When it comes to makeup skills, perfecting your concealer technique is the ultimate achievement. But even the most dedicated beauty lovers can feel intimidated by multi-colored concealer palettes. In a world that tells you that concealer is meant to match your skin tone exactly, it’s easy to write off these peculiar-looking colors as face paint for a pastel clown. But the truth is that if you master these color correcting concealer palettes, your beauty game will be elevated beyond belief.
The secret" Color theory. There’s a reason that your under-eye circles or post-pimple redness are always just a little bit visible under your concealer: The blue and red tones inherent in those blemishes shine through your flesh-colored makeup. In order to hide them properly, you need to neutralize whatever color you’re trying to conceal, not just slather flesh-colored goop on top of it?which is where these strangely colored concealers come in. Here’s how to use concealer palettes to get completely perfect skin. Photo: Sephora
Pale green concealer
Green is opposite to red on the color wheel, which makes them complementary colors. Complementary colors effectively cancel one another out, so if you put some green concealer on top of anything red (like rosacea, acne or scars), that redness is immediately neutralized. The best part" It’s totally easy to do: simply dab a little pale green concealer over any red blemishes you have, allow it to set, ...