Chow to toothpaste

I'm eliminating unnecessary packaging from my life, little by little. So, about a month ago, I decided to ditch toothpaste containers.

Not toothpaste itself, mind you, but prepackaged, wasteful tubed up toothpaste.

I had some old spice containers laying around (because I have a big shelf where I chunk old plastic stuff to reuse later). I just filled one with baking soda, and there you go.

I wet my brush a little. Do a sprinkle-sprinkle, and brush away.

Now, at first, I was worried about the taste. It was odd, because I'm used to the minty freshness of "regular" toothpaste. The baking soda is actually a bit salty.

Yet, I'm still doing this, and actually prefer it now to my old way of brushing. My teeth feel much cleaner. While there is a tiny bit of salty taste (not the taste bud stripping feeling of minty fresh pastes), you don't have all of the side effects. For instance, I can eat or drink anything after I brush now, without making that funky, scrunched up face I would get if I lathered up with some Aquafresh and then went crazy on some orange juice ... or grapes ... *shiver*!!

I didn't tell anyone in the family I was doing this. My kids noticed and started begging me to use my baking soda shaker. They all use it now, and prefer it to their old stuff, as well.

My husband? Well, he still thinks I'm a hippie freak. But he loves me unconditionally ... maybe because Jesus tells him to ... I can't be sure ...