Back in early April of 2010 my dad suffered an ulcer. I know it doesn’t sound bad but it turned out bad enough that his regular doctor scheduled him an emergency appointment with the hospital to get him looked at. At the time my dad had been finding blood …

As if it wasn’t enough to want gorgeous pearly whites and fresh breath, scientists have now determined a causal link between gum disease and a host of other dangerous illness including heart disease. Enough said, I ran out and purchased a Waterpik Dental water jet system PDQ! …

When I was younger, my family used to have bars of soap for use in the shower. When we first started using body wash, we bought the cheapest brand, which didn’t smell very good and wasn’t a great quality.
About a year ago we discovered Alpine X-treme body wash. …

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 …

I have always loved the quality of Crabtree and Evelyn, and when I lived near the shore in NJ, there was a little bath shop near the beach that sold their products, along with other comparable high end brands, all summer. I would shop there at least once a …

I was given a tip a very long time ago from a nurse. She said for skin rashes, dryness, stretch marks, etc, to buy vitamin E capsules, and open them up to use the oil inside. It is more potent this way, perfectly safe, and does wonders for the …

I had the pleasure of trying out this product when I attended a two week seminar where I shared accomodations with a fellow insomniac. I had brought along my sound machine, hoping she would be ok with me using it at night, and she had brought along her Nightwave …

I have been a long-time supporter of Icy Hot products. I have constant lower back pain and an over-extended shoulder, and sometimes this pain is so severe that I can’t even function around my own home, much less at work. I don’t have the luxury of taking time off …

When I got poison ivy for the first time in my life while visiting my best friend for a week, she gave me some powder packets that you dissolve in water for a compress or soak, and sent some home with me, but I found them to be a …

I have used a few products from Shea Terra, and generally really liked them. After trying their lemon grass black soap, I was hooked on the idea of using a liquid black soap for my face. (It is much less messy than solid bars!) After I used up the lemon …

When I originally bought this product, I thought it was something else—“ I assumed it was a solid balm form of pure vitamin E, which I had intended to use on a scar. I got excited thinking I could use this instead of the sticky oil that I normally use …

Before I knew about this product I normally just shaved the annoying hair around my legs and underarms using a shaver but the downside of using a shaver is that the hair would grow again after a week and the most irritating part is that they are very itchy …

I like to use various creams and lotions to make my skin super soft and youthful feeling, and on my hands, which get really dry from the constant washing of dishes, I like to use L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream, It comes in a 5.2 ounce tube but …

In the summertime one of my favorite body creams to use to help keep my skin looking beautiful and feeling very soft and supple is Bath & Body Works Signature Collection Plumeria Body Cream. It is thick and rich and has a wonderful light pink color to it and …

I bought this bottle of Enxymatic Therapy True Organics Vitamin C, first off because I’m really a big fan of Vitamin C and I believe it’s like a cure-all for absolutely everything. I get a lot of sun, I’m pretty active for the most part, but every once in …

I have never heard of this oral care protection which is toothpaste that is herbal. My husband has been using it for months and when I came back, I checked our stock cabinet and I saw this wonderful toothpaste by Dabur which is Meswak Incredible Oral Care Toothpaste.
I started …

I love to use natural products, and Pure and Basic is known for making very good ones. They use botanical extracts and essential oils, and there is no animal testing involved, which is important to me as an animal lover. The products are biodegradable, recyclable packaging is used, and the …

As I enjoy exercise and try to stay in shape I am constantly looking for gadgets and pieces of equipment that will help me with my fitness targets and, more importantly, help me to monitor my progress towards achieving my dream physique. I had never used a body …

My wife and I are having our second child. And, unfortunately for us, just as she found out she was pregnant, our doctor announced he will be relocating to North Carolina.
Since his replacement doesn’t do deliveries, my wife has been going to Beaver Dam Women’s Health instead. So far, …

I sit at the computer for long periods and sometimes my eyes get either dry or irritated. Last Spring, I had some trouble with pollen allergies, which left my eyes feeling irritated most of the time, and staring at the monitor only made things worse. My dry eyes drops were …

I have not often bought luxury tissues in the past as I am a bit of a skinflint with money and I just use lavatory paper to blow my nose, but lately I have had a bad cold and my poor nose has got quite sore from constantly blowing …

Oral hygiene is important to me, and so I brush, floss, and use mouthwash as well like most people. I’ve tried a lot of floss, and I am most fond of Reach. I sometimes buy the Reach Gum Care Fluoride Mint Floss on a regular shopping trip …

I have been wearing Acuvue Oasis contact lenses for about 2 years now. I wore Acuvue 2 lenses for about 10 years before that. I was having a problem with my eyes drying out really bad when I’d wear my contacts. It was so bad I could hardly wear …

As a fair skinned person, with a history of possible lupus as well, I have to be very careful concerning my exposure to the sun. I’ve been a loyal fan of No-Ad brand products for years. They offer very affordable and reliable sun protection products. My most …

I started working a new job last September, after eight years of unemployment, so I could stay home with my kids until they were old enough to be trusted to stay home by themselves. I was excited to start working, but I believe my body just wasn’t up to …

