Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Being a true Brit I have (had) quite yellow, stained teeth. One of my front teeth is a little crooked and I’m not a big fan of braces to fix something so minor, but a few years ago a friend suggested that whitening my teeth would make the wonky tooth look less weird. In my teen years I tried lots of cheap messy gel products from eBay and none of them had any qualities that made me want to continue use, least of all any whitening effect. Roll on a few years later; I’m in my late twenties, a mother and looking to step up my career a little. I look in the mirror and I’m happy, but I could tweak a few things and feel 10x better about ‘Me’. So with this time money being only a small factor in my endeavours, I decided to do some research on whitening procedures offered by Dentists in the UK. After a few weeks of comparisons and consulting forum after forum online I came to the conclusion that going down the bonafide dentist route would be more costly than expected and no guarantee I wouldn’t be in sensitive agony. But, Crest Whitestrips seemed to be the next best thing. Only downside is you can’t get them in the UK. Good job that Amazon.COM will ship to my UK address – Awesome! Having read up a lot on how to combat the sensitivity issues I took the initiative to purchase some sensitive toothpaste and mouthwash to start using prior to picking a whitening treatment. The more I could do to prevent sensitivity the better. I began the strict regime of twice daily brushing, flossing in the evening and mouthwash about 4 weeks before I put anything on my teeth. Bear in mind that I was a brush once a day gal before I started this and a lot of my back teeth have amalgam fillings. I even have a filling in the back of my front tooth, I was not kind to my mouth at all! I ordered a sample kit from a UK based website initially before taking the plunge on a full 14 treatment pack from Amazon.com. I got 7 treatments of the ‘Professional Effects’ variety and figured I’d see if I liked those first. I saw results after the first 2 strips. It was amazing. They stuck to my teeth so well and gave full coverage for my smile. Because of this I purchased a 14 pack of the ‘Glamorous White’ variety and followed the tracked package from the USA, to the UK, through Customs and to my door. It arrived 1 week earlier than expected. Happy days. So I’d used up my 7 ‘Professional Effects’ and began on the ‘Glamorous White’ as soon as they arrived. They stick to your teeth beautifully, though in the instructions it doesn’t tell you to dry your teeth, I always find they adhere a lot better if you do. Sitting for 30 minutes with them in your face is a breeze, I tend to do housework or sit down for half an episode of Scandal…..usual mummy things. The picture attached to my review speaks for itself, this is from before using 7 ‘PE’ strips and then 7 Glamorous White strips (half of my purchase from here). My results have been fantastic, and in only ten days! And ZERO SENSITIVITY! *high five*. And I’ve got another 7 treatments to go if I want to, or save them for top ups. I’ve marked this item as 4 out of 5 because it misses the direction of drying your teeth before applying them, there is some confusion around how many times you can have a treatment per day and because the bottom strip is a lot smaller than the ‘Professional Effects’ version. The ‘PE’ ones cover my whole bottom smile which is about 8 teeth left to right. With this one I get just about coverage for 6 so if I’m honest I wouldn’t buy these again purely for that reason. In terms of daily application I go with two as the maximum, not because I have any sensitivity but just because an hour of my day is all I’m prepared to give up to this at the moment. I’m at the stage where I want to get to a satisfactory white and then just maintain it from there. I’m confident I can do that using Crest products, but it will most likely be the ‘Professional Effects’ as overall I find them to be the superior version.