Health and Beauty

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The chances are when you visit your doctor one of the tasks completed is to roll up your sleeve so he/she can check your blood pressure. If the wait to see your doctor was a long one then the chances are that the reading will be high.

872019 Philips Health Watch Connected Activity Sleep Tracker and Heart Rate MonitoPhilips Health Watch

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 20 Feb 2017
This is one of a new range of ‘health’ devices from Philips. I saw the range at their Christmas In July event and despite my nagging only at the end of December did the first of them arrive. This is their health watch which tracks heart rate, activity, sleep and more.

871502 Spire Mindfulness and Activity Tracker for iOS AndroiState of Mind Feedback

Published in Health and Beauty by mfereday on 19 Jan 2017
Offering to help keep you calm is a product that is shaped and named after a geological sample.
This is one of three special packs launched by Gillette to coincide with the latest Star Wars film. The razor and gel are branded ‘Mach3 Turbo’ so once through the hype what sort of shave does this unit give or would buying the parts separately be a better buy?

871225 iHealth HS6 Body Analysis Wireless Scali Health Core HS6

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 2 Jan 2017
Up until the last few years a bathroom scale read out your weight. Now they link to Apps and seem to tell you so much more, this item will even tell you your bone density and before long they will possible even tell you what you had for breakfast.

870683 Zinc E Drift Electric ScooteZinc Scooter E-Drift

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 9 Dec 2016
A battery powered scooter as sold by Halfords in the UK was for me anyway the most interesting thing I viewed at the Halfords Christmas Show held in London in September, so I asked to see one and this is what I was sent to review.

870681 Braun Series 9 9296cc Mens Electric Foil ShaveBraun Series 9

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 30 Nov 2016
This is the top of the range electric shaver from Braun. In September I attended a presentation which included a section by satellite from Los Angeles and as this was quite early in the morning in the UK it must have been the middle of the night there.
Salter Body Analyser Scale model 9174 goes further than one’s ordinary bathroom scales. In addition to weight it measures body fat, body water, bone mass, muscle mass, BMI and BMR for up to ten users.

869592 HoMedics MySpa Ergo Pedicure SysteFeet and Face

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 9 Oct 2016
Two items from the Homedics range that would not normally receive my attention, being Diabetic I know I must look after my feet but for those who do not, a device that may help, I am long past worrying about my looks the second might improve your complexion.

869861 philips bodygroom 100Body Hair Removal

Published in Health and Beauty by mfereday on 4 Oct 2016
For the man who has everything, including unwanted body hair, this next item might be appreciated.
Soon – dependant on how early you need to get up – it will not be in daylight, so those morning rise ups for work become harder. There is a way to wake up more gently and that is by something like this light rather than a harsh alarm clock.

869459 comfyballs boxerComfyballs

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 18 Sep 2016
I am told there was a long struggle with authorities before this name could be listed as a trademark in the USA. However now this underwear brand has passed naming tests I put a pair through wearing tests to see if they do what they claim.

869590 HoMedics Handheld Shiatsu MassagHandheld Massager

Published in Health and Beauty by mfereday on 15 Sep 2016
Adding to its range of massaging products, HoMedics has developed a handheld device.
The range of Christmas In July events are always hard work with often five of six events to cover in day. One thought my aching back, legs, shoulders and everything else looks forward to is trying the latest items from Homedics.
The men’s bathroom at a Philips Xmas In July event was where I saw a range of shavers and toothbrushes from Philips, the demonstrator called the first of these offerings for areas below the neck, while I was also presented with a ladies offering I never did find the ladies bathroom.

869215 Lakeland Oval Silicone Microwave CasserolMicrowave Cookware

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 14 Aug 2016
Here I am looking at two different brands of microwave cookware and both can be purchased from Lakeland. First from their own brand a casserole dish and second an egg poacherOVO- from the Lekue range of microwave cookware.

869060 Mio MiVue 658 Touch WiFi Extreme HD TouchScreen InCarCaMio MiVue 658

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 27 Jul 2016
This is not a Sat Nav – but it always knows exactly where you are – it comes with a lifetimes updates for safety cameras – which sounds better than speed cameras – and gives an exact view of what happened should you ever have a crash it even captures audio.

868823 ihealth wave smart watciHealth Wave

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 20 Jul 2016
This is the latest watch from iHealth but do not think of it as a tool to tell the time, it will do that but this is a fitness tool aimed predominately at those who swim for fitness it will also tell you how well you sleep and if you wish will even wake you up.
Having recently told you about beards, head hair and other hair on other parts of the body from separate devices it seems only right to end this round up of recent Braun devices with what they call the Multi Groomer designed to shave, style and trim.

868478 Braun BGT 5030 Body GroomeBraun meets Gillette

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 13 June 2016
As most will know Braun and Gillette are under the same ownership. Normally Braun mainly deals with dry shaving and Gillette deal with wet shaving. So this is a combination device that can be used dry or wet when the occasion demands.
The iHealth Track not only provides an easy way of measuring blood pressure, the associated app takes the hassle out of tracking and recording results.

868241 Braun BT5010 Beard TrimmeBraun Beard Trimmer

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 30 May 2016
In my youth I had a beard which came to a nasty end when the chef I was working for took a dislike to it and removed one side of it with the fish scissors, such things today would end up in a court case. So while I often go a day or two without shaving going several weeks in order to test this was something my neighbours had not seen before.

868032 myzone mz3 activity and fitness belMyZone MZ-3 Belt

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 13 May 2016
A visit to the Wearable Technology Show had me feeling less fit and able than normal. This device was one of the worst offenders simply because the people wearing them were the exact opposite of me in three ways, young, fit and healthy.

868033 Braun HC5010 Hair ClippeBraun Hair Clipper

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 8 May 2016
When you get to my age the bald look is in, not by choice but simply because hair stops growing on top, it makes up for this by growing extremely vigorously around the sides and out of most other orifices, so a Hair Clipper still has it uses.
The Braun Beard Trimmer BT 5010 is one of Braun’s new range of grooming aids for men. It is a well-designed rechargeable battery-powered tool that makes it easy to keep one’s beard in good shape.
Steaming food means that the goodness -often boiled away- is retained. So is it possible to have healthy and good tasting food. This item from Morphy Richards gives you a good chance and best of all it is not a whole lot of fuss to produce it.

867522 Gillette Fusion ProShield Flexball RazoIrritation-free Shaving

Published in Health and Beauty by mfereday on 26 Mar 2016
If you are a regular shaver, how many strokes do you take to complete a shave? According to Gillette it is 170 strokes.

867004 Sony Smart B Trainer MP3 Player Bluetooth headphoneSony Smart B-Trainer

Published in Health and Beauty by paul_smart on 7 Mar 2016
It looks like a round neck pair of in ear buds. It is, so you could use them as a simple music player however it is also a ‘Wearable Music Player with Fitness Tracker, so it can play music in a beat to match your heart rate (pulse).
An analogue watch with a step counter. Yes analogue I do hope younger children are still taught to read a watch rather than rely on digital timepieces. This is a very smart looking offering with a circular dial and absolutely no buttons.
When a company decides that the blades cannot be improved they then look to what surrounds them and here Gillette work on what to you and me looks like the plastic shield that stops the blades meeting your face at anything but the perfect angle.