Tide must being using a fragrance that people have become sensitised to. What I try to do, as a formulator, is take all the precautions and ensure the labels are truthful. Some people will react, some people won’t. The fragrance that smells like rose, geraniol, is a culprit in many, many products. The eugenol in clove oil is a big culprit in bath and body products for men. It also makes you more sensitive to the next time you are exposed to them. What sensitisers do is, when you are exposed to them, you become sensitive to things you never reacted to before, like a reaction to sunlight after applying something containing a citrus oil on your skin.
What we know, in the cosmetic formulations industry, is that there are well documented allergens and there are also what we call ‘sensitisers’. Nickel allergies are also well documented and all too common.
RASH FROM LAUNDRY DETERGENT SKIN
I am mildly allergic to it, due to years and years of using latex gloves (thinking I was protecting my skin from worse chemicals. If anyone feels allergic to their washing powder, I always tell them, shift to an unscented one, any brand, and see if that helps. I have natural extracts in my lab I would never place directly on anyone’s skin. Remember, everything is made up of chemicals, natural or formulated. Fabric softeners are horrible when it comes to causing allergies. While the caustic stuff is formulated to rinse away, the fragrance, and other buffer material, is formulated to stick on to the material. Usually, it is the fragrances people build an allergy to. I know that one of the treatments for allergies is massive exposure, so if you’ve always used one brand and switch, the chemicals in the new brand haven’t had the benefit of already having been in contact with you for most of your life. My suspicion is it may be related to which products you’ve become accustomed to as a child, my family always used Tide. Tide never caused me any problems, even when rubbing it into my scalp as shampoo, but switching to Sunlight caused rashes and hives. I spent the next three days feeling like I was being bitten all over my body by ants and was covered in neck-to-toe rashes by the time I reached my destination, so I can empathize with you. I had bought a different brand of detergent than I normally do because it was on sale (half price), and discovered that I was allergic to something in it. Before my trip, I laundered all my clothes so I’d have enough to last me (I don’t own much in the way of clothing) just before leaving. On a related note, I recently took a six day train ride, 3 days non-stop either way. I figured at that point that I probably shouldn’t use it on my scalp again. She just kept yelling at me, “SIR, THE USE OF TIDE AS SHAMPOO IS NOT A RECOMMENDED USE.” I called the 1–800 number they have on the Tide boxes to tell them, and the lady who took the call yelled: “WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THE USE OF TIDE ANYWHERE ON YOUR BODY.” I tried to explain to her that I wasn’t suing them, I wasn’t even complaining, I just wanted to compliment them. It also left my scalp red and tingly, but I was very impressed with the way it worked. I suffer from sebbhoreic dermatitis, and Tide cleared it right up. I washed my hair with Tide a few times, and it did a remarkable job.
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