After receiving various lip glosses from Bath & Body works from a friend as a gift, when I ran out, I wanted to buy some more. I went online to the Bath & Body Works website, where they were having a Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale, so …

My teeth feel clean, my breath makes me feel fresh and confident, and my sensitive teeth don’t feel like they’ve been striped raw by overbearing toothpaste cleansers. I’ve tried many combinations of toothpaste, pre-mouth rinses, post-mouth rinses and extra sensitive solutions and gels. Nothing has worked as …

I’m a runner, for both pleasure and punishment, and one of the side effects they don’t tell you about is rough feet. Not that unpleasant cracked bleeding thing, thank goodness. But rough all the same. Basically caused by the friction of nice soft feet against sock …

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 …

When I was getting ready to move into my new apartment, my mother gave me some things so that I didn’t have to spend a lot of money for items she already had in her house. Among those items was Dial Anti-Bacterial Deodorant Soap Gold. Although I didn’t pay …

I had been taking “regular” niacin to help reduce my cholesterol without statins. When I first began taking it, I experienced the dreaded niacin flush, which can be quite uncomfortable, scary and dramatic—“ if you don’t already know what you are dealing with.
As I took the niacin for longer periods …

I have been taking fish oil to help with general health. I am diabetic, and the number one complication we all want to avoid is heart disease. Fish oil can definitely help with preventing it, and can also aid the body in a lot of other ways, like combating dry …

I’ve used many different types of creatine over the years. Recently switched to NutraBio creatine ethyl ester and I have seen notable improvements. First, absolutely no bloating, no stomach cramping.
After about 2 weeks I noticed by bench press going up about 25 pounds in my last set. I feel …

After my last physical with my family practioner, I decided to get healthy and invest in a complete multi vitamin and multi mineral with iron and calcium dietary supplement made by Nature Made called Multi For Her.
Based on my daily diet I was not getting enough of the proper …

For about a half a year now I have been on the local Weight Watchers program to lose about 40 pounds. Over that time I have lost the goal of 40 pounds to be the healthy weight I am now, and to learn the healthy habits that we should …

When all the news about aluminum in antiperspirants causing cancer came out, I was one of the first to look for an alternative to aluminum containing products. Breast cancer runs in my family, so reducing my risk means a lot to me.
I tried several brands of “natural” deodorants and …

I have always been a fan of Head & Shoulders, and I would dare even say that I am a little addicted to it too. Not because it’s the best shampoo out there, but because it has always been the ONLY shampoo that has helped me with my dry scalp …

I get the occasional cold sore, and the last time I felt one coming on, I was out of my usual product so I stopped by a drug store to pick some up, to hopefully nip the problem in the bud before it got worse. There was only a …

I used to buy Likas Papaya for my whitening soap. Unfortunately, it made my skin too dry every after wash that I was eventually forced to look for another option. While browsing through the market and seeking recommendations, I easily stumbled upon Glutamax Soap. Unlike other brands, Glutamax is …

Like most people, I am very familiar with Shaun T. I have watched his late night television infomercials on several occasions although I never had the urge of order any of his exercise products until fairly recently. I have several close friends who have raved about how …

I really do not know what I was thinking about when I decided to purchase this product. Most of my experiences with Nivea products have been good, but this product was a let down for me. I like the shade of the product in the tube which …

Having struggled with weight problems for a long time I was almost in the verge of giving up. I remember vowing never to try any weight loss program again because I tried so many of them but none of them really ever worked well for me. Instead, many weight …

I normally use floss picks instead of dental floss, and because I use them daily as well as whenever I feel I need to between meals, I go through quite a few of them. This has led me to purchase inexpensive ones. Some are better than others—“ I have …

So, I decided the other day that I needed to be more active. That was all good and well until I stepped out the front door fully intending to go for a walk, and it was thirty degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of around seventeen degrees outside! Forget …

For those of you who can’t get enough of VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club, you may be interested in experiencing Harvey Walden’s No Excuses Fitness Workout for yourself. Harvey Walden, as you may already know, is the show’s tough as nails fitness expert and a former Marine Drill …

Since turning 55, I have begun to notice signs of my memory diminishing, my brain feeling sluggish, and I have started having problems concentrating and being easily distracted. So, I have actively pursued finding information regarding how to improve brain health and memory. Judging from the people …

I have always commended Philosophy for their amazing scents. Although lately I have turned to using a lot of natural products with fewer chemicals and detergents, sometimes I have to indulge a little and when I saw this product on clearance, I jumped at it. It looks to have been …

Lately, I have a very busy work routine, coping with different year-end submission of reports while doing online works where I am accepting writing projects from online clients, to top it all, recently, I joined a networking business. With all these schedule and responsibilities, the last thing to happen …

I started taking fish oil a few years ago, to help with my cholesterol and cardiovascular health, as well as general health and reduction of inflammation. I had a hard time at first. Most of the products I tried left a horrible fishy taste or the “fish burps” which …

As a general rule, I am very careful at the type of medication I will take, and do my best to limit it to over the counter remedies. Whenever possible, I prefer the more natural health alternatives to other types of remedies.
I stumbled across Silver Biotics by American …

