My skin often tends to get oily around the forehead and chin areas. I need something that will help get the oil away and help keep acne from forming. I have tried several different things without much success. I decided to try Neutrogena Oil Free Acne Wash Cream Cleanser …

I was told by my musician friend that there is a massage team in almost all major cities in West Europe and the US and Canada who give kick ass massages. It seems that this team mainly does massages for musicians. Since I am a small timer musician myself, …

I originally got the Planetary Herbals, Slippery Elm Lozenges, Tangerine Flavor in a little trial sample bottle of just 10 lozenges. But, after I have tried them I went back to see how much a full bottle of 200 was. I didn’t think it was too bad at the …

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, …

Living here in southern Africa is much better than in West Africa. I usually find most of the things I need in the local shops unlike over there in that other side of the continent. However, there are some things which are not readily available locally and if they …

There are numerous toothpastes on the market which promise a whitening effect, and I have tried several of them. The product that whitens my teeth the best is Crest Vivid White-while it does not taste great, in my opinion, and the results are subtle and not immediate, I have …

I’ve tried every pain relief gel out there, for various ailments including fibromyalgia and nerve related pain. I have often used the common over the counter creams like Ben Gay or Mineral Ice gel, which are mostly counter-irritants and don’t actually relieve pain, but distract you from it.
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Essential oils are often thought of as the airy fairy natural treatment used only by hippies. I was one of those thinkers until I came across Essential Nature (AKA Pure and Potent WOW) at a spring craft sale one year. I got talking to the owner Jeff …

I suffer terrible bouts of foot cramps due to fibromyalgia, and one day a friend and fellow fibro sufferer came over and happily handed me a pair of these. She had already taken them out of the package, for some reason, and simply laid them down on the table and …

I have combination, forty-something skin. I have a few fine lines and could use a little “lift.”
This looked like a good product and came recommended, so I gave it a try. It was nowhere near as expensive as some creams I had used, and since it was called “Nutritioniste” I …

Before I knew about this product I normally just shaved the annoying hair around my legs and underarms using a shaver but the downside of using a shaver is that the hair would grow again after a week and the most irritating part is that they are very itchy …

About a year ago we started looking for a home gym system that would be equivalent to what they offer at the best gyms because my aunt was going out for a new job of an emergency medicinal technician and this required that she be in top physical shape. …

Vaseline’s Petroleum Jelly is worth-reviewing mainly because it bears the name of one of the trusted and best-selling brands of skin beauty products in the market today. Petroleum jelly is a common household name and in fact a lot of people underestimate its capability of giving remedies to certain …

Crest Pro-Health Rinse is an effective and refreshing product that I have been using now since early 2006. There is no burn at all because it is alcohol free and it shields teeth against plaque, protects against gingivitis, and works to halt bad breath all for twelve hours. I …

Solo Care Aqua - All-In-One-Solution is the best contact lenses solution that I have ever used. Since switching to this brand I have had an easier time putting my contacts in, and I have been able to wear them for longer without my eyes feeling dry. Before …

I usually buy the more expensive contact solutions that cost about $6 a bottle, but I decided to give the Safeway brand a try and see if there was any difference. As far as I can tell, there is basically no difference other than the price. I …

NordicTrack CX 925 Elliptical is cool exercising equipment; I have placed it in my room. As the equipment comes in sub assembled parts, and it’s therefore, possible to assemble and disassemble it. This exercising device is a fascinating piece to ride on; I just love walking on it. I …

The last time I bought a multi pack of anything was at a warehouse store. I normally get bored with a flavored product too quickly to keep using the same flavor for a long period of time. This definitely applies to lip balm. When I was shopping in a …

It has always been difficult for me to fall asleep at the end of the night. I often lay awake with my mind racing for at least an hour before falling asleep. I recently began experimenting with natural sleep aids to see if they would help. I highly recommend …

So I had a miserably failed experiment with a Dr. Scholl’s product which actually ended up hurting my feet while I was wearing those insoles, and I returned them and was on the hunt for something else to use in my shoes because I really needed some extra support …

Before I started using Nature’s Blend Vitamin B Complex, I had some problems such as severe bruising when I bumped one of my limbs or severe fatigue.
I took this problem to my doctor, who was concerned about my bruising. He was not as concerned with the fatigue because some …

What a fantastic product! I have two children, and this didn’t work so well on my oldest son, because he was prone to sucking his thumb verses using a pacifier, but I was able to use it with great ease on my youngest son who was quite the fussy …

A couple months ago I realised that I had gained a lot of weight after I was going through depression, and thus I decided to go on a strict diet and lose a certain amount of weight by a certain time. The diet worked like a charm and I …

After trying out some aloe vera juice I found at a Walmart store, I wanted to see if I could find a brand that tasted a little bit better. Before I found the one I stayed with, I tried Lily of the Desert.
Aloe vera is great for my general …

I actually was at the store looking for a product to use on some road rash that happened upon my knee while riding my bike, and just pulled up into the nearest pharmacy and instead of finding exactly that kind of product, I found the Youthful Essentials Skin Healing …

