If you are looking for an easy way to even your skin tone and cover redness in your face, I may have found the answer for you. Influenced by TikTok, as I so easily am, I purchased a tube of the Erborian Korean Skin Therapy CC Red Correct which promised to be a “covering complexion perfector and corrector”, which is what I need.
I paid £20.50 for 15ml, so it wasn’t cheap, but it does have an SPF25 incorporated and had more than 5,000 positive reviews on Amazon and it is currently on offer for £16.80 or £33.60 for 45ml. I have previously used the Dr Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass colour corrector, which is currently £15.60 for 15ml at Boots, but have found it a little thin. From the videos I had seen, this looked thicker, so I hoped for better coverage.
When the Erborian Korean Skin Therapy CC Red Correct arrived, although I knew it was 15ml, I almost laughed at the small size of the tube.
But you only need a little, so perhaps it will last a while. It comes out a light shade of green, which can be off putting if you have never used a colour corrector before, but trust the process as green can cancel out redness in the skin.
It has a light make-up smell, so it is not fragranced; just smells like the foundation counter at a department store.
It is thicker than other colour correctors I have used and rubs nicely into the skin. This is when the magic happens; the green starts to transform into a skin-coloured pigment that compliments your skin tone and evens out the colour in seconds.
I was impressed with the change and the applications – I just used my clean hands to apply.
And with no make up on, I was happy with the results which lasted for the majority of the day.
I had been out to a cafe, run some errands and tidied my house before I took another image six hours later and you could see some of the corrector wearing off – although some of this may have been due to my glasses and blowing my nose (hay fever problems).
While this is a little expensive for the amount, I was impressed with the coverage and the added SPF from the Erborian CC Red Correct. I would have liked it to have lasted longer, but it is not a foundation.
I have used the Dr Jart+ version under make-up before as a colour-correcting step; I have not tried this one under foundation; I would worry about pilling, given that it is a little thicker.
I would buy this again, but perhaps when it is on offer. Definitely good for when you want an easy make-up-free day but feel your skin is looking a little tired.
You can get the Erorbian CC Red Correct on Amazon for £16.80 for 15ml.
