The sweat monster in faux fur lunged like an ape and slopped his beak upon me. One hand pressed the back of my head, so our lips were held like suction. I was a slight young woman; he was a big hairy man. His breath stunk of beer and onion and every other horrible, imaginable molar-coating stench known to man.
His lips, I still shudder, were wet and beery. His jowls were sharp and stubbly. But all of this went unnoticed by the ape-man as he forced his lurid purple tongue in between my grimacing lips.
But just as I was raising my knee to knock him off his perch, he stopped. He let go, looked me straight in the eye and said, "wonderful". Then he belched and walked off. I never did see Tarzan again.
So, my point is, if you're intent on kissing under the mistletoe this Christmas spare a thought for the unsuspecting other. The one whose lips, tongue, teeth and taste buds will have to endure what you've had for dinner or your last drink. Get to grips with basic dental hygiene and if you know you've got a cold, or a stomach upset, or have just eaten cheese & onion - all of which cause bad breath - take small, portable remedies out with you and clean up in the toilet before kissing.
Each mini brush head is designed to squeeze between your teeth gaps and gums - where 40% of the tooth surface is - but often neglected. Choose whichever size suits you, but don't force the brush, it should fit softly. No one will ever know if you brush up between meals and drinks - but they may know if you don't!
At the very least you can chew on some mint, easily bought in most grocers and supermarkets. Just don't grab innocents and inflict your halitosis on them!
If you like this, you may like to read Natural cures for bad breath