Research into Skin Ageing

Facts to keep in mind:

-People with lighter skin and blue eyes show more obvious signs of ageing in their skin than people with darker skin.
-As you get older you're more prone to broken capillaries.

Example of broken capillaries.

-The outer layer of the skin starts to get thinner as you age, making the skin appear thinner.
-As you age your skin starts to look paler and slightly more translucent.
-Large dark spots may appear on areas of the skin that has been exposed to the sun.
-You can get bruising and bleeding under the skin, called senile purpura.

An example of Senile purpura.
http://www.globalskinatlas.com/upload/645_1.jpg

-There is less fat under the skin in your cheeks, temples, chin and nose and around the eyes, which makes the face look more sunken in and frail.
-The skin loses its elasticity as it gets older, resulting in wrinkles.
-As the skin looses its elasticity, gravity causes eyelids and eyebrows to droop. This also causes the lower part of the cheeks to sag, called jowls, to form and the earlobes get longer and more saggy looking.

This shows how jowls can change the shape the face.
http://castleknockcosmetics.ie/wp2/wp-content/gallery/sagging-jowls/sagging-jowls-2.jpg

Below are some images that I can refer to when making someone look old with makeup:

http://images.medicaldaily.com/sites/medicaldaily.com/files/styles
/large/public/2013/09/28/old-woman.jpg?itok=1ijxTd25

https://witnesswell.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/old-woman-happy-1007d-02.jpg

Resources:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/004014.htm
http://www.webmd.com/beauty/aging/effects-of-aging-on-skin