Saturday, May 28, 2011

Numb/Burned Tongue

So I've been using Crest Pro-Health Multi-Protection Night (cetylpyridinium chloride 0.07%)  mouthwash with Crest Pro-Health Night toothpaste for a week now and I've lost all taste/sensation in the tip of my tongue. I'm also experiencing dryness and slight tongue swelling. This exact same thing happened when I used Peridex (chlorhexidine gluconate 0.12%) oral rinse after my wisdom tooth removal. Both burned the same areas of the mouth during and after rinsing.


For now I'm going to discontinue the use of just the mouthwash and wait for improvement...or gargle with it and hope it kills my gag reflex. Either way.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

ORLY - Dazzle

The Smashing Pumpkins, Rolling Stone 1996

If you weren't thinking it before, you are now. NGL, this is primarily why I bought ORLY 'Dazzle'. This is 3 coats with 1 coat ORLY Top2Bottom as the base and top coat. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to hop in my DeLorean and travel back to the mid-90's to tell my 12 year old self how "rad" nail polish is in the future.



Well Hello!

No, no wait don't run off! I know, it says that this a photoblog up there...at the top, and it is! In the future, if there's a wall of text (like this) it'll be behind the jump. Each section will also have the appropriate tags so you can get to what you want easily.

Adult Orthodontics: So, this blog came about because I wasn't happy with the lack of photographic documentation of adults in braces. I'll be getting braces on (for the second time in my life) on the 20th of June  this Friday and will have them for approximately 2 years. In that time, my goal is to let the photos do the talking for themselves. I'll post short, to the point snippets about measurements, appliances/bands, setbacks, tips & tricks, etc. I may do a couple of vlogs, I may not.

Nail Polish: I've been buying and collecting polish for around 16 years. Some of them I still own and use. "The horror!" I know. I'm fairly picky about buying new polish and it's generally something with glitter that makes it into the collection. There's an abundance of lacquer blogs, I know; this section will likely only get updated if I change my polish or buy something new.

Yoga: I generally haven't found any (trustworthy) before and afters for yoga toning/weight loss/posture correction. I may or may not document this, it's still up in the air. I did yoga and piyo for a little over a month, 6 days a week and "trimmed down and toned up" considerably compared to cardio and weights at the gym. During that time I was also doing beginning ballet and indoor rock climbing 1-3 times a week.

Now that that's out of the way, welcome to my blog!