I turn to The Body Shop every time I need to suppress the stress out of my system. I have been using their scented oils and creams usually laden with natural ingredients and aromatic powers that help soothe aches and pains. Notably, Tea tree oil by the body …

I really do pride myself on having a bandage for every occassion. Need something on a pinky toe, or your middle knuckle, or an ankle or knee? I’m your gal. Bandages have this strange collectibility to me that I can’t really explain and, honestly, I’ve had some boxes of …

I’ve always been a coffee drinker since I was about 15 years old. However, when I was younger, I used to drink much more of it each day than I do nowadays. I’m lucky now if I drink one cup each morning. It’s not that I have stopped …

Vitex is also known as agnus cactus. It is a herbal supplement used primarialy by women for hormonal balance. The recommended dosage depends on the strength of the capsules you take. I take the 300mg capsules, three times a day. I started taking Vitex as a natural way to …

I’ve been sold on the Band-Aid brand my entire life. They’ve pretty much had the monopoly on the market, of course, but still, there have been and still are many other challengers out there. This leading brand comes in many types of packaging and assortments. One …

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I have always favored Caress scents. Their regular pink bath bars are wonderful, and their line of fragranced body washes is simply decadent. I bought this Burnt Brown Sugar and Karite Butter variety on one sniff alone. It went straight into the cart. It’s amazing!
This is definitely …

I had high hopes for the Rapid White tooth whitener. It cost £30 and with its little hand held device which emits ultra violet light, it looked like a more professional option to the various toothpastes, gels and rinses I’ve tried in the past. So I paid the £30 …

I have been having trouble with my scalp for some time and I have tried a lot of things that were supposed to get rid of my dandruff and these things did work for a while but I find that in the long run they stopped working and the …

This product saved my skin! A few years back, the skin on my chest became irritated. Small pinkish scaly blotches began appearing on it. Each day the pinkish spots would grow and grow until it covered a large portion of my chest. I became embarrassed that I rarely wore …

A friend who knows I love eucalyptus scents bought me a bar of this wonderful soap as a present. Although I am guilty of using mostly chemical/detergent mainstream bars most of the time, I do love natural soap when I can find it and I was delighted to get this …

I have used a few Pre de Provence soaps in the past, but it had been a long time—“ and when I bought one of their lavender soaps for myself and a friend who had been looking for one, I also bought one of their pineapple soaps.
The fragrance …

When you tell someone you are trying to quit smoking, the first thing they’ll tell you is to chew some gum. Quite frankly, this doesn’t work in the least for me. And, recently I tried to quit smoking, and chewing gum while at work just wasn’t an option, since …

I have tried a few lip plumpers in the past with moderate success. To be honest, my lips are already quite full so I did not really notice any difference in the appearance of them. Nevertheless, I still decided to purchase this product. I have a …

I used to use Scope mouthwash for bad breath. I no longer do because now I use two other mouthwashes that fight bad breath plus provide other oral health benefits. There are other reasons I stopped using Scope mouthwash though. Scope mouthwash contains alcohol and I didn’t like the …

For every woman who has had to go buy a pregnancy test, you understand me when I say how nerve wracking it can be. There is nothing harder than going to the store and studying all the different pregnancy tests and trying to figure out which one is going …

I recently had a dental implant placed in my mouth, and my doctor gave me one of these so I could keep the area around it clean. It’s a very basic tool - a thin plastic handle with a small, narrow brush attached at the top. The …

In the last few weeks, I had been experiencing a severe shoulder pain- for the reasons best unknown to me. The pain which thrived right in the middle on the upper side of both my shoulders was making me feel very uncomfortable and irritated. I found it really difficult …

I sometimes have a problem with swelling in my legs around the time for my menstrual period to start, and I had started to notice what looked like varicose veins forming. I should have asked my doctor first, but I decided on my own to try compression stockings to see …

I take a lot of vitamins because my hypoglycemic diet is so restrictive and I cannot get all of my vitamins from food anymore. I take a lot of solo vitamins, such as C and Vitamin D, but I also take a multi-vitamin. However, I only take …

I don’t usually use men’s deodorant, but when I run out, I have to use whatever my husband has. I’ve always had the thought in my mind that men’s deodorant was stronger, because men sweat more naturally. I’ve tried some male deodorant types in the past and realized that …

I was not at all pleased with this product when I tried it. First of all, I saw it advertised as being good for people with sensitive teeth. I think I have sensitive teeth, so I purchased this toothpaste. I brushed with it usually three, sometimes four, times a …

I picked this product up at CVS pharmacy when their bath line was on sale buy one get one free. It looked nice and I thought it would be a good addition to the bath decor. I ended up hanging it (by it’s too short rope) onto my shower caddy.
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I like to keep some facial cleansing cloths on hand in the summer when it is hot. If I get sweaty outside, or even if I am doing some big project in the house that makes me hot or sweaty, having a cloth on hand to clean and cool off …

I have been hypothyroid for years and have always taken the synthetic drug Synthroid to treat it. Although my TSH levels are in normal range, I still have a pathetically slow metabolism and a few symptoms that are still suggestive of low thyroid levels. Since I also have other conditions, …

For my son’s fever I only trust Tempra. It has been a trusted brand ever since. In fact the idea is handed down generations by generation. After several minutes of taking tempra syrup my son’s fever is gone and it’s easy to put him to sleep. When he was …

