Baylis & Harding Brand Guide: Providing Luxury and Sustainability in a Bottle

Baylis and Harding always seem to pop up around those special times of the year; birthdays, Christmas, or when I visit my posh aunt with the porcelain bathroom.

While the brand is the epitome of handwashing and hosting luxury, many product sellers and users are unaware of how Baylis & Harding combine classic luxury with a forward-thinking and caring mentality. 

I’m going to show you why Baylis & Harding is worthy of a spot on your shelves, explain their philosophy and show you some of their best products. 

Plus, you’ll improve your brand and product knowledge, which makes selling the products a lot easier!

Who Is Baylis & Harding?

The company was founded in 1970 as Midlands Cosmetic Sales by David Slater and Marcia Simmons. Initially, it operated as a cosmetics business under the infamous Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham. 

When the current owners Adrian Slater and Tania Fossey took over the business, they rebranded as Baylis & Harding and developed it into the successful business it is today. The Baylis & Harding name pays homage to the current owners’ grandparents, which adds a historical connection to the brand.

What Are Their Principles?

When you buy from another business, you want to feel connected to their values, regardless of whether you stock 50 or 500 brands.

That could be anything from getting good cheaply to trusting them because of their heritage. Connection breeds connection, and the more you connect to your customers, the more likely they are to return.

Combining Affordability and Luxury 

When you look at a Baylis and Harding product, you’d be surprised to know how cheap it is (you can get a bottle of handwash from as little as £2). The company always look at what you should pay for a product, and then work around that price, as opposed to working the price into a product. Their philosophy is ‘why should you pay more for luxury when luxury is affordable?’.

Sustainability

Many businesses are changing due to new consumer demands for more environmentally-friendly products, and Baylis and Harding is a company that has its ears and mind open to these suggestions. The company has initiatives for sustainable luxury, animal cruelty, sustainable packaging and high-quality ingredients.

If you embrace these principles; Baylis & Harding will add a little bit of sustainable luxury to your business.

How Does the Company Promote These Principles?

Baylis & Harding Packaging

Baylis & Harding packaging is created with their two principles in mind; they want to create packaging that has a luxury feel without compromising the environment. They adopt principles from the Plastic Pact 2018, which means they:

• Commit to reducing the plastic in their products as much as possible.
• Encourage consumers to recycle and reuse their packaging as much as possible.
• Are working to incorporate recycled material into the packaging and to provide alternatives for single-use plastics, such as refillable options and reusable design.
• Are committed to supporting initiatives which make a positive impact on the environment and are proud to be supporters of the UK Marine Conservation Society.

The Baylis & Harding Recycling Scheme

The company also announced its commitment to a more sustainable future with the Baylis & Harding Recycling Scheme in partnership with TerraCycle. Every year pumps, caps and tubes end up in landfill and are never recycled, which is a problem. 

TerraCycle is a specialist company that recycle these product parts, as government recycling schemes often don’t have the equipment to do it. By partnering with TerraCycle, the linear recycling scheme is replaced by a circular one.

Baylis & Harding customers can either send their waste to TerraCycle, or they can drop it off at the nearest recycling centre.

Animal Protection

Baylis & Harding are committed to protecting the welfare of animals and support the work of PETA. All their company policies support:

• No animal testing on either any of their products or any chemical used in their products or packaging.
• No real fur/bone/horn/shell/teeth/tusk/feather in their products.
• No animal-derived ingredients in any of their fragrances – whales/musk etc.
• No animal-derived glue in their product packaging.
• No images on their products which promote animal cruelty.

Vegan-Friendly Promise

With the increasing demand for vegan-friendly products, Baylis & Harding offer ranges that are suitable for vegans, except for the Oatmeal, Milk & Honey handwash which contains extracts of milk and honey. They also successfully registered their fabulous Beauticology range with the Vegan Society who display the logo on their packaging.

Safe Ingredients

Customers are more aware of the ingredients that come in their toiletries and gift sets, so Baylis and Harding commit to creating paraben-free products to protect individuals and avoid microplastics to protect the environment.

