This Powder Will Dust Your Sweaty Stress Away

When I placed an order on Megababe for my new favorite deodorant and armpit mask, I also threw in a bottle of their Bust Dust. I thought, “This will be nice to have in the summer, and now I qualify for free shipping!” Little did I know that I would find uses for this miracle powder in January. In the Pacific Northwest.

I’m relatively new to underboob sweat - I was an A-cup until like, a few years ago. But now I’m living that big natural life and I am WELL ACQUAINTED with the related complications. Not only is this powder talc-free, it also contains aloe and camomile, so your skin is not only dry, it’s soothed. AND, it comes in this amazing little puff bottle that makes application a breeze. The bottle isn’t an aerosol or anything complicated either. In fact, when you need more Bust Dust you can just buy the big ol’ bottle of Body Dust and refill your Bust Dust container. It’s the same product! Truly genius.

I will say, the first time I attempted to apply Bust Dust, I made a real mess. Learn from me and 1) Pay attention to where the nozzle is pointing, and 2) Do a trial run while wearing an outfit you are fine with changing out of. (It absolutely will not ruin your clothes, you just might be covered in white powder and will need to rethink an ensemble you were planning on wearing out immediately. Or not! This happened to me but I sometimes get too excited and do things without thinking them through.)

I mentioned that I have found use for this seemingly summertime, sweaty season item now, when it rarely gets warmer than 45 degrees and is constantly raining. I tend to get very hot and bothered in the cooler months, when I need to be layered up and protected from the cold. My body does NOT regulate temperature well (yet another strike against autoimmune disease) and I’ll start my day freezing, putting on two pairs of socks and a wool sweater and a scarf and a hat and gloves and should I get those little pocket hand warmers? But once I start moving I am SWELTERING and I feel like I need to strip off everything and jump in a frozen lake. I’m dressed in layers, but my base layer is flop sweat. Now, when I know i’m going to be go, go going and potentially doing a lot of walking, I start my bundling process with a puff of Bust Dust. It’s saves me the uncomfortable ugh-ness of the Winter Flop Sweats, it saves my bras from having wet bands that I then have to DEAL with at the end of the day, and it just makes me feel lovely. Like a fake woman in a romcom who is effortlessly perfect and you KNOW has never even thought about BO.