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 …

I used to be a blissfully unaware stay-home mom. I spent a good seven years at home raising my kids before they were teens and old enough to start staying home by themselves so that I could get back into the work force. Even when I worked prior to …

I believe that I should begin by explaining that this pill is not a “drug”. It can be bought over the counter in any vitamin store, is not available as a prescription (as far as I know, that is ) and is also as natural as it comes. …

When I was having carpal tunnel problems several years ago, it was suggested to me from a medical professional to use Kinesio Tex Gold Tape to wrap my wrist to help with the pain from movement until my operation was scheduled. And then, I could use it afterwards. …

After suffering from a few painful ingrown toenails, I realized that the tendency for cutting my toenails in a rounded shape was too tempting for me. I ended up somehow doing this even though I did not intend to, and cutting toenails in a rounded form is often the …

The Bally 350 Scanning Pedometer is a really great tool to help you keep on track with you fitness program. Especially if you are like me and you like to use walking as your main physical activity. I love to walk and I think it can be helpful in …

I have always been a fan of the Botanical Nutrients line. I first used it when I was younger and was staying over night at a friend’s house. We had gone swimming and when it was my turn to use the shower, I spied a bottle of the Rose Hips …

My son has had Eczema now for about a year and he is only two years old. Having been prescribed the good old ‘Diprobase’, i never used anything else.
However, as his back teeth started to come in his skin on his face raelly suffered. Not that the …

My sprained ankle was causing me a lot of pain and I seemed literally paralyzed. Due to increased swelling, I was finding it difficult to even walk within my house premises and this had brought my life to a standstill. To deal with this pain I had initially been …

Once summer has arrived, the biggest worry on everybody’s minds is the sun. Being fair-skinned and easily-freckled, I always have to be sure to slather on high SPFs on my face every time I walk out the door. I had been neglecting sun protection for my lips.. forever, and …

This diaper rash cream is a little better than the original Desitin. It’s easier to squeeze out of the tube, easier to apply, easier to wipe off, and doesn’t contain as much zinc oxide. Zinc oxide, which is good for getting rid of diaper rash, can sting …

Like most women, I shave my legs regularly and when doing so, I like to reduce the risk of drying out my legs with plain soap, and use a moisturizing shaving cream instead. I love Skintimate products because they moisturize, but also because they have some of the …

Most teenagers face a common problem, and that is their face per se. It is common for most teenagers to have acne or commonly called pimples. It is in the adolescence stage wherein a person starts to feel infatuation and starts be concerned with his or her face. And …

I have always loved herbal remedies, aroma therapy, and natural relaxation techniques. I had been reading about Melissa leaf as an aroma therapy tool, and I was thrilled when my partner came home with a little bottle of this herbal bath product. I couldn’t wait to get into a …

When I was shopping in the H2O products, I happened to notice a little bottle of a spray mist called Oasis. It was the same pretty color of blue that my original H2O favorite products came in, so out of curiosity, I picked it up to see what it was.
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I realized, after starting a new job almost two years ago, that I am WAY out of shape. Not just out of shape, but I’m a total wimp. I was a stay-home mother for seven years, and had been out of the workforce for much longer than I was …

I don’t often get sunburned, because I use sun block products regularly. I have “suspected lupus” so I take sun protection very seriously. Once in awhile I forget that wind can also be damaging, and one time in the winter I spent too much time playing in the snow and …

I used to have this last year but I already stopped taking so because for me, i feel like I’m cheating my own metabolism. Although it has good effects especially when I am in work, but the entire thing didn’t seem good for …

For those who don’t know what it is, it basically mixes important digestive enzymes with good bactaria together to provide your body the necessary tools it needs to digest and process food you take in.
I have been taking this for more than a year now ( that’s right, more …

I have fibromylagia and use a variety of treatments to try and manage flare ups. When someone I knew from church was raving about Blue Emu cream that she used for her arthritis, I decided to give it a try. Although fibromyalgia is not an inflammatory condition, it can sometimes …

My periods are pretty heavy for the first two days and when I go to bed I like to use sanitary protection that is more heavy duty than my daytime one as it is a pain to be woken in the night because you are leaking. I first …

I was extremely uncomfortable with tampons for the longest time- especially because I am I swimmer, I constantly missed practices because of my period. These were ironically the first tampons I bought, being the first kind I ever tried I didn’t know how to insert them so I thought …

I used to visit a little independent gift store in town that sold a lot of products by Crabtree and Evelyn and The Thymes. I fell in love with several of the Thymes scents. My usual favorites were the olive leaf and eucalyptus, but one day I was browsing …

Equate: Flushable All Purpose Wipes should not, I repeat should not, be flushed down a toilet. The reason is simple: they do not dissolve or break-up easily. I know this because a friend of mine encountered trouble after flushing these wipes for a couple of months. They clogged up …

When I found a recipe for shampoo that I really liked, it required using an unscented shampoo base. I looked at sites where I normally ordered my ingredients from, like essential oils and bases, but the only shampoo bases I could find were either not of very good quality, or …

