World's Biggest Skincare Junkie + Favourite Product!

Hi, my name is Sarah, and I am a skincare junkie. My skin has it's bad days and also it's good but all-in-all, we aren't really friends. I've emptied my wallet, and cluttered my bathroom counter on a regular basis for quite some time now. From $5 cleansers at my local Walmart, to driving an hour to the nearest Sephora and forking out over $40 for a certain moisturizer, I've tried it all!

A little background on my skin. Growing up, I was pretty fortunate to have a normal, cooperative complexion. I wasn't too dark or too pale, didn't burn super fast, held a nice tan in the summer and have always been dotted with just enough freckles to be flattering and not obnoxious. Even as a teenager it was never something I spent much time worrying over, I could go to class with or without makeup on and feel totally comfortable either way. Fast forward to the age of 22, in 2009 when I became pregnant with my son, it all went downhill from there. Apart from wreaking havoc on my otherwise healthy hair and nails, my skin was hit the hardest. My nice, worry-free skin was no more. Instead I was faced with red, flaky and very irritated dry patches on the sides of my face, horrible clusters of cystic acne on my cheekbones and terrible oiliness on my t-zone.

I was very skeptical about what kinds of treatments and products I felt safe using on my skin during my pregnancy, and so I basically just spent half the time trying to cover it, and the other half just putting up with it. My son will be turning 2 next week and although it's progressively easier to deal with, my skin never went back to it's previously perfect and manageable self. This beginning my skincare addiction. Whenever I found something that seemed to work for a certain issue, it quickly posed problems in different areas or stopped working all together. Now I'd like to share something that has literally changed my life!

I've blogged about them before and will probably continue to share their amazing products as long as they continue making them! They are Tanya and Val, a wonderful mother and son pair who run a company called Me And The Boy. They make beautiful handmade jewelry, accessories, home decor, candles as well as bath and body products. Everything I've tried has been gentle, fragrant and simply luxurious, but there is one thing in particular that captured me right from the beginning - Mineral Mud Masks.

It was my Mom who discovered Me And The Boy and she who first ordered a 4 oz jar of Mineral Mud for herself. Not only was her jar packed to the brim with fragrant, rich mud, but she was even made a custom blended fragrance suited exactly to her tastes. I got the chance to try it and needless to say, she never saw the jar again! (Sorry Mom! :)

This stuff is unbelievable. It's strong enough to be aromatherapeutic, but not overpowering whatsoever. It goes on very thick, but is super easy to spread and a little goes a LONG way so the jar lasts for ages. It's the first mud mask I've ever used that dries quickly and completely but doesn't flake off and make a huge mess of me, my clothes and my bathroom. I splash my face with warm water, spread it on and soak in the tub for 20 minutes, I find the steamy air really lets the goodness sink in!

It's so easy to rinse off and I'm not stuck scrubbing chunks out of my hairline or out of my nose. (Gross, I know.. but it happens!) What I'm left with is baby soft skin with no redness, no flaky patches and no oil slick. I swear it intuitively caters to each area of my face, providing nourishment in dry spots and toning down oil and acne in unruly spots. I find afterwards, my skin readily absorbs my moisturizer better and my makeup goes on so much smoother. I could literally go on for days at how thankful I am for this stuff, and also the fact that at $9 for a 4 oz jar, it's like getting months of spa treatments for pocket change!

At this moment, my bathroom counter is still cluttered with tons of high end and drugstore skincare products, but if I had to recommend just one, this would be it. Me And The Boy just released their brand new website, check out the link below to see where you can get some of this amazing stuff for yourself!

Me And The Boy on Facebook

Me And The Boy Website

xo Sarah

FTC: Everything mentioned was purchased by me, with my own money and as always these opinions are completely my own! :)