I have tried the Brand’s Chicken Essence before and I always get it when I am feeling low in energy as it always works me energizing me. But recently Brand’s have added a lot of new and interesting Essences to their line of health products.
I decided to try the …

I took advantage of a sale at CVS this week and picked up a box of my favorite anti-aging eye treatment. I had first learned of the Olay Regenerist Eye Derma-Pod System when I had to get camera ready for a family wedding. At that time I …

Last October, I went on a weekend-long trip to Vegas to visit a friend of mine while she got married. It was a nice trip, but I have to say I wasn’t at all prepared for the flight home, which was a red-eye 11pm flight, until 5am. It would …

I wouldn’t exactly say I’m a sickly person. In fact, prior to moving to Michigan, I would get a yearly flu, around September, and after a week or two I was right as rain and wouldn’t have another problem until the following September. It was like clock work. But, …

When I was looking for a house to buy a few years ago, I was taken into several homes that were still occupied, but for sale. In one of them, I noticed something in the bathroom that I thought was a really neat idea.
Someone had used a glass …

A few years ago, I had a problems with early stage gum disease. My gums were swollen and bled easily. After a good cleaning and scaling, my dentist recommended I use a special toothpaste and mouthwash to help heal the gums and reverse the disease. The first product I tried …

When I bought a new pair of wedge sandals, I found that while wearing them, I was having pain in the ball of my foot. It was probably related to the height of the heel, but there was very little support on the sole of the shoe, complicating the problem. …

A few months ago, I noticed I don’t get quality sleep at night. I toss and turn trying to find the most comfortable position as result, I still feel tired in the morning. I tried ruling out some factors as to why this happens. No more caffeine at least …

I love the original Emergen-C Vitamin C powder nutritional supplement. First of all, it’s highly affective. I’ve noticed a heightened state of mood and productivity after using them. Best of all you don’t need to use them daily in order for them to gradually become effective; after the first …

I am very sensitive to the strong mint flavors in most of the adult toothpastes that are sold in mainstream stores. Because they burn my mouth, they cause me to not brush as long as I should, so I use children’s fruity flavors or natural products in non-mint flavors instead.
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There is nothing worse than a cold, when your nose streams and there is nothing you can do about it. Of course, I had to catch one just as the temperatures plummetted to a thirty-year low. The wind was scything off the Russian Stepps and the Urals into my …

After paying for a health club membership for both my better half and myself that we almost never found the time to use, it became clear to me that we would be better advised to let your membership lapse and instead invest in a decent piece of home gym …

I have thinning hair, and I am always looking for products to add volume to my hair so I can give the illusion of more hair than I have. I have tried a lot of brands and types of product, from shampoos to styling aids. When someone recommended …

Back in the nineties, I was given a “Topsy Tail” by an aunt, and I loved the thing. I had much longer hair then, and often needed to wear it back for work. I had since cut my hair much shorter and stopped using it so I lost track of …

I remember using Tiger Balm Pain Relieving Ointment back in my college days. The boarding house that I was staying before was close to a Chinese-owned Pharmacy. Instead of using my usual brand of ointment, I tried using Tiger Balm Pain Relieving Ointment. It comes in a pot-shaped plastic …

Family Practice Foot Chargers are a really neat way to easily give your sore and tired feet a lift. This dry foot massage system come in a one-size fits set of shoe pads that are connected together by a decent sized vinyl strip. The pads are atop …

I came across the 5×5 method because I want to increase my strength after getting beaten at by a bunch of college ball players in a pick-up game. I realized that I was so sick I couldn’t defend those guys in the post.
To sum the 5×5 method up, …

The Pilates Reformer model is a high-end excercise machine, but I found the footbar to be too stiff for prolonged use over one hour per day. The sample videos show the users in bare feet, and this was an impossiblity for me on the second day.
The problem with the …

Spiffies are meant to be used on babies from 4 months of age onward. They clean the teeth, gums and tongue and coat them with xylitol. Xylitol is a natural sugar from Birch trees that is actually GOOD for teeth. It basically prevents bacteria that causes decay from sticking …

After having a blast with my friends at the beach on a hot summer day, I was least expecting sometimes terrible like this to happen. After a few days I noticed that my skin had become red and looked rather burnt. Initially I thought it to be a sun …

I have suffered from severe joint problems in my fingers, knees and back at times and the pain has limited my mobility on its worst days. While I try to use as many natural solutions to this as possible, there are days, especially when I have to go out …

I like to go hiking a lot and have my own first aid kit that I carry with me in a backpack, but a lot of the products I use might be a little too much for the sensitive skin of children, so when my godchildren came to visit …

I’ve never really considered an air purifier before until I had made a big move in my life and changed states and was now totally in a new place, a new home, a new environment and climate. It was a little much for my body for a while and …

I really love the feeling you get after you visit the dentist. Your teeth are smooth and clean, your breath is fresh, and you still have the little crunchy granules from their toothpaste on your teeth. I love the feeling of the granules the best because it really makes …

Whenever I am on my period I always buy Kotex Tampons. I wear these tampons because they are comfortable, easy to put in, easy to pull out, in my budget and offer a little variety to girls. I can choose from regular, super, or super plus. I can also …

I am reviewing the basic Tampax tampons with the cardboard applicator. These come in a range of absorbencies to suit the different flows throughout your period —“ the Lites, Regular, Super, Super Plus and you can also buy a very handy Tampax Multi Pack with a number of …

