Health Reviews
Bumble & Bumble Sunday Shampoo 8 oz
My hairstylist once deemed me a product junkie, and decided I needed to use a clarifier shampoo about once a week or so, to get out all the products I have put in my hair trying to make it seem fuller. It was full… of junk! And this, it was …
Olay Definity Pore Redefining Scrub
I was actually really disappointed in this scrub that I purchased, I really regret buying it! I’m so used to using my St. Ives scrub, which works absolutely perfect might I add, so when I was in the cleansers section of my local drugstore, I decided to try out …
Very Private pH Balanced Body Wash 6 oz
When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, one of the indicators that something was amiss was a new tendency for me to get a yeast infection more easily. (Yeast thrive on sugar—“ diabetes creates high blood sugar) Eventually I was able to get myself back to normal, but for awhile …
MyChelle Fruit Enzyme Mist 4.4 oz
I like to use a light spray toner in the summer. I got hooked on the idea when I followed a suggestion and stopped using alcohol based toners, and instead used light moisturizing ones to freshen my face when the weather is hot. I have tried a few that I …
Organics Healthy Green Tea
Organics Green Tea with Honey is a very refreshing beverage to have any time of the day. I even drink it at night sometimes, and it does not have the same effect of keeping me awake that other teas have often had on me. In fact, if …
Nurofen syrup
A temperature and pain medication for babies and children. I used this as a temperature medication for my son when he had a high fever of 39.3*. It took some hours to show results. Fever was so high that I could feel that the body was so hot …
Hugo Naturals Bath Bomb Eucalyptus Rosemary & Mint 6 oz
I use bath salts and bath bombs frequently with my nightly bath. It is an important part of my treatment for the painful symptoms of fibromyalgia. I like to use bath bombs in the winter because of my skin, which gets very dry in cold weather, and also from …
Chandler Farm Chinta’s Soap Lemongrass Tea 4 oz
I love natural soaps. They are great for your skin, and have a special quality about them that just makes me feel good about using them. When I saw this product, which was made as part of a “Great Ape” collection, dedicating the soap to an actual endangered orangutan, …
L’Oreal Absolut Repair Hair Mask
After my temporary hair straightening treatment showed signs of fading away, I found my hair return to its original self. My hair which looked straight, soft and silky earlier, now felt so rough and frizzy, that it almost looked unhealthy. The fact that I wasn’t planning for yet another …
SudaCare Shower Soothers
SudaCare Shower Soothers are designed to help break up congestion caused by cold or allergy. The Shower Soothers are made to put in the stream of your shower, releasing vapors of eucalyptus and menthol, which will break up even the most congested sinuses. There is no medicine …
Women’s One-a-Day, Active Mind and Body Multi-vitamin
I used to take the regular One-a-Day for Women. I would take it every morning with my breakfast. I didn’t notice anything huge when I forgot to take it. I think just psychologically I felt better knowing I was taking a vitamin. I now take something totally different, but …
Herbal Wheatgrass Juice
I wanted to talk about this Herbal juice because I started taking it about a year ago. I have no idea what made me start taking it. All I know is that I was interested in finding out what it did. I had a few friends who drank it …
Northwest Medical Center Hospital - Tucson, AZ
I have used the Emergency Room at Northwest Medical Center on a few occasions, luckily none of them for life-threatening injuries. I say luckily, because I don’t know if I’d have made it out alive! Now, I know people are triaged according to severity of injury, and so if …
Certain Dri Moisture Control Pads
I was amazed to discover what your feet actually control in your body. There are so many pressure points in your feet, and when they are uncomfortable, the rest of your body is sure to be uncomfortable as well. I was blissfully unaware of all of this until I …
Advanced Listerine Mouthwash in Citrus flavor
It’s very convenient to have an antiseptic mouthwash particularly at night time when I do a little bit of binge snacking. Rinsing with Listerine mouthwash keeps me feeling clean without having to do it as a chore like toothbrushing. Basically, this night time ritual ends my …
Quantum Scar Reducing Herbal Cream
I had a really nasty scar on my hip that was about an inch long that I was trying to get rid of and started using the Quantum Scar Reducing Herbal Cream and I have to say it has worked okay. However, the cream did end up working well …
NRT Nicotine replacement therapy
Nicotine replacement therapy is useful for reducing withdrawal cravings associated with quitting smoking, but there can be downsides to both the patch and the gum, two popular over-the-counter types of nicotine cessation.