I have used many types of sanitary pads from various brands over the years but nothing has come close to Kotex pads in terms of meeting all expectations that one could possibly have or require from a sanitary pad, which is performance, safeness, absorbency, leak protection, comfort of wearing …

When I get really stressed out I like to take a bath in Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Stress Relief Eucalyptus Spearmint Body Wash. It helps calm my body, mind, and spirit and makes me feel so much better after soaking in it in the tubby. I even like …

First time I consumed Nutrilite Daily is when I became Amway member and got it as bonus package for the member. As its name, Nutrilite Daily is a daily supplement which is best consumed on the morning, before we do our daily activities.
In Indonesia, Nutrilite Daily is sold in …

I have been using teeth whitening products for several years. I like to use whitening toothpaste, rinses, and occasionally white strips on my teeth. With any of these products, although they are often effective in lightening my teeth, they usually take a week or more to start …

A few years ago, I suffered a very serious bout of food poisoning that left me ill for several months. I had chronic diarrhea and could not eat very much solid food. I was put on various medications, and dietary restrictions. I seemed to have a problem with …

If you’re anything like me, your teeth and having fresh breath are important. Unfortunately most of my own teeth have gone by the board over the years, but the few I have left I like to keep tip-top and one of my oral hygiene regimes is the mouthwash.
Morrisons (large …

I am really a long time user of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly even before I switch to Vaseline Petroleum Jelly Cream. Though I have the creamy formula, I always see to it that I have the jelly one. This is already a part of my health habit when it comes …

Dandruff is a very common problem, and in my case, I haven’t always had it. There was a time when my hair was extremely dry, and it caused the dandruff to appear. Then I had to look for a shampoo special to get rid of it, and I tried …

Right before Christmas I was out picking up a few stocking stuffers and stopped by the Dollar General. I was searching the isles when I found a shake weight. I was skeptical but I picked it up to take to the register. I had the cashier check the price …

I have a lot of small scars on my legs, mostly from accidents when shaving because I’m perpetually in a hurry and I nick myself just about every single day that I take a shaver to my legs. Sad, but true. And, because of all those nicks, my legs …

I was starting to get so sick and tired of being sick every few weeks. It was like my family could not catch a break. I hated that germs passed around so easily and decided that we needed to take every avenue possible to keep germ transfers at a …

Arm and Hammer is better known for it’s baking soda more than it’s toothpaste, however, their toothpaste has been out on the market for a while. The premise of their toothpaste is that there is baking soda in it and therefore, it will make your teeth whiter and your …

I am not sure which one of my family members this belonged to originally, but as soon as I saw the words “Stress Relief Body Was and Foam Bath”, I became very eager to use it since I was having such a stressful week. Therefore, what I did was …

Having to put on make —“ up for most of the day, sometimes prove to be harmful for my skin. Since it becomes vital for me to remove it completely before retiring to bed in order to help my skin breathe, my odd hour jobs sometimes makes me feel …

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 …

I hurt my elbow when I tried to stop a very heavy box that was going to fall off a high shelf. I should have let it fall. I pulled tendons in my elbow that hurt for months afterwards.
I took anti inflammatories and tried to do the …

I use head wraps to keep my hair away from my face while I wash my face and neck. I’ve been doing this for years—“ and usually I end up buying whatever brand is the cheapest, assuming they are all basically alike. This was the last brand …

I will be reviewing the Nike+ Sportsband itself plus the software
The software provided on the nikeplus website was very easy to use and I had no problems with downloading it. However I had a little bit of trouble getting it started for the first time as my first run …

One of my favorite cleaning products is Clorox’ Disinfecting Wipes. They come in cylinder containers, and the bigger one (the one I have) holds 75 wipes. They are meant to wipe of household surfaces to kill viruses, such as the ones that cause a cold or flu. …

Now that I am not young anymore, I have been dealing with calloused and cracked feet. I would get some pretty good cracks on my feet that would really hurt. I was clueless when it came to foot care. I asked my doctor and she recommended …

I’ve known about Touch of Healing aroma gels for a few years but haven’t taken the time to actually buy any until recently. I decided to buy the tea tree aroma gel because the sales person at the health shop I got it from told me that it’s good …

A few weeks back when I was traveling with my family, I noticed that one of my cousins taking out a thin paper sheet type of a thing from a mini box- and then just swallowing it in her mouth. This rather surprised me- because I couldn’t understand the …

During my 2nd trimester of my first pregancy, I had some nutritional anemia which caused me to have a hemoglobin count of only 80. Because of this my obstetrician advised me to take ferrous sulfate to help elevate my hemoglobin count.
I tried to take the ferrous sulfate preparation …

I have always had a problem finding a great Conditioner. I have extremely long hair and it always seems to be very knotty, oily, greasy, and just unmanagable most of the time! I have searchd for and tried many, many different Conditioners so that my hair would just look …