Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm+ Red Correct.

Moisturizers

About this product

A green color-correcting balm for redness-prone skin, made to hydrate and soothe while visibly neutralizing redness and evening out skin tone, including the marks left after blemishes.

Full ingredients

Water/Aqua/Eau, Isononyl Isononanoate, Dipropylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Octyldodecanol, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Diethylhexyl Carbonate, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate, Silica, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Extract, Panthenol, Sodium Chloride, Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Mica, Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin), Hydrogenated Polydecene, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Yellow Iron Oxide (Ci 77492), Beta-Glucan, Tocopheryl Acetate, Spirulina Platensis Powder, Theobroma Cacao Fruit Powder, SH-Polypeptide-1, SH-Polypeptide-3, SH-Oligopeptide-1, SH-Oligopeptide-2, SH-Polypeptide-62, Allantoin, Glycerin, Synthetic Beeswax, Sorbitan Isostearate, Propylene Carbonate, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Xanthan Gum, Caprylyl Glycol, Triethoxycaprylylsilane

Guru Score

83%

Yay

4 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

Green is the whole point here: this tinted balm cancels out redness, and it goes on subtly once you rub it in, enough that some gurus skip makeup on work days. It also hydrates with peptides and beta glucan, and helps peely, broken skin from a popped pimple heal faster. The catch is that it's a heavier color correction, so it can feel thick on some skin.

Synthesized from 4 expert reviews · most recent take June 2025

What they liked

Affordable
Effective color correction for redness
Heavy coverage option

What they flagged

Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

Best for

Sensitive skin Acne-prone skin

Type

MoisturizersBalm & ointment

Key actives

Vitamin EPeptidesSPF

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

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What the experts use it for.

The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.

Redness3 experts

“It fixes redness.”

The Budget Dermatologist, watch at 1:17

Breakouts and acne1 expert

“They are a post-blemish cream, basically meant to help heal and mend up your skin after a pimple has occurred, and it works, it absolutely works.”

Kelly Driscoll, watch at 15:42

Irritated or reactive skin1 expert

“This is good, it's got beta glucan and peptides, it helps hydrate the healing skin and reduce irritation and friction.”

Dr Dray, watch at 18:38

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Doctorly

3.59M subs

✓Yay

"Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm is another really popular one that's actually really quite affordable. [...] This is their redness correct color correcting green serum. This is a heavier color correction, much heavier than the La Roche-Posay one, so it can be a little heavy for some people, but I think it's going to do a better job correcting color than the La Roche-Posay one."

The Budget Dermatologist

725k subs

✓Yay

"This formulation is really hydrating on the skin [...] and it's a very simple formulation that I think would work for a lot of skin tones. It has methanol in it to soothe the skin and it has some peptides in it to help your skin barrier. [...] Since I found this product and seen how good it works on my skin, it is what I'm exclusively wearing instead of makeup on work days [...] because it does just enough to correct all my redness and give me an even skin tone."

All 2 takes from The Budget Dermatologist

INSTANT RESULTS To Fix Redness Under $15! | The Budget Derm Reviews

My Current Nighttime Skincare Routine | WHAT’S NEW From The Budget Derm

"It's by Hero, it's the Rescue Balm. It is a color correcting green cream that visibly evens the skin tone with the pigments in this product. I am very redness prone, that is part of what I deal with as my aging skin, so green corrects red. This is what I've been using so much during the day instead of makeup. It's a very subtle green, and then when you rub it in, it covers the redness. It is a very new to me product, it's actually a viral product, and for a good reason it works so well."

Kelly Driscoll

91k subs

✓Yay

"Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm Plus Red Correct, now I love this stuff. They have two versions from Hero: the Rescue Balm and then the Plus Red Correct. They are a post-blemish cream, basically meant to help heal and mend up your skin after a pimple has occurred, and it works, it absolutely works. I do get pimples that pop, I rub a little bit of this on it and [...] that peely, broken skin just starts to smooth over and heal up a lot faster."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

✓Yay

"The Rescue Balm, the color correcting one, is something you could use if you have post acne redness, as a spot moisturizer to reduce irritation and help camouflage the redness, similar to their Post Blemish Recovery Cream. This is good, it's got beta glucan and peptides, it helps hydrate the healing skin and reduce irritation and friction. These are both pretty good."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Peptides

Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm+ Red Correct?

A green color-correcting balm for redness-prone skin, made to hydrate and soothe while visibly neutralizing redness and evening out skin tone, including the marks left after blemishes.

Is Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm+ Red Correct worth it?

Yes. All 4 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 83%.

What is Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm+ Red Correct's Guru Score?

Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm+ Red Correct holds a Guru Score of 83%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.

Who is Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm+ Red Correct best for?

Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm+ Red Correct is generally suited to sensitive skin and acne-prone skin.

What is Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm+ Red Correct good for, according to the experts?

In their reviews, experts say Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm+ Red Correct is good for redness (3 experts), breakouts and acne (1 expert) and irritated or reactive skin (1 expert).