When it comes to creating a flawless base, two essential concepts to understand are concealing and neutralising. While they’re often confused or used interchangeably, they serve very different purposes and understanding when to use each can seriously upgrade your makeup game.

Concealer: For Coverage

Think of concealer as your camouflage tool. It’s designed to hide blemishes, dark circles, and imperfections by blending into your natural skin tone.

• When to use it: After foundation, to add extra coverage in areas where you need it.
• What it does: Matches your skin tone to conceal spots without changing your skin’s colour.
• Best for: Pimples, mild redness, uneven patches, and brightening under the eyes.

This is when you would reach for Concealer Cube, Brush-On Concealer, Digital Complexion Concealer, Concealer Wheel 1.

Tip: Choose a concealer shade that’s one to two shades lighter than your foundation for under-eye brightening, or a perfect match for blemishes.

Neutraliser: For Colour Correction

Neutralisers (also called colour correctors) are all about cancelling out discoloration using colour theory. Instead of blending in, they counteract unwanted tones.

• When to use it: Before foundation, to balance skin tone.
• What it does: Uses opposite colours on the colour wheel to neutralize specific issues.
• Best for:
• Green neutraliser: Cancels out redness (acne, rosacea).
• Peach/orange: Brightens blue/purple under-eye circles on medium to deep skin.
• Pink: Brightens dullness in lighter skin tones.
• Yellow: Neutralises purple tones and brightens sallow complexions.
• Purple/lavender: Cancels out yellow undertones or sallowness.

This is when you would reach for the Concealer Wheel (Australia), Concealer Duo, Digital Complexion Neutralizer, Ultra Make-up base.

Tip: Use a small amount and blend well—you’re neutralizing, not painting!

Our Concealer Wheel (Australia) is one of our best-sellers for a reason. 

The Kryolan Concealer Wheel contains an essential range of skin tone and corrective colours. These shades help counteract the most common and unwanted imperfections on the skin. The concentrated pigment in the concealer means only a small amount of product is required when wanting to achieve optimum results. This is a long wearing, satin finish product.

BN - Neutralises blue tones in the skin
OH - Neutralises purple tones in the skin
PH - Neutralises brown tones in the skin
RN1 - Neutralises red tones in fair skin
RN2 - Neutralises red tones in deep skin
SYH – Highlights

We also have two other identical formula Concealer Wheels, all with different shades.

Number 1 - Suitable for Light skin tones. The number 1 Concealer Wheel consists of yellow, pink and neural under toned concealers. Use the yellow tone to hide darkness and purple tones. You can also highlight and brighten when using the concealer.  Use the pink toned concealer to neutralise any blue toned areas, dark spots and scars. Use the neutral tones to counteract any redness or pigmentation. 

X4w -  X4 - X7 -X66 -X51 - X0

Number 4 - Suitable for dark skin tones. The number 4 Concealer Wheel consists of yellow, pink and neural under toned concealers. Use the yellow tone to hide darkness and purple tones. You can also highlight and brighten when using the concealer.  Use the pink toned concealer to neutralise any blue toned areas, dark spots and scars. Use the neutral tones to counteract any redness or pigmentation. 

X56 -  X4 - X7 -X13 -X19 - X1

The Concealer Duo is the same product as the Concealer Wheel, but with just two shades instead of all 6.

Concealer Duo 1: RN1 & OH1

Concealer Duo 2: RN2 &PH

Concealer Duo 3: SYH & PH

Finally, our last contribution to our cream concealer options, is the individual concealers.

The shade options from the Concealer Wheel (Australia), and the Concealer Duo, are available as individual compact shades (these are refillable!)

Starting off with our Liquid Concealers, we have the Brush-On Concealer.

The Brush-on Concealer is minimal - light coverage product with high colour pigmentation. This product is a lightweight formula, that conceals, brightens and corrects all areas. It’s great for everyday and minimal makeup days.

Shade 1 - Is great for an extra brightening effect on its own or underneath your make-up as a colour corrector.

Shade 2 - Is a neutral toned concealer, suited for fair-light skin tones. 

Shade 3 - Is for medium skin tones, with a slight pink undertone. This shade is great for a light coverage under the eye while also colour correcting any darkness. 

Shade 4 - Is a warm toned concealer, best for dark skin tones. 

Shade 5 - Is a cool toned concealer, best for dark skin tones. 

Shade 6 - Is an orange colour corrector. This great for areas with tattoos or scars. 

Digital Complexion Neutraliser & Digital Complexion Concealer

This cutting-edge product is durable with a lightweight feel, providing you with the confidence you want to feel in your own skin. An emulsion base of water and silicone suitable for all skin types infused with phyto oils. It has sheer to medium coverage capabilities and is buildable. This self-setting, innovative formula has been designed for compatibility with modern technologies for an airbrushed impression leaving your complexion and smile beaming. The complex structure has a yielding effect resulting in a flawless complexion with a natural finish.

There are 28 available shades of Digital Complexion Concealer.

Digital Complexion Neutralizer can be applied before or after foundation or concealer, as desired. Shake the pen and then twist the applicator from the bottom to dispense the product. It’s advisable to use a Make-up Blending Plate or the back of your hand, if applying on yourself, to prevent cross contamination. Using your finger, brush or sponge, whichever your preference, blend the Digital Complexion Neutralizer into the skin using a patting technique until the liquid is absorbed into the skin and is seamlessly blended. The Digital Complexion Neutralizer can be layered, if required, to achieve higher coverage and camouflage pigmentation.

 Just as mentioned earlier, here's where you would use these shades. 

• Peach/orange: Brightens blue/purple under-eye circles on medium to deep skin.(45 & 46)
• Yellow: Neutralises purple tones and brightens sallow complexions. (43)
• Purple/lavender: Cancels out yellow undertones or sallowness.(42)

Quick Recap:

• Concealer = skin-toned, for covering what’s already close to your natural colour.

• Neutraliser = colour-based, for correcting noticeable discoloration before you even conceal.

Using both correctly can make a huge difference in achieving a truly even, radiant complexion. Just remember, neutralise first, conceal second, then blend everything into perfection!