The McDavid Jumper’s Knee Strap is for those with jumper’s knee or Osgood-Schlatter disease, but it does NOT work. I have jumper’s knee and all the strap does is apply pressure to the swollen area of my knee, but I don’t know how that’s supposed to help, because it …

I wanted to talk about this herb that I tried taking due to a few health issues. They weren’t bg health issues, more like mental and physical health issues. I have always been against the idea of taking medications for depression so I went the other direction. I took …

For the last few weeks to my ongoing prolonged illness, I witnessed that my hair had suddenly started looking quite dull and lifeless. Though I tried my best to take utmost care, the condition of my hair showed no signs of improvement at all. This is when I decided …

I recently ran out of my regular brand of toothpaste a few days ago and needed to brush my teeth, so I made a quick trip to Wal-mart late that evening to purchase a tube of toothpaste of my choosing. However, Wal-mart was out of stock on the …

I have been trying to curb my food consumption as part of my New Year’s resolution list, and I don’t do well with prescription appetite suppressants, so I thought I would try hoodia. I’ve heard rave reviews from friends, but never felt brave enough to try it.
After …

About a week ago, I was over at a friend’s house and after we had done our regular weekly shopping, we decided that we deserved some well-earned time and luxury that can only mean one thing: the hot tub. Luckily she lives in a nice condo development and had a …

I have experiencing leg cramps for quite a few years now and I must admit that those moments of pain just leave me feeling uncomfortable and stressed. The cramps which mostly appeared in my calves especially in the night or when I happen to overdo my leg stretching- left …

My doctor recommended that I take a multivitamin, and I chose a brand that I was familiar with, but it did not include iron in the formula. A search on some symptoms I had been having prompted me to look into iron supplementation, to see if it would help …

Redken is a brand I rarely notice until my hairdresser points it out to me, or uses it on my hair while I am there. This is how she sells me… she knows that if it smells nice and I enjoy the shampoo I can be suckered into buying …

After experiencing highland lavender in another product, I wanted to buy some of the exquisite essential oil for my own collection. I looked for a company that produced it, and found that Oshadhi sold one that came straight from France, where the highest quality highland lavender in the world grows. …

Leslie Sansone’s Walk Away the Pounds for Abs three mile workout, is the second in-home walking workout that I have tried recently. The beauty of in-home walking is that I can get an endurance building, calorie blasting workout, using familiar walk based steps; and do so regardless …

I use a nightly hot bath to help treat the painful symptoms of fibromyalgia, which I have struggled with since my late teens. It also helps to relax me so that I sleep better, which is another important factor in treating the condition. In the summer when my skin …

I used to experience pretty severe acne problems when I was a kid and a young adult, and mostly that was attributed to the fact that I didn’t know how to properly care for my skin and keep blemishes and breakouts to a minimum, but it was also attributed …

I have yet to find hair vitamins on the market than can match Hairtopia. I have suffered from traction alopecia in the crown of my head and the rest of my hair grows extremely slow. Out of sheer frustration I went online to see what was out there that …

In my teenage years, my face had been really smooth and flawless, and if there are pimples only small few ones will appear especially in the T-zone area especially before my period. But now in my twenties, its getting worse, it becomes bigger and inflamed particularly near my nose …

I often use a towelette in the summer because my face gets really oily when I spend a lot of time outside. I also use a lot of sun block products on my face, and when I am at a pool party or spending time away from home, I …

I purchased Scope Outlast Mouthwash last month at WalMart at Preston Crossing in Saskatoon because my gums had become sore and were bleeding. I figured it was called Outlast because it contained more antibacterial ingredients. I was a bit concerned because I thought that it might be …

This is a perfect little work out mat. I wanted this thing because my bedroom where I do most of my works outs has tile floors and it’s very hard so I wanted something that was capable of alleviating this. I ran across this at K-Mart when …

I take a nightly hot bath to help soothe the symptoms of fibromyalgia which zap my energy during the day. This nightly therapy has made living with the condition much easier, and relieved a lot of pain and muscle spasm to help me sleep.
I also enjoy the baths …

I like any hand sanitizer that has the word lotion in its name mostly because most hand sanitizers are highly alcoholic and dry out the skin and I’m spending ten minutes hunting down some lotion anyway! I work in retail and we are sometimes required to touch things that are, …

Vaseline Intensive Rescue Healing Hand Cream is one of my favorite hand creams to use to help keep my skin from becoming dried out. It has even helped heal my dried hands right up when they were flaking and cracker pretty badly. The cream made my hands look much …

I have always heard about all the great health benefits of green tea. I love tea—“ and I am an avid daily drinker of black teas, but I could just never get into the flavor of the green teas. They were a little too—“ well, green.
Wanting to reap the …

I suffer from fibromyalgia, and I have tried most of the muscle rubs on the market. Most work as counter-irritants, containing menthol substances that stimulate the nerves in the skin to produce a “distraction” of a cold or hot sensation, so that fewer pain signals make it through to the …

I decided to try the product, Cortiban Ultra from Boulder Labs, as a trial offer through a service I use which pays to test products and services. I figured it was just another diet pill and I probably wouldn’t benefit from it, as others have failed me in the …

I began suffering from body acne ever since I was 14 years old. Going to the beach or pool and not being able to take off your top because of how bad your body acne on your back and chest was is really sad. I’ve tried everything from wash …

