The beautysphere has been abuzz for years about shade range diversity. With all of the new launches, reformulations and brand expansions, at long last, all complexions can find that perfect match from drugstore to luxury brand foundations. However, even with the best match for your skintone, foundation and concealer can’t provide total coverage of discoloration, imperfections, and those weird splotchy areas. Instead of applying layers upon layers of concealer to under-eye circles, melasma, and acne inflammation to the point of cakiness, it’s time to focus on the targeted coverage of color correction.
It’s based on the color theory that opposites on the color wheel cancel each other out, if not neutralize them. Green cancels out red, orange neutralizes blue tones and red fades the greenish blues that appear grayish on darker skin. This trinity of shades are combined in Kevyn Aucoin Beauty’s recently launched all-in-one skin perfecting Face Forward Color Corrector. It works for all skin tones from the fairest to the darkest.
As richly formulated and pigmented as Kevyn Aucoin’s The Sensual Skin Enhancer and other complexion products, a little of each color goes a long way. Best applied as a first step for a uniform canvas, the peach shade is a perfect neutralizer for the blue-ish shadows that make undereye circles so noticeable on light/medium skin tones. It’s radically streamlined my makeup routine – I no longer use a 3rd lighter pink concealer for brightening around the eyes.
For those with rosacea, sunburn, acne and broken capillaries, the green blends easily around the nose, cheeks and nasolabial folds for a uniform skin tone. On deeper skin tones, the red/orange shade brightens dark circles and hormonal discoloration.
For an optimal, precise application of all the antioxidant-rich color correcting tones, Kevyn Aucoin head makeup artist Drita Paljevic strongly suggests applying with the Concealer and Color Corrector Brush. Inspired by the shape of the fingertip, the brush is designed to pick up just enough product for the plush vegan bristles to gently dab and diffuse into the skin. Once corrected and brightened, you can proceed with the next steps in your makeup routine, either natural radiance or full glam beat.
For a custom dose of complexion perfection and correction, the Kevyn Aucoin flagship counter at Bergdorf Goodman offers custom-blended, personalized foundation and concealer.
