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10 Makeup MISTAKES That Can Age You

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Ten small makeup habits are quietly adding years to your face, and most people don’t even know they’re doing them.

Every beauty counter is stocked with products promising a fresher, younger look, yet the way those products get applied often works against that goal. TheThings Celebrity’s countdown video “10 Makeup MISTAKES That Can Age You” breaks down exactly where routines go wrong — not with bad products, but with bad technique. The fixes are simple once you know what to look for in the mirror.

• Heavy, cakey foundation settles directly into fine lines and creases instead of covering them, which is why the video pushes sheer formulas, liquid foundation, or tinted moisturizer as better options.
• Over-powdering the whole face strips natural oils and highlights creping skin — powder should hit only the oily T-zone, not dry patches or the eye area.
• Thick under-eye concealer, harsh dark eyeliner, and overdrawn brows can drag the whole face downward, while blush placed too low pulls features toward the jaw instead of lifting the cheekbones.

Common Base Makeup Application Errors

The countdown opens with the most common offender: too much foundation. A thick, matte layer might look flawless under bathroom lighting, but it sits on top of fine lines rather than blending into them, making texture and wrinkles more visible once the day goes on. The video’s advice is to lighten up — sheer coverage, liquid foundation, or a tinted moisturizer keeps skin looking hydrated and dewy rather than masked.

Powder gets the same treatment. Dusting it across the entire face to control shine dries out the complexion and draws attention to exactly the texture a person is trying to hide. The fix isn’t skipping powder altogether — it’s restraint, keeping it targeted to the T-zone where oil actually builds up and leaving drier zones alone.

Eye Area Mistakes That Add Years

Nowhere does bad technique show up faster than around the eyes. The video flags thick under-eye concealer as a repeat offender — applied too heavily, it settles into crow’s feet and actually spotlights the dark shadows it’s supposed to erase. Harsh, overly dark eyeliner and shadow that isn’t blended properly compound the issue, and so do eyebrows that are over-plucked or drawn on too boldly, which the video says can create a drooping, tired look rather than a lifted one.

Thick concealer and harsh dark eyeliner don’t hide the years — they draw a map straight to them.

Lips, Cheeks, and Placement

The final stretch of the countdown moves to lips and cheeks, where placement matters as much as product choice. Skipping lip hydration or wearing dark, matte lipstick without a liner lets color bleed into perioral lines, shrinking the lips visually and aging the whole lower face. Blush suffers from a similar placement problem — set too low on the cheek, it pulls the eye downward instead of lifting toward the cheekbones the way it’s meant to.

It’s the same logic that runs through TheThings Celebrity’s companion countdown, the kind of appearance-focused breakdowns the channel built its audience on: small, specific adjustments read as more effective than any single product swap. The channel’s related video, “10 Makeup Tricks That Will Make You More Attractive,” works from the same premise — that technique, not budget, decides whether makeup ages a face or refreshes it.

None of these ten fixes require a new makeup bag — just a lighter hand with foundation and powder, better placement on concealer and blush, and a liner under that lipstick. Anyone who’s watched how a decade changes a public face, the way a well-documented transformation over the years gets picked apart online, knows the margins are that thin — it’s rarely the makeup itself, it’s where it lands.