Having fibromyalgia for many years, I have tried many different pain relief products, including probably most menthol based gels and creams on the market. Old and new, they all have the same basic function. They produce a cold or heat affect on the skin over the area that is hurting. …

I love to try new body washes and other bath products, and buy a new scent at least once, just to see if I like it. I’ve used Softsoap brand before, but never for body wash, and then I saw a few scents I was really wanting to …

As a long time fibromyalgia sufferer, I am very familiar with pain rubs and “miracle cures.” I mostly use menthol based counter-irritant products that distract the nervous system bu providing a cold or heat sensation to the area where the pain is. It interrupts the signals to the brain, thus …

I like to be sure my teeth are healthy, so I decided to try out a few new mouthwashes to see if I could find one that I liked better than my usual brand. Crest Pro Health night time rinse was the second one I tried. My gums were …

I wear my hair in several different styles. One day I was lazy and did not blow dry my hair after washing it, and my partner absolutely loved the look of it after it had air dried. It was the sort of wet-perm look. I wanted to recreate …

Here in the tropics, the raining seems like a wonderful prelude to summer. Bring out cozy jackets, warm soups, and long, restful nights. As well as mosquitoes —“ and bug sprays to match. I don’t know where the bugs are coming from at this time of …

Although I am not Chloraseptic brand’s biggest fan, I decided to try this product after a week of particularly annoying sneezing fits that hit me in the early morning. I have not figured out exactly what it is that is causing these episodes, but they must be seasonal as …

I love to pamper myself and I do that with the products I use. I pamper myself eating what I like, I pamper my face with ice to cool off my face, and with my body, I pamper myself with the products I use when I take my bath. …

I’ve tried using Scrubbing Bubbles for cleaning my bathtub, and wasn’t too impressed with it, so when my husband brought home the Scrubbing Bubbles Fresh Brush Flushable Toilet Cleaning System, which you just can’t say on a single breath because I’ve tried, I was a little hesitant and almost …

I wear contact lenses for as long as I can remember. This means wearing them for at least 8 hours in a day. When my eyes give up, I just resort to putting on my prescription glasses to get some relief in the eyes. However, during the times I …

This product is for headaches and migraines. My boyfriend uses this for his headaches and recommended it to me and we even have it in our medicine cabinet. At first I like it because I see immediate results of relieving from headaches. When I got promoted I had more …

I often buy essential oils and medicinal ingredients to make my own custom bath products and lotions. A friend who knew I did this requested that I make a lotion for her using the same scent blend that she smelled on me when I came over to her workplace. It …

I had a very poor experience with the vet who diagnosed my cat with diabetes. He ordered me to bring my cat in weekly, during the day, even though it was a half hour trip both ways to and from this facility from work in order for him to …

I just love this antiseptic mouth rinse. I have used several before this one, and have always cringed and hoped desperately not to swallow any of it while I was busy gagging. This walgreen’s brand is so much lighter on the tastebuds, and doesn’t burn near as …

Everyone knows the after results of the horrible acnes and pimples. After using plenty of therapies I finally got rid of the acnes(thanks mainly to Jovees tea tree and acne face pack but the face pack wasn’t good enough to get rid of the scars).So I resorted to …

I had initially heard of the Volumetric Diet Plan a few years ago but only just recently got my hands on it. For all points and purposes this plan is built around a very simple premise.
People the world over eat a certain amount of food …

I have being suffering from knee pain for quite a few years now. Though the pain is not of the permanent type, the time it surfaces indeed just makes feel crippled and paralyzed. In fact as soon as the pain surfaced, I found it really hard to even …

I keep a pair of these well made medical scissors on hand in my home’s first aid kit for cutting gauze and tape. they cost me around $10, but were well worth it since I have never had to replace them. The Prestige Medical Fluoride Scissors are …

One year, when the pollen was on the offense, I developed a terrible case of post nasal drip that was driving me nuts. It was actually making me feel nauseous, and it just would not stop. Allergy medicine was helping some, but not eliminating the problem, so I asked at …

Oh boy lets talk about this toothpaste that my wife call herself buying because she is on this natural healthy tip. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for it and I believe that we all should take good care of ourselves but there are some things I must avoid …

To date, there is still no definitive answers regarding what may cause Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Recent research that was done by the Children’s Hospital in Boston is perhaps showing a link between seratonin levels being lower in babies that die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. They …

Anyone who has ever had skin problems can understand what a prediciment it was when I noticed that my oldest son was starting to acquire a severe case of acne. Now that he’s about to entire high school, I didn’t want to send him off to his first day …

I had a terrible annoying cough last month that persisted after a cold had gone. Even after I had taken all the cold medicine and felt recovered in every other way, the irritating cough and mucus persisted. I knew that I needed a decongestant to help stop the cough, …

As a pharmacy manager and a writer, my jobs usually occupy most of my time and leave me with no time to exercise. I usually feel the tension all over my body due to stress. One afternoon after work, I did not feel like going home to write or …

I originally received this Pediacare product from the mother of a child that I frequently babysit when she is out of town. He has serious sinus issues, and gets colds very frequently, so his mom simply told me to keep the unit at my house just in case I ever …

I got tired of using Off repellent whenever I went outside, because it left a sticky filmy feel and I always had to shower it off later. I had tried Skin so Soft by Avon, and while it worked a little, again, it was an oily film. I …

