Just drop it (Pearl Drops)

Member Name: bruffyboy

Product:	Pearl Drops
Date:	14/09/09 (172 review reads)
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Advantages: none

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Pearl Drops is an interesting product. The reason I say this is because a lot of people think it's a toothpaste, but it's not. No, it's a toothpolish, which supposedly does exactly what it says on the tin and polishes your teeth.

For £1 (from the £1 shop), I was able to pick up a 50ml bottle. It's one of those bottles you stand upside-down on its lid, which makes it look clever. The polish itself looks like toothpaste, only a little runnier, and smells decidedly minty.

The thing I notice most is the texture and after effect. It's not like toothpaste, in that it doesn't clean your teeth but rather coat them. Even after rinsing, you are left with a small layer on your teeth. If you grind them, they crunch a bit, like your teeth are covered in tiny fragments of mint imperials. I used this and had the feeling that my teeth were not clean, merely coated.

It is my belief that this is not an effective toothpaste, and so can only be used as an add on to toothpaste (not what it says on the bottle). Even a cheap fluoride toothpaste leaves my teeth feeling clean, but this does not. Because of this, I recommend using a normal toothpaste first, then finishing with an application of this, but do I even recommend that?

This product is supposed to make your teeth white by removing plaque and stains. After much use I can safely say I don't believe it works. So, after failing as a toothpaste and failing as a polish, I think it is safer to say I don't think anyone should use this at all!

Summary: no thanks