of course I had to go buy it and you know what? She was absolutely right. This is incredibly finely milled. It comes but yet translucent. Now there is a difference between a finishing powder and a setting powder but I just use a finishing powder both to blur my makeup and to set my under eyes. This gives a glow but there is no sparkle or shimmer. It does take down a little bit of the shine but it leaves a glow and you know I just don't like my skin to be overly mattified. This is gorgeous. In fact I picked it up in two shades. This one is slightly rosy and this one I'll show you the difference between them and the other one I'll have to list the shade names in the description box. Well this one is a little bit more neutral. Both absolutely gorgeous. You know I have been holding off on repurchasing the Hourglass because I do have an Hourglass palette with one of these. I'm probably not going to be repurchasing this. My most expensive skincare product that I cannot be without is my Calisum Professional Serum. This is pricey but I do have a 10% discount code and I do have frequent sales and I always try to notify you of sales in my community post on my YouTube page. It's sort of hard to explain where it is. You know YouTube doesn't notify you very well of community posts and that is where I try to notify you of sales or if I'm late for a video, if I'm missing a video, just all kinds of notifications. I did a video which I will link below on how to find the community page on YouTube. Anyway back to the Calisum. It is definitely pricey but it is very concentrated. You only need a couple of drops and this is what I use once or twice a week when I either cosmetic needle or medical microneedle and I have a whole video on that. This is loaded with their PTT-6 serum which has growth factors and exosomes and it is designed for post-procedure skin so it is safe for microneedling and if I am microneedling anything into my skin I want to use the best and I do think this is the best. One more thing with Calisum I have to mention. I have not done a video on this yet but the Calisum advanced hair system really does work. I've had thinning hair, I've had a lot of shedding, I could not get on board with Minoxidil. I've tried so many times and it just makes my hair greasy and dirty and limp but this Calisum is a system that comes with a stamp and their serum, their hair serum which also contains PTT-6 and other things to help your hair fall, regenerate your hair follicle. It really does work so with this you stamp it into your scalp twice a week for six weeks and you that every couple of months. I have to do a video on this one day but it really does work. Question number three. What is one makeup skincare tip that I wish everybody knew? Okay so now in this day and age I think we're all aware of how damaging the sun can be not only to age our skin but for the health of our skin. So you know sunscreen is mainstream so everybody can make their own decision about sunscreen but I'm going to take it one step further. You know I often ask my friends what's your favorite sunscreen because I'm always trying to test new sunscreens and when I hear them say oh there's sunscreen in my foundation oh my gosh I absolutely cringe. Sunscreen in foundation is a bonus at best. I actually did an entire video a few years ago where I applied one quarter of a teaspoon of foundation to my face to demonstrate it's just not possible to actually get sun protection from your foundation. Like I said it's a bonus at best and then the other thing I hear some of my friends say oh I love this sunscreen you know whatever it is elastin or whatever the sunscreen is and then they'll say a little goes a long way oh my gosh that gets me started because it goes back to you have to use the correct amount of sunscreen in order to achieve the SPF that's listed on the label. So that is typically one quarter teaspoon for the face and one quarter teaspoon for the neck. So again what I wish everybody knew is that if you are trying to protect your skin from the sun do not rely on your makeup for sun protection and make sure that you are using the correct amount and a hat is always helpful too. Okay I'll get off my bandwagon let's see what is question number four okay question number four have you ever given a product a positive review when you thought it was rubbish? Absolutely not I just I just wouldn't do it you know trust and honesty if we don't have trust and honesty it's just not even worth having a youtube channel even if I don't love a product I try to be objective and kind I really don't want to trash a product and sometimes the very reasons that I don't love a product might be the reason that you do love a product for instance I recently did a video where I did a comparison with the it do it all balm which is a favorite compared to the new laura mercier blur balm I did side by side now the laura mercier was not my favorite and I told you why because it was a little bit too matte for my preference but I got a lot of comments in the comment box that they preferred the laura mercier because it was matte so again just because I don't love a product doesn't mean you won't love it and I think the information is if it's given objectively can be helpful to everybody now having said that I really don't like to trash a product so in general I do try to choose products to review that I do think I will enjoy so in general I don't choose to review heavy duty high coverage matte foundations because I know you know my review might be a little skewed because it's not my preference anyway I hope that makes sense let's go on to the next question question number four what is the weirdest thing in my makeup bag so I'm going to have you tell me in my purse I keep this darling little velvet lisa eldridge makeup bag and in here I do have a few things always I have glasses wipes because I do wear glasses I have let's see little flexible toothpicks and I always have a little mini hand lotion I'm not really you know picky about which hand lotion always have a nail file let's see what else I always have two eye drops a lubricating drop as well as my lumify drops which really help whiten the eyes as far as makeup I really do love to carry my dermatology luminous eye corrector I use this every single day and I do like to have it with me because if my eyes start to look a little tired or I'm you know my eyeliner or my mascara is falling down just a little bit of