Though most women don’t like to deal with their time of the month, we try to make the best of it by finding the best protection out there. Using faulty pads or tampons can easily lead to embarrassing moments and leaks. I try to find products that are absorbent, …

I have tried several methods of birth control (various pills and shots), and Marvelon is the one I have settled on, for a variety of reasons. They are easy to take, as are most birth control pills, but the main advantage for me is that there seem to be …

When I was asked to play keyboards for a friend who was performing in an outdoor venue, I was really concerned that my face would get oily in the heat, and ruin my makeup. I certainly did not want to look like a grease slick with everyone looking right at …

When ever I start a new diet and fitness program I always wonder how difficult or complex it will be. For instance, will I have to weigh each food item, know the calorie content of every morsel, or have to break each meal in to ratios of …

When I ran out of the Cepacol my aunt had lent be during a family-wide bout of a bad cold, I had to buy more throat lozenges. I was miserably sick and didn’t feel like driving far, so I stopped at a little independent pharmacy where I hardly ever …

My wife purchased a Sonnicare E5300 electic tooth brush for me at christmas, I have been using this electric tooth brush for about three month’s, and my teeth feel super clean. The Sonnicare E5300 electic tooth brush is a detachable, rechargeable toothbrush, I have been recharching it …

I have tried a great many types of natural deodorants and the majority of them did not work well at all. Although I had tried several Tom’s of Maine deodorants and did not think they worked well, I purchased this one simply because I loved the smell of the lemon …

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 …

Flonase is a nasal spray that is commonly prescribed to treat indoor and outdoor nasal allergy symptoms. Available by prescription only, Flonase is typically one of the first treatments prescribed by physicians to those who suffer from nasal allergy symptoms.
Through the years, I have suffered from an extremely wide …

This product of India was a very interesting find. With a ton of interesting organic ingredients, and lacking in many of the chemical stand-bys of modern commercial products, this was one I just had to try. I had never heard of Neem being used in toothpaste, but apparently the twigs …

Since I like to keep my first aid kits fully stocked with anything I might need, I buy skin closures as well. The ones I like to use more than others is the 3M Steri-Strip Elastic Skin Closures. It’s a product that doesn’t get too much use …

Everyone knows petroleum jelly is great for mending chapped lips. But not every brand of petroleum jelly is greater than Aquaphor healing ointment. I had to suffer the worst cracked lips in my life to determine the best antidote. It was easy to make scrubbing my …

Elderberry by Nature’s Way:
I had read several articles regarding elderberry’s ability to boost the immune system. Several studies have shown that it can decrease the duration of a cold or flu by half, as long as it’s taken wihin the first 48 hours symptoms begin.
One day I woke …

My friend and her husband had been trying for some time to become pregnant, and I happened to be with her when she finally got the good news. What was amazing to me, and likely to her as well, was the home pregnancy test she chose to buy and …

Like anyone, I sometimes experience nausea. It often happens when I have tried taking a new medicine or supplement, get too little sleep, eat something spicy, or of course get the dreaded stomach flu. A long time ago, someone told me about using ginger tea for nausea, and I found …

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 …

Because of the way my body works, I am an exclusive tampon user. I don’t use pads, because they never seem to give me the leak protection I need. My favorite tampons to use have always been Playtex gentle glide. I’ve always enjoyed them because of how easy they …

Just few years back wearing of lenses were so fussy and risky but with the advance of soft lenses it’s a child play and even 10 years old kids can wear and take care of soft lenses. I use to wear high powered glasses which were thick and my …

I am a person who tends to spend quite a few hours working on the keyboard and this sometimes leaves my hands feeling tired and fatigued. Though I always try my best to stretch them naturally to help get some relief, I always felt that this basic stretching …

Colgate, the toothpaste company has been really busy, these days. Just look at the different kinds of toothpaste this company has in the market. You name, they’ve got it all! Lately, I found the company even foraying into sensitivity toothpaste, a niche previously owned by Sensodyne.
It’s …

I’ve always had problems with my skin. As a youth, these were sometimes severe, but have somewhat died out over the years. Now that I’m in my thirties, I’m still stricken with the occassional case of a breakout, usually during that untimely female monthly visitor, and I’m always looking …

When I was looking for a house to buy a few years ago, I was taken into several homes that were still occupied, but for sale. In one of them, I noticed something in the bathroom that I thought was a really neat idea.
Someone had used a glass …

This product was suggested to me when I was seeing my dentist about some mild gingivitis. I had complained about the heating in our house causing the air to be so dry that when I woke at night, I could sometimes not even swallow. On my own, I had …

A few weeks back when I happened to attend my cousin’s wedding, something really terrible happened to me. As I was getting ready for the reception, to my horror I discovered that I had forgotten to bring in compact powder, without which my make- up felt just incomplete. At …

I was given this product as a gift after requesting a tub transfer seat. The type I had wanted was one that had a part of the seat that actually was on a track that slid over to the tub’s interior. This one was just a very long …

