How to Use Color Correcting Cosmetics

Makeup today is better than ever before. There are foundation primers, color correctors and lots of types of cosmetics to choose from. Women can now choose the right product for their skin’s condition and type in order to achieve that flawless look that everyone desires. The trick is learning which product to use in any given situation. The guidelines provided within this piece will help women wade through the cosmetic world to find just the right product for them.

Things You'll Need

• Color correctors of choice

Instructions

1. Evaluate the skin and identify problem areas or flaws that need to be addressed. This will help to determine which color-correcting tools to use.

2. Match the skin condition or problem against the color-correcting choices provided within this article in order to determine which one(s) to choose.

3. Use a cosmetic primer. Everyone can benefit from today’s technology-driven cosmetic primers. They serve multiple purposes. They can even out the complexion, cover up minor flaws, as well as provide a base to which makeup can better adhere. Depending upon the primer chosen, it may also provide other benefits such as adding moisture to the skin, offering sun-screen protection, and filling in fine lines and wrinkles. That allows everyone to begin with a great “canvas” on which to apply to makeup.

4. Use a yellow make-up corrector to hide black, blue, or purple blemishes like dark under eye circles and bruises.

5. Choose a green make-up corrector to cover up rosacea or other red or ruddy skin problems.

6. Apply purple ( which ranges from orchid to lavender in color) color corrector if the skin is too yellow in tone. This corrector will even out the skin to give it an overall balanced look.

7. Try a peach color corrector to hide dark spots that can happen from simple aging.

8. Use white around the eye area at both corners as well as inside the lower lid to make bloodshot eyes appear more fresh and open.

9. Apply the color correcting product as recommended by the manufacturer of the product chosen.

Tips & Warnings

• Smashbox and Laura Geller have two of the best makeup primers on the market.

• Clinique and Physician’s Formula make excellent yellow color correctors.

• Sheer Miracle and Everyday Minerals offer great green color correctors.

• Clinique and Signature Club A make two of the best purple correctors on the market.

• Everyday Minerals and Bren New York offer great options for peach color correctors.

• Color correcting options come in a variety of choices from sticks to creams to lotions. Choose the one that will best suit the texture and condition of the skin on which it will be applied.

• Whenever possible, choose all natural products in order to protect the skin from any unnecessary damage.

• There are one or two vegan color correction options on the market today.

• Choose color correcting products that will not pull, tug, or drag at delicate skin areas or you solve one problem only to create another.

• Avoid products with too many chemicals, preservatives, or additives that might actually damage the skin.