Oxygenated!

Advantages: Intense minty flavour, good value
Disadvantages: Could provide longer-lasting freshness

...Colgate is undoubtedly one of the most established brands of toothpaste in the UK and indeed worldwide. But did you know the company is 200 years old? No neither did I - just take a look at their website if you don't believe me! When it comes to toothpaste, I am loyal to two main brands - Aquafresh and Colgate. I tend to buy several tubes of whichever one happens to be on offer when I go shopping. My latest purchase was two tubes of Colgate Oxygen for £3 from Tesco - a saving of 88p. I had not bought this particular variety before, but was intrigued to find out how well it fared compared to my usual Aquafresh toothpaste. Colgate Oxygen toothpaste comes in a standard sized box, with the Colgate logo embossed across the front. To the right of this are the words 'Oxygen Pure Freshness' and in the background are lots of small blue bubbles...

rowei 22.10.2006 · Read review
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A Mouthful of Oxygen?!

Advantages: Good taste and totally freshens mouth!
Disadvantages: More expensive than other brands.

...I am always on the look out for offers when shopping and seeing Colgate Oxygen on a BOGOF in my local supermarket a few months ago I decided to give it a try. I rarely buy Colgate due to it being quite a bit more expensive than other brands but since one tube worked out at just 97p for 100ml it was the same as the usual 'cheaper' brands I use. - Price - As of April 2006 Asda & Tesco 100ml - 1.94 Pump action 100ml tube 2.28 Sainsburys 50ml - 1.19 100ml - 1.94 I bought x2 100ml tubes for 1.94 on a special offer. - Compared with other brands per 100ml - * Aquafresh - 90p * Crest - 1.32 * Macleans Freshmint - 96p * Signal - 98p - Packaging - As with most tube toothpastes this comes in a cuboid box, within which is a squeezable tube with a flip top lid, which I must point out should really be closed after...

neenn 09.04.2007 · Read review
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As USED BY ASTRONAUTS (COLGATE OXYGEN TOOTHPASTE)

Advantages: NICE MINTY TASTE
Disadvantages: CAN BE EXPENSIVE, A BIT MISLEADING

...Colgate Oxygen Toothpaste Colgate 'Oxygen' toothpaste is produced by Colgate-Palmolive. It was the Colgate comapny that first produced 'toothpaste in a tube' (c1896), previous to that it was kept in a jar, no doubt next to their false teeth lol. The Packaging A light bluse box over laid with red at one end with the Colgate logo in white on top with pictures of bubbles at the other end. I brought the 100ml tube for £2.00 at superdrug. To be honest with you I'm not usually that fussy when buying toothpaste, when faced with racks and racks of the stuff I go for the reduced or special offers. On the box Colgate claim's that this toothpaste provides * Prue Freshness * Long lasting fresh breath * Care and Protection for your teeth and gums But it's biggest claim is that it 'gently' lifts away plaque and impurities...

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The Money Plant - A Perfect Mothers Day Gift!

Advantages: Incredibly Easy To Grow
Disadvantages: Quite Susceptible To Bugs

...With Mothers Day only a few days away I would have normally been wondering what to buy my Mother, since she seems to have everything, and no matter what I end up buying although I know that she will be grateful it will probably end up being relegated to the back of a cupboard. However this year I have planned early and this year I intend to give her a Jade Plant. I have had a Jade Plant of my own for about four years now and over this time it has grown quite large. The inspiration for the gift came from a passing comment that my Mother made when she visited me a couple of months ago. Initially I had decided to take a cutting from my own Plant and nurture it until it was large enough to give to her but then I realised that it would make an ideal gift for Mother Day for the woman who has everything. WHY THE JADE PLANT? I thought...

micksheff 21.03.2006 · Read review
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Perfumed plant for the garden

Advantages: smell sweet look good
Disadvantages: none

...Sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus I am thinking of sowing some sweet peas in the garden soon. I can put the seeds in the soil in the end of September early October. I could wait till April to sow but if I sow now they will flower earlier. The plants tend to be stronger too. I will probably start mine off in a pot then I know where the seeds are but you could put them straight into the garden soil. I shall put the pots in a cold frame. They will be easier to protect against the slugs, snails mice and birds who love them to eat I shall plant them in the growing place in March April time. Sweet peas sweet smell pretty, climbing up fences or trellises. The cut flowers look good in flower decorations or in a summer bride's bouquet I might grow some along side some runner beans up a wigwam in the veggie patch. Sweet peas need...

