The Paul Sells Out

Since it's one below zero out, I figured the best thing to do today (besides the Super Bowl) would be to try Crest Whitestrips.

It's funny, you know, every time I go to the dentist I'm told that I have "beautiful" teeth. But they're not exactly what I'd like to see in the mirror every day and thus, I bought Whitestrips. The problems of living in a first-world country, I tell ya.

The first application went down ten minutes ago. Here's what I can tell you.

I'd read that the things were hard to put on but, to me, this wasn't the case so long as you didn't get the gooey gel side on your fingers. That shit is sticky. I can envision more than a couple of people trying it out and accidentally folding the thing in on itself, which would be impossible from which to recover.

I'd also read that the goo didn't taste very good. This is true but it's not in line with the typical dental flavoring (that is, a faux mint with alcoholic notes) - it has a slight sweetness but doesn't taste like it's destroying the inside of my mouth. Awesome!

The application process itself was, again, not difficult. Jeani claimed that from a distance they were invisible which is nice, so I think I might actually truly do this on the way to work. I mean, it's Metra - no one's looking at your teeth, right?

Naturally I'll be documenting the progress of these things with photos. Stay tuned.