I’ve always been the stay-home mom, or the work-behind-a-desk employee, but when, after seven years, I decided to enter the workforce again out of financial necessity, the only job I could find was a more physically demanding retail position that had me up and down ladders and lifting forty …

I have heard a lot about the apple cider vinegar diet that I decided to try it. I placed a tablespoon in a half filled glass of water and drink it thirty minutes before every meal. It does not taste that bad compared to other products that dieters came …

I don’t normally use cleansing pads, since I use either a foaming face wash or Noxzema cream to wash my face at night, and I rarely feel the need to remove make-up before then. My skin seems to do well with this routine. Someone recently bought me some of the …

I am a quite active person, both in my professional life and leisure time. I do a lot of highly physical work, and often go to the gym or play sports on my off time. I do my best to keep my body running well enough to heal up …

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 tried Head and Shoulders 2 in 1 Classic Clean when I was visiting a friend that had it in their shower. I had forgotten to bring my own shampoo. Although I didn’t purchase the shampoo myself, it can be purchased at Walmart for $9.24 for a 33.9 oz. …

A major acne break out can be very inconvenient especially to teens who are still adjusting to the bodily changes happening to them. I had my first acne break out when I was in third year high school and that affected me a lot at the time. It lasted …

How to make our bone more stronger? We can achieve a healthy bones with a regular exercise and with a good healthy lifestyle. Eating a right of diet, eliminate drinking coffee and consuming alcohol will be a great advantage to maintain the optimal function of our bones and body.
I …

For most of my life, I walked through the deodorant aisle looking for a couple of key terms - “antiperspirant” and/or “clinical strength”. I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I would watch the commercials for products like Lady’s Speed Stick or Degree and my big takeaway was that I …

I’m a huge fan of the scent of eucalyptus. I frequent some Renaissance festivals that carry essential oil perfumes, and I always end up buying something with this scent in it because I find it so relaxing and inviting and sometimes even invigorating depending on my mood. I had …

I’ve tried many different diet plans without much success, but I never stop looking for plans that might work for me. I found the New Grapefruit Diet Plan on the Internet and I decided to try it because it looked like it would be easy to follow, and …

Panasonic Real Pro Elite Massage Lounger EP3222CU is a very sophisticated massaging chair. It has 5 pre-programmed types of massage: Shiatsu, Deep, Swedish, Stretch, and Quick. The massages last 14 minutes, all except for the Quick one which only lasts 5 minutes. Each massage also has 5 levels of …

am so glad I found this product. I shave my legs almost every day, and sometimes I get irritation afterwards. While this in just a minor annoyance during the winter months when my skin is covered up anyway, it can be a real problem during the summer …

I’ve always thought that I had really healthy hair. In fact, any time I visited a salon, they always complimented me on how healthy and shiny and natural my hair was. But, as I got older and went through a period of rapidly losing, gaining and losing weight, I …

I am total beauty freak and find it quite fascinating experiment with various skin care products that are available in the market that would actually help me take care of my skin or hair in a rather simple and interesting manner.
So during one of those casual shopping sprees …

One of the omega supplements I have been taking daily to help relieve inflammation in my body naturally and keep my organs healthy is the North American Herb and Spice Pure Omega. I like this supplement because it is a liquid supplement made from pure cold-water fish and it …

Mouthwash can do wonders for a person that has dry sticky mouth. I know that I recently got into mouth wash because I have the horrible habit of smoking. In order to cut down the smoke breath in my mouth I wanted a strong but subtle mouthwash that I …

My cousin bought me 3 pack of Hollywood 24 Hour Miracle diet when I gained an extra of 22 pounds from popping multi vitamin, multi mineral and multi fiber 3 times a day. I was a skinny girl desperate to gain weight and no matter what I do, my …

I’ve had this sort of up and down issue with managing my cholesterol lately. For years, I’d never had a problem with it, but I think stress and bad dietary choices have created a problem where none previously existed. I didn’t even know I had a problem until I …

I love natural soaps, and when I saw this huge bar in with the Mrs. Meyers Clean Day products, I was intrigued. I thought it was some sort of laundry bar at first, but it is actually bath soap, in a fragrance to match one of the other lines of …

I have long been a fan of kid’s toothpastes. I have a sensitive mouth and therefore have problems with the strong mint flavored adult pastes burning my mouth and tongue and making brushing an uncomfortable experience. I tend to always buy the kid’s toothpastes, or natural products which …

We used to live in a community that provided free 24 hour access to their gym. It wasn’t a huge gym and had two different kinds of bikes, three tread mills, a weight training station and a stair stepper, but it was free and it certainly got the job …

I’ve tried just about every product for volumizing thin hair. I’ve used good ones and bad—“ and this one is the most unique out of them all. I found it at an Ulta store, and it is one of the few products that I bought without knowing anything about …

I find myself getting sick multiple times a year. It seems that I get sick more than the usual person and I am always trying a new medicine. Instead of waiting to take medicine once I am already sick, I thought it would be better if I just starting …

Aches and pains in various parts of my body, now seemed to have become a routine affair. Every other day there would be some sort of muscle ache and pain —“ in my head, knees, shoulders, hands and even sometimes in my elbows. Though I did try using different …

I have occasional migraines and if you are reading this, you probably already know the misery that they cause. I’ve tried a lot of different things, including prescriptions that I could not tolerate because of side effects, homeopathic remedies, over the counter medicines, caffeine, hot and cold therapies—“ you name …