In my own efforts to quit smoking, I found the patch to be too strong …
Close up Crystal Frost Winter Blast
I am a faithful buyer of Colgate. I use Colgate Total and always purchase it when I run out of it. However one time I went to SM Supermarket and I could not find any Colgate products! So I thought of another option and I saw Close up Crystal …
Cell Food Dietary Supplement by Lumina Health Products
I bought Cell Food because of what I’ve heard from the grapevine. I heard that it works even for a dog. The sales lady at the mall said that one customer even fed it to a dying puppy, which seemed to come back to life afterwards.
I even …
Breathe Right Nasal Strips,Menthol, SM / MED
I’ve tried a few Breathe Right strips in the past with limited success, but I think the thing that drew me most to this one was the fact it used menthol to help alleviate nasal congestion. I am a snorer. No doubt about it. I can try to be …
3LAB Perfect Cleansing Foam 4.4 oz
I never actually bought this product myself—“ but I used it for over two weeks while visiting a relative. She insisted I try it. I understand it is quite expensive. On the natural versus chemical scale, it rates in the middle, but it does have quite a …
Nature Made Chewable Vitamin C
These chewable vitamins come in an orage flavor and contain much more vitamin C than one persona actually needs in a day, but vitamin C is said to have immunity supportive properties. However, this is not proven by the Food and Drug Administration. These cheweable vitamins are similar to …
Luden’s Berry Assortment Throat Drops
Luden’s Berry Assortment Throat Drops have become an absolute favorite remedy for sore throats and coughs in my family, not to mention for me. The great flavor variety and the sweetness of each kind makes the drops taste very much like candy, which alarmed me at first. My intitial …
NOW Nighttime Tea
I used to have a lot of trouble getting to sleep at night. I still do sometimes, but not nearly as much, and I attribute this - at least in part - to the use of tea.
I won’t be advocating this tea (or any tea) as a “cure” for …
Lever 2000 Body Wash Pure Rain 18 oz
There is a spectrum of different types of body washes, and this would be on the very mainstream/non-natural end, designed for normal to oily skin and serious dirt. This body wash attracted my attention with the pretty little graphic of a splash of water depicted on its label. It …
ModelCo Exfoliate Body Wipes 35 wipes
When I saw this product I had to have it out of curiosity. I also thought it might fulfill a need for me. When I travel, I rarely bring anything but the very basic needs to save space. I never seem to have time to do my at-home …
Caladryl Lotion
I hate it when I work and I get mosquito bites. I live in an area where mosquitoes thrive. Its not a God-awful place where I am. I think its just cause there are way too many trees and too many shrubs here. We get decent amount of rain …
Pipedream Products Finger Cots 12-Pack
I cook a lot, and I somehow manage to cut my fingers in the kitchen no matter how careful I am. I have found one of the very best ways to deal with kitchen cuts are finger cots. My last purchase of finger cots was from Amazon, and it …
Tiger Moon Green Tea Face Masque
This face masque contains green tea which is good to use on irritated skin. It calms the skin down and takes away the redness, at least that’s what it claims to be. I got this in a trial size and when I opened the jar, it looked like brown …
Queen Helene Cocoa Butter Lip Balm .15 oz
I always keep plenty of lip balm on hand. I treat my lips all year round to keep them soft, especially in the winter when they have a tendency to get dried out from the weather and indoor heating. I have used a few of the Queen Helene products and …
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock SPF 30
I absolutely love this sunscreen! My friend recommended this product to me after I was complaining about the sunburn I kept getting while going outside and being exposed to the sun. I trust Neutrogena, as they have some of the best skin care products in the market, so I …
Walgreens Isopropyl Alcohol 70% Wipes
Being diabetic means you are familiar enough with little individually wrapped alcohol pads that you use when taking your blood sugar. Personally, I find them a bit of a pain. At first I liked them, but later all the tearing open little packets and the buildup of trash got …
Suave Cocoa and Shea Butter Body Wash
If you have dry skin like me, then you probably understand how difficult it is to find a moisturizing shower gel. I used to be one of those people who would avoid purchasing Suave products because I felt that they were of a poor quality since they there …
