Health Reviews
Balanced Planets Venus Calm Women’s Vitality Drink Mix Chocolate 6oz
This is an interesting concept, nutrition and natural remedies based on the attributes of the planets. And chocolate, of course. That gets everyone’s attention.
I became interested in this product after a fellow diabetic said that it helped her blood sugars stabilize. It makes a lot of claims—“ like being …
VMV Hypoallergenics Know-It-All Oil
I got this product in a sample container for free when I order some VMV Hypoallergenics products online. The product name is very catchy when I read it first time. The “know it all” part sounds like it knows how to treat any skin ailment out there which I …
Scope Outlast Long Lasting Mint Mouthwash
My boyfriend brought home is own mouthwash. He tends to leave things out on the counter. Sigh. One of my pet peeves is things like ugly mouthwash containers left out on the bathroom counter tops. So, I was happy that he at least chose a bottle that was attractive …
Synthroid 150 mcg Prescription Thyroid medication
Ever since I was in my teens, I have had hypothyroidism. This manifested itself as tiredness, feeling cold, skin problems, and many other minor symptoms. It also coincided with my gaining a lot of weight and having a really hard time losing it.
I was tested and found to …
Emjoi Epi Travel Hair Remover, Battery Operated, Model AP9LC
I am always on the hunt for a hair removal product that will deliver long lasting results. Usually I shave my legs every day, but that gets tiresome, and the regrowth is apparent by the next day. When I first heard of the Epi Hair Remover, I …
Excel Motorized Treadmill
After I turned forty I thought I should change my exercise routine and take up something that I continue till old age. I bought a motorized treadmill from Excell, India. I got it for INR 25,000. I live in an apartment so I wanted something that could be folded …
Baygon Electric Mosquito Killer
I saw this product once when I was browsing the aisle with shelves containing different household items in my favorite supermarket. I was just passing the time so I had the luxury of checking most of the items there and scouting for new things that I really need at …
Lumbar Lower Back Ice Wrap
I have always experienced a back pain for the past few years. This pain which usually occurred whenever I sat for long hours (whether while travelling or while using my laptop) never remained permanent and would keep coming and going at regular intervals. But the period it surfaced left …
Source Naturals Minor Pain Comfort 30 Tablets
I have chronic pain from fibromyalgia. I manage it with a variety of therapies, and usually I can avoid pain medication unless I have a really bad flare up. When I do, I do not like to take anything unless I have to, and I don’t like taking prescription pain …
The Cozy Buddy Therapy Kit
After spending years around athletes, I have seen muscle soreness and strain of every kind. Determined to find products that offered genuine relief, I began to look into temperature pack available on the market. What I hoped to find was a product that was effective, easy to …
Happy Feet Custom Made Orthotics
I am a huge fan of Happy Feet Custom Made Orthotics. Since I first visited them, I have fallen in love with what they have to offer. Here is the deal: There is nothing better than custom-made stress-reliever for tired, overworked feet. Although through the …
Arnica Gel pain relief
Anyone who is into homeopathic medicine knows about the beneficial properties of Arnica. I find Arnica Gel from Boiron to be the best form of Arnica to use. The lotion kind is to greasy for me and leaves your skin feeling sticky.
The Arnica Gel called Arnicare Gel from Boiron …
Wellsprings Eye Massager Isee3
After having a rather bad experience with a product that was supposed to relieve migraines by massaging the eyes, I was not as excited as my friends were when we found this product in a magazine. Had I not already tried the migraine massager and experienced extreme nausea and …
Bugslock Natural Mosquito Repellent Wrist Band
Most topical bug repellents are unfriendly to my skin. They trigger minor allergies. Unfortunately, it’s not a valid reason for me to stop using insect repellents because all the more it can lead to dire consequences. People in my vicinity are falling ill to a mosquito-inflicted …
Nature’s Plus Spiru-Tein High Protein Energy Meal, Vanilla
As spring and summer approach, I begin to try to eat more healthy and exercise more. I like to supplement my diet with nutrition bars and protein shakes. Protein shakes are also a great way to get the nutrients you need on the go. I like to …
Solaray Bitter Orange, 525 mg, 100 caps.
