Ever since I started taking a nightly hot bath with mineral salts, my fibromyalgia symptoms have greatly improved. I believe a big part of this is the heat from the water, but also the effects of bath salts, particularly of the magnesium content. This mineral helps to balance the muscle …

I know of someone who had several surgeries on his back, and his pain was pretty constant. He bought a Thermophore Arthritis Pad and it seemed to be helping him. When we were talking, a long while back, about my back issues, he suggested I get one …

I have long been a fan of Burt’s Bees products, though my experience with them has been sort of hit and miss over the years. Some products, like their cuticle cream and heel or hand and feet cream works wonderful, but products like their soaps or shampoos or lip …

I have a tendency towards combination skin and occasional outbreaks of adult acne. Although I am slightly allergic to benzoyl peroxide, I was in a desperate rush to get rid of a very obvious pimple before a date, and I bravely tried this product a couple of days before hand, …

Aura Cacia is a fun and healthy company that makes amazing bath products. A friend of mine had been shopping and picked up several varieties of their mineral bath packets and wanted to share a few with me—“ we both have fibromyalgia and our nightly hot bath regimen is something …

What if you could lose weight, firm up, improve your mood, gain energy and even strengthen your bones without even breaking a sweat? Well, that’s what the 90 Second Fitness Solution proposes and I have to say the prospect of only working 15 minutes a week is …

The first time I placed contact lenses on, I didn’t feel any hurt or irritation. But, after about two to three hours of continuous wear, the lenses became dry and annoying to my senses. Whenever I had these kinds of symptoms, I felt like crying. Countless times during work, …

I am a fan of dieting. I have been battling with my weight for so many years now. Any diet that claims it will make me loose weight will always be in my list. So I got a hold of this 7 day diet at the mall. It costs …

When my best friend came to me with a little weird bottle with some Japanese writing on it and said “You have GOT to try this” I should have been more alarmed than I was, as I know he has a weird sense of humor. He told me it …

Clinique has a few products that I really like, so I thought I would like their soap as well. I have combination skin which is more dry in the winter, but in the summer is quite oily and plagued by acne. I was told by a few people and sales …

I am not a fan of Katinko. It’s a chinese ointment used for muscle pains, head aches etc. It usually comes in a green tube like Vicks vaporub and it costs around 100 pesos. It’s very popular here in the Philippines and you can almost see it in every …

I have had trouble finding a good basic cleanser than does not strip and over dry my skin. Many cleansers that claim to be gentle just don’t cleanse well enough and leave behind what a cleanser should remove. The trouble I have is that I can’t find one that …

I have ordered from the “Avon lady” lots of times, but when I found a flea market that had a table with all Avon products, some marked down very low, I admit my loyalties were broken. One of my Avon “finds” was a tube of this firming cream. It was …

This product seemed like a miracle cure-all when I read the description, especially the fact it helps alleviate restless leg syndrome, which my doctor “diagnosed” me with when I went to him complaining of not sleeping well and tossing and turning all night long. I’m still not sure it’s …

I’ve sort of developed a rather embarrassing problem when it comes to motion sickness over the years. When I was a teenager, I used to be able to read in the car and it would never bother me. And I didn’t even realize I’d developed a problem with motion …

I’ve been a slave to my contact lenses for over 5 years now. I’ve also sampled a lot of contact lens solutions like ReNu and other brands. I don’t normally look for a certain brand and just go by what is available over the counter. This method led …

Due to the cold climatic conditions, I was down with severe cold and cough. The cold thoroughly seemed to block my nose and throat making me feel highly uncomfortable. I immediately had to take my cough syrup but since I was feeling so uncomfortable even the time taken for …

This is not your typical insole! And typical hasn’t really done it for me in the past, so I was pretty anxious to try the AirPlus For Her Ultra Arch Size 5-11 Insoles, which were only $5, and definitely the cheapest of this kind of product that I’ve used …

One of the things I learned from my mother is to make sure that my hands are always clean. I still remember when I was a child, she often scolded me because I had this habit of sucking my thumb. She said that my fingers are dirty I should …

Today obesity is a big problem, and we all want to look good today, and for that we spend hours into gyms, and doing painful diets. I was overweight too, and I was about 35 kilos overweight, I did a lot of stuff to get rid from my unwanted …

I have been using sleep masks for years to block out light and help me to sleep better. I recently realized my older one was falling apart and it was time to replace it. I was looking through some Sonoma products, which I love, and found that they offered what …

Anyone here ever heard of the Betet Ointment? Well I guess only the Chinese of the Filipinos have heard about this product. This is an ointment in a small green container. It has a texture of a vapor rub, can also be used as such when you feel your …

Last year my blood tests results came back and I have very high cholesterol levels. This is still in connection with the type 1 Diabetes that I have. At age 30, 230mg/dL is interpreted as borderline-high risk. The sad fact is that my bad cholesterol is high and …

I am a disposable soft lens user. For cleans soft lens, I use the Complete Multi-Purpose Solution. Complete Multi-Purpose Solution is a multipurpose cleaner soft lens. In addition to helping protect the eyes from dryness and irritation, the advantages of this product is can clean protein with no rub. The …

I am an over weight person and desperately needed to get into shape before it was too late. I had tried going to the gym for workouts, tried swimming and playing tennis, but nothing seemed to be working out. The main reason of their failure was my exhaustion; due …

