Reaction to Bath and Body Works Halloween Hand Soap - green apple

[joshsmom]

My son was so disappointed. I purchased some Bath and Body Work soap for his bathroom. It was green apple with a glow in the dark ghost. He developed a rash all over his hands and arms. It took 3 days for the rash to go away completely. Dr said it was definitely a reaction. Nothing else affected, just very itchy. Benadryl was making him so sleepy for the first 24 hours. They do not use any nut oils anymore so I thought it would be safe. He was so sad when I had to throw it away! I will not be buying anything for him there again!!!  

His allergies are p/tn/sesame.

[maeve]

I don't have food allergies but I find their hand soaps cause my eczema to flare (someone leaves them in our office restroom and the cleaning staff don't always refill the normal soap dispensers).

It's been a while since I've looked at Bath and Body Works but I thought the did use nut oils.

[Carefulmom]

Dd age 16 loves B and B Works.  As I recall, she said that she cannot use their hand soap due to ?.  It might have been shea.  I know she said that some of their products have shea.  She is at school, so I cannot ask her.  I know she does not buy their hand soap, and she does buy some of their other stuff.

[socks on a rooster]

Carefulmom, I was just there recently and the employee told me to stay away from the body creams in the tubes as she thought they contain milk. I contacted BBW & am awaiting their reply.

Sorry about your son's reaction. 

[Janelle205]

Sorry about your son's reaction.  Our allergen sets are different, but I have to avoid BBW as well - their stuff always makes my eczema flare, and just going into the store usually gives me an asthma attack.  I'll have to go in sometime in the next few weeks to pick up holiday presents for my mom - I'll wear my mask.

I know it's just a substitute, but could you paint another soap bottle with glow in the dark puff paint so that he could still have the nifty bottle?

[YouKnowWho]

Oddly enough it's the one soap that doesn't irritate my skin but I know others scream with pain (no allergies) when they use it.  I have funky, twitchy skin that cannot use most sensitive soaps - even BBW is problematic if I use it daily.  Add in DH who has issues with scents so he can put up with one or two of them but I cannot use during certain times of the year.

[Carefulmom]

I asked dd and she said that some of the hand soaps have shea and some do not. 

Socks. we have not seen any body lotions in a tube there, but the body lotions in a bottle have shea.  We have not seen any with milk.  Everything I have looked at there has ingredients right on it, so it shouldn`t be too difficult to see what allergens are in what products.

[maeve]

Sorry about your son's reaction.  Our allergen sets are different, but I have to avoid BBW as well - their stuff always makes my eczema flare, and just going into the store usually gives me an asthma attack.  I'll have to go in sometime in the next few weeks to pick up holiday presents for my mom - I'll wear my mask.

I know it's just a substitute, but could you paint another soap bottle with glow in the dark puff paint so that he could still have the nifty bottle?

Around Halloween Softsoap has a glow-in-the-dark bottle that is egg and nut free. (I'm not sure about dairy or wheat because those aren't allergens we deal with.)
 
In addition to shea, in the past I've seen some of their products with sweet almond oil in them.

[SweetandSour]

I had a contact reaction from B&BW too. The one had macadamia nut oil in it.

[joshsmom]

I read the ingredients and so did my friend - it noted nothing he is allergic too. No shea butter either. Who know what it was. Oh well, we will stay with the soft soap which he doesn't have a problem with. Even their pb&j hand sanitizer doesn't have nut oil which we did not buy. I threw out all the hand sanitzer I bought from there just to be careful.