• FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      101·
      13 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!

      • ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        8·
        13 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
          13·
          13 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.

  • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
    35·
    13 days ago

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

  • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
    21·
    13 days ago

    I use Happy Tabs from the Netherlands. Instead of coming in a tube, they are essentially mints in a jar but are made out of dehydrated toothpaste and fluoride. Just pop one in, chew it (don’t swallow) and brush.

    Super super convenient for camping also. That’s why I tried them out. Been using them for 3 years or so

    • BussyCat@lemmy.world
      3·
      13 days ago

      How’s the cost of them? All the ones I have seen are absurdly more than normal toothpaste like 2-3x the price

      • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
        6·
        13 days ago

        360 tabs is 36€ on their site. Comparable with the medium-high price category of things like 3D white I think for a year’s supply.

        The thing is, you can stretch toothpaste very very far by just putting much less on, as well as tons of cheap brands. With tabs you have to use the recommended amount unless you want to put in work cutting them.

        It definitely isn’t the cheapest but they have 0 plastic since 2025 in their tablet packaging (they used to have a cellophane bag but they changed their formula that made the tablets much harder and less prone to falling apart with humidity) which is pretty huge considering Colgate and oral B make up a pretty good share of plastic pollution.

        You can’t have both cheap and sustainable in most cases.

        • LongestPath@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          13 days ago

          Hmm, I always thought coca cola and other beverage brands are the main culprit for this huge plastic pollution… Do you know the percentage that oral b and co are responsible?

    • madjo@feddit.nl
      1·
      13 days ago

      I use Smyle, similar idea, can also be found in certain stores nowadays. But I have enough still from their Toothpaste subscription still.

  • towerful@programming.dev
    181·
    13 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
      7·
      13 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.

    • biofaust@lemmy.world
      3·
      13 days ago

      Marvis is also Italian, owned by Ludovico Martelli who also own Proraso, with very cool “flavors”.

  • baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    9·
    13 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.

  • BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info
    8·
    13 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
      1·
      13 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.

  • Captain_Saabossa@feddit.org
    4·
    13 days ago

    Unfortunately I bought a brand new Oral-B iO shortly before I started boycotting American products and now I’m kinda stuck with it. I don’t want to waste it, but at the same time I’ll have to keep buying their expensive brush heads.

    I do at least use Sensodyne toothpaste.