Christian Dior 2-in-1 Prime and Colour Correct

One of the more annoying things about getting older (cough) is the necessity of dealing with skin discolouration as part of your daily makeup routine. Dullness, redness, dark circles, dark spots, the list is seemingly never-ending and seems to get longer as the years pass.
However: fear not dear reader, this is not a 'woe is me' post. At least there is something we can easily do about it. Christian Dior are the latest to offer an updated version of colour-correcting with the Fix It Colour: the Prime and Colour Correct stick brings some sophistication to what is essentially old school makeup artist/filming/backstage tricks.

Used specifically around the eye and lip contours, the centre of the bullet (imprinted with the CD logo) is a soft-focus powder to give an even, perfected skin surface and fill in wrinkles like a wrinkle-busting primer.
Around the central core, a green, yellow, apricot or blue shade targets and neutralises colour imperfections.

• 100 Blue: anti-dullness action
The lilac-blue colour is great on yellow-toned Caucasian skins and Asian skins. It evens out tired complexions for extra glow. Dabbed on the light-catching areas – the forehead and the tips of the cheeks – it gives them a rested look.
• 200 Apricot: perfect for matte or tanned complexions
Designed to even out dark skins, it tones down greyness, diminishes dark spots and corrects areas of hyper pigmentation and dark circles that tend to affect an olive skin.
• 300 Yellow: corrects dark spots and circles
On light skins this erases violet-tinted shadows, from blood vessels to circles under the eyes. It neutralises lips with a blue hue, bringing out the real colour of the lipstick.
• 400 Green: the anti-redness tool
Especially good for light complexions and rosy skins, used lightly it fades blood vessels and flushed areas. (i.e. hot flush klaxon)

The Christian Dior 2-in-1 Prime and Colour Correct is £23.00 and available from Boots.com 





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Hall of Fame - Makeup Atelier Paris Waterproof Liquid Corrector & Concealer

A few months back I attended IMATS and did a tour around the room with my great friend Kevin James Bennett. He walked me over to the Love Makeup stand and essentially told me to buy these. No option. 

I felt what it must be like to go cleanser shopping with me. 'Buy this. Don't talk, just get your wallet out.'

They were £8.00 as a special show price so I bought two. Well, reader, I married him wish I had bought all of them. 

This concealer has replaced all of my usual choices, with the exception of my Urban Decay Naked, which I have kept on hand because it's slightly thicker, so good for active blemishes.

I use this around my eyes, on pigmentation, on scarring, all over. It's light, non-drying and dries quickly. The clincher though, for me, is the waterproof feature. If I was in a circus sideshow I would be 'The Incredibly Sweaty Woman' and this concealer DOES. NOT. BUDGE. The weather in London has been uncharacteristically hot this week and this concealer has been a life-saver. 

I mean it literally stays put like a dog waiting for it's owner to come out of a store. Or a kid waiting for you to come out of the loo (speaking from direct experience on that one). 

So, I'm bringing out the Hall Of Fame badge. For it's price, colour range and quality this is a no-brainer. For reference, I use FLWA2 and FLWA3, but there is a great guide for how to pick your correct colour on the website here.

It's £12.50 and for some reason is not currently available at LoveMakeup.co.uk so the links are:

MakeupAtelierParis/WaterproofLiquidCorrector - available to buy here

LoveMakeup.co.uk - not currently on sale, but a brilliant site worth investigating if you're a true makeup obsessive

Kevin James Bennett - puts the word 'Pro' back into Professional Makeup Artist - I love him. There is nothing, nothing, this man does not know about makeup. I will buy whatever he says, whenever he says it.

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Bobbi Brown Intensive Serum Corrector and Concealer

I think everyone I know owns a Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick. And Bone eyeshadow. And quite possibly the original Corrector and Concealer kit. Where I was absolutely on board with the first two, I hadn't, until last week, got on board with Corrector and Concealer. Instead of being sensible, and asking the always amazingly talented team on-counter specifically how to use them, I would bungle through, using, I now know, the wrong colour and most importantly, in the wrong order. Duh.

Last week, to highlight the exclusive launch of the new Intensive Skin Serum Corrector and Concealer at John Lewis, I filmed a 'Secret to Perfect Skin' tutorial with the gorgeous Hannah from Bobbi's Pro team. You literally see my lightbulb moment on screen. It's really not that difficult Hirons.

Regular readers will know that I am anaemic, and always suffer with dark circles. Always. It's the first place I go to when applying concealer. The joy of the new Intensive Serum Corrector and Concealer is that it is designed to target all of the causes of dark circles around the eyes that I am asked about the most often namely aging, illness, excess pigmentation, irritation and dehydration. 

They're beyond easy to use and the effect is immediate, looking more like you on a good day, than you wearing a ton of makeup.

Case in point:

The eye on the left is wearing the new Corrector and Concealer, right eye is my usual darkness. 

You can watch Hannah and my clearly much-needed lesson here – and further details on the products are below.

• Designed for all skin types.
• There are 16 Corrector Shades and 15 Concealer Shades
• Available Exclusively at John Lewis and Johnlewis.com from 1st-16th September.
• Book complimentary Secret to Perfect Skin Makeup Lesson at any John Lewis Counter nationwide.
• Bobbi Brown's Makeup Artists are available to help you find your perfect shades of new Intensive Skin Serum Corrector & Concealer. Visit or call a Bobbi Brown counter in John Lewis now for a complimentary Secret to Perfect Skin Makeup Lesson. www.johnlewis.com

Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Bobbi Brown via Mode Media.  The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Bobbi Brown.