All my life I have hated hearing people snore. It’s just so irritating and truly annoying when you are trying to go to sleep but the person next to you sounds like a freight train about to jump the tracks. You just want to turn to that person and either …

I don’t know if Lipton in your area produce green tea for your healthy drinks. But here, I can find Lipton Green Tea drinks easily from the supermarket. As far as I know, this green tea from Lipton has different taste than other green tea that I ever tried. …

I enjoy flossing my teeth and would like for my children to feel the same way. I wanted to encourage my daughter to start flossing her teeth. She sees me using my little floss picks, and has always been curious. I never let her use them because of the …

Since learning that petroleum in health care products is not particularly healthy, I have been trying out some of the natural alternatives to petroleum based products. I have fallen in love with natural lip balms. After buying a Burt’s Bees lip balm with sun block ingredients and finding it to …

I made the transition to Colgate Cavity Protection Toothpaste, after using another brand of whitening toothpaste that was good but not all that great. After visiting my dentist, I decided that I really wanted to step up my game, and to do that I needed good toothpaste that did …

About two years ago after having tooth bleaching done at a cosmetic kiosk, I developed severe tooth sensitivity. I was told by my Dentist that a lot of these Kiosk teeth whitening companies have no dental training whatsoever and that the application can not only cause damage but tooth …

The Rockstar energy drink is one that I have seen for some time, having lived in a college town that has an exclusive contract with Coke to sell only their products this is a product that I have seen a lot of students around campus drinking but I had …

This soap is really quite good. It’s probably one of my all-time favorite bath products. One of the first things you notice about it is that you get a pretty big bar of soap. It lasts for quite some time, even if you bathe every day. There aren’t any …

My eyes have a tendency to get too dry at times and I need something to just give them a little boost. There is nothing worse than dry eyes as far as I am concerned. I find that when it happens, I rub my eyes too much and then …

I’m not the type who gets fat easily, but I have gained a lot of weight this summer. I blame it on the fact that it is summer. I tend to eat a lot of sweets, esp. ice cream, because it is so hot. It then became imperative that …

Tiens Acumagic is one of the best products I personally like from Tiens. It has different applications that are good for the health of the family and I will rather buy this one instead of buying other gym equipments which are more expensive but does not give the same …

I am a regular user of OPI nail polish, and when I saw that the same company that makes OPI also had a skin care line, I was curious. I decided to try out their caramel cream juicie lotion. I love the taste and smell of caramel, and even though …

Being a total fitness freak I was a little worried when I was told that I had to stay at my aunt’s place for about a fortnight due to some family occasion. More than anything else- what I was really worried was the fact that my regular exercise routine …

This has to be the cheapest dental floss I’ve ever purchased. For only $0.79 + tax for 55 YDS (50m) at your local Target store you can’t go wrong. It comes in two versions–mint and regular. Both are waxed for easy insertion between teeth. I prefer to use the …

You’ve probably seen the informercial, late at night, on the Core Rhythms program when zapping to find something interesting to watch until you fall asleep at last. You probably thought like me; another product to spend money, exercice for 2 weeks then put in a closet with your ab-this …

I was feeling very lethargic and weak lately, and while I think that the stifling heat was part of it, I also think that it was also as a result of a lack of vitamins. A family friend gave me a box of “Dr. Reddy’s Becozinc”. To be honest, …

Equate: Acne Medication Oily Skin Medicated Apricot Scrub did not work for me, but then again, hardly any acne medication that is readily available at the store without a prescription has ever proved to be overly effective. I did not notice a whole lot of difference after using this …

About the Product:
The CVS Warm Steam Vaporizer boils water that produces a pure steam of bacteria-free vapor which is released into the area where it is placed. The vaporizer routinely shuts off when its content reaches the minimum. It operates without much noise. It has a triple-wall …

It’s an ayurvedic herbal lotion for prevention of pregnancy stretch marks, made in India (I assume, it’s available only in India, not sure). I grew up quite fast as a teenager and got stretch marks on my hips, therefore now, during pregnancy, I am extremely careful not to let …

I love Hawaiian Tropic products, mainly because I love the smell of them, and they tend to work well. Being photosensitive, I cannot get in the sun like I could as a youth, and so I use a heavy spf product, and always have some after sun care …

I have tried many types of deodorants but a lot of them did not work as well as I would have expected. This is the only one that I use because it works perfectly. I have been using it for years now and it’s been …

I have used the Kiss my Face Peaches and Cream moisturizer, and really liked it. It had alpha hydroxy acids in it. I assumed this product would be very similar as it is often listed together with the other. They are actually not very similar at all. I love …

This past summer there were some days when I really felt that the sun was burning me and having read so many magazine articles about the dangers of being burnt and the direct link to skin cancer, I decided to copy the Australian cricketers and try a …

I often sleep during the day, and I have used several different types of sleep mask. The Sleep Master is one a friend gave me as a gift.
My old mask was made of foam and indented over the eyes so that no part of the mask touched …

Sadly, I have to admit that I’ve long had a problem with blemishes. Sometimes is very mild and hardly noticeable, and sometimes its a rampaging mess of ance on my chin and cheeks. Because I’m in my mid-thirties this can sometimes be discouraging, so I’m always on the lookout …