Image via Osmotics

Check it: I have super-sensitive skin, plus I have a Victorian death pallor that would make Marilyn Manson jealous, so any zit or discoloration on my skin? The infection itself may only last for a few days, but the red mark it leaves behind...yeah, I'm living with that bad boy for about a month, maybe longer. Which is why I'm in love love love with Osmotics Kinetin. It does the entire whammo on my red marks and also evens out the blotchiness that I get from rosacea. At $125 a crack, it seems a little much to jump on a whim, but since a single bottle lasts for about 6 months, it's pretty reasonable. And let's just run that down, shall we?

Don't Buy:
$660 for the Temperly Blouse on sale at Net-a-Porter
$15 for the latest Dashboard Confessional CD

Instead Spend:
$0.99 for buying the one Dashboard song you like on iTunes
$25 for the Alice Temperly for Target sweater
$14 for the Alice Temperly for Target tank
$30 for the Alice Temperly for Target vest
$125 for the M.D. Formulations Kinetin

End result: lots more clothes and a pretty complexion, plus you save $440 and have some cash to jet off on a last-minute weekend fare to Bermuda, or, you know, invest or something responsible like that. No matter what, you will look fabulous doing it!