mumsymary 06.09.2006 · Read review
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The Aluminium Plant

Advantages: Quite Easy To Grow
Disadvantages: Toxic Leaves

...The Aluminium Plant is a fairly common House Plant although many people that are familiar with this Plant will probably not recognise it from its name. I have had one of these Plants sat on my Kitchen Windowsill for the past couple of years, but I only recently discovered exactly what it was. These Plants are native to Vietnam but can be grown indoors in the UK without too much tender loving care. They are grown because of their attractive foliage. The leaves are long and elongated, they are dark-green with a shiny, glossy appearance, but their most striking feature is that these leaves are covered in silver blotches and streaks. It is these silver markings, that resemble Aluminium, from where the Plant derives its common English name. It's Latin or Botanical name is Pilea cadierei. These Plants grow in the form of a shrubby clump...

micksheff 24.01.2007 · Read review
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A House Plant For Beginners!

Advantages: Very Litle Maintenance
Disadvantages: Can Quickly Take Over

...I have never been one to have to too many House Plants in my home, partly because I tend to forget to water them for weeks on end and also because my two Cats like to destroy them. One type of Plant that I have always had however are Spider Plants or to give them their correct Latin name Chlorophytum (or Chlorophyta in the plural). These Plants may not produce beautiful Flowers like many other House Plants but they do add a little bit of colour to my home and more importantly they seem to thrive on neglect. Spider Plants are Indoor Plants that need plenty of daylight but they shouldn't be placed in direct sunlight. I used to keep my oldest Plant on a Window ledge until I noticed that the tips of the edge of the leaves were beginning to get scorched and were turning brown. I now have it proudly displayed on top of a low Cabinet...

micksheff 14.01.2007 · Read review
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Oxygen, is that a lot of hot (or is that cold) air?

Advantages: Does what a toothpaste should.
Disadvantages: RRP is expensive!

...COLGATE OXYGEN TOOTHPASTE We popped a new toothpaste in our trolley last month, it was Colgate 'Oxygen' toothpaste, and they proudly told me that I would have "a clean, fresh mouth, like a fresh of breath air"!! Did it?? APPEARANCE The 100ml tube came in a cardboard box (why do they do that, it seems a complete waste and it is hardly environmentally friendly); the box is pale blue with a big red Colgate logo and a little pile of bubbles!! The box also tells me that this toothpaste will provide us with Pure Freshness Long lasting fresh breath Care and Protection for our teeth and gums I should hope so, that's why you buy toothpaste isn't it? Ah but Colgate also tell us on the packaging that it 'releases fine bubbles of pure oxygen which lift away impurities like plaque, leaving your mouth feeling fresh...

seanbond87 24.11.2009 · Read review
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A Plant called Spider

Advantages: A sturdy, fuss-free and versatile plant which is easily propogated.
Disadvantages: Flowers are uninspiring.

...Seventeen years ago this month my husband?s Aunt died. She was a dear lady and her plants were her pride and joy. As we cleared her house I packed as many as I could into the car and brought them home with us. Spider, as he became known, went into the conservatory. Well, it?s not exactly a conservatory, more a sort of lean-too veranda, but ?conservatory? has a rather more elegant ring to it, don?t you think? Well, Spider came in for some healthy neglect pretty well straight away when I spent much of the following months in hospital and it was spring before he got more than the occasional sip of water. He?s a survivor, though and he came through it all. Spider plants, or Chlorophytum, to give them their correct name have been grown indoors for over two hundred years. There?s a good reason for this ? they?re not a fussy plant...

SueMagee 15.09.2001 · Read review
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The versatile summer plant

Advantages: varying colours and sizes , deifferent species
Disadvantages: prone to greenfly

...I love to potter around in the garden . While not a novice by any means , I am no Alan Titmarsh , but for the benefit of the Ciao brigade , I thought I would complete a few reviews on my favourite garden plants.....so here goes with choice number 1 - The Dahlia - a bit late in the season , but hey blame ciao for the time it took to get the subject listed . Brief History : The Dahlia family originate from Mexico , and were first introduced into Europe ( actually the Botanical Gardens of Madrid , Spain ) towards the end of the eighteenth century , with three species introduced namely Dahia pinnata , Dahlia rosea and Dahlia coccinea . The name Dahlia was given to the plant in honour of a Swedish scientist turned enviromentalist by the name of Andreas Dahl , by botanist Abbe Caranille , whose authorative work " Icones et...

CaptainKidd 12.10.2004 · Read review
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