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The Color-Correcting Technique You Need More Than Contouring

These rainbow-hued color correctors are the makeup version of Photoshop
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Color-Correcting Shade: Yellow
You've probably seen yellow color correctors on -- who else? -- Kim Kardashian as part of her contouring routine. That's because yellow concealers counteract the blue and purple tones underneath your eyes, resulting in serious brightening. You can even use them atop your eyelids to cancel out any bluish veins.

For subtler purposes, yellow works as a correcting jack-of-all-trades to even out your skin tone, combat dullness and mask dark spots and hyperpigmentation.

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Try: Lancome Miracle CC Cushion Color Correcting Primer, $39.50, in Yellow
For general skin tone evening, try this yellow cushion primer. It goes on slightly sheer, but provides enough coverage to make dark spots and veins do a disappearing act.

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For localized coverage (say, an acne mark) dab the highly pigmented yellow shade from this palette onto the area you want to correct, blend it out, and top with your flesh-toned concealer.

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Color-Correcting Shade: Pink
Pink shades can help perk up your complexion, but work especially well at highlighting and brightening the eye area. Use it on the inner corners of your eyes and under your brows for best results. Beware: Applying it over dark circles will accentuate them, which is why peachy/orange shades are better for covering up the under-eye area.

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Try: Sephora + Pantone Universe Correct + Conceal Palette, $49, in Light/Medium
Every single shade in this palette is so creamy and pigmented, it's hard to believe it exists outside our imaginations. The Light/Medium palette comes with an amazing pink shade that magically makes eyes look wide awake when applied to the inner corners. It's like FaceTune IRL.

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BY ALLIE FLINN | SEP 8, 2016 | SHARES
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