Ingredients: Coconut Oil, purified water, caustic soda, palm oil, glycerine, Clair Blanche, Titanium Dioxide, Salicylic acid, perfume, EDTA, Alpha arbutin, L-glutathione, Papaine enzyme, Sodium chloride, BHT
Looking at the ingredients list, 4 items immediately pop out: clair blanche, L-glutathione, alpha arbutin and papaine enzyme - which are all popular ingredients in …

This may not be a conversation most men want to take part in, but it’s a necessary one for us women. Ever since I started menstruating when I was twelve years old, I’ve always had rather intense cramping associated with the process. As I’ve gotten older, the cramping has …

I have always had an interest in organic products, and when this was actually mentioned by a hairdresser even though they did not sell it at the salon, I was intrigued and looked for it in another store.
This is a conditioner that can be used as a leave …

Ah, this is an old one but a good one. I had almost forgotten I’d ever used it until I actually recently saw a commercial for it. I started laughing because it’s such an unknown type of product that I didn’t think anyone would bother making a commercial for …

This diet enticed me because I saw it on the Today Show. One of the authors presented some of the meals that looked delicious and satisfying. So I bought the book.
What I discovered is that I had a huge shopping list for my first few days. Some …

Chances are if you are reading this you are sitting behind a computer somewhere. If you frequently spend time at this you may already be suffering from the stiff necks, tight shoulders, and carpal tunnel syndrome synonymous with computer use.
I myself spend so much …

I’ve read lots of studies about how taking various medications can have bad long-term effects on your liver. Browsing through the herb section of the local drug store, I came across Sundown Naturals Milk Thistle capsules. What caught my attention was that the bottle states that Milk Thistle helps …

I regularly color my hair at home, and generally I have been happy with the results. When I used to have it colored at the salon, I paid hundreds of dollars more a year, and the effects were harsher on my hair than the at-home kits. I did learn …

No resistance! It does nothing for my gluts. And I was wondering why my sister let me borrow this. It doesn’t work. I was on the mini stepper for about 30 minutes while I was watching the news last night. The power steppers that I’ve used were much better, …

I take a bath nightly to help ease the aches and pains of fibromyalgia, or sometimes just to relax. Other times, I might have a specific reason to bathing—“ like feeling sick from a cold or flu. Like with the fibromyalgia pain, the hot water can help to soothe body …

Chapped lips are not only unsightly and embarrassing, but they can hurt and bleed, too. Chapped lips can be a reoccurring problems that surfaces time and again and it seems like no matter what time of the year it is, be it a hot and muggy time or a …

When I had my son and had to go back to work, it was obvious that the manual expression method I used with my daughter was not going to be efficient. So I went pump shopping. I decided that a Medela was the best choice for me, not only …

Although my skin is normally very dry, I do notice that it becomes more oily during the summertime. I recently ran out of my usual and somewhat pricey daily moisturizer and I decided that I wanted to try something new. The main thing that I was looking …

The first time saw this product was when it was featured on Good Morning America where the show had given a number of people this device in order to make their at-home pedicure experience easier. Now I am quite young and don’t really have calluses or any extreme dry …

I needed some at home exercise equipment because I no longer had time to go to the gym. I looked around and couldn’t really afford any major equipment so I did the next best thing. I got a cheaper piece of exercise equipment that appeared as though it might …

I had been looking for a gym for quite some time. When I was at work one day some representatives from EP Fitness came in. I listened to their pitch and it sounded pretty great. I was going to get a twelve month membership for 25 dollars a month. …

Like most diabetics and fibromyalgia patients and anyone trying to lose weight, I need to keep active. My favorite low impact exercise is walking. There’s a nice little lake I can walk around locally, and this is a great way for me to enjoy the process of exercising. …

Since using weighted balls in physical therapy and noticing a lot of my newer workout videos also featuring them, I figured it was about time I started a set of my own. Luckily I found out that my first one also included a great workout DVD, so …

I have recently changed my lifestyle drastically by becoming a vegetarian. This is drastic for me because I have been a consistent and frequent meat eater for the majority of my life. Coming from a Ukranian family, meat has always been the main dish in every meal and my …

I like to use battery powered toothbrushes, and this product was an amazing deal. I have always liked the Colgate brand brushes, and I use the Total manual brushes as a backup. I like everything about this sonic power product, starting with the price. I paid less than twelve …

The Neutrogena Acne Stress Control line of acne treatment products supposedly helps reduce the appearance of acne as well as prevent breakouts before they occur. This product is marketed for acne that is caused during times of stress or because of stress. This product specifically is designed to reduce …

I had taken another Dexatrim Natural product that contained green tea, but had a variety of other natural ingredients in it as well and it worked pretty well, much to my surprise. So, I went to get another box of it, but couldn’t find the exact one I had …

I have a combination skin that leaves my t-zone a little oily from time to time, especially when the weather is a little off in our neck of the woods. My breakouts are just minor inconveniences that leave me with one or two inflamed looking pimples, usually around my …

Ensure is an Adult healthy drink that is good to take either breakfast or before going to bed. It is rich in multi-vitamins and minerals which if you read the label, it is loaded with all the nutrients our body needed.
I happen to drink Ensure Gold to help me …