Burt's Bees bought by Clorox?

[Jim Bowie]

I was told by a retail person that Burt's Bees has been bought by Clorox and to be sure to keep an eye out for changes in the ingredient list on BB products. I googled and found a few articles on the aquisition. Here's one from the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/business/06bees.html.

Has anyone noticed any changes? For the good, or not?

[gaseousclay]

roxanne quimby bears and eerie resemblance to mayor quimby from the simpsons.

I personally think it's a load of crap when small companies do this. I think quality control suffers, especially when you're trying to make a buck off of 'green products' AND you're a corporate giant like clorox

[Not4you]

BB has some magic healing powers for my badly chapped lips and the cuticles that I pick at. This is upsetting to know as I can only think that quality will suffer.

[neilxvx]

Not surprising. Burts Bees used to be something you could only find at Whole Foods Markets or health stores. Then it started showing up everywhere; All the major supermarkets--Wal-Mart, Target, CVS, Walgreens, even gas stations started carrying it.

For that reason I thought of Burts Bees as a product that marketed towards Wal-Mart type shoppers, as something that is "all natural" and "healthy," but it's really not that different (imho) than anything else.

[Sam Harmon]

Nobody crawls into bed with Wally World without quality suffering a raping. With the amount of market share that Wal-Mart quickly assumes for a small supplier, they pull the strings and subsequently don't hesitate one bit at cranking the vise on a suppliers to cut corners in order to cut costs.

After a few years of it, I can't blame the BB founders for taking the money while their sanity/dignity/integrity is still intact.

[mk-ultra]

There's a lot more of this:

I know that a lot of the major beauty corporations own some of my favorite brands. I know about most of the Estee Lauder brands and that L'Oreal owns Lancome and about Procter & Gamble owning the likes of Covergirl and Olay, plus many more. I wanted to dig a little deeper and find out exaclty who own what, and not only was it fun, it was nice to know who owns what. It provides a bit of insight into the entire realm of the beauty industry.

Coty
Calvin Klein
Davidoff
Jill Sander
Lancaster
Rimmel London

Estee Lauder
American Beauty
Aramis
Aveda
Bobbi Brown
Bumble and Bumble
Clinique
Coach
Daisy Fuentes
Darphin
Donna Karan
Estee Lauder
Eyes by Design
Flirt!
Good Skin
Grassroots
Jo Malone
Kiton
Lab Series Skincare for men
La Mer
MAC
Michael Kors
Missoni
Mustang
Ojon
Origins
Prescriptives
Sean John Fragrances
Tom Ford Beauty
Tommy Hilfiger

Johnson & Johnson
Ambi
Aveeno
Clean & Clear
Johnsons
Lubriderm
Neutrogena
Purpose
Piz Buin
RoC
Rogaine
Shower to Shower

Intelligent Beauty
iQ Derma
N.V. Perricone
Raw Natural Beauty
Redpoint Cosmetics
TOVA Beverly Hills

Kao
Ban
Bioré
Curél
Guhl
Jergens
John Frieda

L’Oreal
Biotherm
Cacharel
Diesel
Garnier
Giorgio Armani
Helena Rubinstein
Innéov
Kérastase
Kiehl’s
L’Oréal Paris
L’Oréal Professionnel
Lancôme
La Roche-Posay
Matrix
Maybelline
Mizani
Ralph Lauren
Redken
Softsheen-Carson
Shu Uemura
SkinCeuticals
The Body Shop
Vichy Laboratoires
Victor & Rolf

LVMH (Moet Hennessy . Louis Vuitton)
Acqua di Parma
Benefit
Dior
Fresh
Givenchy
Guerlain
Kenzo
Make Up For Ever
Sephora

Procter & Gamble
Aussie
Braun
Clairol
Covergirl
Gillette
Head and Shoulders
Herbal Essences
Infusium 23
Max Factor
Noxzema
Olay
Pantene

Revlon
Almay
Revlon

Unilever
Axe
Dove
Lux
Ponds
Sunsilk
Vaseline

Are there any surprises on the list for you? I did not know that LVMH owned Benefit Cosmetics or Make Up For Ever, also I did not know that L'Oreal owned Maybelline of The Body Shop.

http://beautifulmakeupsearch.squares...owns-what.html


If you think that's wild, check out what Sara Lee owns:

All Sara Lee Brands

Bakery

Bimbo
Bistro Collection
Bon Gateaux
Bony
Chef Pierre
Colonial
CroustiPâte
Earth Grains
IronKids
Madame Brioche Martinez
Ortiz
Rainbo
Sara Lee
Silueta