When I had decided to visit my sister for an overnight stay, little did I know that I was going to discover something very valuable and precious. It so happened that my sister during my stay there gave a pillow which she felt was ‘the best’ and asked me …

I bought a jar of this product after trying some out at a relative’s house. I have used lots of sugar scrubs before, and my general impression of them was good, but also that they were all quite heavy and oily. This is great in the winter when my …

I purchased Colgate Optic Toothpaste because the commercials and claims were too good to pass up. I wanted to see for myself if the toothpaste could whiten my teeth in seven days, a claim made by Colgate on the packaging and in advertisements. For a little over three dollars, …

I have used various creams on my feet at night to keep them soft. I also usually end up treating my hands with the same cream, so as not to waste it.
There are plenty of drug store brands that work well, and even some plain natural products like petroleum jelly …

I use this special toothpaste for the gums after my dentist’s recommendation. I have sensitive gums due to gingivitis. My gums usually bleeds when I brush my teeth so I have to use a toothpaste that addresses the problem.
Unlike other toothpaste for sensitive gums which requires prescription from a …

The top of my hair suffers from thinness, and I am always looking for new products to help regrow the hair, or disguise the problem more effectively. At my last visit to the hairdresser, she informed me of a product she had just gotten in, called Keratin Complex Dry shampoo …

Aquaphor may be one of the best products I’ve gotten for my daughter’s daily care, period. I’ve used it for diaper rash, dry and/or chapped skin (on the face - especially around the nose - or on the body), baby acne, and as a regular moisturizer in the …

Fucoidan is extracted from Pacific Brown Seaweeds, Limu Moui. It’s a polysaccharide, member of the family of the carbohydrates, with many healthy benefits. More than 600 scientific articles are already published about Fucoidan in The National Library of Medicine, on: www.PubMed.org. The research shows its therapeutical …

Feroglobin is a liquid tonic which is part of my daily vitamin routine. This particular medicine is good for females to use because it is specifically made to target the formation of new red blood cells.
I started using this vitamin a while back, when my doctor told me that …

Black Pearl Cream Soap is one of the soaps manufactured by CyLeina Organic. Its ingredients compose of arbutin, collagen oil, licorice and Vitamin C and E.
I only heard about CyLeina Organic Soaps from a magazine site so I decided to give it a try. When I first bought the …

This Dry Idea product became mine when I came across it in a discount store. Apparently a drug chain had sold off some old stock when they changed hands, and many of their products ended up in these mark-down outlets. This deodorant, which normally sold for over four dollars in …

I don’t have a baby, but I do like to use powder to keep dry and comfortable. Since dry powder is messy, gets all over the room and your clothes and is not good to breathe, I look for liquid versions. I have tried a couple, and I only bought …

I am beginning to think I am a germ-a-phobe. I really love hand sanitizer, but I don’t like the smell of a lot of them. I recently tried Germ-X brand of hand sanitizer, and I was pleasantly surprised by the fragrance. It goes on very light, …

I prefer liquid hand soap in a convenient pump bottle to hard bar soap on my sink to use for hand washing. The only thing I do not like about it is the tacky look of that plastic soft soap (or whatever brand I am using at the time) …

Every time I hear the word White Flower, I always associate it with fainting spells. I remember during my younger days, I always saw my neighbors and even my teachers using White Flower bottles when somebody fainted. I never tried using it during my younger years. Then a few …

I wear contact lenses at a daily basis. I have poor vision and require to use eye glasses, but I seldom use my glasses now because of the circular marks the frame leaves on my face. It makes my eyes look sunken, not to mention the thick …

A couple of weeks ago my daughter started picking at her lips. After a while she ended up with a cold sore on her lip. This is the first cold sore she has ever had. We went to Rite Aid and asked the pharmacist what would …

I bought this Acne Gel from Healthy Options on the second floor of SM Mall Manila. I actually bought it because I read about it online, and so I thought that it might be a good product. What I like about this product is that, it is actually …

I bought Gaiam Total Body Balance Ball for $30 online, which weighed 3 lbs and was 65 in diameters. As a yoga ball, I can say it was pretty good because it was a great way to help improve my posture. It is also burst-resistant and it was versatile …

In my search for the perfect bubble bath, I came across the Lander Bubble Bath and decided to give it a try. There were several different aromas to choose from but I chose the cucumber melon aroma. It was a 64 oz. bottle, which is huge and it only …

I never used to be moved to try products that are based on natural ingredients. I would just go to the store and buy whatever I knew something about, something that’s marketed widely and popularly and that’s what I would end up with, but I have a co worker …

I suffer from chronic fatigue due to my autoimmune disease and one of the vitamins I take daily is the Vitafusion Energy B12 500 mcg Gummy Vitamins. Taking one of these gummy vitamins daily really helps keep my energy levels up so I am not suffering from chronic fatigue …

One thing I always forget to take in the morning is my vitamin. There is just something about trying to remember to take a pill I just can’t do. Recently I came across a beverage at the store next door to where I work that I think will help …

I use cotton swabs on an almost daily basis.
I thought I would save some money one day, and I bought these less expensive cotton swabs with plastic stems. I was thinking the plastic stems might be a benefit, since they wouldn’t degrade in water like cardboard ones do.
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