# Would you try this toothpaste? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 7, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047 "2012-03-07T17:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/1 "2012-03-07T17:33:15Z")
[Twin Lotus Herbal Toothpaste](http://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/wordpress/2008/09/08/twin-lotus-herbal-toothpaste/). Hold on to your chair when you open the link, because it really does look like shit. I bought this a few days ago because I thought the package was appealing and I generally dislike minty toothpastes, except for cinnamon (my fave is Close Up red gel, which you can’t get here). I was thinking this would have a lotus/eucalyptus flavor. Which is kind of does. Now I’m thinking that might not have been a good thing. I posted on facebook that using this product makes my mouth feel like it’s getting a foot massage (where in eucalyptus and similar essential oils are heavily applied). Thanks goodness I only bought the small tube. I’m not going to throw it away, but boy does it make you think twice once you see it on your toothbrush. I will also try very hard not to look directly at it whenever I use it. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/2 "2012-03-07T17:59:55Z")
Try to think of it as chocolate colored? On the brush it kind of looks like a Tootsie roll. I was making a miso based marinade and ended up with the same issue. The previous package of miso I had looked like peanut butter. This was aggressively brown. I managed to convince myself it was ‘dark chocolate colored’. And it was nummy. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/3 "2012-03-07T18:05:14Z")
If that was all I had I’d use it, but I won’t be picking any up at the store. ---
**Author:** ![Lightlystarched](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Lightlystarched](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightlystarched)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/4 "2012-03-07T18:05:31Z")
I don’t like minty toothpastes, either. I buy one at Trader Joe’s that is fennel flavored. Licorice-y. It is mild though, and the licorice flavor is gone in about 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/5 "2012-03-07T18:09:51Z")
Looks delicious! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/6 "2012-03-07T18:20:32Z")
I would only try it if it was my only option for toothpaste. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/7 "2012-03-07T19:02:14Z")
Twin Lotus Herbal Toothpaste. For a shit-eating grin. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/8 "2012-03-07T19:34:41Z")
From the review: > [@](#): > > and believe me I know what shit looks like because I’ve seen the 2 Girls 1 Cup video enough that I could make the calmest reaction video ever. Ummm… Really? OK then. If I had it in front of me, I guess I would try it, just to say I did. I’d probably smell it first, then put a bit on my finger and taste, before actually putting it on any toothbrush I wanted to ever use again. Just in case it really was shit. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/9 "2012-03-08T04:12:34Z")
Oh, and did anyone watch the video at the bottom of that page? It’s supposed to be an ad for the toothpaste but it has a real WTF moment at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/10 "2012-03-08T04:19:07Z")
Tom’s of Maine used to have a fennel one and a cinnamon one, both looked like normal tooth paste. Not like that ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/11 "2012-03-08T08:40:01Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > Oh, and did anyone watch the video at the bottom of that page? It’s supposed to be an ad for the toothpaste but it has a real WTF moment at the end. Waddya mean? I’ve had a sleeping black guy in my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-this-toothpaste/615047/12 "2012-03-08T13:16:10Z")
Short answer to OP’s question: No. Longer answer: Noooooooo. Never mind the awesome brilliant hue. (Meaning, let’s not even reach to that question.) With all the bad publicity about bad product from Asia (well, mostly from China, actually), I wouldn’t want to trust to the quality of any product that has safety implications. Example: Last time I bought tires for my car, I explicitly insisted on American-made tires, not Chinese. (And it took some shopping around to find some.) I’d be nervous about trying toothpaste. Uhhh… Recall that there was a big thing not long ago specifically about imported toothpaste. Anybody remember how many people died from that, or suffered serious and permanent nerve damage from all that herbal anti-freeze? Not to mention the poisoned milk and poisoned pet food. ETA: And if I DID try a product like this once and didn’t like it, I wouldn’t hesitate to toss out the rest.