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AIBU?

To not understand the Bayliss and Harding hate

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Dickbumdick · 28/12/2015 21:22

I've never used their products, just seeing an awful lot of hate for them on various threads. Does it bring you out in hives or something? Genuinely just wondering what the deal is?

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Thatrabbittrickedme · 28/12/2015 22:42

I like the hand wash as the bottles are pretty and look nice in my bathrooms/downstairs loo. I buy when on offer in sainsbos. I wouldn't mind getting a set as a gift from for eg DC/ niece and nephew but would be peeved if DH gave it to me as my main gift!

fakenamefornow · 28/12/2015 22:43

I was very grateful for all my gifts even if I'll never use them.

Fallstar · 28/12/2015 22:43

I like the Bayliss & Harding handwashes. We always use them and I find them decent quality and they smell nice. I have no idea about the other products in the range as I've not used them.

There seems to be a whole world of snobbery around toiletries that I wasn't aware of...

ScoutandAtticus · 28/12/2015 22:44

I suspect if it had a £25 label on it then it would be ok.

G1veMeStrength · 28/12/2015 22:46

At the minute I've got

Still being used up from last Christmas:
Lush
B&H
Rituals
Sanctuary
Soap and Glory

Received this Christmas:
LOccitane
Molten Brown

I love them all, but the brand that seems to last longest and work best is L'Occitane. I'd never class smellies for me as a lazy gift as people know I like getting smellies.

Sgtmajormummy · 28/12/2015 22:46

I posted on the other thread saying I'd bought a Baylis and Harding Moonlight Lavender set for myself (from Santa, like everybody else in the family) out of curiosity to see if the MN hatred was justified.

Well, for £5 I got a weak-smelling bar of soap which nobody will object to in the shower, a 100ml bottle of body moisturiser which has gone on smoothly and smells pretty authentically of lavender (supposedly good for sleep) and another of shower gel which I shall probably pass on to DD for swimming where a gloopy texture is an advantage! I also want to keep the bottles for my carry-on suitcase.

So for the show of opening something pretty on Christmas Day and the unassuming products, at £5 I'm giving it a thumbs-up! I'm sure that's what many other people have thought, too.

Ohfuckohfuckofuck · 28/12/2015 22:47

Haha! ^^I suspect not. Have you smelled/used it? It is about right for the money. People who buy it as soap are genealogy trying to look posh imo

BlueMoonRising · 28/12/2015 22:47

The stinky candle isn't suddenly going to smell nice just because it's cheap

Eh? If someone doesn't like a scent, they don't like it. The price of the product is immaterial!

Ackvavit · 28/12/2015 22:50

To add, I have now had white company reed thing for 4 years on the trot in return for me buying the person concerned a diptique or Joe Malone candle. The white company red people have massive disposable income compared to me and clearly use the obvious 20% Autumn discount. Every year I smile. I detest the fake smell of "Seychelles" white company however I guess that is all that they think I deserve?

Queenbean · 28/12/2015 22:53

Ackvavit why do you continue to buy them such a nice gift? Why don't you swap to a white company / next cheapo version instead?

HooseRice · 28/12/2015 22:54

I buy B&H (often) and I buy MB (occasionally). Like both of them.

Duck90 · 28/12/2015 22:56

I would like to think the more you pay on a product means the scent will last longer - is this correct?

I received b/h this year for the first time, and very happy to have it. I don't want people spending lots of cash on hand wash for my Christmas.

Hatethis22 · 28/12/2015 22:58

If you want cheap and good try the Mandara Spa range at Sainsbury's.

sinber · 28/12/2015 23:01

Very expensive bath products are more likely to give you thrush due to the higher concentration of ingredients. Molton Brown is one of the worst offenders. If the smell lingers, then whatever is causing that smell is on your skin, which is not ideal on your sensitive bits.

Hatethis22 · 28/12/2015 23:02

I'm fairly meh about Molton Brown. I'm fairly meh about Bayliss & Harding. The price difference is huge.

TheSconeOfStone · 28/12/2015 23:05

My aunt (known for her bargains) bought me a set years ago. I'd never seen or heard of the brand before so no preconceptions. The box looked posh but my aunt doesn't spend much so I was a bit suspicious. The smell was revolting and the shower gel had a weird consistency. We were skint at the time but I still binned it. I like Original Source at £1 a go when on offer so not a snob. It's cheap rubbish pretending to be something much better quality.

Tweeterytweet · 28/12/2015 23:07

They are cheap and ok. £2 for 500mls. Waitrose own handwash is £1 for 250mls.
They are a take off of Molton Brown.
They are no worse than many supermarket own brands.
I buy them and decant into my own containers in the downstairs loo and utility room.
They are fine.
I buy MB shower products as I prefer the smell.

Ohfuckohfuckofuck · 28/12/2015 23:07

See, now I think white company is expensive and I love Seychelles, never owed it, just go in to sniff it

HooseRice · 28/12/2015 23:08

I do like the ginger Original Source and the classic fragrance Imperial Leather. Both under £1 when on offer.

dodobookends · 28/12/2015 23:10

With all due respect to all those who draw aside their skirts at the very mention of the 'cheap and nasty' B & H...

SOME PEOPLE CAN ONLY AFFORD THE CHEAP STUFF.

CeeceeBloomingdale · 28/12/2015 23:10

I get loccitane and Molten brown as gifts. I buy B&H for myself (shower gel and hand wash). I don't mind it, it's quite nice for the money and I'm big enough to make my own decisions rather than bowing to peer pressure

Queenbean · 28/12/2015 23:11

Dodo but what people are saying is that there is much better quality stuff for the cheap price

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TheSconeOfStone · 28/12/2015 23:13

But if something is so cheap s to be unusable then it's not much of a saving is it. There is plenty of cheap stuff that is more pleasant that Baylis and Harding. I've used Aldi and Lidl own brand quite happily. B&H is the only stuff so vile it had to be thrown out.

Hatethis22 · 28/12/2015 23:16

Lots of supermarket own brand stuff is really nice and cheaper than B&H. I love loads of cheap shower gels. Now I've developed stupid allergies I have to use stupid, hippy, dull smelling stuff.

fakenamefornow · 28/12/2015 23:25

Very expensive bath products are more likely to give you thrush due to the higher concentration of ingredients. Molton Brown is one of the worst offenders. If the smell lingers, then whatever is causing that smell is on your skin, which is not ideal on your sensitive bits.

That would explain a lot actually. When I was young, gulable and easily fooled by marketing and packaging like many posters on this thread I would buy expensive shower gel, it always dried out my skin or brought me out in a rash. I was fine with the cheap stuff though. Also the smell didn't linger with the cheap stuff, after all, who wants to smell like a bar of soap all day and if you can still smell it at the end of the day it must have been really overpowering for others.

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