this under my eyes brightens my eyes and takes care of any makeup fallout sometimes I like to have a little mini blush this is my merit beauty blush balm it is a mini this is in the shade fox foxy these are just so incredibly easy to you know pop on blends really easily with the fingers I have heard people say these are not the longest lasting and that is true to a degree especially in the summer to make them last a little bit longer I will sometimes double blush putting a little powder blush over this but it's so easy to pop in my purse and touch up as needed and of course lipstick now I will go months with the same lipstick in my purse and right now the lipstick that I've been carrying in my purse is the morphe lip lock in the shade what is this heart riveting it is a red shade these are where am I going to do this these are it's almost gone I'm going to have to order a new one can you see that it's that's as far as it's going to go definitely ordering a new one I did a whole video where I tried on all 10 shades I absolutely love this lipstick it's hydrating it's glossy you can apply it sheerly or you can build it up the best part is it is virtually transfer proof it lasts way longer than any other glossy hydrating lip balm or lipstick that I've ever used absolutely love it do a little touch up really easy to carry in my purse really easy to apply on the go but like I said it's really long lasting so hours can go by before I need to touch this up now it is not quite as long lasting as a liquid lip or something that's really never going to come off your lips but this lasts at least three to five times longer than any other normal lipstick I've ever used okay I think I have him resituated so we can get through the rest of these questions next question is which makeup tool do you absolutely refuse to use now I am someone who does not enjoy using my fingers in general for makeup application you know there are some tints that I'll use my fingers but in general with complexion products whether it's a cream or a powder I really do prefer a brush even one and done eyeshadows where you can use your finger I prefer to use a brush and today is I believe the last day of the BK Beauty seven year anniversary sale up to 40 percent off so I did want to mention that but back to the question it's not that I refuse to use this but I am terrified I have never used an eyelash curler you know when I recently had my makeup done at Lisa Eldridge studio she said would you like me to curl your eyelashes I'm like no please luckily my eyelashes do have quite a bit of natural curl however I do think that my eyelash serum revital ash may have actually even made my eyelashes curl a little bit more but to answer the question the one makeup tool I do not use and will never use is an eyelash curler you know refer did send me some really beautiful eyelash curlers a couple years ago and I wound up giving them away in a giveaway next question what sort of comments annoy you the most you know in the first year or two of my channel I could have a hundred lovely comments and if I got one negative comment it would ruin my entire day luckily over the years I've developed a thick skin and you know comments don't really bother me too much anymore however if it is extremely negative or very nasty I just delete and block I just I don't even give it a second thought I delete and block because I I do not want that kind of negativity in my comment section now I will say when I see nasty comments on my friends videos I get pretty annoyed and recently someone commented on my friend Cindy beyond 50 skins channel and it really irked me because it was a very nasty comment and I simply replied to her comment and I said you know I guess you didn't read the community guidelines for kind and respectful comments she went straight to my channel and called me an old ugly hag so both Cindy and I deleted and blocked her interestingly enough the nastiest comments almost always come from someone with no name and no photo so they're just mean ugly trolls but again I love reading my comments because the majority of them are kind sweet supportive and you share things about your life too and so in the comments when I see familiar names pop up it just makes me feel like I'm greeting a friend so keep the comments coming I really do appreciate it okay forgive the noise because Archie is now eating his carrot so there may be a little crunching in the background anyway next question do you ever feel pressured to always look perfect on camera you know less and less as the years go on because I'm very comfortable showing up on camera with no makeup I really believe that you know it's important for you to see what we really look like as long as I don't have goobers in my nose or something in my teeth I'm good to go however I do think about things like today I am acutely aware that I'm overdue for a haircut and I almost hesitate to call attention to it I had some potato chips last night and I woke up with puffy eyes and no amount of eye patches or you know my zip halo which can help is really taking it down so I'm showing up on camera with puffy eyes but you know we're all friends here and this is real life and so this is what we look like although I must say I know more and more people are watching youtube on their big screen tvs and I must say the thought of that is a little bit scary you know I actually have not watched myself on I don't even have a big screen tv I do have you know I think a 40 inch I really need to see what I look like on the big screen hopefully halfway decent anyway can you imagine seeing yourself on a big screen tv a little bit scary oh my gosh he is really going to town let's see if we can get through the rest of these questions what step in your makeup skincare routine can you not skip under any circumstances of course I literally double cleanse my face every single evening I must get all the grime and sunscreen and makeup off my face every single night I think it has been years since I've skipped that even if I fall asleep on the couch and I wake up at two o'clock in the morning I cleanse my face and of course you all know I wear sunscreen every single day as far as makeup goes the one thing I will not leave the house even for a walk I will put my sunscreen on hat sunglasses and lipstick if I want to go just one step above that maybe I'm doing some errands and I'm still not doing you know real makeup I will use my dermatology