I'm a Skincare Expert—These Are the Only Products I Recommend for Redness and Acne

When you’re shopping for makeup, there’s one skin concern that pops up frequently in makeup product descriptions—redness. It’s easy to see why—we’re all bound to experience some form of redness during our lifetimes, and there are a wide range of reasons why we might do so. It could be redness caused by breakouts, by post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, by rosacea, sunburn, or even just by a generally rosy complexion.

There’s absolutely no hard rule that you have to conceal redness, whatever has caused it. But as someone who has lived with acne for most of their adult life, I know first-hand that when you have something to cover (and you want to do so), finding the right makeup can be really tricky.

Redness reducing makeup

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"To cover redness, I always recommend using concealers or foundations that have a slightly more yellow tone," says Laura Mercier makeup artist, Karl Hodson. The reason for this is that yellow tones help to neutralise redness. "It is important to use light layers to build coverage, rather than using a heavy dosage of product which may make the makeup more detectable, and ultimately make the skin look less like skin," he adds.

"For larger patches of redness, I recommend using a small but fluffy brush to apply buildable light layers making sure the edges of the product are diffused and blend into the skin." And if you want to cover breakouts or blemishes, Hodson recommends using a small dense brush to apply a full coverage, oil free concealer.

Scroll down to discover the best redness reducing makeup I’ve tried so far.

The best makeup products for redness:

1. Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Color Correcting Treatment

2. Erborian CC Red Correct

3. Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Concealer

4. Bare Minerals Redness Reducing Prime Time Primer

5. Clinique Redness Solutions Makeup SPF 15

6. L'Oréal Paris C'est Magic CC Cream Anti-Redness

7. Rosalique Anti-Redness Miracle Formula Colour Corrector

8. Givenchy Prisme Libre Skin-Caring Corrector

9. Beauty Pie Superluminous Redness Corrector

10. Laura Mercier Eye Basics

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Grace Day is a beauty editor and content creator. She has over 10 years of beauty-industry experience, spanning editorial, retail, and e-commerce, which gives her a unique understanding into how people shop for their beauty routines.While studying for a history degree (specialising in the history of beauty) and working as a beauty adviser in department stores, Grace started writing her own beauty blog in order to share the products she discovered while dealing with acne. After graduating, she moved to Beauty Bay as beauty editor and content manager. Grace is currently a beauty contributor toBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing . She has also written for Hypebae and PopSugar and works as a brand consultant and copywriter.