Honestly, I can’t even say when or where I found about CLA supplements. I think I was just browsing through GNC one day and found it on the shelves. After some research I found that CLA or Conjugated Linoleic Acid was actually quite healthy for the body as it is …

We live in a hill station and the road has plenty of curves and bends. I myself was born and bought up there so I don’t have much of problem travelling but when ever my sister comes home she really vomits develops this nausea and have to …

Recently my sister came over to visit and needed some maxi pads. I bought some that she could use and there was half a bag left over for me. I don’t usually use maxi pads, but had these left over and didn’t want them to go to waste. The …

Vitality Mineral Complex with Calcium is another one of those supplements that you can not buy in the store. It is sold by Mellaluca who are on the cutting edge of vitamin technology. The technology they use in this compliment is called Property Fructose Compounding. Basically that means that …

I am one of Bath and Body Work’s best customers. I love all of their products and always take advantage of their clearance sales. I also shop when it’s not clearance time, when I am in the mood for a new fragrance of lotion or shower gel.
The …

Delaware does have several social work agencies that will distribute free contraceptives for teenagers through the age of eighteen. Not only are condoms given out free at such facilities, but so too are birth control pills and pap exams. Information will also be granted to girls who …

I can remember the first time I ever heard of BC Powders. I was working at a drug store, and I had seen them on the shelf. People often asked for them, so I finally asked the pharmacist what was so different about them.
I was told that basically, …

My doctors have told me for years that I could possible have a mild case of lupus, so I have to be very careful about using sun protection. I do not leave the house in summer without some sort of sun block or screen on every exposed part of my …

I had just run out of my dental floss and didn’t want to get it again because it was to thin and stringing like. So instead when I went to my local store I got some of the Reach Gum Care With Fluoride Mint Woven Floss. Let me just …

When you think about oral hygiene, the first thing that comes to mind is the toothpaste. However, not so long ago people were only using tooth powders and dry, but more natural, toothpaste alternatives. Lush still stands by the old traditions and offers a few different dry oral hygiene products. …

Many people don’t know about Salerm 21 but I think they should. I brought it a while ago for a pretty cheap price and it had been sitting in my shower unused for I’m not sure exactly how long. I thought about using it a few times but never …

During my thirty odd years I acquired a few scars; from stitches on my leg during a fall, to a small surgical scar on my stomach. I had tried various scar creams over the years but nothing compares to Bio-Oil Scar Healer.
I kept seeing the television commercials for Bio-Oil …

The last time I made a trip to the optometrist I got a sample for AMO’s new Blink gel tears for my dry eye. She recommended that I use the drops in each eye two times a day.
The “gel tears” come in a bottle and are actually a thick …

Since I had been using my L Oreal shampoo(liss ultime) for quite sometime now- I kind of got bored with it and required an immediate change. But looking for a suitable product in the sea of different brands and types of shampoos available seemed to be rather confusing and …

In line with our conscious effort to improve our health and wellness, we have since time immemorial turned to medicines to help us do so and one of which is Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid.
Filipinos have long been using Vitamin C. They just come in different brands (and …

When the weather is cold, our heating unit runs a lot, making the air inside the house extremely dry. Even if I run a humidifier constantly, I am still battling dry nose, dry mouth, and dry eyes for as long as it stays cold. The fastest and gentlest solution …

While I was shopping the wonderful clearance sale at Bath and Body Works last week, I came across a bin of anti-bacterial hand soaps in a variety of their fragrances. They were only three dollars for an eight ounce pump bottle so I sniffed a few and bought my …

I have owned a Total Gym for years. I recently upgraded to the Total Gym 1800 because it had some improved features, and my old one was starting to deteriorate from years and years of use. What I love about the Total Gym 1800 is that there are …

After I had my second child, I put on a lot of weight. I tried dieting and exercising on my own. Nothing was working for me. I decided to speak with a dietician. I needed someone to help me lose the weight. I was …

Although I had never used a product by Alfa vitamins before, I decided to try the Pancreatin as one of the ways I first attempted to manage my diabetes without drugs.
I had just discovered I was diabetic, and really did not want to take medications if it were not necessary. …

I tried drinking Biguerlai tea as it was supposed to be a slimming tea. It is actually a laxative which will help regulate your bowel.
I used to drink this every morning, so bowel movement will be at about 4-5PM. At first, I thought it was already working its miracles …

In case you don’t know, I am an avid collector of yoga mats and I use them. Some of them don’t live up their claims, while some are not actually that bad but need some improvements.
So when I bought Altus Athletic Altus Flower With Carry Strap Yoga Mat …

Skin cleansers have always fascinated me and I just loved using them on my skin in order to keep my skin looking clean and healthy. Since there are many varieties of them available in the market- I always try and get a totally different one from the one I …

I have always loved aroma therapy and the use of essential oils. I have quite a collection myself. Sometimes I add them to massage oils or creams to treat muscle pain with. Arnica oil is one essential oil that I have added to most of the products I use for …

A few weeks back, I noticed that there was a slight pain in my hand and my fingers which made me feel rather uncomfortable to do any kind of work with my hands. Though initially I thought of it as a temporary condition and tried treating it with pain …