I like Jason products in general. They make more natural alternatives to some of the mainstream chemical laden hair and body products, they have interesting scent combinations, and they don’t test on animals. They are not 100% perfect, but I do have confidence in them.
When I saw …

I have fibromyalgia, and struggle with muscle fatigue and pain often. When a friend gave me this little roller massager as a gift, I thought it was a sweet gesture, but looking at it, thought that they had lost their mind if they believed it would actually help. It is …

A few months before my debutante ball, I went to a dermatologist seeking to improve my skin. I was suffering from mild acne then. The dermatologist prescribed Clindamycin lotion, benzoyl peroxide cream for spot treatment, and this Differin gel which is manufactured by Galderma. I had high hopes that …

I love to take a hot bath nightly to help ease muscles pains and cramps from fibromyaglia, and also to relax my mind and help me sleep better. I use a variety of bath products in my nightly ritual and mineral salts are high on my list of favorites. …

When I saw that Pantene had a shampoo to make hair extra straight, I wanted to try it. I have liked Pantene shampoos in the past, so I expected good quality from them. I have frizzy, damaged and naturally curly hair. I like to use a flat iron on …

Since I had been using my L Oreal shampoo(liss ultime) for quite sometime now- I kind of got bored with it and required an immediate change. But looking for a suitable product in the sea of different brands and types of shampoos available seemed to be rather confusing and …

One of the things I’ve suffered from, due to menopause, is an inability to sleep and, once I do manage to sleep, stay asleep. Once I wake up, being able to return to sleep can be very difficult.
When it comes to something like helping with sleep issues, I …

I was helping a friend do some landscaping at her new home when I cut myself and scraped up my arm pretty badly. She took me in the house to clean up the wounds and I assumed she would have some sort of antibacterial product to put on them …

If you suffer from tired aching muscles, then I highly recommend Conair Touch ‘n ‘ Tone Deluxe Massager. This product purchased from Walmart. This massager comes with six different attachments for your various aches and pains.
I often use the Rolling Foot Massager for my aching feet, and find that …

When I was working in the garden, I somehow got a nasty wood splinter deep into my finger and simply could not get it out. It was painful and swollen and starting to turn red. I was concerned that I would need to go to the doctor for this, …

There have so many whitening soaps that came out of the market after Block and White Brand stimulated the interest of customers to have lighter skin tone. I was one of those customers who got quite mad in searching for an effective whitening product. Well, there had been …

I am officially over forty and looking for ways to prevent signs of aging in my skin. Since I am a big fan of antioxidants, I decided to try the Home Health Goji berry eye cream. I have used a few eye creams and got moderate success, but this one …

I always had a habit to keep my weight checked. For this I would make it a point to keep track of my weight at least once a month. But last November —“when I stepped on my weighing machine- I was in for a great shock. My weight had …

About two years ago, I started to experience some digestional issues that I’d really rather not have experienced, as they ranged from inconvenient to sometimes downright embarassing. Crohn’s Disease runs in my family and affects the digestional system, and so I worried that was perhaps the problem I was …

I use a variety of bath products as part of my therapeutic hot soak to treat the symptoms of fibromyalgia, as well as just to relax and enjoy the “me” time before bed. In the winter I tend to lean towards moisturizing products like bath bombs and oils, but in …

So, you are either short-sighted or long-sighted and you’ve either had glasses before, or maybe you’ve window shopped and tried different types of frames or you are in a battle against yourself whether to put in $200 approx. for some good frames or spend $20 approx. for monthly disposable …

I have a problem with dry eyes, especially when I spend long hours at the computer or spend a lot of time outdoors in the winter. I have used various drops, and they do help quite a bit—“ but I became interested in this kit after hearing about it from …

I become concerned about the aluminum contained in anti-perspirant products when I saw a television news segment about them being connected to breast cancer. I’ve basically been using standard anti perspirant/deodorant products all my life, but this motivated me to give alternatives a try. A friend I …

Every since the whole outbreak of the swine flu spreading I have been very cautious and making sure that my children and myself are germ free and staying clean. I fear they will get some type of germ that is deadly or cause them or myself to get sick. …

I recently had to have a 21 day heart monitor through Life Watch company. That meant that every day after my shower I had to change the sticky adhesive electrode leads before reattaching the wires. Since I have sensitive skin from years of high dose prednisone use, the normal …

When I was recovering from a bout of pneumonia, my doctor recommended that I take protein supplementation to improve my stamina and hasten recovery. I ordered Nutrilite protein powder from a friend of mine who sells Amway products. I got a 500gm for INR 1699 which is at least …

Always Maxi Overnight Pads are usually my first choice when it comes to buying sanitary napkins for my heavy flow. I always feel confident wearing them because they feel secure enough for me to be active without worrying that they’ll shift, and I don’t have to change them so regularly …

I heard about Dove a long time ago. Their advertisements says it is a 1/4 moisturizing milk put into a beauty bar. I wasn’t that interested because when I tested it I thought it is too gentle for me.. It wouldn’t make a noticeabe difference. Another thing is it …

I bought several of the Organix line of products, after becoming enchanted with their range of nice fragrances. After trying out several of their shampoos and conditioners and finding them mediocre, and then trying a split ends treatment that was awful, I had just about given up on them. I …

I have never really been into mouthwashes. I’ve always figured that if I brush right, I didn’t really need it. I’d tried different mouthwashes when I was younger and they were always harsh and barely bearable. After I got my lipped pierced I was told to use mouthwash multiple …