Corrective Color Concealers and How to Use Them

What are Corrective Color Concealers?

Corrective Color Concealers basically follow the simple rule of ‘neutralizing’ an opposite color on the skin and then hiding it to match the respective skin tone just as in a Color Wheel where the color opposite to a particular shade neutralizes it. These concealers come in various colors ranging from the natural skin tone color to colors like green and purple.

A color like yellow helps to tone down and even out the skin tone. However, it does not ‘hide’ anything specifically which is why we need other colors to do that.

Just like working with a normal concealer, after applying the corrective concealer set it with powder. These are used prior to application of foundation.

Different Colors of Concealers:

Apart from the natural skin tone colors, the colors available nowadays are:
White, Beige, Yellow, Orange Mint Green, Light Green, Lavender Purple, Mauve, Light Blue, Pink and Light Peach.

How to Use them:

• White: Used with Beige to cover up heavy under eye dark circles.

• Beige:  Used to conceal slight shadows and brighten up the complexion and under eye area. Used with White to conceal heavy under eye dark circles and around the nose area to conceal slight shadows. 

• Yellow and Orange: Neutralizes redness and brown discoloration. Used to conceal red blemishes, bruises and tone down any redness on the face near the nose, lip area, cheeks etc and on brown spots. Orange helps to neutralize the blue toned under eye dark circles and purple bruises. 

• Mint/Light Green: Neutralizes redness as well. If the redness is too dark, mint/light green is used with/without yellow to neutralize it. Works the same as the Yellow concealer except only on darker red spots and scars.

• Lavender Purple: Used to neutralize yellow-colored bruises or imperfections, yellow under eye or cheek area due to an illness/flu etc on bronze-olive skin tones. 

• Mauve: Used to cover up dark/black spots and visible veins on the face. 

• Light Blue: Used to neutralize orange spots, tan lines/spots, age spots and freckles. 

• Pink: Used to conceal dark gray shadows just below puffy under eye dark circle area and and shadows around the nose. 

• Light Peach: Used to brighten up olive skin tones and balance out slight color discolorations. Can be used for slight coverage of blue veins. 

NOTE: Under eye dark circles come under blue,purple and brownish tones therefore they are neutralized by yellow and orange. 

Hope this helps you ladies out there who are struggling with concealing those tough under eye dark circles and blemish/scar marks.

Happy Concealing! J

Konad iloje Flobu Eye Shadow in ‘ #002 White Pearl’

It’s been a while since my last review. Today, I’m going to review my current favorite eye shadow that I’ve been using since the past 2 weeks. This is from the brand Konad iloje Flobu (I still haven’t figured out the pronunciation for this interesting name!). I bought the White Pearl shade since I needed a new highlighter.

Packaging:
A hard plastic see through packaging that protects the eye shadow from falling and/or breaking.

Shades available:
Konad iloje Flobu eye shadows come in 10 shades : White, White Pearl, Soft gray, Dark Grey, Black, Romantic Pink, Pink Pearl, Ultra Violet, Evergreen and Chocolate.

My Experience with this eye shadow:

This White Pearl eye shadow is silky smooth, blends amazingly, and has a brilliant pigmentation. I love how it doesn’t crease without a primer even in the humid monsoons of Mumbai. I applied this on my eye lid at around 11 am and it stayed put till 10 pm at night after which it needed a slight touch up.

It can be used as a highlighter for the brown bones, inner tear duct area and also on the cheekbones. However, this shade might be too white for a medium skin tone and may wash down the skin tone. Dark skinned women may use this as a lid color and not as a brow bone highlighter since it has a tendency to look slightly chalky. This doesn’t happen on a fairer skin tone, but if intensified it gets chalky and the pearl finish doesn’t shine through.

Over all, I love this eye shadow and I can’t wait to get my hands on the other shades. Considering the extremely affordable price, quantity and quality, these eye shadows are a must try!

Price:

Rs. 130

Pros of Konad iloje Flobu Eye Shadow in ‘ #002 White Pearl’:

• Super smooth application.
• Can be used as a highlighter.
• Pigmentation is pretty good and can be intensified if needed.
• Doesn’t crease or fade away.
• Staying power is great with/without primer. (Stays put for almost an entire day!)
• 10 shades to select from.
• Inexpensive for the quantity and quality.
• Easily available online in India.
• Shelf life of 3 years.

Cons of Konad iloje Flobu Eye Shadow in ‘ #002 White Pearl’: 

• This particular shade might look too white on medium-dark skin tones.
• Tends to get chalky when intensified.
  

Rating:

3.75/5

Will I repurchase this eye shadow?
Not this shade really. However, I’ll try out the other shades.