Colgate Max White One Optic
I READ about this over on All the Buzz and when I saw it on sale in Tesco I decided to give it a go.
The Colgate Max White One Optic claims to whiten your teeth visibly from the very first brush. It claims to have proven optic brighteners that temporarily make your teeth look whiter.
Over time then it progressively whitens more permanently but the ‘special blue foam’ starts to work straight away.
Yeah.
I don’t think it did.
Ah look, my teeth aren’t great at all, they badly need to be cleaned at the dentist but frankly I can’t afford it, nor can I afford the other things that I know he’ll find in there like fillings and caps and crowns that I’m sure all need to be done. I drink an awful lot of coffee now that I’m a mother (shut up, I need it) and they’ve yellowed with age and caffeine
So, until I scrape together enough for a proper cleaning I’m making do with brushing twice daily and a swoosh of mouthwash so when I saw this new product from Colgate I decided to give it a go, see if it could stave off the trip to the dentist for a while longer.
So this is my smile before using the new toothpaste:
Teeth before
And this is it after:
Teeth after
Yeah, pretty much exactly the same teeth? I didn’t notice any immediate difference now, though I stared in the mirror until I was almost cross-eyed, convincing myself that they were maybe a bit brighter? Maybe? But I dunno. Do you see it?
I lashed on some make up then to see if the addition of lipstick would make any difference, but again I couldn’t really see a difference.
With a little bit of lippy
I won’t dismiss it totally though as it does claim a whitening action with continued use, so I’ll give it a month and report back. I just wanted to test the claim of an immediate whitening effect.
Have you used this product? What did you think? Would you give it a go?
Beating Myself Into a Dress 
Jazzygal
Maybe it’s the different angle of your head in the ‘after’ photo, but they do look ever-so slightly brighter! To me anyway. I know what you mean about avoiding the costly trips to the dentist too.
Wonderful Wagon
Yeah, I’m never convinced by these claims either. Yet I continue to fall for them! HOWEVER, dah-dah-dah! Pearl drops are good. Also use bread soda. Dip your toothbrush into it and brush as usual. I do this maybe twice a week (ok, when I think of it!) but it does work. I saw a lady doing this on one of the beauty blogs and she used lime juice in hers. Her teeth were AMAZING! But the acid in the lime juice does horrible erosion-y things to your tooths so she would only do that once every couple of weeks or so. Try the bread soda. Good stuff!
Emma
Cant see any difference but sure if it was on sale go for it! According to my lesser seen dentist we are meant to spent about ten mins twice a day flossing and brushing and swishing. Not a hope would the kids let me have that long in the bathroom! Your teeth look lovely anyway!
Sharon (BehindGreenEyes)
I don’t see a difference but I don’t see a single thing wrong with your gnashers anyway, you’ve a lovely warm smile. I hate the dentist, I lost half a front tooth being an eejit on a bicycle when I was younger & I could never afford to get it crowned so I’ve to get it re-capped every few years, I didn’t look after my teeth as a kid either so they’re stained, I hate them but feck it, nothing I can do about it on limited funds! There’s one toothpaste I’ve found brilliant, but it’s ridiculously expensive – it’s called Blanx.