A Sticky Bugger, I Can't Swallow! (Wrigleys Extra Thin Ice)

Member Name: MattRoberts

Product:	Wrigleys Extra Thin Ice
Date:	11/08/03 (111 review reads)
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Advantages: Not Many

Disadvantages: It has no long term effect, it sticks to your tounge, not nice taste

If the same has happened to you, as my title, then you will have tried this product. (What did you think I meant?) Well, everyone seems to be writing a review on this controversial product, so I thought I might as well join them! So, am I one of those who love it, or hate it! Well I absolutely hate it!

So, what is it actually supposed to do? Is it actually a chewing gum? Is it a breath freshener? Well, if you’re handed one of them, like I was, knowing nothing about the product you won’t know at all!

It’s rather confusing to define what it actually is and what it does. It certainly doesn’t help with anything. If it’s supposed to be a chewing gum, it isn’t much cop, because after a while you just swallow it, and it it’s supposed to freshen breath, it doesn’t do it very well!

Well, after a lot of research I found out that it wasn’t a chewing gum, but in actual fact it’s a strip that is supposed to leave your mouth refreshed for the day, and leaving you free to snog whomever you want. Well, I would like my snog to last longer than 5seconds; because that’s the duration this lasts!

**The Effect**

Well, what is it, anyway? Well, it’s clear aqua coloured blue strip, which is supposed to freshen your breath. You are supposed to put it on your tongue and leave it there until it melts and freshens your breath.

Well, sadly this doesn’t do what it says on the box, at all. When you do put it in your mouth, all you feel is something disgusting in your mouth, and because it burns so badly, you have to close your mouth and then something worse happens…

Because you close your mouth, it all gets stuck to the top of your mouth, and that takes ages to get from there, and when it finally disappears your mouth now has no longer taste, and is anything but effective.

To be true, the taste of the freshener would last a mere 3 minutes, an
d no longer, and the taste that does stay for that time is not a pleasant one that will make you happy at all!

**The Taste**

Well, as I said not a pleasant one. I have only tried the spearmint one, so I can’t judge on the red flavour, but the spearmint one, only had a taste of a gone off spearmint sweet, so can you imagine?

It also has a very burning sensation when you put it in your mouth, so it’s obviously not the greatest of things to put in your mouth!!

**The Packaging**

I think it’s a big shame that this is not a good product, because Wrigley has come up with top-notch packaging, with its modern and really cool little container!

Well, the container is extremely small and has the 24 transparent slips in it! It’s a mere 2 or 3 cm in width, and is absolutely wonderful. It is modern, cool and compatible – the perfect package!!

**The Price**

Well, you buy 24 slips for 75p, which is good, but when it’s a shit freshener, it’s no good. I think Wrigley’s have started it so high to get more sales, but it hasn’t worked at all.

The only money they’ll be making is the people that buy it to try it for themselves; they wont get anymore after that.

** My Opinion**

This was Wrigley’s recent attempt to up their sales, and it just hasn’t worked for them, as the freshness, only lasts for a few minutes, and isn’t nice.

I think Wrigley’s though that because this was something new and would really work, but sadly it hasn’t. It’s awful effect and taste lets it down, and although the packaging is good, that doesn’t weigh out the cons!

**All in all**

I’ll never ever try this again, and next time if I want to freshen my breath, I will just have a polo which is even 50p cheaper!

Written By: Matt Roberts.

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