hygiene products

Personal care items

Hygiene products are items used for personal cleanliness and grooming—soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, menstrual products, and the like.

The term appears frequently in retail contexts and charitable drives: The shelter is accepting donations of hygiene products.

Also called toiletries or personal care products.

Opposites
purpose/function

hygiene productscontaminants

Unwelcome substances in something pure

biohazards · pollutants · pathogens · filth · dirt

health impact

hygiene productspoisons

Harmful ingested substances

toxic chemicals · carcinogens · biohazards · disease vectors · toxins

PRODUCT CATEGORY (vs. cosmetics)

hygiene productscosmetics

Skin-applied beauty substances

makeup · beauty products · perfume · fragrance · fragrances

Family

products, hygiene

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G