I’m glad Happee Toothpaste came up with its own Kiddie Toothpaste. They have comparatively cheaper price but the flavors are good. I myself have tasted all the seven kiddie flavors such as Tutti-Frutti Twist, Strawberry Bloom, Juicy Grapes, Apple Crunch, Orange Squeeze, Bubblegum Pop, Cookies and …

Today while at CVS Pharmacy waiting on a prescription to be filled I noticed people walking around with shopping carts filled to the brim with all sorts of neat items, I knew there was a clerance isle somewhere and I had to find it!
My eyes immediately went to a …

In my tour of the entire Fitness First branches in Metro Manila, the Mall of Asia SM was my second destination. Located at the extension of the mall building, this branch features all the amenities of a gym that you can hope for. Like all Fitness First branches, this …

I remember my mom used to buy the original Efficascent Oil during my younger days. It was effective in relieving some pains on my body. However, I observed that its strength slowly diminished as years went by. My family decided to switch to another brand. A brand that has …

Before when i was not yet working i was the one who do the laundry. I bought a big pack of this Ariel Detergent Soap to be use for my laundry. Much to my surprise it has a very strong scents. Very irritating to my nose that it gives …

Johnson and Johnson products have pretty much been a staple in life ever since I was an infant myself. When I moved out on my own and had kids of my own, I pretty much turned to Johnson and Johnson for everything from shampoo, to diaper rash ointment, to …

This is perhaps one of the best deodorants that I have ever used. There are a lot of deodorants presently on the market that make a lot of promises such as not leaving residue on the skin or clothing, but this is actually one of the few products …

Diet drinks are not my number one way of getting nourishment because they usually taste horrible. I decided to give the Slim Fast drinks a chance though. I chose the Rich Chocolate Royale flavor because I love chocolate and wanted to see how Slim Fast compared in flavor to …

I’ve used almost all of the adhesive bandage brands, but out of all of them, I still think none compare to Band-Aid brand. There are so many varieties out there as well, which pretty much cover any site of a wound. I keep a few first aid …

I started my job in September of 2008, after a long eight year haitus of being a stay-home mother. The job can be phsyically demanding at times. I work in a shoe store, and I’m constantly up and down ladders and lifting and carrying stacks of shoes and boots …

I was pretty surprised when I heard a friend of mine talking to a woman about the sunburn she was currently inflicting on herself, and this woman told her that tea tree oil is one of the best and most effective treatments of sunburn. Rub a little essential oil …

Katinko Ointment is an ointment costing Php 100 at 75 grams. I lie this product out of all similar products I bought before because I think it is pretty good and does what it is supposed to do. First of all, this product is an ointment which aims to …

We joined the SportsPlex here in Corinth Mississippi as a family this summer. I have really mixed feelings about our experience. There were a lot of things that I did like and some I did not like as well. So I guess that it all just depends on what …

Using different facial masques has always been an essential part of my skin care routine for quite a few years. I have always believed that using them on a regular basis have always kept my skin in a good condition. Although I have used various masques till …

While I was out of town, visiting a relative, I developed a really bad case of nausea and diarrhea. I think it was probably a reaction to something I ate, or it could have been viral. I only had some Tums with me and my prescription medicines, but they were …

I get the occasional canker sore, and when I got one recently, I wanted to find a product that I had used before, which was a patch that is placed over the sore, that adheres and heals the sore while protecting you from pain at the same time.
I …

As a long time fibromyalgia sufferer, I am very familiar with pain rubs and “miracle cures.” I mostly use menthol based counter-irritant products that distract the nervous system bu providing a cold or heat sensation to the area where the pain is. It interrupts the signals to the brain, thus …

I’ve used a few different Little Noses products and really like them because I think they are solid and good products to use on kids. It’s not medicinally strong, and some of them are all natural, as was the case with the Little Noses Sterile Saline Nasal Mist which …

I have some serious neck problems that comes with some pretty bad headaches. I’ve tried many different chiropractors across the United States because we’ve moved so many times. None of them could help with my headaches caused by my neck trauma from childhood.
I finally found Dr. Farrell in …

I like to get a nice exfoliating scrub in the shower sometimes and there are several methods of doing that. Cleansers with abrasives or seeds added do a fairly good job, and then there are salt scrubs, and loofahs. I love loofahs but my experience with them has been …

I’ve always been interested in traditional Chinese medicine. When my brother sent me some throat lozenges from his travels, I loved them—“ just as much for the “exotic” factor as for the fact that they worked. When a friend of mine, a singer, mentioned using this product when his …

I love honey products. I am a regular user of Burt’s Bees and several other honey-themed product lines. My friends know this, so naturally I get honey themed gifts. One of them was this Greenscape organic honey moisturizer. It is much like a light body butter. It’s actually made …

Oh, Neosporin, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Well, if you haven’t ever heard of Neosporin, especially if you live in the US, then you have either been living under a rock or exist in a plastic bubble where nothing and no one can cut, or …

I have mitral valve prolapse before. It happened one time when I had unexplained chest pain. I was scared to sleep at that time. The murmuring pain occurred for how many hours and the good thing it subsided after 5 hours. The following day, I did a 2D Echo. Right …

My partner and I both love to give and receive massages. I have fibromyalgia so it has great health benefits for me, and my partner says it helps with tension headaches and back pain. As well as being healthy, it can also be very romantic, and we are always looking …