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New product whore that I am, I've been wanting to try one of these home tooth whitening products that have been flooding the market for the last year. It's not like my teeth are brown or anything, but I do drink a ton of coffee, Diet Pepsi, and red wine. My choppers could stand a whitewash.

I finally broke down a few days ago and bought a package of Crest Night Effects. I can't be bothered with whitening stuff during my waking hours and I don't like the idea of leaving a piece of plastic in my mouth while I sleep, so Night Effects seemed like the better option.

And I'm going to recommend the product.

It's not all a perfect thing. You brush your teeth before you go to bed and then you dry off your teeth, and you have keep your lips off your teeth so the teeth don't get wet. Obviously you're only going to be able to get your front teeth, unless you're a mouth contortionist.

Then you get 14 packs of tooth whitening goops and 14 little plastic applicator brushes. You open one pack each night. So you brush the goop onto your teeth and then you have to keep your lips from touching your teeth for a minute or two.

That's kind of hard.

The worst part is what happens then. The goopy whitening stuff sort of hardens into a wax-like substance. It really feels weird against the inside of your lips and it's a little bit disgusting. Oh, and it's really unattractive.

And then you drift off to sleep.

I always rub the waxy goop off my teeth in the morning when I take a shower. Apparently if you don't rub it off somehow before you brush, waxy goopy stuff can clog your toothbrush. Ew.

But anyway, I've been using it for four days and I can already see a difference. So yeah, if you can deal with the goopy waxy ickiness, the product works.

I think I need to go brush my teeth again.

Posted by Nicole at June 07, 2003 09:12 AM | TrackBack