If makeup is like magic, colour-correcting is the technique that gives makeup its magical qualities. It is with colour-correcting you can make skin issues like redness, dark spots, dark circles, and dullness disappear. While this makeup technique is mainly used by professional makeup artists, with the rising popularity of makeup, regular people like you and I have also started using it. Following cue, major makeup brands have come up with their own colour correcting palettes. Here’s a list of our favourites.

We love that this palette includes numbers shades along with its four colour-correcting shades. It also has easy-to-understand visual guide which can come in handy if you’re new to the colour-correcting game. The shades are creamy and pigmented – perfect for anyone who’s looking for a high performance product at a low price point!

While this palette may be on the pricier side, but not only can you colour correct and conceal with this palette, use can use the shades to contour and highlight as well.The crazy pigmented products are packed into a tiny makeup palette making it perfect to carry around with you!

What we love about these colour correctors is that not only can you spot correct, you can also mix it with your foundation and even out your skin in one go. Their formula is ultra-pigmented and a joy to blend. If you love a good second-skin feel, this is what you need to get!

A few drops of Algenist's green correcting fluid mixed in with foundation does more to mask redness than even the creamiest or most pigmented concealer out there - and we've tried them all. Anti-ageing alguronic acid and microalgae oil provides hydration and antioxidant protection, so it treats the skin as it neutralises angry blotches.

One for the lazy girls, Guerlain's clever compact does it all - simply swirl your powder brush over the mosaic of colour and dust all over. The green works wonders to cancel out redness in acne prone skin and the subtle light reflecting particles provide a veil of luminosity. It smells amazing, too.

KIKO have combined butter-like blendability with intense pigment in this handy compact that combats everything from under-eye circles (orange and peach) to blotchy acne scars (green).

Play up your best features with the Urban Decay Naked Skin Color Correcting Fluids. These babies come in six different shades and will last you a long, long time. Their liquid formula is easy to use and blends like a dream – whether you use a little or a lot. Rich in antioxidants, vitamin C, and vitamin E, they also condition and protect your skin while correcting imperfections.

Can’t find a palette of essential colour correctors that is affordable and cruelty-free? Here’s Wet n Wild to the rescue So whether it’s pesky zits, under eye circles, spots, blemishes and or hyperpigmentation – this colour correcting palette will sort you out. The formula is creamy, easily applies on the skin and doesn’t show through your foundation or concealer – what more do

Do not like the idea of dipping your fingers in a pot every time you have to apply a product? Enter, a colour correcting pencil. These creamy colour correcting pencils come in four different shades that will blur out the appearance of any imperfection. They’re perfect for spot correction or if you’re constantly on the go.