Blemishes, acne and uneven tone are what I’m scared of, once in a month at least I these problems gets on my face. And I have no clue how to hide them unless I found the best ever discovery on makeup and that is the Concealer. Basically, it is a makeup owned trick that hides everything even your eyebags. If you are traveling from place to place then you will know the pain of this eyebag and unwanted blemishes. Even men can have this problem too. And to hide them concealer is the best.
A lot of people don’t know that concealer is not a skin matched complexion; rather it is in different shades, these different shades neutralizes with our skin tone to give that flawless complexion. Main colors that are used widely is green, red, orange, yellow and even pink. Every color has its own way to hide a specific problem.
Concealer bases (color wheel)- Skills are very hard to gain, and in makeup war of perfection it is even harder. Every skin has its own flaw to hide; concealer is basically a mousse of colors that conceals. And to understand which one does what you need to apply it and experiment. But if you are reading this article then you will know everything about it. It is very simple as we learned in Elementary school that opposite color cancels out the other. Like green cancels the green. So if you are having red acne blemishes then green will cover it up. This simple color wheel will make you understand what to choose in the opposite to cancel the other.
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This will help you know what should be used when. Now let’s discuss the other problems.
Green Concealer- as I said before green neutralizes the red. And so the color green concealer is best to use to get rid of all the redness from your face. If you are having rosacea, windburn or sunburn then the green primer will be best to conceal and correcting color. It will reduce the redness and get your skin perfect to use your favorite foundation.
Purple, lilac or lavender concealer- it is best to use on the yellowish skin tones that you may have. People with pasty, dull, yellow tones can hide it with this purple or lilac colored concealer. If you need to remove it from your entire face then you can use a lavender primer.
Pink Concealer- it is a combination of red, orange, and yellow hues, it is more like peach or salmon color which brightens the area you need, mostly used under dark eyes circles. It literally covers your raccoon eyes and gives sallow olive tones skin and brings out the radiance.
Yellow Concealer- It is best in correcting colors like blue, violet and blue-violet. It covers up the colors of veins, blue or violet bruises, under eye cycles. They can be used to bring that bright look to your face. It can also be great in the base for eyeshadow makeup.
Orange Concealers- People with lighter skin complexion should not use this color as a concealer, rather you can use it as a contour or as a bronzer. This color is perfect for the people with a darker shade to cover up the dark circles and other spots.
White concealer- If you don’t want to look like a sick old lady from a hospital then you need this to highlight the parts of your face like under the eyes, nose bridge and also the cheeks often. This will make you look highlighted with parts that really need to be to look natural.
Brown/ dark concealer- This is the need of every one. You need to contour your face or you will look like a zombie that is roaming around. Trust me! Without a contour, you will look so dull and dead that people will actually think you are sick. Dark concealer is a must in correcting color.