2 posts tagged “white”
Today is the fourth day of Crest Whitestrips. My goal, as noted in a previous post, is to appear shallow and have whiter teeth. I've never had yellow icky teeth; rather my teeth have always been a tinge too yellow for my personal tastes (thanks, coffee and soda!)
I've been finding that the strips are easy to get used to. I won't miss them when the 14 days are up but they're definitely tolerable. And now, the moment you've all been waiting for: photographic evidence.
Both images were taken under the same lighting conditions with the same white balance, aperture, and exposure.
I was a little surprised when I saw this because the change has been only subtly noticeable in real life - but it's been noticeable. On the left my front teeth appear a little grey/yellow and washed out; on the right you can tell I still have a couple of weird stains (ewww!) but they're quite a bit whiter. The other benefit, probably a side one, is that the whiteness/brightness is more uniform.
So far so good. I don't expect I'll have stupidly/oddly bright teeth when this is all said and done, but I'm well on my way to #ffffff.
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.