Beverages

Butter-Nut Cappuccino
Bravo
Caboclo
Café Continental
Café do Ponto
Café Pilão
Cafitesse
Chat Noir
Douwe Egberts
Harris
Hornimans
Jacqmotte
Java Coast
Kanis & Gunnink
Kayo
Laurentis
Maison du Café
Marcilla
Maryland Club
Merrild
Moccona
Natreen
Natrena
Paradise
Piazza d'Oro
Pickwick
Prima
Seleto
Senseo
Soley
Steamers
Suntipt
Uniao
Van Nelle


Meats

Ball Park
Bryan
Deli d'Italia
Deli Perfect
Emeril
Galileo
Gallo Salame
Hillshire Farm
Jimmy Dean
Kahn's
Mr. Turkey
R.B. Rice
Rudy's Farm
Sara Lee
State Fair
West Virginia Brand




Body Care

Badedas
Block & White
Brylcreem
Duschdas
Eskinol
Fissan (Germany)
Fissan (Italy)
Gabi
Glysolid
Jovan
Monsavon
Neutral (Denmark)
Neutral (Netherlands)
Prodent
Proderm
Radox
S3
Sanex
She
Status
Williams
Zendium (Denmark)
Zendium (Netherlands)
Zwitsal




Air Care

Ambi Pur
Endust
Ty-D-Bol

Detergents

Biotex

Insecticides

Bloom
Catch
Cruz+Verde
Cucal
Good Knight
Hit
Jet
Polil
Pyrel
Ridsect
Vapona

Shoe Care

Bama

http://www.saralee.com/OurBrands/AllBrands.aspx

So when they say "Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee", you have to include all of these as well.

[ClubmanRob]

Don't forget, Proctor and Gamble also own:

Old Spice
BOSS
BOSS SKIN
bruno banani
ESCADA
Ghost
Giorgio Beverly Hills
HUGO
LACOSTE
NAOMI CAMPBELL
PUMA

[neilxvx]

Don't forget, Proctor and Gamble also own:

Old Spice
BOSS
BOSS SKIN
bruno banani
ESCADA
Ghost
Giorgio Beverly Hills
HUGO
LACOSTE
NAOMI CAMPBELL
PUMA

Man is my girlfriend gonna be mad. She goes out of her way to not buy P&G and she uses Aussie. She just started wearing these perfumes she found--Escada--that she loves.

[Starfury]

roxanne quimby bears and eerie resemblance to mayor quimby from the simpsons.

Inappropriate question of the day:

Which one is she?

Cheers.

[Starfury]

There's a lot more of this:



Estee Lauder

Daisy Fuentes

Damn, I didn't even know I had a chance to bid.

Cheers.

[gaseousclay]

Inappropriate question of the day:

Which one is she?

Cheers.

the one with the beard

[mk-ultra]

Don't forget, Proctor and Gamble also own:

Old Spice
BOSS
BOSS SKIN
bruno banani
ESCADA
Ghost
Giorgio Beverly Hills
HUGO
LACOSTE
NAOMI CAMPBELL
PUMA

Isn't Proctor and Gamble the Devil company?

[Jim Bowie]

Can you check out what Colgate-Palmolive owns? I think it includes Tom's of Maine.

[ClubmanRob]

Isn't Proctor and Gamble the Devil company?

You of all people should know.

[mmack66]

That article is a year old. You should have noticed any changes in their products by now.

[mmack66]

After a few years of it, I can't blame the BB founders for taking the money while their sanity/dignity/integrity is still intact.

Perhaps you should read the article. You might be in for a surprise.

[Jim Bowie]

Perhaps you should read the article. You might be in for a surprise.

Not sure what you are referring to as a "surprise".

[waitasecun]

Man is my girlfriend gonna be mad. She goes out of her way to not buy P&G and she uses Aussie. She just started wearing these perfumes she found--Escada--that she loves.

is that because of PETA?

[TheGrooveking]

I've been using the lip balm for over 6 years. I always carry a tube with me and as to quality I think it's improved. About 4 years ago I bought 3 tubes at different stores and they all were bad, it was as if the recipe didn't get all of the ingredients. They smelled bad, kind of putrid actually and they had no mint to them at all.

Recently I bought 6 tubes and I noticed the new packaging. They used to have a clear plastic that you had to kind of fight with or break a nail getting it open. Now they have a cool extended label that has a tab so you can peel it back to open the tube.

Sometimes with big companies come some other experience and capital to improve things.

[mmack66]

Not sure what you are referring to as a "surprise".

Cause the owner hired someone to help him out and she basically screwed him out of the company. So selling the company "while their sanity/dignity/integrity is still intact" is not possible.