I absolutely hate the fact that even though I am way past my teenage years, I still get acne breakouts. I have used different products from acne creams, facial washes, soaps and even birth control pills to help control my acne. However, I was very dismayed because they did …

OraCare Mouthrinse is a new brand of mouthwash in the market. Although it is just new, I really find the product very impressive. Basing on my interview with one of the salesclerks in my favorite supermarket, the product is selling like hotcakes.
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I tried taking this dietary supplement to help accelerate my weight loss so I could achieve my goal quicker than with dieting alone. This supplement is supposed to help suppress your appetite to help you take in fewer calories daily. The company also claims this supplement will …

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 shopped a bit after dropping by the Watsons store for some essential toiletries. It’s rather daunting to roam around public places these days because the chances of contracting sore eyes are quite high. To be out and about without a sanitizer makes me feel vulnerable. …

I am leery of deet after reading some negative things about its effects on health, so I have been on the lookout for a natural alternative to traditional insect repellants. I tried one brand, and was very unhappy that it seemed to produce no effect at all. It smelled …

I have gone to Dr. Nils Foley, MD, several times for a variety of issues, even though he isn’t my primary practitioner. Dr. Foley is a regular treating physician at the new Nextcare Urgent Care on Oracle, near the Tucson Mall. I haven’t had a general practitioner in a …

I have irritable bowel syndrome and the symptoms often alternate between diarrhea and constipation. I also have diabetes, which means I have a tendency to grow more yeast than my body can handle. For years, acidophilus has been recommended to me, and I often do take it, especially if …

When I was young I witnessed how my Dad suffered when he had his first full denture. He was telling me it was very hard but I really did not know why he was seemed to be suffering. Every time he would eat he would prefer to just remove …

This is a great toner for sensitive skin. That’s a bonus for me since my skin is on the side of sensitive. I bought this for about $12 and I’m glad I did. I wouldn’t say this is the best product invented. It just got the job done that’s …

About a year ago, I was diagnosed with this skin problem on my the palm of my hand call eczema. And it was making my skin peel and and flesh was peeling off. It was very itchy and red and was shedding like a snake. Also it seem that …

The Neutrogena Wave’s Bye Bye Blemish Pad is my least favorite of the Wave pads. It is not effective at all when it comes to fighting blemishes. I see not difference when I use this pad than when I don’t and I use my normal face routine. Adding this …

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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I have sciatica that I developed after I started working. I hadn’t had a job in over seven years and, even before I had my kids, all my work was at a desk. Suddenly, however, when I re-entered the work force, I was working a job that had my …

A few years ago, I had a problems with early stage gum disease. My gums were swollen and bled easily. After a good cleaning and scaling, my dentist recommended I use a special toothpaste and mouthwash to help heal the gums and reverse the disease. The first product I tried …

I usually keep hand sanitizers around. I am so glad that they have been made. They can really come in handy. Recently, my daughter was diagnosed with strep throat. We were quite surprised. She didn’t have a sore throat or anything. However, her …

I love to use a light, non-drying toner in the summer and winter to refresh my skin. I have dry skin in the winter, so a harsh alcohol based toner does not work for me then, and in the summer when my skin is rather oily, I can use a …

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 …

For some reason this year and this particular summer, my throat has just gone haywire with swelling and feeling like I have been a fire-eater for the last two decades. It’s weird because when I was younger, I always had the worst allergies and was heavily prone to having Strep …

Protection against mosquitoes is very important for me. Mosquitoes bites are not only severely itchy, but they can be also very dangerous. I tried many sprays and lotions which promise to keep mosquitoes far away and the majority of them disappointed me. Today I am going to review a product …

I’ve used a couple of Grandpa’s soaps and found them quaint and pleasurable, as well as good quality, old fashioned soap. I had been having a little trouble with itchy skin one winter and was using oatmeal bath to help with that problem. Since I came across an oatmeal …

Wheatgrass powder was recommended to me by my cousin. It comes in a sachet which you pour into a glass of water, stir, and then drink. Ideally, it should be taken 2x a day but I only take it in the mornings. It was supposedly good …

I like to use natural products when I can, to avoid exposing myself to so many chemicals. Plus, I find them very interesting and unique. I tried this mouthwash because it was alcohol free, it was concentrated so it was more economical than a lot of brands, and I am …

I have been diabetic for about ten years. I believe that nutritional support is a very effective way to treat the disease and prevent its complications. I always take a good multivitamin, and I have cycled through quite a few of them to find the right one. When I first …

This was recommending to me by a sales women so I decided to try it. This comes in a transparent bottle with a pump, and I got to say the packaging is nicely done. I got sidetracked by the pleasant packaging that I was willing to pay $20 for …

The advent of rains for sure did give me a break from the hot summer days, but what I disliked about the rainy months was the mosquito menace. These mosquitoes seem to come in from just no where and anywhere, and would leave me irritated and aggravated. But now …

