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HotelChatter's Guide to Toiletries :: The Big Players

September 10, 2008 at 4:24 PM | by juliana | 17 Comments

We're passionate about Hotel Toiletries. So passionate, in fact, that we believe a particularly bad toiletry offering can serve to ruin an entire hotel experience. With endless new carry-on baggage regulations and luggage weight limits severely restricting our travel-toiletry options, we've become more and more dependent on hotels' grooming-product selections (or lack thereof) to use both during our stay and to swipe for use on our next trip.

We've run into our fair share of problems: penny-saving 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioners that render any sort of hairstyle hopeless. Lack of face wash. Soap that smells like baby wipes. Bottles of "lotion" that leave us feeling greasy. And the thought of sharing a single bar of soap with someone else sometimes leaves us feeling queasy.

While we realize (and hope) that nobody selects a hotel based exclusively on the toiletries they carry, we've compiled a list of which hotels carry what kind of toiletries for you to consult before you decide to pack the bottles of conditioner from your home shower.

Today, we're starting off with the big hotel brands and we'll do other hotels in the future. Just remember, this is a working list of toiletries and we'll do our best to keep it updated. Help us out if you want!

STARWOOD HOTELS
· Sheraton: Shine by Bliss
· Four Points by Sheraton: Caswell-Massey
· W Hotels: Bliss
· Westin: Made especially for Westin
· Aloft: Bliss
· Luxury Collection, St. Regis and Le Meridien: Signature bath products

MARRIOTT HOTELS
· JW Marriott: Nervae
· Marriott: Bath and Body Works
· Renaissance: Lather
· Courtyard: Davies Gate
· Fairfield Inn: Pantene
· Residence Inn: Davies Gate
· SpringHill Suites: Pro Terra
· TownePlace Suites: Pro Terra

INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS (IHG)
· Hotel Indigo: Aveda
· Holiday Inn: Garden Botanika products
· Holiday Inn Express: Simply SmartTM
· Crowne Plaza: Reneu Botanicals collection
· Staybridge Suites: SIMPLY be wellTM herbal bath collection

HILTON HOTELS
Crabtree & Evelyn LaSource

HYATT HOTELS
Varies, but some properties use eShave

WYNDHAM HOTELS
Bath and Body Works

Got a hotel toiletry that you love or hate? Let us know what it is and where you found it.

HotelChatter's Jenna Bromberg also contributed to this article.

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  1. Jenna

    HotelChatter Member

    Re: HotelChatter's Guide to Toiletries

    I. Hate. Shampoo/Conditioner 2 in 1. I hate it. Hate. It. I first experienced it at a Holiday Inn and have been passionate about this ever since -- and I don't think my hair will ever be the same.
    September 10, 2008 at 4:44 PM
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  1. juliana

    HotelChatter Editor

    Re: HotelChatter's Guide to Toiletries :: The Big

    actually i stayed at a wyndham and they had very cute bath and body works toiletries from the true blue spa line. there was "grin and bare it" for the body lotion and "cover and protect yourself" for the shower cap. "wash your mouth" out was for, duh, mouthwash. it was kind of a bliss knock-off but i liked it.
    September 10, 2008 at 5:00 PM
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  1. CaroPhila

    HotelChatter Member

    Florida

    The Hyatt Coconut Point in Naples where I just was had some bangin' Eucalyptus products. Smelled great and the portions were generous. Yes, I brought some home.

    When we made the uwishunu room at the Westin Philadelphia, we had a local apothecary, Duross and Langel, make limited edition room soaps. THEY were awesome.

    September 10, 2008 at 5:03 PM
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  1. travelingmcmahans

    HotelChatter Contributing Editor

    Re: HotelChatter's Guide to Toiletries :: The Big

    The last Hotel Monaco I stayed in had Aveda. Nice!
    September 10, 2008 at 9:16 PM
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  1. davidf

    HotelChatter Member

    Some Vegas Hotesl and a Brand thats not that Fancy

    MGM Grand Skylofts and the Mansion both have Bvlgari, Wynn and Bellagio and Venetian have own brand, Wynns is very good, Bellagio - Not so much, Venetian - its very Orange.

