Confessions of a Narcoleptic

You guys. This. This is the reason I thought about beauty blogging. This little product right HERE.

Let me explain. For the last couple of years, I have been breaking out like crazy. Worse than when I was in high school.  I have tried SO.MANY.PRODUCTS. to try and control my breakouts, but to no avail. (More posts on that later…) Until now.

I came across this little gem, Breakout Buster from the Rocky Mountain Soap Company, a month or two ago while shopping in Banff with a friend. She spoke highly of their other products, and I thought, I will try anything at this point, so I made the purchase. The Breakout Buster is supposed to help “calm and relieve acne spots and cold sores”. I don’t get cold sores, so I can’t report on it’s effectiveness there, but I have oh-so-many acne spots and I have used this product extensively since I bought it.

It is by far, one of the best beauty products I have ever bought. It works. It totally works. You are supposed to use it three times a day on the affected areas, but I usually just apply it at night. I have used it on new zits of every variety and older blemishes. I swear it speeds up the healing process, but I have no scientific proof of that. As for zits, let me tell you a story.

You know those underground zits you get? Those big, painful swellings under the skin that look similar to bug bites and seem to last forever? (Cystic acne…) I could feel one coming on, so I applied the Breakout Buster liberally and no word of a lie, that zit was gone in two days. GONE. Busted, some might say. If it hadn’t happened to me, I wouldn’t believe it. I’ve used it on other blemishes as well with similar results. Zits that normally would last for days, have simply disappeared. This is the best $10 I ever spent.

Have you ever tried Breakout Buster? What about other similar products? What did you think?

Hi, my name is Jamie and I am a Sephoraholic. I love buying cosmetic products. I can’t explain it. I don’t even use half of the stuff I buy, but I still want it, I still waste money on it and I still go into Sephora, even though it is a huge weakness for me. (To be completely honest, spending money on things I don’t need is a huge weakness. I totally “buy” my feelings and simply browsing is a favourite pastime.)

Sometimes though, I find a gem. A product that is so worth every penny and I want to shout it from the rooftops. So it occurred to me recently that maybe, my ridiculous spending habit (joy) might be beneficial to others. Learn from my mistakes. Don’t waste money on items that are over-rated and over-priced.

Don’t get me wrong – I know I am not one of those flawless, beautiful Youtubers or bloggers that host beauty channels and share all their secrets and tips. But I thought that this might make my experience a little more valuable. I’m just a regular girl, with everyday, thirty-something body issues, that isn’t out to make a buck. And obviously, I haven’t found any one magic product to turn me into one of those perfect hosts…except maybe photoshop.

So if you are at all interested in my beauty-buying intel, read on. And stay tuned. Because I’ve bought oh-so-much and I am here to tell you what works, and what doesn’t – for me anyway.

Please comment with your own finds and experiences – I would love to hear about the few products out there that I might not have bought yet – ha! And let me know if you think this is even remotely interesting to you so I will know if I should continue spending time, as well as money, on this vain and ridiculous endeavour.

Go forth and beautify wisely. At least someone should.