Thread: Facial scrubs

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Update on baking soda toothpaste experement, I gave been brushing twice a day with baking soda a d water. The Saltiness takes a bit of getting used to, but my teeth feel nice and clean, as a bonus my morning mouth gackiness has mostly gone away. I can only put it down to the toothpaste from evening brushing, which would make sense if it contains sugar.
My teeth might even be a bit whiter, though it is a bit soon to tell.
All the best,
Ed.

Sounds like your experiment had great results, Ed. I may just have to give it a try myself.

Here in the US, Arm & Hammer makes toothpaste with some baking soda in it. I used to buy it years ago, but stopped because it is more expensive then regular toothpaste.

Also, I've heard of people using sand and their finger to brush their teeth, so I figured baking soda has got to be easier on the teeth.

Ed, I use baking soda once in a blue moon to brush my teeth. I think it's a little to abrasive to use all the time. To help with that saltiness try mixing it with your regular toothpaste. I know here I can get baking soda tooth paste elminating the need to do that. But again probably cheaper to buy a box.

edit: looks like I was beat to the Arm & Hammer tooth paste..........

I never like the taste of the baking soda toothpaste that is sold in the us .. It's ok but not something I would use everyday.. But now I believe they have actually made the same toothpaste in many different flavors. My wife informed me we actually had st Ives apricot facial scrub in the house.. It was buried under her other 100 facial products.. So ill be giving it a go tomorrow so ill let guys know how it goes.

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

Ed, I use baking soda once in a blue moon to brush my teeth. I think it's a little to abrasive to use all the time. To help with that saltiness try mixing it with your regular toothpaste. I know here I can get baking soda tooth paste elminating the need to do that. But again probably cheaper to buy a box.

edit: looks like I was beat to the Arm & Hammer tooth paste..........

I did google using it as toothpaste, quite a few people use it everyday. And I definately prefer the flavour of my mouth after a sleep more now. I read its what people used to use before toothpaste was readily a a available. Though I might do some more research.

I believe they have been using baking soda for toothpaste way before my time..

It appears that my baking soda experement has been running for a month and a half or so now, and my teeth are definately whiter, and I drink about 5 really quite large coffees a day. The only comment I have had was when I used baking soda at home and my wife said my breath smelled odd, but I think the stuff we had there was a bit "stale". I do keep a tube of real toothpaste in the cupboard but have only used it once. I should also say that I used to have slightly sensitive teeth and have not had any problems.

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

Baking soda - cheap an effective, I usually use this once a week, get my best shaves after scrubbing my face with this.

That's interesting. I seem to get better results with Comet and brillo. Must say, I'll have to give that a try though. Sounds quite a bit less harsh. I'm not sure how its going to taste though...

Comet and a Brillo! brave man! Si. it taste like crap! but as Ed pointed out, effective stain remover for the teeth too. Hydrogen peroxide will do the same thing as far as whitening teeth but doesn't taste any better. A lot of these thing's are used in beauty products sold for higher dollars - there just put in a pretty bottle, and a few extra ingredients, maybe a nicer scent, but if you look at these "new" products, the base ingredients are something simple like Witch Hazel, Baking soda, Hydrogen Peroxide when they're really effective and really cheap all by their self. Saving you 15% in 15 minutes................oh wait that's, that dam commercial. We are all so gullible today, they do a very good job of separating us from our cash

@edhewitt,

I tried it last night and it was effective in whitening. *I*, however, would not make it a daily thing after reading up on it on the net. From what I can gather, routine users of baking soda, hyperoxide, strawberries, etc., are likely to have accelerated recession of gums... I don't know that its 100 percent true, but I think I'll err on the side of caution and maybe use it once a week or something. YMMV.

Originally Posted by Siguy

@edhewitt,

I tried it last night and it was effective in whitening. *I*, however, would not make it a daily thing after reading up on it on the net. From what I can gather, routine users of baking soda, hyperoxide, strawberries, etc., are likely to have accelerated recession of gums... I don't know that its 100 percent true, but I think I'll err on the side of caution and maybe use it once a week or something. YMMV.

Lets see what my dentist says next august, if I have any gums left