As long as I can remember, I’ve been self-conscious about my teeth. Even as a kid, I was embarrassed by them. Some people are born with perfect smiles, but I know there are a lot who are like me and haven’t been so lucky. As a teenager, I had braces to fix the crookedness of my teeth, and that definitely helped boost my confidence. However, I’ve always been more bothered by the color of my teeth than I have been by any crookedness.

I’m a coffee drinker, so I know that’s probably a large contributor to the yellowness of my teeth. I’ve been stealing sips of my grandmother’s coffee since I still had baby teeth in my mouth, and then I graduated onto drinking it all on my own. Since I started drinking coffee at such a young age, I really didn’t have any idea what effects it would have on my teeth until it became too late. Until recently, I’d pretty much just accepted my yellow teeth as part of my life. I would never smile with my teeth showing in photos. If my husband caught me with a toothy grin while taking a photo of me, I’d beg him to delete it right away. So, you can understand why I jumped at the chance to try out Love Your Teeth PH‘s LED teeth whitening kit.

I’ve tried several different home remedies before in attempts to make my teeth whiter – brushing with baking soda, gargling with hydrogen peroxide, and other techniques that I’d heard about on the internet. The problem with these methods is that they take a really long time to have any effect – and they taste absolutely disgusting, so I’d lose my motivation after just a couple of tries. After I heard that Love Your Teeth PH‘s whitening kit could show visible results in just 5 days, I decided to give it a try and excitedly waited for the kit to arrive in the mail. I didn’t even wait 5 minutes after it arrived to begin my first session.

This tooth whitening kit is made up of 3 main components – the teeth whitening gel (the kit comes with two tubes), an LED light that activates and accelerates the whitening process, and a rubbery dental tray to keep everything in place. The procedure is really simple: Apply the gel directly to the dental tray, place it over your teeth, and then turn on and insert the light! Love Your Teeth PH recommends doing 15 minute sessions up to 3 times a day for a total of 25 sessions in 5 days.

I’ll admit I had a few minor concerns when I first tried it, but they quickly dissipated as I realized how simple and easy the kit is to use. I was worried it would taste horrible like every whitening method I’d ever tried before, so I was very pleasantly surprised by the nice minty taste of the gel. I was worried 15 minutes would seem like forever with this device in my mouth, but it’s really lightweight and it wasn’t at all annoying. I’d just pop it in while watching TV or doing something on my computer, set a timer for 15 minutes, then go spit and rinse. Completely painless!

After every session, I’d check the mirror immediately to see if I could see any change yet. Finally, around the third day I was starting to see a change, albeit a subtle one. By the 5th day of consistently using the LED teeth whitening kit, results were clearly seen. It’s not a huge difference, but compared to the color that my teeth were when I started, it’s definitely noticeable – and this is after just 5 days! Here are before and after photos side by side for comparison – no edits, no filters, no Photoshop; I didn’t even adjust the contrast so you could see the actual teeth whitening results with no editing at all.

Clearly, Love Your Teeth PH is onto something that works. Professional teeth whitening sessions at your dentist can set you back thousands of pesos, not to mention having to find the time and the hassle of commuting there. For just Php1,000, Love Your Teeth PH will send you this kit to use at home, completely at your convenience! Each kit contains the LED light device with 2 batteries included, a dental tray, and 2 tubes of bleaching gel, which is good for 25 teeth whitening sessions. After just 5 days of using it, I already feel more confident and less embarrassed by my smile – this will definitely be a mainstay in my bathroom cabinet from here on out!

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