Amanda Ramsay Makeup and Beauty
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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 inspire a new interest in makeup. Professional, genuine and honest advice - with some helpful step by step makeup "how to" videos with age relevant makeup advice, insights and guidance.
Inspiring women to love themselves just that little bit more, play with makeup, navigate the minefield that is the cosmetics industry, to ultimately feel more confident about re-entering the workforce after children, illness, whatever it might be that knocked them for six. Sisters, let's have some fun, get ready for your feel good revolution with the best beauty tips for women over 40.
How a Gen X woman’s brain sounds...
how long does bbq chook last
in the fridge?
did i take my magnesium, or just think about taking it?
is this a hot flush... or is the room actually on fire?
looking for my phone. it’s in my hand.
did i already send that email?
why did i walk into this room?
who shrank the font on this menu?
forgot password. again. for everything.
why is everyone chewing so loudly?
was that grunt a yes or a no?
“just text back so i know you’re alive.”
my jeans fit on tuesday.
are gen z staring at my socks?
can i cancel plans i only made yesterday?
what’s the word? you know. the thingamy.
why am i wide awake at 3am?
doona on. doona off. one leg out. repeat.
mentally packing for a holiday i haven’t booked yet.
And a thousand other thoughts… I can’t be the only one, you too?
Tell me what would you add?
Your Beauty Bestie
Amanda x
02/10/2026
Happy Saturday Besties 🪩💃♥️👯♀️
27/09/2026
Women over 40 ask me what I’d actually spend my money on … swipe 👈 for my top 7 beauty picks this week
1. The Functional Skin Sunny Serum
• Helps dull skin look brighter.
• Adds hydration without another complicated step.
• A lovely pick if uneven-looking skin is on your mind.
* available in my online shop
2. OiTO Head Spa OiTO HAIRCARE, HEAD SPA , STRAIGHTENING SALON
• The scalp massage alone is a reason to go.
• Your hair and scalp get some proper attention.
• It’s a chance to switch off and be looked after for once.
3. Ere Perez Beetroot Cheek & Lip Tint
• Fresh colour on cheeks and lips.
• A buildable stain that stays put.
• One little product makes getting ready easier.
* available in my online shop
4. Rageism Scarlett Lipstick
• A true, clear red that makes an outfit.
• Creamy, moisturising colour that feels comfortable on the lips.
• Full coverage when you want a little drama.
* available in my online shop
5. A hydrating facial at Sally Williams Beauty
• A moment to stop and let someone care for you (& your skin)
• Just the thing when your face feels dry and you feel tired.
• That fresh, soft-skin feeling afterwards.
6. A Denman Brush
• More control when you’re styling.
• Helps smooth and shape a blow-dry.
• A hardworking tool you’ll keep reaching for.
• The best hairbrush I’ve ever used. It’s bloody ace!
7. My Lifting Hooded Eyes Kit
• The eye crayon, liner, mascara and brush are chosen for hooded, changing eyes.
• My free step-by-step lesson shows you where everything goes.
• You’ll have a simple eye look you can actually recreate yourself.
* available in my online shop
Which one would you try first, Bestie?
Tell me your number below 👇
Shine bright,
♥️ Amanda x
Ps comment SEVEN for direct links to learn more
25/09/2026
Happy happy weekend Besties 🪩👯♀️♥️
Swipe 👈 which is your fave?
Tonight is the Harvest Moon a powerful time to take stock of what you’ve grown, release what has run its course, and consciously gather in the people, habits and opportunities you want to carry into your next season. Do it 💪😘
With love
Amanda x
I turned 54 yesterday. Here’s (almost) everything I wish I’d known at 44 🎂
FIFTY-FOUR. How did that happen?!
This year has been a rollercoaster. There were TV appearances and new partnerships, belly laughs and plenty of tears, lots of travel, a mending heart, and my eldest finishing school (still not okay 😭).
Brutal at times. Fabulous at others. I wouldn’t trade a minute of it.
So I’ve put together 54 things I know now, beauty tips from 23 years in the industry, and life lessons I learned the hard way.
✨ Screenshot your favourite
💬 Comment below with what you’d add to the list
Let’s make it 100 together 💋
Here’s to getting older, getting bolder, and bringing the lip gloss.
Your Beauty Bestie
Amanda x
Would you pay $99 for a beauty box worth $307, without knowing what’s inside? Of course you would especially when you know it’s been hand-selected by me, your Ageless Beauty Bestie 🎁
🌸 The Limited-Edition Spring Mystery Beauty Box has officially landed!
👀 Inside are SIX full-sized, tried, tested and much-loved beauty products, personally handpicked by me from brands I love, including mii Cosmetics, Eye of Horus, Runway Room, OiTo Haircare, The Functional Skin and Ere Perez.
✨ 6 full-sized products
✨ Makeup, skincare and haircare
✨ Worth $307
✨ Yours for just $99
✨ Save $208 dollery-doos!
No random fillers. No skimpy samples. Just genuinely gorgeous beauty goodies chosen with women like us in mind.
Our last Mystery Beauty Box sold out within days, and we only have a limited number of this Spring Edition.
Once they’re gone…they’re goneski! 🏃♀️💨
Comment MYSTERY and I’ll send you the link to secure yours before someone else beats you to it! 💕
💞
Amanda x
Have you ever looked at your wardrobe or makeup bag and thought, “None of this feels quite like me anymore?”
You don’t need to reinvent yourself, Sister. Sometimes you simply need a little fresh inspiration.
Last Saturday, 120 women joined exceptional Stylist and Fashion Director Laura Churchill and me for The Spring Edit Beauty & Style Masterclass at Toowong Village .
Laura shared practical ways to refresh your wardrobe without becoming a slave to trends, while I demonstrated fresh, wearable Spring-inspired makeup designed to see you glow with radiant skin over 40 and stay spectacular through the warmer months.
👉 Because beauty and style aren’t about looking younger or becoming someone new.
They’re about helping you look in the mirror and feel with pride, joy and conviction, “Hello gorgeous, here I am.” 💗
Thank you to every woman who joined us, to Laura for sharing her brilliance, and to Toowong Village for bringing us all together.
And a special thank you to Priceline Australia Priceline Pharmacy Toowong TerryWhite Chemmart SWIISH: LONGEVITY SUPPLEMENTS and Amanda Ramsay Makeup for generously contributing to the gorgeous goodie bags and helping us spoil every woman in the room.
What would give you the biggest lift this spring, a beauty refresh or a wardrobe refresh? Or both 👇👇 tell us below
Your Beauty Bestie
Amanda x
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