While turning 30 is a crucial milestone for you, it is also crucial for your skin. That is why we will be discussing essential beauty tips for women over 30. Aging can open the doors to new skin issues. The fine lines you noticed during your mid-20s may get a little deeper by this time. Your skin may lose moisture faster, become thin and rough. Moreover, your body metabolism may slow down, and as a result, your skin may not be able to heal itself faster. That is why turning 30 calls for more focus on self and skin care. This article has a list of 30 essential lifestyle, diet, skin, and hair care tips to help you up your beauty game. These tips will help you take a holistic step towards embracing healthy and glowing skin. Read on.
30 Essential Beauty Tips For Women In Their 30s
Skin Care Tips For Women Over 30
1. Keep Yourself Hydrated
Drinking plenty of water not only promotes overall health but also makes your skin healthy. Keeping yourself replenished is a way to avoid dry, dull, and flaky skin.
2. Follow A CTM Routine Religiously
CTM means Cleansing-Toning-Moisturizing. Before you retire for the day, ensure you cleanse your face thoroughly. Toning helps prep your skin for the next series of steps in the skincare routine. Moisturizing ensure your skin receives all the essential ingredients to repair itself and stay hydrated.
3. Exfoliate Periodically
Your skin sheds its entire outer layer every 2-4 weeks. Every day, it keeps shedding the dead cells that accumulate on the surface. If not cleaned out, the dead skin cells can make your skin appear dull, dark, patchy, and dry. Hence, exfoliating once a week is crucial. You may use scrubs and facial brushes for exfoliation. You may also use products containing AHAs (alpha hydroxy acids) for this purpose. However, make sure you do not scrub your skin more than twice a week. Over-exfoliation can damage new cells and cause skin irritation.
4. Use Sunscreen Regularly
No matter the weather, ensure you use sunscreen. It shields you from the harmful UV rays and protects your skin from photo-aging. Make sure you are using a sunscreen with at least SPF 30 and a PA+ rating. While SPF protects you from the UVB rays, the PA rating means protection from the UVA rays. Look for products with a PA +++ rating; the higher the rating, the more the protection.
5. Look For Key Ingredients In Your Skin Care Products
In your 30s, your skin demands special ingredients. It is time your skin starts to show subtle signs of aging. You would need targeted skin care products with specific ingredients that work to solve specific problems. When buying toners, creams, serums, and other skin care products, look for ingredients like AHAs (such as glycolic and lactic acids), antioxidants such as vitamin C, and resveratrol. Other important ingredients include niacinamide, retinol, and ceramides. These ingredients take care of your skin, promote exfoliation, improve cell turnover, and keep your skin looking youthful.
6. Take The Right Supplements
Post 30, your body enters the maintenance phase, and you need to support it with adequate, right nutrition. The same goes for your skin. You may take vitamin and collagen supplements to boost your skin health and improve its elasticity. Always consult your healthcare provider/nutritionist to take the right supplements you need.
7. Go For Regular Facials And Use Face Masks
Facials boost radiance and keep your skin healthy. They help improve blood circulation to your skin. When combined with anti-aging products, they may also delay signs of aging. You may visit salons or try doing facials at home. You may also try face masks to provide the additional nourishment your skin needs. You may use DIY ingredients or buy sheet masks.
8. Use An Under Eye Cream
The 30s can also present other skin issues like puffy eyes, dark circles, and dryness around the eyes. To fight these, you need a specialized under-eye cream. Since the skin under your eyes is more delicate and thinner than the rest of your face, and under-eye cream can help. Also, don’t forget to apply sunscreen here as well.
9. Take Care Of Your Body
Your skincare routine should not be limited to your face. The skin on the rest of your body needs attention as well. As you use your face cream or serum, you may apply the same to your neck. Use hydrating hand cream. The skin on the back of the palms is thinner and can age faster. Exfoliate the skin on your body once a week with a body scrub or loofah. Use a moisturizing body lotion every day and try to apply it to damp skin (as this ensures maximum absorption).
Hair Care Tips For Women Over 30
10. Oil Your Hair
Regular oiling can protect your hair from damage. Oil can prevent the penetration of surfactants (contained in shampoos and other hair care products) that may damage hair. Coconut oil happens to be the best among all other oils that penetrate the hair shaft and reduce hair protein loss (1).
11. Use Shampoo Wisely
Shampoo usually contains surfactants (such as SLS). Excessive shampooing can weaken your hair. When applying shampoo, dilute it in half a mug of water and use it to wash your hair. Also, make sure you are not massaging the scalp with your nails. Avoid washing your hair every day as it may dry your hair out. Also, chemically treated hair or colored hair might need special shampoos.
12. Condition Your Hair Properly
Shampooing alone is not enough. You also need to condition your hair to keep it soft. Avoid Most of us apply conditioners from the root to the tip. Avoid doing that as it may cause product build-up and ultimately suffocate your scalp. If you feel conditioning weighs your hair down, use a wide-toothed comb to distribute it across your hair length.
13. Trim Your Hair At Regular Intervals
Trimming your hair every 6 to 8 weeks prevents the rough-to-touch split ends.
