Poison Ivy in a Bottle.
Written: Jul 03 '01 (Updated Jul 03 '01)
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Pros: These products do smell very nice.
Cons: Contact dermatitis in a pretty bottle.
The Bottom Line: I would highly recommend avoiding this product if your skin is sensitive in any way.
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| Cate1956's Full Review: Avon Bubble Bath |
I like Avon products. I think this is a good company, with very reliable, conscientious people representing it. I know in my heart of hearts that no one on the Avon advisory board ordered up a bubble bath that would let the user experience the agony of poison ivy, poison sumac or poison oak, without ever having to squat once in the woods.
I know this company does extensive testing of their product, and I know that recruiting a test subject with sensitive skin would cost the company time and a half, two creams, and a heavy prescription of prednisone.
I know this because I have owned the two creams, I know this because I yearned for my next dose of prednisone as soaked my rash infected body in a cool tub of Aveeno Oatmeal Bath. I know this because I have suffered the itch, inside and out, and I have paid the price for one simple languish in a tub of Avon bubble bath.
Luckily, my face was spared.
The itching started soon after toweling off, and didn't stop for weeks after. In Avon's defense, the amount of chemicals in this product is relatively few, but the fragrance, though pleasing, was the culprit. Red blotches, red splotches, red streaks and lines. All suffered because of a bubble bath, and a little candlelight.
I only experienced the original Soft Pink scent, and fear has driven me to stay clear of the other pleasing aromas.
Tropical Coconut
Peach
Aromatics
French Lilac
Vanilla Cream/Dry skin formula
Sensitive Skin
Honey & Vitamin E
Kids Formula
For the low price on these bubble baths is right, and for those that tolerate them, they make a lovely little "Just because" gift or a handy little stocking stuffer. For years it was expected that a bottle of the original scent bubble bath would be sent to my husband's Grandmother, and not one outbreak of dermatitis did she suffer.
Avon is a great company. It employees, inspires, motivates women (and perhaps men, I just don't know any) throughout the world. But if you have sensitive skin, skin that requires tender loving care, and you love your soak in the bath each evening, I would recommend trying the Kiss My Face line before the Avon bubble baths, unless you venture trying the Sensitive Skin formula. I may brave that one day
and try that product, which to my knowledge is fairly new.
But for me the memories linger as I realize that a walk through the woods could have been more pleasant than my lovely evening soak in the tub with my Avon bubble bath floating on the surface.
For after the two creams and the prednisone has been put away, I know I never want to make a "rash" decision again.
Recommended:
No
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