Shiseido Color Corrector Stick and Foundation Stick

Hey everyone! How was your guys' weekend?! Mine was hectic from start to finish. I flew to visit my family and did nothing but enjoy the abundance of food left, right and center. It was a feast of many sorts and I think I'm finally recovering from food coma. It's Tuesday.

Anyway, I wanted to write a post about the wonderfulness of color correctors. Color correctors are one of the many very versatile makeup products that serve a purpose by making the skin look amazing without having to overuse the foundation or concealer. Since I've ate nothing but fried goodies and cholesterol inducing foods, I've been waking up looking like I was attacked in my sleep. With some effort, I try to put on a decent face by using the right things to even out the blotchy skintone and used these below.

Shiseido Stick Foundation Color Corrector

If you can tell, this is very heavily swatched. I just dab some of color corrector around my nose, mouth, etc. It neutralizes the redness which is amazing!

Shiseido Foundation Stick in 060

This is technically a foundation but it's a little dark for me to wear on a regular basis so I tried to use it as a  concealer and I'm glad I did! It looks really natural under my eyes and on my eyelids... it blends right in without that streaky look I sometimes get with other concealers. I like this because of how light it is, and how I get the effect of an eraser with this =p

Here's a random photo of me sporting both the color corrector and concealer. You shouldn't be able to detect I have anything on, otherwise it's a fail! =p It's a no makeup look I suppose. My eyes were still puffy but it wasn't red. Improvement in an otherwise hopeless situation.

Here's another one on a particularly bad skin day. My skin was sallow and dehydrated... yuck. I used the color corrector around my nose area, bridge of my nose, a little under the eye (it's not perfect), on my chin. The concealer was dabbed around my face to give it a little lift.

Overall, I really recommend both of these, but I definitely lean toward the color corrector more. It's such a multitasking product that I think is needed in a makeup arsenal for evening out your skin tone without the excessive use of foundation. It's so creamy to the touch (both are!) and in a convenient stick for lugging around.

And here's an eye look I did with the Loreal Forest Smokes palette. I've learned some people were big fans of the light colors and some detested the pigmentation of Loreal eyeshadows because they're too light. I also used the foundation concealer under my eyes here too.

But back to color correctors and concealers, do you guys buy your concealers a shade lighter or darker? Have you ever used foundations as concealers?

Disclaimer: All purchased by yours truly :)