I am a longtime sufferer of irritable bowel syndrome. It began after a serious food poisoning episode which left scarring in my intestines. Now any change in my eating pattern can trigger bouts of diarrhea. When I was having some problems with a supplement I had been …

We were recommended this product by our pediatrician. Our daughter was suffering from pretty bad diaper rash, her tush was so red and raw that she had spots that were bleeding. We had tried many different creams, and nothing would take it away, so our doctor gave us a …

I love natural products, and when someone turned me on to this shower wash, I was very pleased with the quality and uniqueness. This sage themed wash has no petro-chemcials, sulfates, parabens, or artificial anything. It’s not tested on animals—“ so it is cruelty free. What it does have …

I know there are many drinks on the market that claim to keep your system hydrated and to keep your elecrolites in order. I have tried many of these, am allergic to many, and/also, I can’t stand the taste of some of them. Many have so many ‘bad’ things, …

I’m usually skeptical about products that claim to increase my fitness level or augment my physique (spam emails for breast enlargement, anyone?) so I was initially hesitant to lay out the cash for my spiffy new Avia i-Shapes.
It was the best money I’ve spent in a …

After being extremely impressed with the Olay Definity 14 Day Skin Rehabilitation treatment kit, I went back to Walgreens and picked up another Definity special treatment product. Yesterday I purchased the Olay Definity Night Anti-Spot Treatment which although it wasn’t as impressive to look at the original …

It might just be the placebo effect, but I’m pretty sure that One A Day supplements give you (or me, in this case) more energy, stamina, endurance, mental vigor, and general virile improvement. I only started taking them about a week ago, but I’ve taken one every morning …

I’ve been using Salospas Pain Relieving Patch for a really long time. I have lots of backaches and headaches from working and exercising and from my kids and that’s why this is so useful in my daily life. It’s just a pain relieving patch that is really sticky and …

The Breathe Right Advanced Nasal Strips come twenty-six to a box and sell for around ten dollars, although I’ve seen them as high as fifteen dollars for the same size and number of nasal strips at some stores. I don’t have a snoring problem, so I didn’t buy these …

During my 2nd trimester of my first pregancy, I had some nutritional anemia which caused me to have a hemoglobin count of only 80. Because of this my obstetrician advised me to take ferrous sulfate to help elevate my hemoglobin count.
I tried to take the ferrous sulfate preparation …

To the world of souls that suffer from the agonies of chapped and peeling lips, there isn’t another word in the English language that can generate as much happiness and relief as the word: Blistex.
My fiance is absolutely addicted to the stuff. In fact, I’ve told him many a time …

I love to shop in stores like TJ Maxx and Marshall’s, because I can often find luxurious bath and body products at half of their normal retail prices. On one trip, I found a bottle of this lemon and mandarin scented hand wash. It was sitting alone on a …

I went to a Tupperware party that a friend of mine was throwing. She had door prize drawings. I won and got a bottle of Sea Essentials liquid vitamins. I thought that was an interesting way to do a door prize. I normally take vitamins in pill form. However, …

A really like body lotion I like to use while giving and receiving a massage is Zum Body Shea Butter & Meadowfoam Seed Oil Body Lotion in Lavender Lemon. It is nourishing to the skin and body and calming to the mind and spirit.
This body lotion is completely …

I take a nightly hot bath soak as part of my treatment for fibromyalgia. It helps to calm my nerves and muscles, and relieves night time cramps in my feet and legs. I have found this ritual to be a more effective treatment than anything the doctors have ever given …

For the last few weeks my feet were just looking and feeling —˜horrible’. They felt so dry and rough, that the skin almost cracked on my heels —“ making them look just ugly and pathetic. But what was even worst was the fact that they also felt …

Vaseline lotion is a brand I remember from my childhood. My grandparents used it exclusively, and I was always asking for some of the smooth yellow lotion for my own hands. The newer formula of the Intensive Care is called “total moisture” and is very similar to the one …

I like wind chimes, I love hearing the sound of them on days when the wind is gently blowing. I’m not too sure my neighbors love the wind chimes hanging on both my porches as much as I do, but they have yet to complain.
So on that note, this …

Before i knew that the other brands of diapers existed, i tried Depends. I just wanted to see if they would offer any benefit to me since I had been using pampers size five–there was no size six at the time and size five was becoming a bit uncomfortable …

Vaseline is awesome! I love it with my whole heart. It has so many ways you can use it. So many ways! First of all I have a pit bull—¦ And if you own a pit bull you know that they are prone to ear infections and ear mites—¦ …

I am really a long time user of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly even before I switch to Vaseline Petroleum Jelly Cream. Though I have the creamy formula, I always see to it that I have the jelly one. This is already a part of my health habit when it comes …

I have been taking aloe vera juice regularly to help treat the various digestive complaints that I have—“ irritable bowel syndrome, GERD, and sometimes hemorrhoids. It has been helpful, along with fiber and prescription proton pump inhibitors, in easing the symptoms of these conditions.
I have used …

Okay, so I have to admit that I didn’t buy the Thermophore Arthritis Pad Soothing Pain Relief because of arthritis exactly, but it was recommended to me by the pharmacist on duty for the problems I was experiencing. I have severe back problems that have gone undiagnosed for the …

My children used to attend this doctors office. It has a dental department as well as a Dr’s office. The staff was relatively friendly, which was great but I was not at all pleased with the amount of time you had to wait when you had an appointment, most …