Amanda Ramsay Makeup and Beauty
Your Ageless Beauty Bestie. Award-Winning Makeup Artist. Easy, flattering makeup for women 40+. Shop skincare, makeup & learn with me You are amazing!
The best beauty advice for women over 40. Amanda is an experienced professional makeup artist who loves nothing more than to help other busy women over 40 feeling mighty fine about themselves. Amanda's makeup and beauty blog Secrets from a Beauty Insider hosted on her website www.amandaramsay.com.au is all about helping women over 40 refresh their look, rekindle their love for makeup or perhaps in
25/07/2026
Join me LIVE tomorrow Sunday 10am as I do a live try on with Motto Fashions Super excited to share this with you all!
Who’s joining me?
Your Beauty Bestie
Amanda x
24/07/2026
Happy Weekend my Loves 💞
23/07/2026
Women over 40 often ask me… “Amanda, what would you actually spend your own money on?”
These are the beauty (and confidence) boosters I’ve genuinely been reaching for this week. Nothing complicated. Just the things that make me feel healthier, more polished, more confident… and more like me.
👉 Swipe through for my Top 7 Beauty Picks.
✨ Omnilux Contour LED Mask
If I could only keep one beauty device, this would probably be it. It’s one of those products you don’t appreciate after one use… you appreciate it after a few weeks when your skin simply looks healthier, calmer and more radiant. It’s become part of my evening ritual—and those 10 minutes feel like self-care as much as skincare.
💬 Comment LED and I’ll send you my special discount link and code to save
✨ Mii Cosmetics Forever Eye Crayon (Taupe & Copper Glow)
These two shades have become my everyday go-to. Taupe softly defines mature eyes without looking harsh, while Copper Glow instantly brightens tired eyes and makes them sparkle. They glide on in seconds, don’t tug delicate eyelids and somehow make you look like you spent far longer on your makeup than you actually did.
Don’t crease
Eyeshadow in an instant.
Total eye makeup game changers
You’ll find these in my online shop
✨ Mii Cosmetics Forever Eye Crayon (Taupe & Copper Glow)
These two shades have become my everyday go-to. Taupe softly defines mature eyes without looking harsh, while Copper Glow instantly brightens tired eyes and makes them sparkle. They glide on in seconds, don’t tug delicate eyelids and somehow make you look like you spent far longer on your makeup than you actually did.
Don’t crease
Eyeshadow in an instant.
Total eye makeup game changers
You’ll find these in my online shop
✨ Eye of Horus Eyeshadow Quad
When you want effortless eyes that look beautifully put together, this palette does all the work for you. The shades blend beautifully, are buttery soft, high pigment payoff, never ever look chalky and are incredibly flattering on mature eyes.
Soft definition, gorgeous dimension and that “you look really well” kind of makeup.
The only eyeshadow palette you’ll ever really need.
Shes super-luxe
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Luscious Lips … want plumper looking lips? Watch this live video makeup sesh showing you how to get fuller, juicier looking lips.
Comment LIPS for the full product list and if you’d like help and guidance into the right lipstick shade for you.
Go be amazing!
https://shop.amandaramsay.com.au/collections/lips
With love
Amanda x
Ps wearing white blazer and cream long sleeve top from Motto Fashions
Things that apparently “don’t match my age”… but feel completely normal to me at 53:
Wearing something because I love it, not because it’s considered “age appropriate.”
Starting over. Again.
Building a bigger dream when the world quietly suggests I should be winding down.
Lifting heavy weights because I want to feel strong, capable and powerful in my body.
Caring about my skin, my makeup and how I present myself, without apologising.
Happy House and Dance music.
Laughing loudly.
Wanting love, passion, adventure and a full, juicy life.
Being a devoted mum and still wanting a life that belongs to me.
Feeling heartbroken one minute and wildly hopeful about what’s ahead the next.
Changing my mind.
Taking the photo.
Wearing the lipstick.
Backing myself.
I don’t want to look younger. I want to look healthy, vibrant, full of love, vitality, joy, well-rested-ish… and unmistakably like me.
Age doesn’t get to decide what we wear, how visible we are, what we desire or how boldly we begin again.
At 53, I’m not trying to recapture who I was.
I’m becoming more of who I am.
Tell me, what do you do that supposedly “doesn’t match your age” but feels completely normal to you?
People often ask me what I’ve “had done”… so let’s talk about it.
I’m 53, and I’m not pretending my skin looks the way it does because of one miracle cream, one facial or one clever camera angle.
The biggest difference comes from what I do at home, consistently.
Gentle hydrating cleanser, hydrating calming mist, nutrient rich face oil, more hydration, occasional plant based vitamin-C, sunscreen. Supporting my skin barrier. Taking my makeup off properly, even when I’m tired and absolutely cannot be bothered.
Nothing wildly complicated. Nothing performed perfectly every day. Just good habits, repeated over time.
That’s my 90%.
The other 10% is occasional professional treatments. I’m not anti-injectables, anti-laser or anti-anything that helps a woman feel more confident in her own skin. I’m also not here to tell you that you need any of it.
I believe in informed choices, realistic expectations and doing what feels right for you.
Because professional treatments can enhance your skin, but they cannot replace caring for the health of it every single day.
You can soften a line, lift something, smooth something or zap something … but none of it will do the job of daily sunscreen, consistent skincare and a healthy skin barrier.
And this is the part I wish more women were told before spending thousands of dollars trying to “fix” themselves
You are not a problem to be solved.
Your skin is living, changing and ageing. The goal isn’t to look frozen in time. It’s to help your skin look healthy, fresh and beautifully cared for at every age and stage.
No judgement. No secrets. No pretending it’s all genetics and water.
Just honesty, consistency and choices that make you feel more like you.
Happy to spill the tea on my routine. Comment below.
Your Beauty Bestie
Amanda x
16/07/2026
FRIDAY FEELS swipe 👈
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Bring your complexion back to life … your blush, glow and go combo is here.
Watch this video to see where to put (and why you need) blush and highlighter, plus how to use bronzer to shape, contour and warm up your base.
Comment LIVEN UP for the product details and links.
wearing Motto Fashions Top and Jeans (in love!)
Your Beauty Bestie
Amanda x
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