When asked about the biggest beauty trends of 2019, here’s what Dr. Krau had to say.

Top Makeup Trends

“Your lips but better”: Walk into any Sephora and you will be greeted by rows and rows of red, pink or berry-colored lipsticks. But in 2019, beauty enthusiasts eschewed bright shades, instead buzzing about the perfect “your lips but better” shade — a natural looking color that ever-so-slightly enhances your natural lip color.

A luminous body glow: A fresh-faced glow will always be on-trend. But in 2019, beauty lovers embraced a head-to-toe glow, similar to what you see on celebrities hitting the red carpet. The look is easily achieved with products like shimmering body lotions or balms.

Full, natural-looking brows: Painted-on, product-heavy eyebrows were on their way out in 2019, making way for fuller, natural-looking brows. Think perfectly imperfect brows that are fluffy in front and mildly groomed at the tail.

Top Skin Care Trends

Clean skin care products: This year more companies entered the “clean beauty” space, offering products free from harmful irritants or questionable ingredients. Offerings from brands like Drunk Elephant and Farmacy were particularly popular.

Men’s personal care products: Women are not the only ones who want to look and feel attractive, and personal care companies like Jack Black and Kiehl’s now offer more products aimed specifically at men’s skin care needs.

Most Popular Professional Treatments

Microneedling: Few professional treatments created a buzz in 2019 like microneedling, which uses a needle-tipped, pen-like device to create miniscule punctures in the skin. This process stimulates the production of new collagen and elastin to improve a range of conditions including fine lines, wrinkles, acne scarring, uneven skin texture and brown spots.

Dermal fillers: Dermal fillers have been popular for years, but injectors are continuing to find versatile ways to use these products. In addition to smoothing out wrinkles and facial folds, fillers are now commonly used to add definition and contour to the cheeks or plump up hollow-looking temples.

Hydrafacial: Millions of people experienced the benefits of the Hydrafacial in 2019. The facial, which uses a special device that cleanses the skin and infuses it with hydrating serums, helps create a brighter and clearer complexion.

Achieve Your Beauty Goals in 2020

Dr. Krau’s passion is helping patients look and feel their best. If you want to enjoy a more radiant appearance in 2020, he can help. Contact our practice today to request a consultation with Dr. Krau to discuss your personal beauty goals.

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Here, Miami plastic surgeon Dr. Ary Krau discusses some common makeup mistakes that might be aging you. He also shares possible solutions.

Your lipstick calls attention to lip or laugh lines.

Bright or dark lipstick shades can call attention to lines around the mouth. Also, as the border of the lips softens with age, lipstick can bleed or smear around the mouth.

Solutions: Lip liner pencils can help define the edges of the lips, and a softer shade of lipstick is typically more flattering. A more effective solution is to enhance the lips and smooth creases around the mouth with an injectable dermal filler product.

Foundation or powder settles into your wrinkles.

Using a heavy hand to apply foundation or powder can cause the product to settle into wrinkles and fine lines. The effect is even worse if the product doesn’t match your skin tone.

Solutions: Check with a professional makeup artist to ensure your face products suit the color and tone of your skin. Use a tiny bit of moisturizer to sheer out the foundation. Treatment with Dr. Krau can also help smooth your face’s “canvas” so your makeup goes on more smoothly. He can use Botox or injectable filler to fill in forehead creases, lines between the eyebrows and nasolabial folds.

Your concealer makes the skin look dry and cracked.

Concealer is a tricky product. It should minimize the appearance of dark circles or brown spots, but it often makes the skin look dry and cracked, highlighting the problematic areas.

Solutions: Use a “luminizing” product, which should make the skin look radiant. And, talk to Dr. Krau about a treatment for brown spots. Fraxel laser skin resurfacing can lighten brown spots for an even skin tone.

Eyeliner draws attention to your droopy eyelids.

Eyeliner should define the eyes and enhance their beauty, but it isn’t very helpful to aged, droopy eyelids. Also, many women apply liner to the lower lids only, making them look smaller and “bottom-heavy.”

Solutions: Use a soft eyeliner pencil on both the upper and lower lids. Or, for an even subtler result, use a dark eye shadow applied with an angled brush. If you have significant sagging in your lower or upper eyelids, ask Dr. Krau to explain how eyelid surgery can help.

Look Like a Younger Version of Yourself

For more information about any of the anti-aging procedures mentioned in this post, please contact Dr. Krau and schedule a consultation. Call (305) 861-6881 to make an appointment with the doctor.

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