Dear Rosie | Makeup and Skincare Advice for Mature Skin

Back on International Women's Day we surprised two RMS customers with a visit from Rose-Marie during their Artist Advice call.

Beth and Jean got more than just personalized makeup tips—they got Rose-Marie herself. In true Rose-Marie form, she showed up with her signature honesty, decades of expertise, and a refreshingly real perspective on beauty.

What followed were thoughtful, no-filter conversations about everything from foundation and skincare to confidence and aging. We’re sharing some of the highlights below—because Rose-Marie’s advice is always worth passing along.

Jean: I live in Alberta, Canada so it’s very dry.

Rose-Marie: So then you’ll want that extra moisture—you’ll want to do all three: SuperSerum Hydrating Mist, Kakadu Luxe Cream, and Kakadu Beauty Oil. The key is thin, light layers—the skin can only absorb so much.

Jean: Do you recommend exfoliators?

RM: Well, I’m very against exfoliators. People with oily skin tend to use them excessively,  and then what happens? They get pimples. The reason that's happening is because they're drying their skin out, so the skin is producing more oil, trying to heal the damage you're creating by exfoliating. So then you have a different problem—this dryness meets oiliness. If you need some exfoliation, I’m a simple gal, I just like a face cloth, or a loofah.

Jean: I’m going to a wedding, and I wasn’t sure if Ruby Moon would go with my mauve dress.

RM:  Ruby Moon goes with any colored dress, honey. It's red. Red is classy, elegant, sophisticated, and at the same time, it's a little bit soft because it's got a little bit of a warmer undertone rather than blue.

Beth: My biggest struggle is eyeshadow because of my mature, hooded eyes.

RM: I suggest you pop the eyeshadow right onto the center, right above the eyelashes. And then I want you to blend it up onto the brow bones—Do not let your brow bone stick out and look just white, because that accents the hoodedness. You want to cover that with a little bit of a deeper tone, and you'll find it'll stop that kind of hooded look. Whereas if it's bare, it's going to stick out and you don't want that. So you're going to go almost up to the brow with the shadow, but not quite, because you're going to blend it right out. So it looks like the most beautiful airbrushed, watercolor shading.

Beth: Just one single color of eyeshadow? 

RM: Yes! Because when I do my color sweetheart, I add about five to six colors in there. So when the light hits, it looks like it's already contoured. Because as we get older, it gets much harder to contour our eyes because we have crepiness and all that nonsense that we don't want to deal with. So when you put just a wash of a single color over the whole eye, just kind of work it out to the side. You'll find that it contours all by itself as you move in the light.

Beth: I love my blush, but I don’t want to accentuate my wrinkles on the outsides of my eyes.

RM: When applying your blush, you never want to take it over to the side where your wrinkles are, or below your nostril line. Just keep your blush in the center of your cheeks, lightly blending it out.

We hope you enjoyed these tips! Want your own customized advice? Book a free Artist Advice session with one of our makeup artists—they were all trained by Rose-Marie herself, so you know it'll be good.