18 Best Organic & Natural Concealers For Every Skin Type
Did you know that using a natural concealer can actually help to lighten dark spots, treat acne, and plump fine lines? A natural concealer is the key to achieving a smooth, flawless looking makeup application–especially if you have pronounced blemishes and dark spots. That’s because the best natural concealers are jam packed with skin nourishing ingredients you’ll expect to find in a potent facial serum or moisturizer. With the right natural concealer, you can both treat your blemishes in the long-term and cover them up in the short term!
What is a Concealer? What is a Color Corrector? How Are Natural Concealers Different?Â
Concealers are used to cover dark spots, redness, and blemishes that are visibly apparent under foundations. They are generally more opaque, available in lighter tones, and offer full coverage (or buildable coverage) to hide the most stubborn blemishes. You can find concealers in liquid, cream, and powder forms.
A color-corrector is a type of concealer that is based on color theory. Color theory states that the opposite colors on the color wheel cancel each other out; thus, color correctors offer vibrant colors to cancel out dark circles, redness, and deep purple hues in the skin. You’ll need to use a concealer or foundation over your color corrector once applied to mask the stark color pop; however, they do a fantastic job at hiding the most pronounced blemishes.
Just like natural foundations and other natural makeup products, natural concealers and color correctors work by using a blend of all natural minerals, powders, plant-extracts, and natural pigments to create excellent coverage in beautifully natural shades. Some natural concealers even derive their pigments from real fruits and berries like apricots, coffee beans, cherries, and pomegranates.
Be Cautious of Fake Natural Concealers
Please be aware, just because a product says its clean and natural, doesn’t mean that it is. Unfortunately, “greenwashing” is a practice that is rampant in the beauty and cosmetics industry. Greenwashing is a deceptive marketing tactic in which brands claim that their products are “natural” and “organic” while still filling their products with cheap synthetics, silicones, petrochemicals, and artificial dyes. This is possible because terms like “organic” and “natural” aren’t regulated in the cosmetics industry in the way that they are for the food and agriculture industries (2).
That’s why our mission at Skin Care Ox is to identify, research, and review REAL natural products—and natural concealers were no exception. Instead of just reading the marketing statements of these brands, we researched each and every product, ingredient, and clean claim made. The result? A comprehensive list of the best (and actually clean) concealers you’ll find anywhere.
All of the natural concealers on this list are free from questionable ingredients such as parabens, phthalates, BHA, dimethicone & silicones, coal tars, lake dyes & artificial dyes, aluminum, triclosan, talc, polyethylene/PEGS, steareths, bismuth oxychloride, TEA/DEA (triethanolamine/diethanolamne), and many more(1,4,5,6,). In addition to our own ingredient standards, we also checked each ingredient against the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Database for safety. Many concealers on our list contain natural mineral ingredients like titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, mica powder, and iron oxides. These are natural + non-toxic minerals that have been deemed safe for cosmetic use; however, many of them aren’t without controversy. If you are curious to learn more about these minerals and why they are so common in organic makeup, then check out our guide on Common Mineral Ingredients in Natural Concealers at the bottom of this page for more information on these ingredients, their safety, and how they work.
Who cares if a product is “clean” if doesn’t work effectively? In addition to our own trials of these natural concealers, we also take into account hundreds of real customer reviews from across the internet. We reviewed dozens of super-clean natural concealers that were poorly designed didn’t pass our bar for effectiveness. In total, we’ve reviewed 112 concealers to bring you this list of the best of the best. Enjoy!
How to Use This List: The list below includes our highest scoring organic and all-natural concealers from our research process.The best way to find the perfect concealer for you is to use our “Filter By” feature below to sort the list by tag to quickly narrow down your choices.
PUBLISHED: 02/19/2020
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