Good evening strangers. I hope advent is treating you all splendidly! I feel like a right failure at the moment - I've been lapping up all the Blogmas and Vlogmas contributions of so many other bloggers and doing... well, one post short of nothing myself. You guessed it - deadlines are approaching (oh, the cruelty).
Anyway, I thought I'd drag myself away from my essays for a little while tonight to offer you my two cents on the new teeth whitening craze that appears to be taking the world by storm: activated charcoal. Little pots of the stuff seem to be popping up left, right and centre wherever I look, but the one I chose was this one from Amazon, by Pro Teeth Whitening Co. (currently out of stock :( ), and came in at a tidy £12.99, certainly representing one of the cheaper options for teeth whitening!
This particular one is 100% natural and made with finely ground food grade activated charcoal, unlike many other whiteners I've been guilty of trying in the past which use peroxide or other chemicals. Unlike with using Crest Strips for example, I have no teeth sensitivity whatsoever using this which is a Godsend. Although I got great results using Crest Strips, the sensitivity really was a bitch, to the point that if I breathed in too quickly through my mouth I would get shooting pains in my teeth - nice.
Also, perhaps contrary to my initial expectation, this particular one has quite a pleasant, natural and mild flavour which can only really be described as a considerably weak cocktail of mint and ginger beer. I dampen my toothbrush and dip it straight in to pick up a light coating, then brush my teeth immediately for around a minute. I do this after brushing my teeth with normal toothpaste first. The texture is predictably quite gritty at first, but it does lather up slightly to more of a paste consistency as you brush.
In terms of how it works, I'll leave it to the professionals to explain:
'Activated charcoal is used today and has been used throughout the
centuries to treat people who have accidentally ingested poison - with
its porous surface, it attaches to toxins and impurities in the body to
draw them out. It works in just the same way on plaque, tannins and
stains on teeth - safely and efficiently lifting these off.'
For my particular brand it recommends using twice a day, which I have been doing fairly routinely for around two weeks now. And I must say, I feel like slowly but surely, my teeth are looking cleaner and whiter, and I've noticed small surface stains gradually fading. I did take some fairly atrocious before and after gnasher-shots I was going to share with you all, but having put them side by side I realised the lighting is so horribly inconsistent that it would be better to not share them with anyone, ever, and leave things to the imagination instead. Has anyone else tried or is thinking of trying a similar product?
Ruby x
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