Category: Toothpaste (Page 2 of 8)

Happy Birthday to Beth! Yay!

I got a new tube of toothpaste recently. It’s always hard to wait for the old one to run out so I can use the new one. I don’t want to be wasteful. But I also want to break into that sweet, sweet tube of new toothpaste…

Yesterday I finally ran out…. Yay!

I actually have a “toothpaste” category! My last toothpaste post was nearly four years ago! Wow! I should write about toothpaste more often.

Whenever I go to stores that have a toothpaste section, I’ve been in the habit of looking for my favorite kind of toothpaste: Tom’s of Maine brand, sweet mint flavor, gel formulation. It does have fluoride, doesn’t have sodium saccharin in it, and tastes great. Tom’s of Maine toothpaste isn’t hard to find, but Sweet Mint gel is. I look in grocery stores, I look in department stores, I look in pharmacies… no one seems to have that flavor.

And then it occurred to me that I could have my toothpaste sent to me.

Ta-da!

I have six tubes of it now. I’m finishing my current tube of Spearmint Gel Tom’s, then I’ll maybe try a toothpaste I got in Nebraska over Christmas, then I’ll get to these. Six tubes of Sweet Mint gel! I’ll have toothpaste for months and months!

I’ve been searching for my current favorite toothpaste since I came to Nebraska. I ran out before my trip here, so I’ve been using a less favorite berry-flavored variety. I’m not fond of the berry, so I’ve been looking for my Tom’s of Maine Sweet Mint Gel, but since I can’t find it, I’ve wondered if there was some sort of substitute I could use.

Avoiding sodium saccharine is hard. Nearly every toothpaste contains it. But I did find another Tom’s of Maine product I haven’t tried yet: a kid’s version of their mint toothpaste. I got some.

Minty

It’s nice because the mint flavor is not overwhelming. It’s not as sweet as the Sweet Mint Gel variety though, so this is not a replacement, it’s only a stopgap substitute. I will keep searching for the Sweet Mint Gel…

It’s been a long time since I tried a new toothpaste, but I saw a new one recently and had to get it.

As I’ve said before, my big issue with toothpaste is the inclusion of sodium saccharin. It has an aftertaste that stays in my mouth long after I use toothpaste containing it. Tree-hugger toothpaste seems to be the way to go, but I always have to be sure it contains fluoride, which can be hard to find sometimes. This new toothpaste is berry-flavored. There was a grape version, but it had stevia in it, which has an aftertaste I don’t like.

So how does the berry toothpaste taste? It has a good flavor, but a bit of sourness to it. It doesn’t foam much because it doesn’t have a foaming agent in it. I like it, but I don’t think I’ll get it again. It’s better than using a toothpaste with sodium saccharin in it, but it’s not better than my regular choice: Tom’s of Maine sweet mint gel.

It has sparkles.

I use a super-soft bristle toothbrush. I’ve read too much about rubbing off your enamel to use a regular toothbrush. There are lots of toothbrushes that say “soft”, but I disagree with that appellation most times. I think most toothbrushes feel like wire.

The softest brush I’ve found is from the Korean grocery store that’s near my school. I’ve even posted about it.

I keep forgetting to stop by H-Mart to get a new brush, but I was at a different grocery store the other day and decided to take a look at their toothbrush offerings. I saw something interesting: a Sensodyne ‘Extra Soft’ toothbrush. I decided to get it.

It is wonderful! It really is extra soft – just what I want!

It’s a keeper