**Update- New Products Added** Color Correcting has been around a long time but it seems like it just exploded in popularity with brands at every price point releasing their own versions for Spring 2016. So I thought I'd put together a little guide to all of the new options that have just been released in the past few days/weeks. I'll start with the least expensive and work my way up...let's get started!
Essence Say No to Imperfections, Dark Circles, and Redness ($2.99 at Ulta Beauty) are super affordable and in a convenient chubby pencil form. These seem like they would be really easy to just swipe over the area of concern quickly and blend. They're definitely on my must-try list!
Catrice Colour Correcting Mattifying Powder ($6.99 at Ulta)- The ultra-fine, silky matte Colour Correcting Mattifying Powder from Catrice corrects and evens out color irregularities with a blend of four color correcting powders. The pink powder freshens up tired complexions, purple gives dull skin lustre, green neutralizes redness and beige highlights the natural skin tone. Together the ultra-fine, silky-matte powder creates a radiant, healthy finish with a natural matte look.
NYX Color Correcting Powders ($9.99 at Ulta Beauty) come in three shades...green to correct redness, lavender to brighten sallow skin, and yellow to neutralize dark circles. These claim that they can be used both over and
under foundation. I wouldn't think a powder would work well under foundation...wouldn't it gunk up? I'd love to hear from someone who's tried it that way!
Makeup Revolution Ultra Base Corrector Palette ($10 at Ulta Beauty)- This contains 8 cream correctors... Pink to brighten, Lavender to neutralize yellow tones, Green to neutralize redness, Orange to neutralize blue tones, Peach to balance out discolorations, White to highlight and brighten, Cream to neutralize purple and cover dark areas, and Brown to balance ashiness in medium to dark skin tones.
NYX Color Correcting Liquid Primers ($13.99 at Ulta Beauty) are to be used all over your face for a lit-from-within-glow as well as color correction, so I'm guessing the effect is probably more subtle than the color correctors that are meant for spot-treating. Yellow illuminates fair complexions, Green neutralizes redness, Lavender gives luminosity to dull skin, Brown restores the healthy glow of medium to dark complexions, and Blue brightens sallowness in fair complexions.
Sephora Collection Bright Future Color Correctors ($14 at Sephora)-These gel-serum color correctors are feather light and buildable depending on your concern. Pineapple ceramide helps to improve the appearance of skin texture and add brightness, while the cotton swab-like applicator provides the perfect amount of product every time. Just dip, dot, and blend to neutralize before you conceal. Green (neutralizes redness), Yellow (combats dullness), Purple (neutralizes sallowness), Pink (promotes brightness), Peach (promotes brightness and evens skintone for light complexions), Melon (promotes brightness and evens skintone for medium complexions).
Ulta Color Correct Concealer Palette ($15 at Ulta Beauty) is a full coverage concealer palette with yellow, green and lavender color correctors, plus a light and medium concealer. It also includes a full-size concealer brush and can be used before or after foundation.
Cover FX Correct Click ($18) and Click Stick ($8 at Sephora) are cream color correctors that visibly even out skin tone by neutralizing the appearance of discoloration. These six shades are universal to meet any correction need. You can use them individually, or purchase the Click Stick for $8 that holds two of the correcting sticks in a sleek, travel-friendly tube.
Green: light and medium skintones (neutralizes intense redness)
Yellow: light and medium skintones (neutralizes mild redness)
Lavender: light and medium skintones (neutralizes yellow and adds brightness)
Peach: light and medium skintones (neutralizes dark spots and undereye circles)
Orange: medium-to-deeper skintones (neutralizes dark spots and undereye circles)
Brick: deep skintones (neutralizes dark spots and undereye circles)
Smashbox Color Correcting Sticks ($23 at Sephora) are
creamy sticks in an array of shades to target skin concerns. These sticks can be applied wet or dry to customize for sheer to medium or full coverage and also include a sharpener. Infused with moisturizing vitamin E to blur the look of fine lines and pores, they create natural-looking color when applied with foundation or concealer. Each pencil-like tip allows you to easily erase imperfections.
The Green shade instantly reduces redness, Lavender brightens sallowness/yellowness, and the Peach (for light skintones) and Orange (for deeper skintones) are perfect for illuminating your skin to conceal dark circles and hyper pigmentation.
Urban Decay Naked Skin Color Correcting Fluid ($29 at Sephora) are ultra lightweight and color correct while blurring imperfections with subtle pearlescent pigments. They also contain vitamins C & E. Mint reduces redness, Peach masks circles/spots, Lavender balances sallowness, Pink brightens dark areas, and Yellow corrects dullness. If these are anything like the Naked Skin concealer formula, count me in...I love how lightweight and blendable it is.
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Amazing Cosmetics Amazing Concealer Corrector ($29 at Sephora)are a little different from the rest in that each one is meant specifically for a particular skin tone. The Fair/Light shade (left) contains light orange to neutralize blue tones under the eyes and green to counteract redness. The Light/Medium shade (center) contains yellow to counteract red/purple tones in the eye area and orange to neutralize the blue tones of spots and discoloration. The Medium/Deep shade (right)to has a red-orange corrector to neutralize blue/green tones in the eye area and dark orange to neutralize brown/green tones typical of spots and discolorations. Like the Amazing Concealer, these claim to be highly pigmented, requiring only a pin-dot amount on an affected area. I love that these are targeted toward specific skin tones...the Fair/Light shade would be perfect for me to hide under eye circles with the light orange and the redness around my nose with the green. And if they're as concentrated as they say, they'll last forever.
