Back to Basics - Building your kit 102

Just a little extra help 

Concealer

Ive seen and heard many people say “I don’t need/use concealer I just add another layer of foundation” and it makes me cringe. No one likes a cake face. If you are lucky enough to have no discolouration on the skin or marks too hide, hooray for you.

Concealer really is your best mate when it comes to achieving a flawless finish.

Which colour and where?

You may have seen concealer wheels or pallettes that have vibrant colours of green, purple, pink and yellow, that just don’t look like they belong on the face. WELL.

Im going to show you which colour goes where and how to best apply it.

Green

So if you're in need of covering something with a redness too it, green is the answer.

The green counteracts the redness. Best applied to any blemishes, fresh scars that still have a red and pinkish tone to it, red around the nose (thanks winter) , light sunburn (thanks summer) and even rosacea. 

Purple

Purple helps to combat any sort of yellow tones. Such as light bruising, or just general discolouration. 

Yellow/Orange

Yellow/Orange help to neutralise any sort of blue/purple hue on the skin. Most common area for this is under the eyes. It can also be applied on any sort of blue/purple bruising. 

How and when do i apply it? 

So, to apply concealer its important to have your foundation on first. Having your foundation on first, can help with applying less makeup, as you're left to see what needs that little bit of extra help. Another reason you apply after, is if you go in apply all the concealers first, when you're applying the foundation on top, you are moving the concealers from the place you first set them, and creating a big mess, and a waste of time, as you have to go back in and apply them again. 

1. Foundation

2. See what NEEDS concealer. 

    - Is there any redness 

    - Obvious discolouration

    - Blemishes

3. Apply the colours to the areas. 

     Under the eyes : Using a clean ring finger, DAB lightly under the eyes. If you swipe you're 

     not only irritating the eyes, but just wiping away the foundation. The under eye is also a 

     very delicate area, that you want to take extreme care of.

     Blemishes : Using a clean small brush, apply the green - lightly - to the affected area and 

     slightly around it, before blending out, apply (with the same brush) a small amount of foundation

     over the green and lightly blend out. 

     Bruising : Besides the obvious point of being gentle, apply the coloured concealer lightly to the

     the bruise and slightly around it. Cover the bruise as best you can, but don't over do it. If you keep 

     layering the makeup to hide it, you're only drawing more attention to it, so people, 

less is more.