14. Avoid Coloring Your Hair Too Often
Most hair colors contain harmful chemicals. If you cannot avoid hair coloring, use a color that has no ammonia. Ammonia is often used in hair color to help it color through the hair shaft. However, this can also damage the shaft. Follow a post-color hair care routine and use color-protecting shampoos and conditioners to avoid further damage to your color-treated hair.
15. Use A Blow Dryer Sparingly
Avoid blow-drying your hair too often. Instead, allow your hair to dry naturally first. When your hair is 60%-70% dry, you can use a blow dryer and dry your hair from the root to the tip. This prevents frizz.
16. Always Use Heat Protectants
If you use straighteners and curling tongs frequently, spritz a heat protecting spray before styling your hair. This protects your hair from excess heat damage.
Makeup Tips For Women Over 30
17. Use A Primer
Always start with a primer as it helps make your skin smooth and sets the perfect base for the rest of your makeup. If you are not comfortable applying the primer all over your face, you can use it on your T-zone alone.
18. Focus On Your Eyes
It is best to avoid shimmery eye makeup and stick to neutrals. You may consider applying kohl or use an eyeliner that blends with your eyeshadow. You may also work on enhancing the appearance of your lashes by using a volume-boosting mascara.
19. Take Care Of Your Brows
Make sure your brows are plucked and properly shaped. Avoid drawing on your brows. To fill in the gaps, you can use an eyeshadow that is lighter than your brows.
20. Avoid Feathering Lipstick
You don’t want your lipstick to bleed across your lips. However, this problem can worsen with age. Your lips start getting dry, making the lines around them prominent. You can avoid this by rubbing a bit of a concealer on your upper lips and then filling your lips. If you are using a lip liner, ensure it is not a darker shade than your lipstick or lip gloss.
21. Avoid Bold Lips
Though you may love bold lips, once you are in your 30s, it is time to switch to more neutral lip colors. You do have many options to try on like pinkish nudes, coral, light or muted berry, among several others. Pick one that complements your skin tone.
22. Say No To Powders
Powders are super easy to apply. But if you have fine lines, the powder can settle into them and make them more apparent. The 30s are the time to switch to cream formulas. This rule is applicable to blushes, highlighters, and bronzers. The only powder that you can use is a light finishing powder to keep the shine off your face
23. Use Sheer Formulas
Be it your concealer or foundation, it is best to switch to a sheer formula to give a no-makeup-natural-look. A heavy-duty concealer or foundation can look heavy and crease in the lines on your face. You can use a sheer formula and apply it sparingly. You can build coverage on places where you think you need more coverage.
Diet And Lifestyle Tips For Women Over 30
Note: The right diet and lifestyle are equally important to maintain healthy skin.
24. Provide Proper Nutrition To Your Body
A balanced diet containing seafood, poultry, fresh vegetables, fruits, and whole grains ensures your body is getting the right nutrients. These foods contain carotenoids, flavonoids, tocopherols, and vitamins A, C, D, and E that keep your skin healthy and glowing. Vitamin C has anti-aging benefits while vitamin E protects the skin from UV damage. The carotenoids in mangoes, potatoes, pumpkin, and carrots also have photo-protecting effects. This helps maintains a youthful appearance (2).
25. Avoid Stress
When you are stressed and upset, you tend to have disturbed sleep and lifestyle. This, in turn, can affect your skin. Stress may increase inflammation, reduce blood flow to the skin, and also cause skin aging (3). Hence, to keep your skin healthy, find ways to reduce stress. Yoga, breathing exercises, and walks in nature can help you destress and unwind.
26. Avoid Smoking And Limit Alcohol Consumption
Smoking and consuming alcohol can accelerate skin aging. Smoking may give you puffy eyes and fine lines and reduce the fuller appearance of your lips. Excessive alcohol consumption can give you puffy eyes and aggravate facial aging (4).
27. Sleep Properly
If your body is sleep-deprived, it will feel stressed, and stress can further harm your skin. Moreover, when you sleep, your body works on healing itself. Unless you give your body the time to heal, your skin won’t look fresh and glowing.
28. Avoid Taking Hot Showers
Hot water showers may feel relaxing, but they can steal moisture from your skin. This can make your skin dry and flaky. Avoid taking long hot showers. Use warm water.
29. Be Careful Of Any Food Intolerance Or Allergy
Food intolerance or an allergy can lead to skin rashes, puffiness, etc. Allergies often manifest themselves in these forms. If you are unaware of your skin’s sudden erratic behavior, it could be an allergy. Common foods that cause allergic reactions include honey, dairy, nuts, shellfish, eggs, soy, and wheat. Figure out what irritates your skin and avoid it.
30. Make Physical Activity A Priority
Even if you do not love exercising, indulge in some form of physical activity. Exercise increases the blood flow to different parts of your body, including your skin. Working out regularly keeps you fit and your skin healthy. Are wrinkles at 30 normal? Yes, observing fine lines and wrinkles at the age of 30 is normal. You may also notice your skin becoming drier and less firm. Is it OK to use anti-aging products in your 30s? Yes, it is recommended to use anti-aging products a few years prior to seeing the actual signs. This gives the products sufficient time to work and delay the aging process.
