Anyone try Melaleuca products?

[hollieplus2]

A friend of mine asked me to sit through this online class thingy about their products. Anyone every try them? Are they good? Worth the money? I'm not sure I would buy 35 points a month. I CVS and have massive stock on hand.

 

[mommababs]

I love melaleuca! Their lotion, lip balm, laundry supplies and melaleuca oil are my favs along with the shower and solu mel cleaning supplies. You would be surprised how much of their stuff you will use each month once you try them.
Barb

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

My step daughters and their mom use melaleuca and love it. I am not even sure where to find the products at to try them.

 

[Parksfamily5]

We used to get Melaleuca. I love the products. They really are good quality. I got sucked in to try it as a home business. That was not so good. I can not do hard sales (and no matter what they say, it is hard sales). I continued the products way after stopping the business portion. I just started haveing problems needing 35 points worth of stuff every month (we are a family of 5) and it was pretty pricey.

 

[Mkaz]

We tried it years ago. Their products work well. Especially the tub and shower cleaner. That stuff rocks! However, we could not get past the smell of the laundry soap and the hand soap.

It may haved changed since then. It's been roughly 12 years since we used it.

 

[hmdavid]

I use Melaleuca. Love the laundry soap. Their Renew body lotion is the best lotion I have ever used!

 

[disney 4 5]

I love melaleuca! Their lotion, lip balm, laundry supplies and melaleuca oil are my favs along with the shower and solu mel cleaning supplies. You would be surprised how much of their stuff you will use each month once you try them.
Barb

I was going to say the exact same thing. Plus the Renew lotion is the best. For our family who has a lots of skin issues it is the best. Nothing else works like it does. I highly suggest it.

 

[pixiewings71]

I use it, I've mentioned it a few times on here but I don't chat it up overly much. I also don't sell to friends or family. BUT I love it!!!!! I really do!!!! It works GREAT, and I love the way the products smell. Im loving the laundry deterent/fabric softeners, love the way my clothes smell after using them. I don't have too much trouble spending the 35 points every month, but then I also take the vitamins so that's a big chunk of points.

 

[talulabelle]

A friend of mine asked me to sit through this online class thingy about their products. Anyone every try them? Are they good? Worth the money? I'm not sure I would buy 35 points a month. I CVS and have massive stock on hand.

I hated this company. If you like paying way more than you need to for products, like having to buy stuff you don't need in order to hit your points, like having to remember to place an order for stuff you don't necessarily need or else be shipped stuff you REALLY DON"T NEED, then this is the company for you. Some of the products were good, but I didn't think any better than what I can get way cheaper at Sam's club on my own schedule. The dishwasher gel is DISGUSTING has a horrible odor and left a build up in my dishwasher. The hand soap had bad odor too.

I still have GOBS of the Sol-U-Mel stuff, and I have no idea what to use it for. Most concerning, a study was done recently that found that Mela oil (or tea tree oil) which is the staple of most of their products, causes breasts to develop on adolescent boys. After dicontinuing use of products containing tea tree oil it should go away though. I was using their products when I read this study and noticed that my 13 year old was starting to puff out in the nipple and breast area (man-****s - and he previously had NO issue with this!) . I stopped immediately and it has gone down.

They are a total hard-sales," prey on your friends for business", make it REALLY hard to discontinue the service company. I don't know how people who make their livings this way sleep at night or keep any friends. I know of people who have been guilted into going with the products because the sales people told them that the harsh cleaners they use in their homes could cause learning diabilites (do you know how high the odds are that the person they are talking to actually has a child with some type of disability?) So they immediately blame themselves and think that to be a good parent, they HAVE to use these products. It is cultish.

I do need to agree that the Renew lotion was great. My daughter has severe excema and this kept it in total check. When I run out of the stuff (in about 5 years , I will probably buy more through a friend who gets Melaleauca, but would never sing up as a customer myself again.

Here is a link to the study I mentioned:

http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2007/niehs-31.htm

 

[mommyofknl]

Apparently, I'm the strange one, but I hate Melaleuca products. The smell is awful, and I personally don't think they work as well as other brands. I did love their wrinkle releaser, but that was the ONLY thing I liked. Once, I burned my finger and used the oil and it worked ok, but I would rather use something else that works just as well (or better) without that awful medicine-y smell. Same with all of the other products I tried. Worked ok, but smelled awful and cost more than I normally spend. Just my opinion!