Not wanting to miss out on anything that might help me lose weight, I had to at least try bitter orange, after hearing the claims that it could reduce appetite, give you energy and help you burn fat. I shopped around for a good price and ended up with …
WaterRower rowing machine
WaterRower is a water resistance rowing simulator. Its patented WaterFlywheel is designed to closely reproduce the dynamics of rowing a boat. The machine has a water tank with paddles in it; when you pull on the handle, the paddles’ movement through the water is what provides the resistance. This …
TheraBreath Plus Extinguisher Spray
So this product claims to be free from any sugar content which ignites the thriving of bad bacteria that cause our mouth to emit bad breath. Well, this claim is true because I tasted and even swallowed a bit of the liquid I sprayed in my tongue. The taste …
Heart to Heart Birth Center
When we found out that I was pregnant, I knew from then on that I wanted to have an all natural, non invasive, drugfree birth. That is just what I got at the Heart to Heart Birth Center.
I tried going to a doctor just once and he treated …
Safeguard Body Soap
Since I’ve been married, our brand of body soap was Safeguard. I had tried different variant of Safeguard; white, green, yellow green, pink and yellow. I like its scent and it feels so clean for me and for my wife. From top to toe, except for hair, we use …
Brands InnerShine Berry Essence
I looked so haggard and tired after birth. I’m not complaining but the hubby wanted me to feel great about myself. It’s the night waking during Muneez’s early months that caused the haggardness and I’m still getting up to feed her still. I looked better now though after my …
Murad Essential-C Day Moisturizer SPF 30
I feel that I must share with all you readers of a brand that I am deeply falling in love with. About a few weeks ago I had gone to a store called Ulta and decided to purchase a little face cleanser that had Vitamin C as one of its …
White Flower Oil
White Flower Oil is great! Its ingredients are wintergreen, menthol, camphor, eucalyptus, peppermint and lavender — a blend of pungent, soothing essential oils that dissipate headache and minor muscle and joint pains.
Some years ago, a Vietnamese co-worker gave me a tiny sample jar to try out on a day …
Mavala Stop For Nail Biting and Thumb Sucking
Having been a nail-biter for years, usually during stressful times, I have tried lots of things to quit, including fake nails, band aids, and even the old rubber band around the wrist trick. I can go for months without biting, but a stressful situation will set me back. This …
L’oreal Serie Expert Power Repair B 3 vials
My hairdresser used to use this on my hair after coloring, and I always left with it feeling very soft and looking incredibly shiny. I asked her one day where I could get it, but she said they did not sell it, it was a professional product. I thought it …
5-Hour Energy Dietary Supplement Lemon-Lime Flavor 2 oz
I’d seen a lot of commercials for the five-hour energy drink over the years and didn’t really think anything of it, because I worried about the crash afterwards, and really had to debate wether or not I ever really needed to drink something like that. But when I had …
Glide original dental floss
When I complained about certain dental floss brands getting stuck in my teeth (of which some are a bit too close together) he recommended that I try Glide brand.
I bought some at the drug store and tried it that night. I was a bit surprised at the texture of …
NO-AD Sunblock Lotion SPF 30
NO-AD Sunblock Lotion SPF 30 has really helped keep my skin protected from the sun, but I must say I do not like the scent of it or how greasy it is. I will say it does do an awesome job with moisturizing and protecting. I even like that …
Sensodyne Pronamel Daily Mouthwash
One of the reasons I like using this Sensodyne Pronamel mouthwash is because it seems to be pretty powerful but at the same time it is not too harsh. Some mouthwashes have that —˜blowing your head off’ effect when my eyes start to water and I am in …
Taiwan’s Famous Hair Bun Sponge Clip (large)
I have thinning hair, and when I was looking for some options for different hairstyles, I noticed that this product seemed to make thinner, even slightly shorter hair look like it was very think and voluminous in the pictures where it was put up into a bun.
