Since I have gotten a little older I have had more facial hair than in my youth. Most of it I can easily tweeze off, but I was having trouble tweezing my upper lip and eyebrows, because of the stinging pain. I am no sissy, but the sensation would make …

In this tropical country where I am in right now, it is really hot and humid. And the tendency is my skin tends to be dry. I have used a moisturizing soap but I think it is still not enough. There are also instances when I have to stay …

One of my favorite cleaning products is Clorox’ Disinfecting Wipes. They come in cylinder containers, and the bigger one (the one I have) holds 75 wipes. They are meant to wipe of household surfaces to kill viruses, such as the ones that cause a cold or flu. …

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 …

working as a nurse in a hospital is often times very stressful. Most of the time, I often catch a cold or even certain infections. Often times I tend to forget taking up my vitamins so I end up being vulnerable to infection. Luckily I use PotenCee which is …

I am a person who has been witnessing acne every now and then for quite a few years now. Since the acne mostly appears around my forehead area, their presence makes me look quite unattractive and dull. The fact I had already tried umpteen anti-acne products to treat them, …

I had some friends from Spain coming over and when they had to go on a flight back home they had so much stuff because you always have more stuff when you go back home than when you go on vacation, so they left most of the unnecessary things …

Ever since learning that aluminum containing deodorants can increase your cancer risk, I have been trying to find that perfect alternative natural deodorant that actually works. Along the way I have tried some interesting products. One of these is the “Pit Powder” made by Muddy H2O. It is …

When my daughter was first born, she gave us a scare. When a baby is first born, they are given a hearing test in the hospital. When the doctors gave our daughter her hearing test they thought there was a problem. They recommended that we go …

When I switched from using Clairol hair color kits to Loreal, I really missed the little conditioner tubes that came with the Clairol kits. I did not realize at the time that you could buy them separately, so I was trying to find something similar to use to replace them. …

The Polar brand of heart rate monitors came in many sizes, but I am going to be reviewing the Polar FT4, which is a wristband model that you would use when you are out and about. I bought this monitor because it is a lot easier to let the …

Biotene PBF-Mouthwash with Calcium is a mouthwash that I have been using for several years now and I am really quite pleased with it. This is a mouthwash that is designed to attack and remove plaque from teeth before that plaque has a chance to develop into tartar, which …

I strived in the past few years to impose upon myself a strict fiber-enriched diet. Had it not been for my recurring constipation, then I could eat whatever I want. Aside from oats and cereals, psyllium is the only other alternative fiber I know, namely, under the …

Seeing as the paddling season is over at my high school, and I will be in varsity next year, I wanted to make sure I could give our team the best chance of going to state championships. Being as lean as I am, I weigh only about 125 pounds …

I just passed the official “over forty” mark, so it’s time for me to look into preventing the aging of my skin as much as possible. I have combination skin, which is dry in winter and oilier in summer with some mild adult acne that rears its head if I …

I love using various bath products for my nightly hot soak. In the summer, I tend to use lighter products like bubble bath. Taking a hot bath at night has helped my symptoms of fibromyalgia more than any other therapy. When I was looking through a natural products website, …

I have a diagnosis of chronic pain but was being treated with a narcotic pain reliever; Lortab. Some people refer to it as hydrocodone or Vicodin. I not only built up a tolerance to the narcotic pain medication, but was also worried I was becoming addicted to it. I …

I have had mixed experiences with homeopathic products. Sometimes they work, sometimes it is highly debatable. I had some success with another Heel product, so since this throat spray was not expensive, and I needed something to help with dry mouth and throat, I gave it a shot. I was …

I picked up this workout ball when at wal-mart because it was only $10 and I had been wanting to get one for some time now. I have noticed that some of the sports stores sell these for much higher costs when you really are getting the same quality …

I work in a retail establishment selling shoes, and have worked there for over a year now, and we are “encouraged” to wear the company’s shoes if possible and, I have to admit, these shoes are NOT comfortable by any stretch of the imagination. Might be good cheap shoes …

I love doing my toenails and as I am perpetually broke I almost always do my own Pedicures. I hate having to dig through my make up bag to find my nail file and clippers and all the other stuff I need to do a Pedicure with at home. …

There is only one insect repellent which I have been using now since 10 years and this is Insect Ecran. What I like the most about this brand is that it offers a complete range of repellents for adults, children and even clothes.
The sprays are very portable to carry …

Natural Acai 1000 mg fat burner is the dumbest invention I’ve ever come across. There are reasons why I feel this way but the number one reason is because it just doesn’t work. I hate taking things that do nothing for me. And plus I wasn’t sure what I …

I started losing volume in my hair noticeably in my late thirties. By forty, I hated my thinning hair. What was once a luxurious mane now required careful brushing and styling with a mirror to be sure none of my scalp was showing in the back. It is …

