First the disclosure bit. I am a "Buzz Agent". This means I get sent items by the mysterious "Buzz Agent Jono" (I have a Men in Black type person in my mind when I think of him) to test and then give my honest opinion on. bzzagent are a word of mouth marketing company - I think it's a great idea but I guess a company has to have faith in its product to do this!! Because the reviews are warts n all.
I was lucky enough to be included in the Buzz campaign for Compeed. Agent Jono sent me a bundle of Compeeds to try and awaited my feedback. I dare say the campaigns timing was deliberate for when our feet came out of socks and those strappy sandals make their marks.
As every year I launched my feet straight into strappy sandals and that very day a blister arrived. Funny how something so small can hurt so so much. They burn and throb with every step. You know the drill...
I have to admit I had seen Compeed in the shops and adverts showing a woman with perfectly manicured feet skipping around rocking a Compeed plaster. I had put them in the "overpriced gimmick" pile and not purchased them. When Buzz Agent Jono offered me some for free I decided that at that price point they were worth a bash.
For those not in the know, Compeed are a range of foot care plasters designed to soothe various foot problems.
Once my Buzz kit arrived (it's what us Agents call the stuff we are sent to try out) I shoved it in my handbag and thought no more of it. Until the day I decided it was time to hastily renew the nail polish on my toes & whip out my sandals. By lunchtime I was thankful for the forgotten Compeeds in my bag.
Compeed are a strange almost jelly like plaster which are a very pale translucent skin like shade ( rubbish description I know) which soothe the fire of a raging blister. As a veteran of blisters with my bluster career stretching some 25 years I feel qualified to comment here. The Compeed do what it says.. They do cushion and protect a blister. They do soothe. All those claims are true!
So, when my Buzz kit runs out I will be buying more. These are a handbag essential if you have a love of silly shoes like I am. Sensible shoe wearers need not invest...