I had …
The Caveman Diet
After failing at several weight loss attempts, I turned to my friends for advice. One friend suggested the Caveman Diet. She said she had been following it for approximately a month and had successfully lost 20 pounds. I wasn’t sure what to think about the name …
Nature’s Bounty Ginger Root 550mg 100 capsules
I tend to suffer with motion sickness if I have to go onto any boat, even a ferry. Most of the time, I have Dramamine or a similar medicine to take and this prevents and stops the nausea and dizziness quite well. When I went through a phase of not …
Vitacost.com
Vitacost.com is a website that offers a variety of discounted products like vitamins, supplements, natural remedies, homeopathy, pet vitamins, and more. I usually go there for homeopathic remedies by Hyland’s. When I needed Hyland’s earache tablets, I drove to 3 pharmacies and looked all over the Internet. Pharmacies did …
Pangea Organics Bar Soap, Canadian Pine with White Sage
I bought a bar of this soap after being impressed with the way it was made and the company making it. A lot of products are called organic and green, but these folks mean it. Everything they use for packaging is recyclable, and you can even plant the boxes …
Jason Earth’s Best Toddler Toothpaste Strawberry Banana 1.6 oz
I have long been a fan of kid’s toothpastes. I have a sensitive mouth and therefore have problems with the strong mint flavored adult pastes burning my mouth and tongue and making brushing an uncomfortable experience. I tend to always buy the kid’s toothpastes, or natural products which …
Mavala Stop Nail Biting and Thumb Sucking Prevention 10ml
I have thin nails that grow long easily, and I like to keep them long. I am not exactly a nail biter. I’m more of a nail chewer. When I am concentrating on something, or if something is making me nervous, I will unconsciously put a longer portion of a …
Barry’s Boot Camp Hollywood Fat Blaster Workout Upper Body
Since purchasing Barry’s Boot Camp a little over a year ago, I have had one DVD out of the series in constant rotation. No matter how many other workouts I buy, I always go back to Barry.
The Hollywood Fat Blaster is a 21 minute workout …
365 Everyday Value Chewy Multivitamins Kids Gummy Fruits 60 ct
I am normally very happy with products that I buy from Whole Foods. I had been taking gummy vitamins that I got from a local pharmacy, but when I saw Whole Foods had the 365 brand available, I thought they must be even better. They had a cute 1970’s …
Sundial Creations Coconut & Papaya Bar Soap 5 oz
This lovely bar of soap from Nubian Heritage is one that I actually found in a mark down bin. The box was a little smashed, and the bar inside had been chipped, but otherwise the product was fine. For half price, I couldn’t turn it down. I didn’t …
Organix Shampoo Cucumber Yogurt 13 oz
I’ve been eying the Organix brand at Walmart every time I shop there, and I finally got around to trying a couple of their products. I like organic products, and while this is not a strictly natural product, there was enough “good stuff” in it to get my attention. …
The 5 Factor Diet and Fitness Plan
After the delivery of my twins in 2007, i had gained excessive belly fat that made me feel slumpy and less confidant. Caught with my busy lifestyle of caring for my brand new twins i had not the time for extensive exercise. I would squeeze in a few abdominal …
Earth Therapeutics Aloe Socks (one size)
I use several products for the feet made by Earth Therapeutics and I love them all. This one, unlike the rest that are related to each other, is a separate product that I bought when I was traveling. This companies offers are environmentally responsible, not tested on animals, and …
WalMart Vision Center Raleigh NC
Walmart Vision Center
6600 Glenwood Ave
Raleigh, NC 27612
(919) 783-0377
If your on a budget, but are in need of some glasses or contacts the walmart vision center can be a good option. They have all the same options you can get from a regulareye careprovider but most of their frames and …
Avon Foot Works Moisturizing Foot Cream
I’ve been pretty negligent to my feet over the Fall and Winter seasons, mostly because I’ve been wearing mostly boots and my feet have been covered to avoid the harsh cold! But since the weather has warming up here in NY, I had to purchase something to get my …
Aleve pain reliever
Aleve is pretty much the only pain reliever I have used for the last ten years. I’d like to say first off, I am not a pill popper or a person who believes in obliterating pain at the first sign of discomfort. I do however, believe in treating pain …
Dr. Scholl’s Foot Spa
I received this as a gift, and it has been a great comfort to me. Several of my friends have them, and I had been trying to substitute little pans of warm water, so it is very nice to have the real thing.
The version I have is the toe-touch …
Neutrogena Clear Pore Oil Controlling Astringent
The last time that I purchased a Neutrogena product, it didn’t do anything to and for my skin, and I was really disappointed. So this time around when I purchased this product, I made sure that I knew the specifications of the product, and I made sure it had …
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