What brand just doesn’t agree with you?
By Amber
@AmbiePam (97988)
United States
November 13, 2023 11:58am CST
I am not out to bash any brand out there, because what is bad for me, could be excellent for you. When I think of a brand I’ve tried over the years, and every time it has irritated my skin, Olay comes to my mind first. After the third time (over a period of years, and always different products) of an unsuccessful use, I quit buying them altogether. I just couldn’t believe every Olay product would irritate my skin. When they would come out with something specific I thought could help me, I’d think, oh, it’s been years. Surely it won’t bother me this time. Nope!
Do you have a brand of any product you just cannot use?
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@DaddyEvil (147653)
• United States
13 Nov 23
I can't use Tide at all. I get skin rashes if I wash my clothes or bedding with Tide. We switched to Arm & Hammer Liquid laundry detergent and have had no problems at all.
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@DaddyEvil (147653)
• United States
13 Nov 23
@AmbiePam I have always had allergies. It's just nice to find something I can use without having to take medication all the time when I use it.
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@KarenAnne (257)
• United Kingdom
13 Nov 23
One of the things I have to be careful of is toilet paper. Some are really irritating and you'd think it would be one of the things they'd try to get right!
We've switched to a bamboo paper made by a company called "Who Gives A Crap" who are eco-friendly and that's been good.
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You’re hilarious.@much2say (57521)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Nov 23
@AmbiePam Oh my gosh, I think I know that Arby's green - I don't know if that's the nitrates doing that or what. Weird looking and worse than seeing gray, but I haven't encountered or thought of that in a long time. Oh but I do like Arby's - so much that maybe I'd cover it in tons of Arby sauce 
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84906)
• Rupert, Idaho
13 Nov 23
I can't really think of any myself. As far as I know, I am only allergic to certain medicines, and don't have really issues with any "products" out there.
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@jnrdutton (3323)
• United States
13 Nov 23
Hmm can't think of any particular brand, but I know anything with real mint in it I can't use. It gives me weird skin rashes.
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@GardenGerty (163406)
• United States
14 Nov 23
Tide. As a kid, even before I knew about allergies and such, I would go down the detergent row in any store and get a headache, and start sneezing. Eventually I pin pointed the Tide detergent as being the culprit in my reactions.
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@xstitcher (34097)
• Petaluma, California
2 Dec 23
Thankfully, detergents and that sort of thing have never bothered me. For a long time my Mom couldn't use Bounce dryer sheets because they made my grandmother, who was living with us at the time, itchy or something.
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@Juliaacv (53285)
• Canada
13 Nov 23
For me it is Cheerios cereal.
I poured some into a bowl one day and there was an unidentified object in it.
I took a picture of it and sent it to the company in an email.
I believe that it was a piece of melted plastic, quite large in size, and purple and black, not the colour of the cereal at all.
It made me sick to think that this was lurking near the bottom of the box and I had eaten the top half of it and worried about germs and such.
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@Fleura (31634)
• United Kingdom
13 Nov 23
I can't think of anything in particular. I don't seem to be particularly sensitive to any cosmetics or laundry detergents, but then I don't use many anyway.
The only thing that comes to mind is fruit teas in general; although I like the idea of them they almost always give me a sore throat!
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@just4him (318816)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Nov 23
I have sensitivity to most soaps. For dish soap, I can tolerate Palmolive, but absolutely cannot use Dawn or any other dish soap. It's a good thing I have a dishwasher. It's the same with body wash and shampoo. I've been through every one of them. The only one I can use is Suave.
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@just4him (318816)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
15 Nov 23
@AmbiePam I didn't want to try it because it was cheap. I finally had no choice and was afraid it wouldn't work either. I was surprised when it did. I only wish they still made Dove for dishes. It was the only dish soap that totally agreed with me, then they stopped making it. I went through many detergents until I found one I can tolerate.
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@JESSY3236 (20482)
• United States
14 Nov 23
I used to use Always brand pads and they started using scents in the pads and I didn't want scented pads so I decided to switch to U by Kotex. It was fine for awhile until I decided to do a product test of pads and one brand of pads irritated me. I told them and I tried to ask them what brand it was, but they never responded. Then I couldn't wear U by Kotex anymore. I switched to L. pads. I also bought some washable pads which I love. I also can't wear mascara because it irritates my eyes.
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@aninditasen (17032)
• Raurkela, India
14 Nov 23
I use a cream that I use for my face. I use a different body lotion though. In winter I have to use a all purpose cream which is more oily.
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@snowy22315 (189108)
• United States
13 Nov 23
Cheap shampoo like Vo5 makes my hair fall out. I would never use it again.
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@allknowing (145274)
• India
13 Nov 23
I have stopped using honey - the Dabaur brand.
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@rebelann (113913)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Nov 23
I have sensitive skin and because of that I need to refrain from products that use a lot of chemicals and perfunes ... the only makeup I haven't had any problems with almay so far but I'm at that age where I don't care about makeup anymore so I don't buy any of that stuff anymore.
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@LindaOHio (188216)
• United States
14 Nov 23
I can't think of anything besides this powder makeup decades ago that made my skin break out. It had a corn base or something like that. Oh, and I can no longer wear any fragrances. There has been a chemical change in my body; and every fragrance ends up smelling terrible. Hope you have a good day.
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