Color Correctors II: Taking Care of Dark Circles

As a student who loves makeup, color correctors have been an amazing find.  This one is the trickiest to work, but once you find what works for you, you'll never want to let it go.

Color correctors for under the eyes can vary.  They come in the following colors:  Yellow, peach, and salmon.  Again, you will have to test them to see which color works best for you.  I'm more of a peach/salmon user.  (You'd think with my yellow corrector for red skin would pull a double duty...)  There are also different formulas:  liquid, cream, and mineral powder.  If you have very dry under eyes, I would suggest liquid or very thin cream because they won't drag like a thicker cream or patch up like a mineral powder.  Lucky balanced-skin people can use whatever texture they like best- no matter what, the formula will more than likely work for you.  If you have oily under eyes (The oil is more from different areas of your skin because there are no functioning oil glands on the under eye skin.), a liquid or cream would work best.

I have several recommendations in different cost areas.

• Physician's Formula Mineral Wear Talc-Free Mineral Correcting Concealer (Liquid)
• It's a 1-2-3 step liquid concealing system
• Correct with the yellow
• Conceal with the Skintone color (sadly, only available in light and medium)
• Highlight with the pink

I tried this out and loved the formula, but the corrector was not the type for my skin.  I love the highlighter, though.  It has been quite useful.

• Tarte Dark Circle Defense Natural Under Eye Corrector in Light-Medium
• It's a cream concealer, not extremely thick.
• This is more of a true concealer, but it has exaggerated undertones in pink and yellow

This is my favorite concealer right now.  It brightened my eyes up for ADPi's formal and it did not budge or crease, which can be a problem with people who have oily skin.

• Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Inspired by Carmindy Fast Fix Concealer in All-Over Brightener
• It is a pinkish cream to just brighten up dark circles.  
• Use it under your regular concealer...
• ...or on its own, unlike the other color correctors.

I use this every now and again to perk up my eyes when I don't have a lot of time to conceal and whatnot.  It brightens up the under eye just enough.  One big tip:  Only dab a little bit on your dark circles.  It is so easy to use too much of this product and you will look like you have pink circles under your eyes.

Color correctors are a great step in makeup because it eliminates the need to cake on tons of makeup just to cover one little bit on your face.  The fewer layers of makeup needed, the better.  I hope you all found this useful.  Have fun hunting for your perfect corrective color!

-M