Because of my severe vertigo, I have stopped joining group exercises like I use to. Instead, I shifted to the treadmill and the stepper in the gym as my warm-up and aerobic exercise before lifting weights. This happened a few years back and since then, I spend an average …

I’m not the type of man to talk about the work out equipment that I buy because some times it just becomes embarrassing. I bought the AB Circle Pro Machine thinking that I could get my abs together over the summer. First of all, let me state that I’m …

I was suffering from joint pains in my left knee to the point the pains were keeping me up at night. One of the supplements I was recommended to start taking from my herbalist to help relieve the joint pains in my knee was glucosamine.Glucosamine is a amino sugar …

Aleve is pretty much the only pain reliever I have used for the last ten years. I’d like to say first off, I am not a pill popper or a person who believes in obliterating pain at the first sign of discomfort. I do however, believe in treating pain …

I have always found the Simon Foundation for Continence to be quite helpful and supportive in my endeavors of coping with and dealing with my incontinence. this is due to the fact that there is alot of information to dive into and read, as well as message boards to …

I never buy new cosmetic products for myself because I am always worried about wasting money on something I won’t like or won’t use. My mom knows this, so she always uses this to her advantage at birthdays and Christmas to bombard me with makeup and various other cosmetics. …

I am diabetic and sometimes suffer yeast infections when my blood sugar gets too high, or for the same reasons other women do, like taking antibiotics. After a round of antibiotics related to a gum infection, I developed a mild one. My symptoms were mostly itching, with a slight discharge. …

I used to have a very difficult menstural period because of heavy blood flow and the longer duration of periods. Earlier I used to use cloth napkin and I used to curse myself that why I was born as a woman because of the great discomfort using a …

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 …

As a child I learned early on about the importance of Vitamin C. From my parents to my grandparents, they would constantly point out fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, guavas, and other sources of vitamin C which they explained are essential for a strong resistance and a healthy immune …

I was walking around my local vitamin shop the other day I noticed that the 6.4 oz tube of NOW Xyliwhite Toothpaste Gel was selling for less than $3.00, which I feel is a good price and about average for a tube of toothpaste that size. I really …

We purchased a Weslo Cadence C22 tred mill from Kmart not that long ago and have had the opportunity to use it for a while now. Overall, the C22 has been able to keep up with our exercise routines and with our kids “playing” with it. It …

Although I am not proud of this, I will admit that when I was first introduced to the Crest 3D White toothpaste, I quickly fell in love. I especially enjoyed admiring my teeth after every brushing because visible results were almost immediate.
Compared to other toothpastes, Crest 3D White toothpaste …

I have used this product for a long time and I don’t see any changes in my skin, sometimes I see it like it’s glowing but it may be just my imagination.
This product is recommended for many doctors but I don’t recommend it.
Its active ingredient is glutathione that is …

Mucinex has made a great product. Not only do they make medicine for chest congestion that is great but now they have come out with a product called Mucinex Nasal Spray Full Force and it works wonderfully!
I have tried …

I am overweight and diabetic, like so many in our population. I have been trying to lose weight for years, and have made a lot of progress, but to keep on top of it, I like to use products that enhance metabolism and insulin efficiency. I have taken green tea …

Taking multivitamins is necessary to may you stronger and healthier. I have my own personal choice of vitamins but I am still taking Centrum Complete from A to Zinc.
My company is providing them for free. At first, I am hesitant to take it because I hear feedback …

I love to take hot baths because it helps my fibromyalgia symptoms and it’s just fun. I saw this One bath fizzer at a Target store and really liked the looks of it. It was one of those purchases that you make not because you need anything, but because …

About once every spring or summer, a friend asks for my sister and I to help her clean up her yard. Usually it is her cottage’s yard or her elderly, but adorable, uncle’s. It is nice to get away from our city and go to the nearest one, especially …

Natural Fitness 75cm Professional Burst-Resistant Exercise Ball from Natural Fitness is a good product which I used for around 6 months. It cost around $35 when I bought it online. It was mailed to me in 21 days and was impressed by its careful packaging. Its diameters are …

I’m always trying to loose weight, always trying new diets, diet pills, exercice devices and dvds. A month ago, I’d been on the same diet for 2 months, but the loss was slowing down, I felt bloated and was constipated. As a big diet pop and artifical sweeteners fan, …

I had no knowledge that something as harmless as toothpaste could cause me skin problems. Take for instance my whitening toothpaste (also desensitizing in formula). It was highly likely that that toothpaste’s watery foam would drip out of my mouth while brushing and land over my chin …

I finally broke down and decided to try a cellulite cream. For years I have seen advertisements and infomercials for these types of products and chalked it all up to hype.
So, needless to day, I was very skeptical when I bought my CelluliteRx LipoTherm Contour Cream —“ but, …

I try to keep a lip balm with some sun protection with me at all times, in case I need to be outdoors longer than planned. I want to keep my lips as healthy (and kissable) as possible. I prefer that my lip balms have natural ingredients now rather than …

Popularly marketed as “the non-acidic vitamin C,” Fern-C definitely sets itself apart from so many brand names that contain the same thing: ascorbic acid. I suppose I’m never too old to give up on my daily dose of Vitamin C. Out of all the ascorbic acid supplements …