Apply directly to the forehead
Out of a combination of curiosity and desperation, I tried "Head On" yesterday. We were on our way out of town to camp at Hot Springs National Park (the first overnight camping trip for the girls -- and I mean REAL camping -- in tents), and I had a headache brewing. The kind that could have become a migraine if it really, really wanted to. So at the Wal-Mart in the bustling city of Malvern, Arkansas, I picked up some Excedrin and a box of Head On. Well, it's actually a tube. Picture a glue stick that smells like Vicks VapoRub.I don't know if it worked or not. I took Excedrin, and that's probably why the headache went away. But I found the Head On to be oddly soothing. I think I could get addicted to it. It made my head feel kind of cool and tingly -- I guess because of the menthol listed as an inactive ingredient on the label. It was sort of like a homeopathic high. I kept finding myself reaching for the Head On long after the headache was gone. I guess it's kind of like Burt's Bees Lip Balm for your head.
So now I carry it around with me with all my other addictions: lotion, mints, Purell, and the aforementioned Burt's Bees Lip Balm. Hey, I don't drink, smoke or gamble. I have to have something.
Labels: Burt's Bees, camping, Head On, Hot Springs
posted by Deana Nall @ 6:50 PM
8 Comments:
At Fri Mar 28, 07:34:00 PM,
Aggiema (Michelle) said…
Hey everybody's got something, for me it is coca-cola! At least yours won't make you fat! BTW... What is up with that models white eye shadow? Maybe her arm slipped and she put the medicine on her eyelid instead?
At Sat Mar 29, 05:59:00 AM,
Ready Maid said…
You know, I'm glad you didn't say Hot Springs gave you a headache...HA! Actually, my husband and I visited here only one day before deciding to move here.
Named as the No. 1 place in America to retire by geographer Warren Bland , Hot Springs' was confirmed as a top retirement destination on a recent Today Show segment by realtor Barbara Corcoran.
I gotta admit, Hot Springs is a pretty cool place to live, even for those of us who aren't yet retired.
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Rebecca McCormick,
Travel Journalist and Photographer, Hot Springs Village Voice
At Sat Mar 29, 07:05:00 AM,
Jacinda said…
I LOVE the Burt's Bees lip balm! I think Chris has used that head stuff-or something similar to it for his neck. I always kinda wonder if it really works.
So, are you blogging while on your "real" camping trip?!?!
At Sat Mar 29, 10:50:00 AM,
Winston said…
Head On ... I've seen the ads ... Use extreme caution ... looks like one of those brain purifiers. You know, the tube with a small laser beam that gradually fries the brain ... their advertisements read, " ... dulls the pain and eventually the brain ... " Be careful.
Also the label has a warning, "Do not use to clear wax from the ears. May cause harmful humming."
At Sat Mar 29, 08:02:00 PM,
HW said…
As a sufferer of migraines, I've tried that too, but I didn't feel any think like a buzz. Perhaps I didn't put enough on. I think I'll dig that out of the medicine cabinet tonight, just for fun.
But those commercials? SO. ANNOYING.
At Sun Mar 30, 06:00:00 AM,
Susan - said…
The school nurse likes that stuff. My kids hate it. I have not tried it, but I think I will soon. Headache or not. :)
At Sun Mar 30, 04:49:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
Before I moved to Boston, I was living with my friend and she bought some. I tried it. Very weird and tingling feeling. I don't know that it helped my headache, but it certainly didn't get worse.
Most. Annoying. Commercial. Ever.
At Tue Apr 01, 10:34:00 AM,
Paul Fagala said…
I like Head On. I think it actually works. I've used it quite a bit apart from medicine and the headache that is coming on never makes it. I suppose a combination of Head On and medicine is twice as effective!
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