Logona (Logodent) Mineral Toothpaste 2.5 oz
Most people who know me are aware that I do not like the vast majority of mint flavored toothpastes on the market because they are too strong for my sensitive mouth. I normally use either children’s formulas, or natural products which have alternative flavors or whose favors tend to be …
Accu-Chek Active (Glucometer)
My mother has got diabetes since 8 years. It was quite a shock for us when we first knew that she’s got diabetes as there is still no cure found for this disease. It was quite hard to tackle it as a family, because we didn’t heard any thing …
University Medical Acne Free 1 Hour Pimple Patches 4 ct
I have a tendency towards combination skin and occasional outbreaks of adult acne. Although I am slightly allergic to benzoyl peroxide, I was in a desperate rush to get rid of a very obvious pimple before a date, and I bravely tried this product a couple of days before hand, …
MET TATHIONE Whitening Capsules
Have you MET? Well that is the opening line of the well known celebrities who have been promoting and advertising this MET TATHIONE Whitening Capsules. They said that if you are want a supplement that can truly whiten your skin all over, MET TATHIONE is the trusted brand …
Breathe Again All Natural Nasal Spray 3.38 oz
I have used a saline spray many times in the past for dry nasal passages due to cold weather and air, or allergies and colds. I was under the impression that they were mostly all the same, but I have been introduced to a new product that is a bit …
Durex Real Feel Condoms, 10 pack
I enjoy a healthy sex life, but years ago it was really lame thanks to the limited selection of non-latex condoms back then. Today, there are so many to choose from, but I still think some of them are lame because though they claim no-latex, I still have …
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. …
Abidec multivitamins with Omega 3 plus for toddler
When I went to the clinic to have my son’s weight check I was completely downtrodden when I learned that my son’s weight is low compared to other toddlers whose age is the same as his. When my child was still a baby I know that his weight …
Retacnyl Cream
Some five years ago I had a really severe case of acne. I had been to several facial centers for treatment and tried almost everything every one I knew recommended. Somehow, I thought it’s never gonna go away, until I finally decided to take a visit to a dermatologist.
It …
CVS Eyeglass Repair Kit
I had an issue with the screws falling out of my glasses where the arm is held on. I didn’t really want to have to go to the eyeglass store to get it repaired each time. I decided to purchase an eyeglass repair kit from CVS. It had a …
Tampax Pearl Tampons
I like it, they are very are great. I find it so usefull because it has a clean fresh smell so it really helps to hide the odor of your period. It is also quite easy to insert because it has a plastic pearl shaped tip so it is …
Volini Gel
Being an accountant by profession sitting down in front of the computers for 8-10 hours daily gives me a very stiff back daily and so once a while I need to massage it using a good pain reliever and I use only Volini gel by Ranbaxy for giving me …
Poten-C ascorbic acid forte
One of my growing problems right now that I am adult is my sensitive immune system ever since, which often, made me sick especially if there’s an extreme weather changes.
I am very prone to flu, fever and coughing when the weather suddenly shifted, so I really need to take …
Medicine Hunter Maca Stimulant
A friend told me he was taking Maca as a natural stimulant and really liked the results, so I purchase Medicine Hunter Maca Stimulant tablets at Walmart.
Maca is sometimes called “Peruvian ginseng” and is said to increase energy and is even purported to boost sexual vitality. I tried …
No Rinse Bathing Wipes 8ct
I like to go camping with my husband and friends pretty regularly, but I’m ironically one of those people who likes to camp where there is access to a shower. I don’t like the feeling of not taking a shower every single day, and quite frankly, I don’t look …
Life Spectrum Forte Vitamin Supplement
The Life Spectrum Forte Vitamin Supplement has become a regular staple of my diet. I have been taking it daily for the past three years. Honestly, no other vitamin supplement does the trick for me.
The only major drawback is one capsule’s vitamin C content is only 90 …
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