I was in a rush to purchase another product to get the free bag from Watson’s, so I guess in a rush I chose to purchase Listerine Total Care. I only needed 80 pesos more, so I chose it right away and paid for all my purchases.
I guess …

I was looking around the toothpaste section of a local store when I ran across this particular toothpaste. It is a pure herbal toothpaste and contains about 20 or more different herbs in the mixture with some that look familiar and some that I haven’t heard of before as …

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. …

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 …

Colgate is one brand that I have been using for many years now. Total 12 has been used very rarely and this time as we found only this sub-brand of Colgate, we decided to buy one. This toothpaste has bluish green gel stripes with white colored flouride toothpaste. …

Being a Native American, at least in part, I like using the Native Remedies products. I have tried several for various conditions that I have. Sometimes they seem to work really well and other times not, but I have enough faith in them to keep trying.
I have …

I use different shampoos sometimes, picking ones to fit a certain need, and sometimes I switch it up. One that I liked to use before I found an alternative was Dove Extra Volume Shampoo in a 12 ounce bottle. I think it performed great, and I loved …

I like to use natural body oils for a variety of reasons. I regularly use massage therapy for fibromyalgia symptoms, and I also use it to treat dry skin by adding it to my bath or splashing some on after a shower. I was running low on my varieties of …

I have never been a person who likes taking vitamins. It’s not that I don’t think they will improve my overall health (though I do have some doubts about them really doing anything), it’s just I always have a habit of forgetting to take them.
In addition, I have an …

Since I am now in my mid forties and have noticed a few wrinkles emerging, I decided it was time to get a more serious moisturizer. I recently read an article in a beauty magazine that stated that it is important to use a product with Retinol in …

My son developed a really bad diaper rash. It was really red and when he walked, he tried to walk with his legs apart to avoid them from rubbing together. I always used Desitin before and it really worked well to clear up diaper rashes quickly. …

Its rare that I actually get a cold sore, but when I do, they are miserable—“ painful, ugly, and take forever to go away, unless I use Abreva. The first time I bought it, I was extremely skeptical. The price seemed outrageous—“ nearly twenty dollars for a tube that …

So have you seen all these fancy DeTox teas all over the instagram? The ones that promise to help you lose weight, reduce bloating, heal the pain, cleanse your skin and all that other stuff. And have you seen the prices for those? Yep, it’s $30-60 per a 2-weeks program. …

When I bought an AromaFloria foot soak with tea tree, peppermint and rosemary, I also bough the matching foot lotion so I could use it with the soak. The smell of the product was so amazing, I wanted to keep it on my feet all night, and layering it was …

I love to use my nightly hot bath therapy as a way to enjoy new products and scents. I take these baths to sopt the pain of fibromyalgia, and it works really well for me—“ it is a therapy I would recommend to anyone suffering with the condition. It has …

Humidifiers are one of those things I actually hate investing in because I have this horrible memory of having one as a child, which I still blame for a horrible bout of bronchitis I suffered when I was young. Whether or not this was true is neither here nor …

After a prolonged illness last month, I noticed that my skin had become extremely dry and dull. My skin seemed to have lost all the essential moisture and looked just cracked and chipped. But my lips seemed to be the most affected due this dryness. What made their condition …

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 …

Being diabetic, I use a lot of the low carb Atkins products because they do not greatly affect my blood sugar. Some of their bars are great—“ others only so-so. This one is a staple in my sweet-craving arsenal, and I buy it on a regular basis. Although …

Ever experience how hard it is to give vitamins to kids - - - especially if they are in syrup form? Any mom would definitely love to give their kids vitamins, as I do, but what I don’t like most, and I’m sure all other moms out there will …

I had never had any sign of allergies or ear infections in my 45 years of life. Then I moved to the allergy capital of the world, also known as Knoxville, Tennessee. I also worked in a historical building for two years, which may have had fungus …

I decided to try the Alli weight loss pills because I liked what the reviews and manufacturer had to say. I liked that they said weight loss involved a change in lifestyle, and that this wasn’t a quick fix. I devoted two months of my life to the pills, …

My period normally last for four days. On the fourth and fifth day, I sometimes experienced weak flows so I have to wear a pad or liner. Sometimes, on the sixth day, there is still a sudden gush of blood, so after a week of my period I use …

When I first counted my steps, I figured a pedometer didn’t have to be that high up on the technology scale. I bought the cheapest one I could find off of a Chinese website, and after it didn’t work at all, decided to do a little more research …

I have fibromyalgia, and in the early days of learning to deal with this chronic pain disease, I would take lots of over the counter pain killers, like Advil and aspirin. When I discovered it was causing me stomach problems, I switched to using only acetaminophen (Tylenol). I was taking …

One of the worst things about spring and summer, is getting bitten by the flying insects, or the biting insects like fleas and chiggers. they itch like crazy, and I use a lot of bug repellent to try and keep them away. I tried a product called …