My mother is legally blind and can’t see how to color her own hair, so I am the hairstylist and colorist for both of us. When she recently tried out a new brand of hair color, it turned out to be a disaster. It left her hair a strange creamsicle …

Since I have gotten older, my hair has gotten thin on top, and pathetically frizzy on the ends. I use a cornucopia of products on it—“ deep conditioners, heat protectants, mousse for thinning hair, creams for de-frizzing the ends, the list goes on.
I also have a chlorine pool …

I used this Pearl White Slimming and Whitening Capsule last 2006. Obviously, my reason was I want to make my body slimmer. I am somewhat overweight at the time. One of my friends recommended this capsule. I am impressed to the result since she was so chubby before using …

If you’re anything like me, your teeth and having fresh breath are important. Unfortunately most of my own teeth have gone by the board over the years, but the few I have left I like to keep tip-top and one of my oral hygiene regimes is the mouthwash.
Morrisons (large …

This was the first time I had visited Dr.C Mark Fung as a patient, but it will not be my last.
Dr Mark is running an excellent office. When I called and told them I had lost a filling, they fitted me in the very next day. When I arrived …

I remembered Salon Selectives shampoos from a few years back, and when I first saw this product on the shelf, I assumed without a close look that it was a shampoo, one of the old ones. Then I saw “pomegranate” and realized it must have been created more recently because …

I can’t live without cough drops. I just need to have them handy when my throat becomes dry or irritated. There’s nothing like having cough drops around when I need to suppress a cough, whether it’s a serious, persistent one, or just something caused by excessive talking.
When …

I was recently switched to this brand of contacts, and so far, I like them for the most part. They’re a little bit more expensive than my old contacts, but they are very wearable.
My optometrist switched me to this brand because I was getting a lot of redness in …

I am not a very huge fan of lotions and moisturizers since many of them I have tried over the years have tended to be a bit too greasy for my liking. However, I still use them because I have dry skin on my arms, legs, and feet. Some …

Why poison yourself with a big name tooth paste containing the harmful ingredient of fluoride?
Unlike those big name brands, Tom’s of Maine offers a toothpaste without fluoride.
Fluoride has been widely regarded as a cavity preventing, tooth savior. It’s anything but. For years, people, from children to elders, …

I have been looking for the right skin toner because I have tried a few products available but they just left my skin dry, itchy or irritated. So I tried this product from Nivea, thinking that it might fail as well. But I was actually surprised to find that …

With the summer season quickly approaching, I have decided to step up my exercise routine. For the past five months, I have been working out at least three times a week. So far, I have noticed a big difference in the way I look and feel, but …

I suffer from extremely painful menstrual cycles and I am always looking for medicines to ease my pain. I have tried many over the counter medicines mostly those with the formulation of Mefenamic Acid as pain reliever. And Ponstan is one of them. Ponstan 500 mg …

Have you ever experienced getting a fever accompanied by clogged nose caused by colds? Well, I have and quite often too especially during the rainy season. Anyone who has gone through this knows how much of a hassle it can be. During times like this, I find that the …

I had been looking for a way to boost my energy as well lose some weight a couple of months ago. It is so difficult when there are so many products on the market today to find one that actually is safe to take, …

Equate: Cotton Swabs work just as well as the name brand cotton swabs, although I have noticed that the Walmart brand seem to have slightly less cotton, although really, it is not an overly noticeable difference. They still come across as being soft and gentle. I do really like …

I had been hearing so much in the news about red wine being good for the heart and even extending life span, I decided to add it to my antioxidant arsenal. I tried by first actually buying and trying to drink a glass at night. This didn’t last …

After receiving various lip glosses from Bath & Body works from a friend as a gift, when I ran out, I wanted to buy some more. I went online to the Bath & Body Works website, where they were having a Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale, so …

A friend who also suffers from the same condition as me, fibromyalgia, uses one of these hand held infrared lamps to treat her legs, which give her a lot of trouble in the winter with cramping and pain. I too have horrible leg cramps sometimes, and once when I …

When the liquid hand soap in my bathroom set ran out, I wanted to get a nice replacement for it. I really liked the silver holder, so I decided to look for either the same brand that came in it originally, or a bottle that was a similar size …

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 like to keep a basic, high quality lotion for general use that has no fragrance. This is not because of sensitivity, but more because I wear a variety of fragrances and I don’t want my other products to clash with them. For this purpose, I have used a variety …

When the makers of the Perfect Pushup came out with their device, I knew it would only be a matter of time before others would soon arrive. That Christmas in fact, I actually purchased a pair for a family member knowing that the knock-offs would be there …

For as long as I have been running, which is over twenty years, I have heard from everyone from fellow runners to doctors to strangers’ testimonials that glucosamine sulfate is a wonder supplement for reducing joint pain. I have suffered from joint pain, and as with all my various …