Master color correcting: A guide to flawless skin

While traditional concealing focuses on covering imperfections with a shade-matched concealer or foundation, color correcting involves neutralizing the imperfections first. It’s an advanced makeup technique that uses colors on the opposite side of the color wheel to help cancel out the look of discoloration for more even looking skin. Every color on the color wheel has an opposite or complementary color that, when combined, creates a neutral or balanced effect. For example, green neutralizes redness, while apricot or peach tones counteract blue-based dark circles.

By using a color corrector before applying concealer, you probably won’t need to apply as many layers of makeup on certain areas and can achieve a more natural finish. This approach can help you effectively tackle common concerns like dark circles and redness, ensuring you make the most of your beauty routine. Here's how:

Do you have dark circles under your eyes? It’s important to color-correct them first before applying the rest of your makeup, as the blue and purple undertones can still show through. Trying to overcompensate with more concealer instead could have the opposite effect.

To neutralize blue-based dark circles, you’ll need to use an apricot or peach-toned corrector like Even Better All-Over Primer and Color Corrector. Its lightweight, long-wearing formula provides sheer-moderate coverage for up to 12 hours and not only helps immediately neutralize dark circles, it can also help you see improvement in the look of your dark circles in as little as four weeks. Ingredients like vitamin C and niacinamide help visibly brighten; hyaluronic acid helps hydrate to plump and smooth the appearance of fine, dry lines; and caffeine and phytosphongosine are known to help energize skin and reduce the look of undereye puffiness.

Choose a peach color corrector if you have a fair to moderately fair complexion, and apricot for medium to deep skin tones.

Wearing a color corrector Redness Solutions Daily Protective Base Broad Spectrum SPF 15 underneath your foundation can serve as a primer and help create a more balanced appearance. Thanks to its green tint, this product helps color correct redness.

Color correcting can seem intimidating but breaking it down into a few key steps will make it easier to integrate into the rest of your makeup routine. Make sure to identify your concern and appropriate shade of corrector before you start.

Step 1: Apply your corrector with precision.
After your daily skin care routine is complete, you’re ready to start applying your chosen corrector. Dab on a light layer to start, then blend with a makeup sponge or concealer brush. Pat it on with your fingertips, then build it up with additional layers if you need more coverage.

Step 2. Layer on foundation.
Instantly complement your skin tone by applying a shade-matched layer of foundation like Even Better Clinical Serum Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF. Choose from 42 shades to achieve 24 hours of flawless, buildable, medium to full coverage. By harnessing the power of three serum technology, this formula leaves bare skin looking even better over time—smoother and more even. Plus, it has SPF 25 to help protect skin.

Step 3. Add concealer, if necessary.
Now it’s time to add a crease-resistant concealer like Even Better All Over Concealer + Eraser. Thanks to optical diffusers, it can help conceal and blur imperfections you may have, and it resists streaking, creasing and settling into fine lines.

Swatch the area where you’re most likely to use it to find your best shade. Decide whether you’ll use it as a highlighter/brightener, a matching concealer, or for contouring:

• To brighten or highlight, use 1-2 shades lighter in your undertone.
• To contour, use 1-2 shades darker in your undertone.
• For basic concealing, use a shade closest to your foundation.

• Tilt your head down 10 degrees to see exactly where you need to conceal. Use the doe foot applicator to apply concealer directly to your under-eye area.
• Use the built-in blurring sponge with a patting motion (stippling) to blend the product seamlessly into your skin and reach every contour of your face.
• Use a fine brush to dot a green corrector like Redness Solutions Daily Protective Base Broad Spectrum SPF 15 on any red areas.
• Add concealer and/or foundation matched to your skin tone using a tapping motion to blend over color-corrected areas.
• Gradually layer additional concealer or foundation until you achieve the desired level of coverage.