Women's Health

Women's Health Top 5 primers

Like your intimate knowledge of S Club’s dance routines, painting your face green, blue or lilac may seem like a hobby best left to your childhood.

Hold up a sec: used under foundation, colour-correcting primers (in these shades and more) can act as camouflage for many complexion imperfections.

“To understand how they work you need to think of a colour wheel,” says make-up artist Simona Janek. “Work out the colour of the flaw you want to cover, then choose the colour directly opposite on the wheel to neutralise it.”

The trick to making them work is a light touch, says make-up artist Rae Morris. Choose sheer formulations and use only on the areas that need them.

“The primer shouldn’t change the foundation colour too much,” she notes.

Photo by John Rintoul Sep 6, 2012