Sometimes You Don't Need Something...Until You NEED It...

The good people at Healthy Solutions generously gave me a tube of their OxyRub Pain Relief Cream, in exchange for my sharing my opinions on it. Awesome. Well, as the way of the world goes, I have a good couple of weeks pain wise, and I didn't really have much of a need for it. So I looked at it, and I thought on it, and I couldn't decide what on earth to do!

And then because sometimes life works out like that, I tossed it in my bag when we left for vacation. And within a matter of hours, my son has shin splints - and me without my children's aspirin! - and I jam my toe on the sliding door at the hotel, with no ibuprofen either.

OxyRub, take me away!

I applied it to my son first. It is mentholated, and I thought almost had a wintergreen sort of smell to it, although the Amazon listing claims the smell is citrus. I did not get that, I'll take their word for it. Despite the fact that I did not smell the citrus that they claimed, I do actually like the scent.

I noticed a little went a long way, I squeezed out the amount of rub that I figured would cover one leg, and was able to capably cover both.

Afterward, I asked his opinion on how the lotion went on, and how it felt. He said that it went on nice, but reported feeling like it took a long time to absorb. He described it as feeling a "little greasy". I will tell you to take that with a grain of salt though, he's pretty fussy with his opinions of lotion.

He also reported that it relieved the pain for 1 to 2 hours, and that when the pain returned, it was noticeably less. So, other than the greasy factor, he was a fan.

And I've now used it myself several times since we've been here, and one of them was admittedly kind of silly, so stay with me.

I jammed my toe on the hotel door. There is a sliding glass door, and I tried to go out it. The seal is really high, and my second toe didn't make the cut. Brutal. So I slathered up my toe, and down around the joint.

My opinion differed from my son a little bit. I found it easy to use, and fast absorbing. And it was very cooling, which immediately helped me be more comfortable, and feel like my pain was more under control, which was great. I was able to get comfortable and up off of my foot. By morning, of course, the effect had completely worn off.

Today, I used the cream again, for a reason that is admittedly sillier. We're on vacation today, and we did a lot of walking. Like, more steps than I'd ever done in one day on my Fitbit. And my feet were tired! I slicked the soles of both feet down with my OxyRub, gave it a minute to absorb, and walked to dinner. You guys...I didn't feel so silly after that! I mean yes, my feet were still sore, but I was in so much better shape! I'm not sure I could have made it across the street without the pain rub!

So, like I said - I was initially a little perplexed by this product. But if you need a quick acting pain relieving alternative - for cases like mine, where you're caught without, or just because it's your own preference not to take a pill - OxyRub has got you taken care of!

As a special treat for my readers, go to Amazon, use code "SAVEOXY2" and take 20% off of your purchase. It's well worth it - quick acting pain relievers are hard to come by, take advantage of the good ones!

Find them online;

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EASY536
http://www.healthydirections.com/product/oxyrub

Lotion...and vitamins?

Vitamin B is important. In fact, Dr. Oz brands Vitamin B12 in particular as "the most important vitamin you're not taking". Why is it important? Deficency can lead to "certain characteristics" of anemia, slower neural transmission and it's required for the replication of DNA - which means without it, we can not generate new healthy cells. Those three come together to mimic virtually all effects of aging. Lack of B12 is making you look old, Dr. Oz is saying. (Source).

And bad news for our Vegetarian and Vegan friends, most of the naturally occuring sources of B12 are meats - clams, trout, haddock, cheeseburgers and liver are just a few. (Source)

Fear not! My good friends at VitaSciences have got your back, with their Maxasorb B12 Cream!

A rich, emollient lotion that delivers your daily dose of Vitamin B12. If you don't want to look aged ahead of your time, but don't eat a lot of clams, don't worry.

The Maxasorb B12 Cream is a nice, rich, emollient cream that absorbs quickly, and provides your daily dose of B12.

Scent is always a big thing I notice from lotions, and there was no scent to speak of with this lotion, which is nice. So the fragrance sensitive will have no problem with this.

I did have a strange dilemma, in that I almost had to build a tolerance to this lotion. The first couple of times I used it, I itched! And I was panicked! Like, how am I supposed to say anything about this lotion, if putting it on makes me want to wipe it off?

After a few times, and a built up tolerance, I did like this a lot more. Emollient and moisturizing, not thick and greasy. I can't speak to the anti-aging properties - I didn't get nearly as awesome results as I did from the eye cream I tried a few weeks ago. But I'm sure with long term results I would!

I did not use this cream on my face either - my skin is more to the oily side, and a rich, emollient lotion feels nice and all, but I didn't want to push it. I used it on my chest and neck (which is where I experienced the itching) and my arms (which is where I did not experience any itching).

(Pictures coming in the morning, when there's better lighting at my house. In the mean time, go here!)

DISCLOSURE: VitaSciences generously provided me a container of this lotion in exchange for my honest opinions. All opinions are my own.



Like lotion? Me too! I've talked about it before!