This is a product that is now hard to find, since many stores have discontinued carrying the line. Loving Care is probably the most gentle temporary hair color there ever was. I used this product in auburn, as an experiment to see if I would like a redder sheen to …

I regularly color my long hair at home, and have been using jaw clips to keep it on top of my head while I wait for it to develop. This can sometimes be a bit uncomfortable, and I was told it wasn’t the best idea because it could cause breakage …

As a woman of fifty years of age, my feet are not pretty. As we age, the appearance of dry, hard cracked heels become a problem. As seasons come and go, so does the severity of my heel problem.
So I started looking for a product to help …

This was a good product to have around the house in case of bee stings, although it also worked alright for other types of bites like mosquitoes. Unfortunately, I can’t find it in stores any more. The only place I can find it is online at Amazon, but I …

When I used a particular brand of maxi pads that I was not accustomed to, I developed a very itchy and uncomfortable reaction to them. The first time it happened, I was not sure if it was the pad causing the problem, since I started using them at the end …

I have very fair skin, and also have been told that I might have mild lupus, so I have to be very diligent about using sun block to protect my skin. I have tried quite a few, and prefer the ones with higher SPF, especially for my face. I …

Listerine has never really been my thing. I tried the original and was scared away from it since then. I have used Scope and other lighter mouthwashes. I was having a problem with my gums being too sensitive and wanted to find something that would strengthen my gums and …

The Community Blood Centers of Florida is a non-profit organization that allows individuals to give blood and see what blood type they are. What’s great about this is that you give your blood to save another’s life. They say one life is enough to save a person. They …

This marks my third “uneventful” attempt at understanding the so called zinc and acne connection. I say uneventful because I’m unable to milk anything out of zinc supplements in general. The way a lot of online content peddle the positive facts about Zinc, it sounds like a …

I have usually been pleased with Nature Made supplements, so when I found a really good buy one get one free sale on the brand, I stocked up. One item I bought was the high potency magnesium. I have several reasons for wanting to take magnesium. It is a …

About 1 year ago I started noticing that not all tooth pastes were all that good. I mean, I was never buying very cheep tooth pastes but then I noticed that not even regular tooth pastes like Aquafresh, Colgate and similar ones were good for me. I tried Sensodine …

Whenever I get a cut or scrape I look for something that will aid in its quick and painless healing. I like to be able to use a bandage that is comfortable, inexpensive and waterproof. I have always hated having to switch out a bandage each and every time …

Recently I have noticed that my contact lenses were drying out more often than usual. For some reason I went from having to never use re-wetting drops to having to use them several times per day. I decided that I needed to try a different contact solution to see …

I had to purchased this gadget for my grandma as a birthday present. I know she will like thing so much, because every time she needed to check her blood pressure, she needed to ask my cousin who happened to be a nurse. She would always ask her to …

We recently celebrated Christmas at our house and hoped it would be one the kids would remember. Unfortunately, for our youngest daughter, it wasn’t as fun as we would have liked it to have been for her because, on Christmas morning, she woke up with swollen eyes. We ended …

The weather where I live has been very hot lately. A few weeks ago I attended a childhood friend’s birthday party that was held at a local park. Although I took the precaution of applying sunscreen prior to the event, I still ended up becoming moderately sunburn …

I live in Nevada, and because the sun is out and bright pretty much all year round, I keep burn ointments in my house on a regular basis. Luckily for me, I have a darker skin tone, and I’m less prone to burning, and so is my husband, but …

As I enjoy exercise and try to stay in shape I am constantly looking for gadgets and pieces of equipment that will help me with my fitness targets and, more importantly, help me to monitor my progress towards achieving my dream physique. I had never used a body …

I get chapped and dry lips in the winter, and sometimes year round. I like to use premium products on my lips, for my own enjoyment and to pamper myself, but also to keep the skin on my lips in the best condition possible.
I had limited experience with …

Everyone knows how important it is to protect your skin from the harmful rays of the sun but I became overly conscious about sun protection when I started seeing new moles on my arms that were not there before. I don’t know if the mole growth can be attributed …

Although I am an African American woman with medium brown skin, I have to use sunblock whenever I go out into the sun despite popular belief. This product was fairly inexpensive in my opinion, especially for a sunblock with as high of a SPF number as this one. …

I have had high cholesterol for a few years, and attempts to treat it with prescription medicines have been frustrating. I tried several statin drugs, always with disastrous side effects that I refused to tolerate. Having fibromyalgia, I do not need any more muscle pain in my life, …

When I was a child, we had a Waterpik System and I loved it. When I came across the newer, updated version of the machine, I knew I had to give it another try. I purchased the Waterpik Breath Fresh System at the grocery store for $35.99. Since I …

Last year I found out I was pregnant and was looking for a Obgyn. I was looking through the yellow pages and saw a big ad from Crown Medical Group. So i called them up and made my first appointment with them. When I had went I was really …

Cold and cough is a very minor disease caused mainly due to change of weather but it can be very annoying and take the toll on the body if not taken good care of. Recently I went to Shimla on a vacation with my husband and everything was quite …