Holy Grail Status: SOS Mask

​Once in a while you come into contact with a hero product, a holy grail, a best of the best. It doesn't happen too often but it does happen. I have a new holy grail product to add to the list now! Which is the SOS Dry Mask from The Granola Goat.

You know I love The Granola Goat products so much, I love Liz the owner she's a rock star and my botanical guru. She makes the most simplistic and effective "clean" products I've ever seen. I've never been disappointed by one of her products yet. 

​This one has saved my ass. I've been dealing with some blemishes and weird breakouts on the side of my nose. I had used a Moor Mud mask and it set my skin off! So I tried so much stuff to calm it down and I just couldn't do anything other than dry it out. Some days it'd look less red, less bumpy, the next it would be a full blown irritated, dry and flaky dermatitis situation.

So I remembered that the last time something popped up and I used the SOS mask which I had bought to keep on stand by for little blemishes. I was truly worried about using another mask because this flared up due to a Moor Mud mask I was using which draws out impurities with activated charcoal etc, etc. The "Moor Mud" itself may not have been the issue because there were other ingredients but I think something in that mask was a problem for me. The SOS mask has sulfur in it. The reason I wanted to give it a go is because actually Sulfur as an ingredient can calm down a rosacea skin upon some articles I was reading. Along with it being a blemish treatment, great for acne, draws out impurities, etc. So it literally is an SOS Mask. 

I use it more like a spot treatment. When I have a blemish or some crazy breakout pop up, I mix the mask with some water and apply it with a q-tip to the areas that need it. I've used it as an overnight treatment but honestly 15 minutes is really all I need at night. Then I wake up in the morning and it's either gone completely or sooooo much better. So this time the redness was virtually gone, the area was not super dried out ( bear in mind I use HA serum and a facial oil a lot), bumps had either gotten smaller or gone away. Now that's because with blemishes, like legit spots, I get on those quick I don't let them get any worse than they are if I can help it or I try not to. Obviously with stuff that looks like a rash or something you're not familiar with it pays to be more cautious and maybe see a doctor or dermatologist before trying a bunch of treatments on it to see if that will make it go. I was really cautious with my situation and it took me a while to come around to the idea of trying another mask and doing some research on the breakout I was having. 

It worked out great. I still use it on days that I seem to have a small breakout starting. Thus, the reason why it's Holy Grail status for me. Also, major shout out to Goals To Get Glowing (@goalstogetglowing on Instagram, go follow her) because she was actually the person to ask Liz to make this product, then it turned into a mask that she started to sale on her website.  So thanks to both of those beauties for bringing the world a really wonderful blemish treatment, in my humble opinion.