• FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      141·
      22 days ago

      I haven’t used elemex since I was a kid and I still can’t get that taste out of my mouth. Urgh I hate it!

  • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
    43·
    22 days ago

    No-one mentioning the bright white set of teeth on the bottom woman? I think it’s a neat detail!

      • ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        10·
        22 days ago

        Sensodyne started to cause my mouth to peel and stopped working as well as it was so I had to find a different product. I found a product to used silver. Been using it a year without peeling and my sensitivity is much better. Sadly I cannot find a non US manufacturer. But there may be one out there.

        • Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          15·
          22 days ago

          I had a similar issue with normal toothpaste and it turned out it was sensitivity to sodium lauryl sulphate. While some sensodyne pastes have SLS in them, the proper sensitivity stuff with NOVAMIN in the ingredients doesn’t and my peeling mucosa is no more.

        • Captain_Saabossa@feddit.org
          2·
          22 days ago

          As the other person who replied to you said, Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) is likely the cause, it was for me. Sensodyne do a Pronamel range which doesn’t contain SLS and I’ve been using it for a couple of years with no issues as a result.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        22 days ago

        Saaaaame ugh. Other toothpastes have Sodium Laurel Sulfate which gives me horrid mouth ulcers. I’ll shill for Sensodyne any day (as I did like an hour ago on another post hahaha)

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      21 days ago

      I might be misremembering, but I don’t think you’re supposed to use Sensodyne every time you brush. Read the packaging, but I think it says to use it like every other day or something.

  • towerful@programming.dev
    211·
    22 days ago

    I massively appreciate all these memes highlighting American products.
    Either I feel good that I’ve already fluked into buying more locally.
    Or I realise I can do better, and I’m provided some alternatives.

    • ScoreDivision@programming.dev
      9·
      22 days ago

      Same. So much focus is going towards moving people from tech giants, which are important, but so much harder to move away from. Smaller things like this still make a difference and are far more easier for people to switch from than say, youtube for example.

  • BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info
    16·
    22 days ago

    I recently started using Ben and Anna 🇩🇪 because it comes in a glass jar. Also deodorant in paste form in glass jar from 4starlings 🇵🇱

    yes i am slavic everything must be in a glass jar like pickles ok

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      22 days ago

      The deodorant is interesting, I’ve been semi looking for a replacement to avoid the plastic waste. I see in the instructions they advise to wait a while before putting your clothes on, have you found this to be necessary? I used to ruin all my T-shirts like this before changing brands and don’t want to have this issue again.

      • BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info
        English
        1·
        22 days ago

        I once had a problem like this with some jar/paste deodorant I bought at Rossmann (ie not 4starlings), where the expensive t-shirt now has large fatty stains under the armpits that don’t wash off.

        As for the 4starlings instructions I didn’t really realize that was a thing that they said. I always just put pn my tshirt then put the deo on. On white tshirts there may be some light yellow metallic stains, but on colors other than white I didn’t notice anything.

  • baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    15·
    22 days ago

    Last year I learned from independent consumer product testing agencies that at least here in germany the best dental care is provided using the most basic and cheap toothpaste from discounter chains, so now I use those. So much cheaper, so much more toothpaste in the tube and actually doesn’t secretly fuck your teeth up.

        • LongestPath@feddit.orgEnglish
          3·
          21 days ago

          Thanks for the the link, I will look into it. However, personally, I would not trust Stiftung Warentest results that much. For few other products, I looked deep into how they score them (via their videos and articles and then other resources), and imo, their score didn’t seem to reflect a lab-test result, but rather “how we feel about it” result (I can elaborate more if you are interested). Here, from first look, it is much better than its other tests, however, having 10% of score for packaging (it got higher from 5%) is annoying to me. For example, it says “Five experts test how well the packs open and shut”: I mean… It is good know, but I rather would have a toothpaste that is better for my teeth and opens badly compared to a toothpaste that is terrible but opens nicely!

    • jwt@programming.dev
      4·
      22 days ago

      and actually doesn’t secretly fuck your teeth up.

      Well that’s a ominous insinuation without proper sourcing.

    • antipiratgruppen@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      21 days ago

      Morgens Haribol, abends Katjex

      EDIT:

      It’s actually almost an option, according to an article from 2022 on Welt.de:

      Es wirkt fast wie ein Scherz: Ausgerechnet der Fruchtgummi-Hersteller Katjes übernimmt die Zahnpasta-Marke Theramed vom Dax-Konzern Henkel

      Or, in English:

      It almost looks like a joke: the fruit gum manufacturer Katjes of all places takes over the toothpaste brand Theramed from the Dax Group Henkel

      Very clever, I think, for one company to sell the “poison” and the “antidote”!

      But I also think that means we could add Theramed-brand products to the list of EU toothpastes?

    • D_C@lemm.ee
      2·
      21 days ago

      Y y you brush your teeth with shit…Wait, are you Shooter McGavin?