Color Correcting For Beginners! Drugstore Vs. High End

I going to be talking all about color correcting in my last video I had mentioned possibly doing this type of video and it seems like 99% of you wanted to see it so I wanted to sit down today and go through everything that has to do with color correcting so for those of you out there that have never heard of it or for those of you who have and are just a little bit confused hopefully this video will help you out I did recently get a new mic so I have that plugged in and I threw blankets all over the floor to try to get rid of that Echo so hopefully this video will be a little bit better so I do apologize the echo has been annoying in the past couple of videos I do everything myself I film I edit I do lighting I do sound I do everything and my previous two places that we were in had carpet so I never ever had this problem before so bear with me while I try and figure it out in this video I'm going to talk about all the different colors what they're good for and then I'm going to show you all the colors in action so I did run to the drugstore this morning so I could pick up a color corrector that way I could do half of my face drugstore half of it higher end that way I can kind of for myself test out and see if there is a big difference between the products and then also for you guys so I can suggest whatever is best for your budget so I'm going to go through and show you some of my favorite products I'm going to explain each of the colors and then I'm going to show you the demonstrations so if you guys want to learn a little bit more about color correcting please keep watching so for all my beginners out there the number one thing to look at when you are trying to learn about color correcting is the color wheel so the color wheel is going to explain everything whatever color you're trying to get rid of you look directly across the opposite end and that's going to be the color you use to cancel it out so if you guys ever get confused in the future make sure to just Google it and you could see this picture pop up for your own sake it's so easy Once you actually look at it um I'm going to go through each color now and just explain which one does what and what I like to use each one for so first I'm going to talk about the bright orange color color that one is my personal favorite what the orange color does is it cancels out the blue tones underneath your eyes so if you guys have really dark circles or if you have like that blue purpley tint underneath your eyes the orange will help immensely that is the color that I find myself using the most I never use the bright red I prefer the orange but if you have a darker complexion darker skin tones the red can be used in the same area to help really get rid of those dark circles before I go any further I just wanted to mention before you do any color correcting there's a a routine that I personally recommend to help keep your makeup looking really smooth and not cakey because sometimes when we add color correcting it's adding another layer to your routine so if you're not blending it right or if you're not doing it the right way it can look a little bit more cakey it can dry up on your face so what I personally recommend and what I've been doing for a really long time now is I always wash my face every single night and morning so before I'm doing my makeup I'll wash my face after I wash my face I will use my moisturizer the one that I'm using currently is by Mario badescu so I will always apply the moisturizer and then I go in with my primer so the primer that I've been using and the one that I love is pores No More by Dr brand so every single time I'm doing my makeup whether it's in the morning or at night I always do the same thing I wash my face I apply my moisturizer and then I apply my primer there's a few reasons that I do this and I just want to explain for the beginners out there who maybe don't understand or for some people who maybe don't do this every single day um the reason that I like to wash my face beforehand is because you're removing anything from the night before so at night I like to apply my serums and everything like that so you're washing off all of the excess product from the night before also I believe makeup goes on so much better when you have a nice clean fresh face to start with um I love applying a nice moisturizer because the moisturizer is going to really help lock in the moisture on your skin then you apply the primer the primer is going to act as a barrier to protect your skin from the makeup so I definitely recommend doing those three things before you go apply your makeup especially with color correcting because it's going to help again give it a more even perfect Flawless look at the end so after the primer that's when all the color correcting and concealing comes in people get confused whether to apply concealer before or after foundation and my tip for you guys is to apply the color correctors and then to apply concealer just to cover pimples or anything like that before the foundation so the only time I use concealer before my Foundation is if I have a pimple and I want to cover it any concealing as far as dark circles or anything like that I always like to do after the foundation and then after I talk about all this you'll see my routine afterwards showing you guys exactly what I'm talking about so moving on to the next color I'm going to be talking about the mint green color the mint green is going to cancel out any redness on your face whether you have pimples or if you have some red veins I know I have like a broken blood vessel right here on my nose so you can apply the green on there to be perfectly honest on myself I don't really ever use the green because I never notice my redness coming through at the end of the day so again everybody's different all of our skin tones are different so what I want you guys to do is look at yourself in the mirror see what part of your skin you want to correct whether you have that redness or if you have those dark circles and then you base my information on that so the green again is for the redness it's going to cancel it out moving on to the purple I think this one is the most confusing for most people the light purple color is going to cancel out any yellow tones in your skin so if you have like that solo looking complexion a little bit of a yellow tint that purple is going to really really brighten it up also if you guys have the beginning stages of a bruise you know how sometimes it can look a little bit yellow if you apply the purple over that it will cancel it out I also personally love using a purple powder to set everything I recently picked up one by makeup forever and then I also have the one by Mac it's a purple tone and I like to apply that actually under my eyes after I've done everything it really really brightens it up so I love the purple I think it's a really great color