What is a Color Corrector?
A color corrector is the secret makeup weapon to hide any skin issue to have a flawless skin tone. Whether it is dark circles, redness, acne, dark spots, blue veins, or pigmentation. You can solve all these skin issues with a different color corrector palette having green, purple, orange, yellow, and red. You can find an individual color concealer and can use it according to your problematic area.
If you want to know how to use color corrector makeup, then first you need to familiar with colors and their purposes. Here is a color corrector guide that will help you understand why these colors are available in these shades and how you can apply them correctly.
- If you have pimples and redness around the zits, then use green color concealer to hide them. As you know, green cancels the effect of redness.
- If you have a fair color tone and want to hide yellowness on your face, then use purple color concealer.
- To hide under-eye dark circles, use orange concealer on the medium skin tone, pink for fair skin, and red for a darker complexion. So select the color corrector pallet shade according to your complexion.
- To cover brown spots, use peach color corrector.
- If you have bad acne, then use a combination of yellow and green to cover pimples and redness.
How to use Corrector and Concealer?
If you are confused about using a color corrector before or after the foundation, then let me tell you to use a color corrector before applying a foundation. Apply a small amount of concealer and immediately blend it into your skin because they dry out so fast. Do not treat it like spot treatment but try to hide the problematic area by blending it into your surrounding skin too. Then apply a thin layer of foundation over concealer and blend it with a beauty blender. Mattify the effect with powder. But make sure not to make a cakey base. All things should blend in a natural hue.
If you’re still thinking about your regular concealer and wonder how to use color corrector concealer, it is up to you. You can still layer out your regular concealer on the color correcting pigment if you think that foundation does fail to cover the orange, purple or green concealer.
How to use Color Corrector Under Eyes?
To hide dark circles, consider your complexion. For paler tone peach color or bisque color and for medium to darker complexion orange color corrector is used to hide dark spots. Apply a thin layer from upside down in a triangular shape and blend it with a sponge. Then apply your foundation and then yellow concealer for perfect looking under eye area.
How to use a Color Corrector for Dark Spots?
Usually, orange color s used to camouflage the dark brown color. It brightens up the area. Use orange concealer right on dark spot only, then apply a thin layer of regular concealer and then foundation. Finish the look with setting powder. If you are on the paler side of complexion, then orange may be visible then prefer to use peach color corrector for dark spots.
Can you use a Color Corrector without Foundation?
The simple answer is yes. It is not possible to wear heavy makeup daily. If you have under-eye dark circles and you want to hide them with a color corrector, you can use the opposite color to hide them. Similarly, you can use a green concealer to hide redness. You can wear concealers without foundation confidently if you feel that hues of colors are not overpowering and look weird on your skin tone. You can use yellow concealer to hide the color corrector pigment. But if you are going for casual makeup, then obviously, the foundation is a must.
I hope you are confident enough to know how to use a color corrector and which color is used for what. For more tips and tricks, be with BESTBEAUTYZONE.
