I tried an Amazon cc cream to cover redness and it worked in seconds

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.