 

[Allison]

I had someone try and push this stuff on me once. It was someone I never hear from and all of a sudden they were calling and calling. Then I got the sales pitch.

There is no way I would ever commit to buying a certain amount of "stuff" that I can get cheaper and the same quality somewhere else.

 

[mnbrowns]

I am giving it a try just to get rid of all the harsh chemicals in my cleaning supplies and the prices seem comparable to Target. We don't take a lot of vitamins, so I don't know if I can keep up with the points required every month, but apparently I can quit at any time.

 

[talulabelle]

I am giving it a try just to get rid of all the harsh chemicals in my cleaning supplies and the prices seem comparable to Target. We don't take a lot of vitamins, so I don't know if I can keep up with the points required every month, but apparently I can quit at any time.

Yes, but in order to quit you have to contact your sales person to get the not published ANYWHERE fax number and you need to FAX in (not call) a letter asking to discontinue your acct. They make you get the fax number from your sales person so that your sales person (who is probably a pushy friend or aquintance) can try to talk you out of it and make you feel bad and guilty. (make sure you have a record of your acct. # because there is no way they are going to help you with that just so you can cancel). Also make sure you fax it in before your order time comes, because they will still ship you your over $50 minimum order for that month if you don'tcancel early enough. Pain in the KEESTER!

 

[ckdsnynt]

We tried it years ago. Their products work well. Especially the tub and shower cleaner. That stuff rocks! However, we could not get past the smell of the laundry soap and the hand soap.

It may haved changed since then. It's been roughly 12 years since we used it.

no, they still stink! My ddil uses them and I asked her if the smell bothered her. She said "what smell?" so I didn't say anything else. But to me, they do stink. I bring my Bath and Body hand soap with me when I travel to their house (an 8 hr drive and I usually stay a few days so it is more than just a few hours visit). But she loves it! To each his own I guess.

 

[DisneyDazed]

I wouldnt commit to buying a certain amount... and goodness anyone should be lucky to just sell anything in this market.

That being said.... I LOVE them but have not used them forever. If youa re stocked up from CVS and are not worried about harsh chemicals then it may not be for you. Now some of their stuff rocks and I miss it so much. There was this saulve type thing that you could put on anything and it would majically cure or fix it. Stunk though but was worth it

 

[momof5boys]

Oh, I belong to a network marketing business and I love to use my Melaluca experience to tell what kind of company to NOT join! I didn't like the products at all, they do smell awful! Also we just kept getting shipments of stuff (they used to send it automatically if you didn't order the minimium every month!) It was so expensive and we couldn't possibly use that much product in a month! My husband got roped into this by a friend, he talked about how much money he could make...well we ended up losing a ton! It was very difficult to get them to stop sending products and charging us for them, took at least a few months. I'm sure there are people who like the products, if you do have your friend order them, do not join up!

 

[mnbrowns]

What a coincidence, my box just arrived. I'm actually looking forward to using all of the eco-friendly cleaning supplies. My friend didn't pressure me at all because I was the one looking for more earth friendly ideas. But if I can't keep up with the points I will cancel for sure. Although, I really should start taking vitamins, so we'll see.

 

[mnbrowns]

I never plan on selling it myself, my friend only said it was an option.

 

[Parksfamily5]

I wouldnt commit to buying a certain amount... and goodness anyone should be lucky to just sell anything in this market.

That being said.... I LOVE them but have not used them forever. If youa re stocked up from CVS and are not worried about harsh chemicals then it may not be for you. Now some of their stuff rocks and I miss it so much. There was this saulve type thing that you could put on anything and it would majically cure or fix it. Stunk though but was worth it

That would be Melagel. I still have some and I love it also. The renew lotion and bath is great also for dry skin. Speaking of smells, I buy lots of candles including yankee and I have to say that I loved Melaleuca's candles.

Like I said I hated the business but loved the products. I just don't need that many products each month.

 

[englishteacha]

I have jugs of Melaluca stuff that my MIL gave us years ago. She had a friend who sold it. I like it, but I can't use it in a spray bottle because it makes my throat hurt to breathe it. Putting it in a bucket and mixing it with water and using a sponge is the only way I can use it.