What Products Do Baylis & Harding Sell?

At Harrisons, we break our Baylis & Harding into three separate categories; gift sets, home fragrance and toiletries, here are some of our best products.

Baylis & Harding Top 3 Gift Sets

1. For Men – Baylis & Harding Signature Men’s Black Pepper & Ginseng Trio Set

Give your male customers a luxury experience with this trio set – black and copper add a premium feel to the box and the contrasting products.

A classy combination of sophistication and stimulation. This set blends fruity, spicy top notes and rich sandalwood and cedar base note: an ideal birthday, father’s day or Christmas gift – a perfect addition to your gifting range.

Contents:

• 50ml bottle of facewash
• 100ml bottle of hair and body wash
• 100ml bottle of aftershave balm

2. For Women – Baylis & Harding Cranberry Martini Mini Stack Gift Set

What is Christmas without a Baylis and Harding gift set? Always a great gift choice, and this is no exception. Comes beautifully packaged and has lovely products. 

Being cranberry based, this set is ideal for a Christmas pampering night, whether it’s relaxing after wrapping all the presents or chilling out on boxing day.

Contents:

• 100ml body wash
• 50ml hand and body lotion
• 100ml shower crème
• 50ml hand cream
• 1x body buff
• 1x box of luxury bath crystals

3. For Children – Baylis & Harding Beauticology Unicorn 3 Bath Fizzers Set

Add a pop, sizzle and fizz to your kid’s bathtime by throwing in a unicorn bath fizzer. Guaranteed to add some fun to bathtime, and it’ll leave them smelling fresh.

The bath bombs come in a beautiful cracker-style gift set that is sure to make your child’s eyes light up! 

Contents:

• 3x bath fizzers

Baylis & Harding Top 3 Home Fragrances

1. For Relaxation – Baylis & Harding La Maison Sea Salt & Wild Mint 3 Candle Set

Let your customers create a peaceful, tranquil haven with these sea salt and wild mint candles. The colours are soft and gentle, blending into any background, and they also offer 30 hours burn time – plenty of time to relax.

Ideal as a stocking filler or a secret Santa gift, these candles are sure to provide the recipient with hours of relaxation.

Contents:

• 3x sea salt & wild mint luxury candles

2. For Christmas – Baylis & Harding Midnight Fig & Pomegranate 2 Votive Cracker Set

The perfect Christmas candle gift, this two-set comes in a rich berry-red and gold cracker shaped packaging with red and gold ribbon, which is guaranteed to wow the recipient.

The unique, spicy scent of fig and the subtle sweet-tart smell of pomegranate come together to create this Christmas blend – your customers won’t be able to walk by this one without turning their heads. Votive candle holder not included.

Contents:

• 1x red fig and pomegranate candle
• 1x cream fig and pomegranate candle

3. For General Home Use – Baylis & Harding Rose Prosecco Duo Diffuser Set

This set of two Reed Diffusers from Baylis & Harding in the fabulous new Limited Edition SS18 fragrance Rose Prosecco Fizz are ideal for use at home or to give as a gift. 

The exquisite fragrance is delicate, and light and the pretty packaging with stunning rose gold tones complement the collection perfectly. The reed diffusers are clear glass containing a clear fragranced oil which will complement any interior perfectly. 

They are the perfect way to try the fragrance or to enjoy it in different rooms around the home. Each 40ml diffuser lasts for up to 4 weeks.

Contents:

• 2x glass bottles rose and prosecco diffuser liquid
• 1x set of reed diffusers

Bonus Product: Baylis & Harding Sweet Mandarin & Grapefruit 500ml Hand Wash

Baylis & Harding mosaic sweet mandarin and grapefruit hand wash is a luxury handwash and contains vitamin A, B and C extract. 

It has a luscious sweet mandarin and grapefruit fragrance and comes presented in an elegant clear bottle. It is ideal for adding a luxurious touch to your bathroom.

Contents:

• 1x bottle of sweet mandarin & grapefruit hand wash

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