    The Brand that amuses me is Gilchrist and Soames, sometimes seen in "Upmarket", admittedly the name conjures up images of some Bespoke Store in London on Regent Street, but in fact they are based in Peterborough, UK, trust me - not quite so Glamorous

    September 11, 2008 at 1:31 AM
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  1. Holden

    HotelChatter Member

    Re: HotelChatter's Guide to Toiletries :: The Big

    Sofitel-Roger & Gallet
    Four Seasons-L'Occitane
    September 11, 2008 at 3:03 AM
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  1. russ

    HotelChatter Member

    amenities

    Ritz-Carlton is Bulgari.
    St Regis is Remede
    Caesars Palace is private label.
    September 11, 2008 at 1:20 PM
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  1. MrMBenz1

    HotelChatter Member

    Re: HotelChatter's Guide to Toiletries :: The Big

    Westin Sydney: Penhaligons Quercus line
    Hotel de Paris, Monaco/Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong: Hermes      Eau d'Orange Verte
    Principe di Savoia, Milan: Aqua di Parma
    September 13, 2008 at 12:18 PM
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  1. lilacs64

    HotelChatter Member

    Gansevoort South

    Just stayed at the Gansevoort South and they have the most dreamy "Cutler" products that are developed by Rodney Cutler of Cutler Salon of NYC and soon to be open in...............MIAMI!  Imagine that!  And in the shops at the Gansevoort South!  What an amazing coincidence!  But I'm no hater.......these products ROCK!  And you can buy them on Amazon!  

    My complaint with hotel products is that they don't seem to "perform" as well @ home as they do at the actual property.  Oddly enough these worked even in my uber hard water.  

    Two enthusiatic thumbs up!  

    September 18, 2008 at 12:26 PM
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  1. The Englishman

    HotelChatter Member

    Hotel toiletries

    The Viceroy in Palm Spring s and Santa Monica stock Aromatherapy Associates , great product and fantastic EO blends.

    Flatotel in NYC stocks Essentiel Elements Rosemary and this really wakes me up after a late night.

    The Hotel at mandalay Bay has a great own label called Bathe which smell great.

    October 23, 2008 at 11:11 AM
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  1. Lucy

    HotelChatter Member

    Hotel Toiletries

    Many hotels use Molton Brown , which used to be much better. The latest MB hair conditioner I used at Inn at Perry Cabin made my hair like straw. They seem to be watered down products now. The bar soap is nice though.

    Best--The Carlyle, NYC,
    Kielhls--loved all of it, especially the hand lotion that has a nice citrus scent.

    October 27, 2008 at 9:44 AM
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  1. Lo R

    HotelChatter Member

    Hotel toiletries

    CO Bigleow at the City Club in NYC- fantastic products!
    October 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM
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  1. Hotelgirl

    HotelChatter Member

    hotel toiletries

    The Four Seasons in Hampshire has amazing Asprey Purple Water toiletries. I've tried to buy it but can't seem to find it anywhere!
    October 29, 2008 at 12:56 PM
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  1. vivavienna

    HotelChatter Member

    Asprey Purple Water

    ... is also available at the Connaught Hotel in London. It's nice, but there are better ones. As for buying it, oddly enough, the whole product range is available at amazon.com :-)
    November 4, 2008 at 7:11 AM
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  1. rantin

    HotelChatter Member

    James Chicago

    Kiehls - one of the reasons why I stayed there when I took my wife-to-be to Chicago the day after I proposed.
    January 19, 2009 at 2:07 PM
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  1. selkie

    HotelChatter Member

    Portugal

    Hello! The portuguese Hotel Brand "pestana" offer Laura Kayal toiletries. a wide range of toiletries
    January 20, 2009 at 7:50 AM
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  1. abivsasa

    HotelChatter Member

    reneu botanicals

    i had an occassion to use the reneu botanicals product at crowne plaza hotel and found the product very good. i havent been able to find the product in india though can  you please help me with the information where i would be able to buy the products
    veera  
    May 8, 2009 at 4:23 AM
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