Let's talk concealer

  

Why are there so many colors?!

So let's talk about corrective concealers.  Corrective concealers are generally the small circles colors on the right of the above palette.  They usually come in green, yellow, purple, and orange.

You maybe thinking, I'm not an alien! My skin tone is in the brown family! There is a crazy, yet reasonable explanation for this.

First we need to know what complementary colors are.  Complementary colors are colors that when paired they create a neutral color.  They basically cancel each other out.  Here is a cute little color chart:

Your complementary color is the color directly across from it.  So for example:

Red and Green

Blue and Orange

Yellow and.... anyone? anyone?  Yep! Purple!

Okay, so what does all this even mean?  I mean, again, I'M NOT GREEN OR PURPLE!  Yes, young grasshopper, but what color is your acne usually? Or if you accidentally bang your forehead on a table when you dropped your pen, what color is your bruise?  See where this is headed?

So.... lets starts with the one that corrects acne and scars.... 

Green - correct acne and scars

Orange - corrects veins and super dark circles (if they are more of a blue tone)

Purple - corrects any type of yellow tinge to the skin (sallowness) 

Pink - corrects and brightens any greyish coloration to skin, (its not on the chart, you're welcome!)

Yellow - corrects bruises and dark circles (if they appear more of a purple tone)

So hopefully this helps you to figure out what to do with all those extra colors in your concealer palette that has been sitting there.