Colour correctors are used to disguise, reduce the appearance of blemishes, and diffuse discoloration. Your skin’s natural tone has its variants of colours, primarily referred to as undertone. Under correct lighting (the sun’s natural light) can bring forward various types of dominant colours embedded in the top layer of skin’s epidermis. The natural skin tone Ivory, Beige, or Bronze and its underlying pigments can make skin appear unbalanced.
Feng Shui of colour
In order to balance the appearance of the face, you must have a good understanding of colours and how they work.
*Side note: Now I would introduce you to the psychology of colour but that’s another issue. And always hire a makeup artist who has an understanding of art. I always tell my students (and anyone who seeks my advice on becoming a makeup artist) if you want to be a makeup artist study art first, it’s the foundation and the face is used as a canvas.
It’s knowing how to balance and build colour that determines how well the makeup appears; more emphasis on balance, though. Be careful not to build in an attempt to cover up.
Just recently, I had a bride who decided to dye her skin with Yellow dye, in traditional East Indian culture, and neglected to mention that until I had reapplied her foundation three times.
The foundations I use have built in pigments to match undertones like olive, yellow, pink and purple. She added yellow pigment to her naturally pink undertone, and my eyes saw yellow, and as I applied every possible foundation shade to match her skin tone the only thing that worked was my yellow EYESHADOW mixed with the foundation. It was a catastrophe that took an extra hour to fix. Thank God I was early for the appointment.
Balance is important in life and makeup. To restore the heavy pigment of the dye, I now had to add heavy pigment to the foundation. If you look at the chart I copped from Sephora, it mentions use lavender to counter, but lavender mixed with yellow pigment found in skin dyes, may result in an orange brown appearance making sun kissed skin, like my brides East Indian skin tone, appear darker, and too tanned. It’s better to use a bright yellow corrector over concealer to restore the warmth of that particular skin tone.
Colour Correctors should be applied before concealers and after foundation. Apply with a gentle pat, and brush sweep, only to problem areas. Then tap on concealer, followed by powder and go!