I’m always having problems with my teeth being sensitive to hot, cold and everything in between. I have constant problems that require expensive dental visits that I can’t always afford. So I’m always looking for something to reduce the amount of dental visits I have to make and to …

When i kid had dehydration my physician recommended to give Pedialyte for her.This is a oral electrlyte solution which is used to prevent dehydration and is available in a all the pharmacies.It is available in many different flavours.It serves the need and helps the baby to regain the …

I usually use a regular rinse out conditioner on my hair, but sometimes, especially if I want extra volume and don’t need to condition right away, I use a leave in spray conditioner. These products also come in handy on days when I need to refresh the style, especially if …

It seems as though I’ve always been on one diet or another since I was about 13. I’ve had varying degrees of success with them and the only one that had any substantial results and a sustained weight loss was when I went to Weight Watchers with two …

I found a half full can of this deodorant/antiperspirant spray in a closet. This is not usually how I end up with my health products, but since it was there, I decided to use it. It didn’t seem very old, and although I am usually not a big fan …

I’ve used Softlips balm in the stick form in the past, and I liked the slim container and good hydration I got from it. When I saw this lip butter in a tube, and that it was natural and organic, I had to try it. This product is free of …

Clean and Clear is one of those product lines I’ve grown up with almost all my life. From my early teens, when I first started to experience some rather unsightly problems with my skin, it was pretty much the first product I’d ever really tried to get my problems …

I think it is fairly important to any woman to use reliable feminine products. I have always been a tampon sort of girl and use them almost monthly. I have a few brands that I really love, but I am always willing to go out and look for something …

I decided to undergo warts cauterization two years ago because I noticed that it was spreading on my neck and some in my face. I went to Borough Medical Clinic to consult a dermatologist and I can say that the doctors there specifically in dermatologist clinic are the nicest …

My allergies started to kick in about three months ago, and they’ve gotten steadily worse. Usually I hit the bad part around August, but this time around it seemed to be taking it’s time getting to the severe point and it wasn’t until late September that I started to …

I have been suffering from migraines right from my teenage years and their occurrence always left me feeling quite miserable and depressed. In fact these headaches just seem to paralyze me both physically and mentally, thereby becoming a barrier in my day to day routine work. Though I …

In the last few weeks I noticed that my hands had started looking quite dull and unattractive. The fact that my skin felt extremely dry and cracked severely especially in and around the nail area- made my hands feel so rough that it almost hurt whenever I tried rubbing …

I’m actually not as clumsy as others might consider me to be, but I get the same bumps and bruises on a semi-regular basis regardless. As such, I have a whole collection of bandages in my medicine cabinet to signify the potential for disaster. Plus, I just see something …

I use the companion shampoo Avalon Organics makes with Nourishing Lavender Conditioner. The two products create a dynamic due that smells fabulous, and provides excellent hair care. What sold me on the conditioner at first was my penchant for lavender scented products, but I go back and purchase the …

My oral hygiene is very important to me. After spending almost two months battling a gum problem a few years ago, I got it all cleared up, and promised myself it would never happen again. In addition to careful brushing, flossing daily, and going to the dentist at the …

I have a daughter and she is about 2 years old now. She used to fall sick every 2 months or so. Usually it’s either fever or flu or even cough. I guess that’s common for all kids. Those with traditional thinking would say that it’s due to the …

Being a fibromyalgia patient, I am familiar with most brands of pain relief rubs on the market. The nerve disorder causes pain and muscle cramps that require frequent measures to keep me functional. I’ve used regular Icy Hot in the past, and it is a good product—“ as good as …

Damizle Pomegranate Vinegar Tea is a Korean product that I found while doing my groceries. They were offering free taste tests of the Blueberry and Pomegranate variants of this vinegar tea, and as the product looked interesting, I decided to give them both a taste. For me, …

It’s getting to be that time of year now, and it’s important for me to keep all kinds of sunblocks and after sun lotions, which is why I went ahead and bought the CVS Aloe Vera Gel with Lidocaine and Menthol. I have to say I was a little …

I take a hot bath every night to help treat the muscle and nerve symptoms caused by my longtime fibromyalgia. I have found that this therapy helps more than any other option. To keep things interesting, I use a variety of bath products like oils, bath fizzies, bubble bath …

I have fibromyalgia, and also spend a great deal of time at the computer writing or working. My neck tends to get very tight and sore after hours of work, and sometimes this ends in a serious tension headache that may keep me awake at night, which is not what …

I have mentioned in my previous reviews that my husband always suffers from seasonal allergic rhinitis. Different stimuli cause it but mostly the weather changes, the pollens and all other irritants trigger the attack. The physiology behind this lies on our sinus cavity. It is the hollow space in …

After having spending a day at my sister’s place watching my favorite movies on her newly acquired home theatre system- I was in for some great trouble. The fact that my eyes had been overstrained almost left them feeling puffy and burning in pain. But the worst part was …

I can remember the first time I was introduced to the idea of soaking in a nice hot bath. I was about ten, and although I had used bubble baths, I was now becoming interested in the products that my grown up family members were using. My mom had …

The skin on my lips is basically very dry and so I often have the skin peeling off —“ especially during the winter season. This peeling gives a rather unhealthy look to my lips and also makes me uncomfortable all though the …