eye corrector around my eyes it just brightens my eyes and of course eyebrows got to have the eyebrows so the one makeup I cannot be without is lipstick followed by a corrector and eyebrows and of course skincare cleansing and sunscreen this is number 10 we only have a few more to go what is the most asked question or most frequent comment in your comment section my hair you know when I first started my channel I had just cut the cut the dye off and I had salt and pepper hair and I was really excited about it so I did several gray hair videos which was trending at the time people either loved it or hated it and they made their opinions known and then recently you know a couple years ago I was really getting tired of the salt and pepper hair actually I wasn't my hair was getting whiter and whiter and whiter I was feeling a little bit blah so I played around with low lights and then I just took the plunge and went blonde I did a video on it and oh my gosh that video was full of love and hate comments it was very um what's the word controversial polarizing even I even had a couple of ladies say in a comment that they were unsubscribing because they could no longer relate to me without my gray hair which okay a little weird but okay next question is do you ever censor what you say about your personal life for your audience you know to some degree yes this channel is really about looking and feeling our best as we're growing older having said that you know I have shared quite a bit I did a cottage tour an apartment tour I shared about moving cross-country from Minnesota to upstate New York I've shared a lot about my dog Bosley who passed away a couple months ago and again thank you so much for all your love and kindness after he passed away of course I'm trying to share Archie I shared a couple of travel vlogs my daughter and I took trips both to India and to Mexico and those were really fun vlogs to share but in general I don't share you know super personal stuff I'm fairly private and my life really isn't that interesting anyway next we have do you ever feel insecure about posting a video you know even after all these years I started my YouTube channel seven years ago I am still nervous every single time I sit down in front of the camera I don't know what it is I sit down and I just get a little bit uptight once I get going with the video I usually sort of loosen up and you know hopefully it's not coming across too much but yeah I do get nervous and I have talked to a couple of other people who feel the same way as far as being insecure about my videos my biggest insecurity my biggest challenge in making a video is lighting oh my gosh you know I do not have a dedicated studio so I have to set up and take down my lights every single day depending on the time of day the time of year whether it's cloudy or sunny it's always a little bit different you know and I'm not a pro and I know my lighting isn't the best but I really do my best so oh my goodness Archie is losing his patience so let's see if we can get through these last two questions question 14 if someone bumped into you in real life what would surprise them the most well depending on the day and the event if I was out to dinner you know I probably look pretty good but if I'm just running around doing errands they might be surprised I don't look quite as polished as I usually do on camera you know when I'm just out and about typically it's hair up or a hat and lipstick so not always looking my best the other thing that might surprise them is I am pretty tall I'm five eight and a half although I have mentioned it on camera but I have found that when I go to for instance a youtube creator event and I meet other youtubers the thing that usually surprises me the most is their height you only see us right from here up and so some creators are super tiny way more petite than I expected and others are way taller than I expected the other thing that surprises me sometimes when I meet a creator a variety of creators is many of the creators I have met can be a little bit shy and reserved and you know as I am so you know we're sitting here on camera putting ourselves out there but many of us are shy and reserved so those are the things I think would surprise people the most and the very last question is a doozy it is what is the most unflattering comment about your appearance that stuck with you now over the years I have had several comments saying oh my gosh your eyes are too far apart and you know I know I have wide set eyes and it really has never bothered me but the more I get that comment the more aware I am oh my gosh are my eyes too far apart and then I did get one comment oh my goodness he's really getting restless I did get one comment that said your eyes are so far apart I think you have what did she call it she had put some medical condition in the comment box I think you have this medical condition so of course I googled it and it was actually a genetic deformity where people's eyes were literally on the side of the head now I know I don't have a genetic deformity and whether my eyes are too far apart is a matter of opinion however I did start to become more aware to the extent where I started adjusting the way I did my makeup you know I'd look in the mirror oh my gosh are my eyes too far apart so how I adjusted my makeup is I make sure that I get my inner brow penciled in so it's you know above the inner corner to sort of pull my eyes together and I used to only use eyeliner on the outer half of my eye now I tend to eyeline the entire eye hoping to pull my eyes a little bit closer together now I've never been able to do a wing just because I'm not skilled enough but I tend not to sort of pull my eyeshadow up on the outer corners like I used to so most unflattering comment about my appearance that has stuck with me is definitely your eyes are too far apart of course that's a matter of opinion and we're all individuals so you know it's not that it gave me you know necessarily a hang-up but it did change the way I do my makeup anyway those are all the questions Archie is getting very restless so I do need to take them out and play if you are a creator please consider yourself tagged and even if you're not a creator please share your answers to any or all of these questions in the comment box it's a really great way for us to get to know each other and with that have yourself a wonderful day and I hope to see you in my next video