Poppy King’s recent release of Butterfly Ball Lipsticks is catching everyone’s attention – her lipsticks are always lush and lovely. This time around, I’m disappointed – it’s such an old, old trick to add hints of blue to the formula that give teeth the illusion of looking whiter..Benefit did it way back, so did Sally Hansen, and I think even Avon has done it. In any case, the effects are so marginal as to be, well, not noticable to the naked eye at all really. I haven’t tried Butterfly Ball, but unless they’ve got something ultra-ultra new, I’ve got to feel somewhat sceptical that whiter looking teeth are anywhere near a reality.
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if you can cope with a bit of sensitivity, crest whitestrips are a much better option!
Amina
A natural alternative is to mash up a couple of strawberries and put it on your teeth with a toothbrush. Strawberries have a slight bleaching effect.
Whitestrips are also great as Amina said, but I get too much tooth sensitivity.
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Benefit’s Bad Gal Blue mascara didn’t make the whites of my eyes look whiter either!
Completely agree! I’ll stick to my whitening toothpaste and wear whatever lipstick I fancy :)x
Sounds a little bit gimmicky, you can get blue based reds from any makeup line! 🙂
The only whitening/optical thing that ever really worked in my experience is Laura Mercier’s Bleu Marine tightliner – I think that did make my eyes look whiter, once I stopped poking my eyeballs with the brush.
I don’t think these will *really* make teeth look noticeably whiter, but I still really want one! They do look pretty.
I agree that the blue reds don’t make your teeth look whiter, but I definitely find that more orange reds make my teeth look horrifically yellow! yeukkkk!
I would recommend using a proper whitening product in most cases because of the result it gives. Have anyone tried Stella white brand strips? I have just tried them and they are amazing! 🙂