The Makeup Course for Women Over 40

Yes. Every technique is built for skin and features that have changed: hooded and deep-set eyes, redness, pigmentation, dryness, texture and fine lines. It works whether you're 45 or 85. The before and afters on this page are real students in their 40s, 50s and 60s, with no filters and no airbrushing.

Both. If you never learned properly, we start at the very beginning and nothing is assumed. If your old routine has stopped working, it's not you. Your face changed and nobody updated the instructions. That's exactly what this course does.

Then you get your money back. Try the course for 30 days. If you don't feel more confident applying your makeup, email us within 30 days of purchase for a full refund. No guilt, no fuss. And your Welcome Beauty Box is yours to keep.

A two-hour private lesson with me is $600. This course is less than half that, and works out to about $11 a lesson. You get 25 lessons to rewatch for six months, a live session every month, the Shine Sisters community, and a Welcome Beauty Box valued at $60 (Australian addresses). Most of us have spent more than $279 on products now sitting unused in a drawer. With the guarantee, you can find out without the risk.

You can try, and most of us have. The trouble is that most tutorials are filmed on 25-year-old skin, often by someone selling whatever arrived that week. Those techniques don't translate to hooded lids or textured skin. Here everything is in one place and in the right order, taught by a makeup artist with 23 years behind the brush who is navigating her own changing skin. And you can ask me questions.

Six months, and that's plenty. The whole course is under six hours, split into five chapters of an hour to an hour and a half each. Do one chapter a week and you're finished in five weeks, with months left to rewatch and practise. The face maps and routine guides are yours to download and keep. Why not lifetime? Because "lifetime access" usually turns into "someday", and I want you using this, not saving it. If you'd like longer, you can renew for another six months at half price. Your place in Shine Sisters never expires.

No set times, ever. The lessons are pre-recorded, so you watch when it suits you and pause and rewind as often as you like. Most run 10 to 20 minutes. The shortest is 3 and the longest is 24. The monthly live session in the community is optional, and the replay stays in the group.

No. Start with what's already in your drawer. The Product Map & Shopping Guide shows you what's worth keeping, what to skip, and what to add only if there's a gap. Buy better, not more. There's no obligation to buy anything from me.

Yes, from me personally. You'll join Shine Sisters, our private Facebook group of 400+ women who have taken the course. Post a question or a photo and I'll jump in and guide you. Once a month I host a members-only live tutorial or Q&A, and the replays stay in the group. It's a no judgement zone, and the women in there are every bit as encouraging as I am.

Yes. The whole course lives on our website, so you don't need Facebook to do it. If you have a question, email shop@amandaramsay.com.au and we'll help. I do recommend joining the group if you can, because that's where the live sessions happen.

If you can watch a video on your phone, you can do this course. As soon as you buy, you'll get your order confirmation, followed by a second email with step-by-step instructions for creating your login (check your junk folder if you can't see it). Then watch on your phone, tablet or computer. If you get stuck, email shop@amandaramsay.com.au and we'll sort it out.

Yes. The course is online, so you can do it from anywhere, we have Sisters from all over the World! The Welcome Beauty Box ships to Australian residential addresses only, with full-price enrolments.

No. It's one payment of $279 for six months of access. Our course runs on a membership system, so you may see the word "subscription" at checkout, but you won't be charged again. At the end of your six months you can choose to renew for another six months at half price. That's entirely up to you.