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Beautyblender Micro.Mini Correct.Four ($30 at Sephora) these aren't actual color correctors but I wanted to include them because these special mini Beautyblenders are meant to use to
apply color correctors. Each color symbolizes a different corrector so you can use each one with the matching product. That way, you can use different correctors on different parts of your face without having to wash your BeautyBlender in between!
They’re perfect for applying formulas to smaller areas such as the under eye, around the nose, above and below the browbone, chin area, and for covering acne and dark spots.
Becca Backlight Targeted Color Correctors ($30 at Sephora) come in four highly pigmented shades that contain light-reflecting pearls to blur imperfections, similar to the Urban Decay ones above, but not as sheer.
Pistachio neutralizes redness for fair-to-medium skintones with red undertones. Violet neutralizes dullness for light tan/olive skintones with yellow undertones, Papaya neutralizes deep blues and greens for tan-to-deep-bronze skintones with blue undertones, and Peach neutralizes dark circles and hyperpigmentation for beige-to-deep bronze skintones.Algenist REVEAL Concentrated Color Correcting Drops ($38 at Sephora)is a weightless color drop serum that combines microalgae, alguronic acid, and microalgae oil to instantly color correct, treat skin, and cover imperfections. The really cool thing about these is that you can use them alone or add into makeup or skin care productsto help balance skin’s texture and tone for smoother, more even, and longer-lasting makeup wear.
Green Color Correcting Drops: green microalgae and pigments work in synergy to color correct and neutralize redness.
Apricot Color Correcting Drops: golden microalgae and pigments work in synergy to color correct and neutralize dark, discolored skin.
Blue Color Correcting Drops: blue microalgae and pigments work in synergy to color correct and neutralize sallow skin.
Pink Color Correcting Drops: red microalgae and pigments work in synergy to color correct and neutralize dull-looking skin.
YSL Touche Eclat Neutralizers ($38 at Sephora)- Discover the award-winning complexion highlighter, now in a must-have, color correcting highlighter. It instantly cancels and neutralizes color imperfections for flawless skintone, and the easy-to-use, one-click brush allows you to perfectly target the problem zone.
Green: Corrects blemishes, conceals redness for an even skintone.
Bisque: Corrects dark circles and dark spots. Illuminate.
Violet: Corrects yellow dull skin for a healthy glow.
Lancome Miracle CC Cushion Color Correcting Primers ($39.50 at Sephora) can be used all over your face as a primer or as a spot treatment. I have to say, the idea of a cushion corrector really intrigues me! I love cushion foundations because they're so light and easy to blend, yet offer decent coverage at the same time. I feel like these will feel much lighter than other correctors, yet will still go on really pigmented. It comes in four shades:
Purple cancels dullness and sallowness and neutralizes yellow skintones; Pinky Peach neutralizes overall darkness and conceals dark under eye circles; Green neutralizes redness from acne, blotchy skin, or irritation. Yellow, the most universal color corrector, matches any skintone, neutralizing mild redness, dullness, and signs of fatigue.Marc Jacobs Cover(t) Stick Color Correctors ($42 at Sephora) come in a deodorant stick-style tube and each one has two shades marbled together. They come in three shades: Cover(t) Affairs contains green and citron shades to cover and neutralize redness, Getting Warmer contains peach and caramel shades to conceal hyperpigmentation and dark circles, and Bright Now contains pink and lilac to cover and eliminate dullness. I have to admit that these look cool, but $42...ouch!
Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Wipeout Color Correcting Palette ($45 at Sephora on 2/29) is an all-in-one color correcting, contouring and brightening palette that contains six cream shades. Each shade is numbered and it comes with a guide that gives step-by-step instructions to help you perfect professional color correcting techniques.
Orange counteracts darkness; Green neutralizes redness; Warmth sculpts, contours, and defines; Peach 1 camouflages light to medium skintones; Peach 2 camouflages medium to deep skintones; and Yellow highlights and brightens. Stila Correct & Perfect Palette ($45 at Sephora) contains five sheer-to-medium color-correcting creams with buildable coverage and two finishing powders to set the creams, plus even out and brighten your skin tone.
Peach: neutralizes dark under-eye circles on fair/medium skintones. Pink: Brightens eye area and masks fatigue. Yellow: Neutralizes hyperpigmentation and dark spots. Green: Counteracts redness (i.e. from rosacea, acne, broken capillaries, and sunburn).
Orange: Counteracts dark under-eye circles on darker skintones; also neutralizes veins. The
Sephora + Pantone Universe Correct + Conceal Palette ($49 at Sephora) contains 15 creamy concealers and correctors and comes in two shade ranges to suit a variety of skin tones. It comes with a booklet that contains tips, tricks and application instructions from the Sephora Pro Team.
Whew! Can you believe how many color correcting products are out there right now? I really want to try those little Essence sticks and maybe one of the NYX primers. Also, the Amazing correctors look great, but I'm not sure I need something that heavy-duty so I might try the Urban Decay ones instead since they seem to be more sheer.
Which ones look interesting to you? Have you tried any of these yet?
