Fewer products, chosen on handling

A baked powder foundation that goes on creamy and sets demi-matte, with buildable light-to-medium coverage.

The easiest base to use and a good one for this skin: a pan in a compact with no dispensing step, nothing to pour, nothing to spill, opened with a thumb and applied one-handed with its own sponge. The baked formula goes on creamy rather than dry, which is what distinguishes it from the powder foundations the format is assumed to be.

A balm-textured stick that buffs out to light-to-medium coverage with a satin finish, built around not dragging on skin.

The alternative if your skin is dry enough that a powder looks flat. A balm stick has the fat in it that seventies skin needs, and the handling is nearly as simple as a compact: cap off, twist once, draw, with a wide barrel you can hold in a loose fist.

A hydrating medium-coverage concealer with a satin finish and an unusually large doe-foot applicator.

Two properties that matter specifically now. It is hydrating, so it does not dry down tight and crack on thin mobile skin. And the oversized applicator covers more ground per stroke, which means fewer strokes and less dragging — a genuine accessibility feature rather than a marketing one.

An all-in-one brow gel that fills, shapes and sets in a single pass.

The brow does more for a seventies face than anything else on this list, and this removes the difficulty from it: an all-in-one gel that fills, shapes and sets in one stroke per brow, from a range designed throughout for reduced movement and strength. No marks to place, no shape to judge.

A smudge-proof tubing mascara from a range designed throughout for people with reduced movement or strength.

Both halves of the mascara problem addressed at once. The moulded handle with a finger rest means your hand rests rather than hovers, and the tubing formula removes with warm water and gentle pressure — which matters because nightly friction is what costs lashes on a lash line that is genuinely thinning now.

A sheer, brightening under-eye concealer in a click pen.

The honest option when the under-eye no longer tolerates concealer. It is a sheer brightening product rather than a covering one, so it lifts the inner corner without putting enough material on the skin to crease at all. On a seventies under-eye this frequently reads better than a well-matched concealer.

A latex-free blending sponge with a flat edge and a rounded base.

Held in the palm, so no grip, no pinch and no fine finger control — and pressed rather than dragged, which is what keeps product out of lines on skin this thin. It is both the most accessible tool in makeup and the right one for the job.

A trifold lighted mirror with several magnification panels, including a high-magnification section.

Arguably the most useful item on this page. A standing lit mirror at eye level on a table means both hands are free, both elbows can rest, and you can see what you are doing — which addresses steadiness, grip and close vision simultaneously. No cosmetic does as much.