Is multi-colour correcting the new contouring?

Why beauty bloggers are showing off their #colorcorrectingclash

Is colour correcting the new contouring?

No, this isn't clown contouring, it's colour correcting. Just on an extreme scale.

The latest crazy makeup trend becoming Insta-famous is multiple colour correcting, another step to add to your makeup routine before foundation, concealing and contouring.

It goes like this; using a colour-correcting palette (or individual products) you can counteract angry spots or general redness, purple rings shadowing the eyes, sallow cheeks and more.

Based on 'colour harmony' principles, with colour correcting concealers you can neutralise your specific concern. This colour chart from Max Factor should help you get your head around it:

While it may seem like a ballache (on top of the whole contouring, strobing and doing eyebrows on fleek shiz), as these tutorials demo, colour correcting is well worth it.

We say forgo the contouring in favour of this, which still helps to sculpt the face, but in a more subtle way. For day-to-day makeup a fraction of this effort will suffice (we're not all beauty bloggers or Kim Kardashian, are we?) and just colour correct where needed.

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